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:20261021T222153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OGPS Diwali Celebration DESCRIPTION:The Office of Graduate of Postdoctoral Studies invites you to join us for a Diwali celebration on November 3rd 4:00pm-6:00pm at 1000 McIntyre on North Campus.\nDuring the event\, we will prepare decorations for our homes\, enjoy Indian foods\, listen and dance to Indian music\, and share the aspects of our lives for which we feel thankful. Bright colored clothing is encouraged.\nRegistration is required in order to attend this event.\n UID:152924-21914805@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152924 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Northwood Community Center - 1000 McIntyre Drive CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T163621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Robotics Department Seminar Series: Towards Personalized AI Assistants DESCRIPTION:Robotics Department Seminar Series (https://robotics.umich.edu/events/robotics-seminar-series/)\nSpeaker: Reid Simmons\, Research Professor\, Robotics and Computer Science\, Carnegie Mellon University\nTitle: \"Towards Personalized AI Assistants\"\nDate: Tuesday\, November 2\, 2026\nTime: 4:00 - 5:00 pm ET\nLocation: FRB 2300 + Zoom\nZoom Link: https://myumi.ch/9JjZ7\nMeeting ID: 910 7047 6728\nPasscode: 575785\n\nAbstract: As the population ages\, the need grows for AI agents to assist people to remain independent for longer. Older adults are typically set in their ways\, so AI agents should adapt to their ways of doing things\, rather than the other way around. To that end\, we are exploring various approaches to learning to personalize assistive agents\, including the use of bandit algorithms\, foundational models\, neuro-symbolic architectures\, and theory of mind. This talk will present our approaches and results in several assistive areas\, including meal preparation and exercise coaching\, as well as work in learning policies from humans. Much of the research is being supported by AI-CARING\, an NSF-sponsored Institute devoted to developing AI technologies to help older adults with cognitive and physical decline remain in their homes.\n\nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Reid Simmons is a Research Professor in the Robotics Institute and Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his PhD from MIT in Artificial Intelligence\, and since coming to CMU in 1988\, his research has focused on developing self-reliant robots that can autonomously operate over extended periods of time in unknown\, unstructured environments\, and on human-robot social interaction\, especially non-verbal communication through affect\, proxemics\, motion\, and gesture. He is co-PI and Research Director for the NSF-sponsored AI-CARING Institute. Dr. Simmons is an author of over 250 publications on AI\, Robotics\, and Human-Robot Interaction and has graduated 25 PhD students. He previously served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation\, where he oversaw the National Robotics Initiative and initiated the Smart and Autonomous Systems program. In 2018\, Dr. Simmons helped found the first-in-the-nation standalone undergraduate major in Artificial Intelligence and currently serves as its program director. He is a Fulbright Scholar\, a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence\, a Senior Member of IEEE\, and was an ONR Summer Faculty Fellow in 2022. UID:153750-21916276@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153750 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Free,Robotics LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 2300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21906298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Boulevard Room, Pierpont 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T183000 SUMMARY:Other:Golf Club at Ross x MBW Women’s Clinic Part 2 DESCRIPTION:Join us for Part 2 of our Women’s Golf Clinic\, hosted by Golf Club and MBW! This time\, we’re heading to the classroom for a casual\, beginner-friendly session covering golf etiquette\, rules\, and what to expect when you get out on the course.\nThis is a great opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the game\, ask questions\, and feel more confident the next time you step onto the course. We’ll cover everything from basic golf rules and pace of play to course etiquette and expectations for playing a round.\nThe event is free to attend and open to all skill levels. Come learn something new\, meet fellow golfers\, and get ready for your next round! UID:153534-21915970@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153534 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:South Quad / Fletcher (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:151431-21916746@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:South Quad Game Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260813T102754 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Game Nights at The Connector DESCRIPTION:Do you like board games? Card games? Do you like free popcorn? We welcome all types of players here! Every Tuesday\, the Connector Community Assistants are hosting a game night where we eat delicious popcorn and have a chill (or competitive\, if that’s your energy!) night of joy and connection with one another! Bring your friends and hang! \n\nThe Connector is located in West Quad. UID:150142-21908199@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150142 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,Community Gathering,Free,Housing,Welcome Week,Welcome Week Event,Welcome26 LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T132111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Journey DESCRIPTION:Looking for a place to be real\, ask big questions\, and find community? Join \"The Journey\,\" a small group for undergraduate students exploring how to live faithfully in difficult times.\n\nCome for honest conversation\, encouragement\, and a welcoming group of fellow students. You don’t need to have the answers—just bring yourself.\n\nTuesdays at 7:00 p.m. \nEnter through the Wesley Tower doors. UID:151739-21912055@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151739 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Christianity,Religious,Undergrad LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Pine Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T213000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21906299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Boulevard Room, (Pierpont, 1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261014T130000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MUNGER GRADUATE RESIDENCES 2026-2027 DESCRIPTION:Join the Munger Community by attending events hosted by our Resident Advisors (RAs)! Feel free to select and attend as many events as you would like! UID:150147-21916190@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150147 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Munger Media Room (G039) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260508T115123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Teddy Thompson DESCRIPTION:“Buoyant\, soulful” –Billboard \n\nBeloved London-born\, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Teddy Thompson has returned with the exquisitely crafted Never Be The Same\, his first collection of original material since 2020. Across ten tracks\, Thompson refines his craft via an exploration of music’s enduring preoccupations — love\, longing\, and the uneasy passage of time.\n\nThis album wasn’t built upon a grand narrative. There was no self-imposed exile\, no forced reinvention. Instead\, it is centered around an exhortation that is threaded through the songs like a refrain: “Never Be The Same\,” its title only revealing itself to Thompson after he’d completed the recording.\n\n“It’s a phrase that\, unconsciously\, I used twice. And when I saw it on the page\, I realized\, this is the message of this album\,” says Thompson. “Don’t ever be the same. Change. Grow! Even when the sentiment is\, woe is me\, I’ll never recover after that love or loss. The message is still\, change. Don’t get too comfortable. Everything is temporary\, so evolve or perish!”\n\nThis pull and tension between comfort and change runs quietly throughout Never Be The Same\, Thompson’s 11th album\, which was produced by renowned Grammy Award–winning musician/producer David Mansfield. At the core is Thompson’s longstanding commitment to songwriting as a form\, inspired by early influences like Chuck Berry\, Hank Williams\, and Crowded House\, as well as the towering figures of the craft — Bob Dylan\, Leonard Cohen\, The Beatles\, and\, certainly\, his parents\, British folk icons Richard and Linda Thompson.\n\nUltimately\, Never Be The Same is an album about steady evolution\, a suite of deeply considered\, carefully constructed songs rooted in lived experience. If there is a message\, it’s that change is not only inevitable but essential — even when you’d rather stay exactly where you are. UID:148128-21902996@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148128 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261016T121759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Xin Yi Chong\, percussion DESCRIPTION:Doctoral candidate Xin Yi Chong performs a dissertation recital. UID:153266-21915551@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153266 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T103734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T210000 SUMMARY:Other:2026 First-Generation Celebration Week DESCRIPTION:Join us November 2nd through November 6th in celebrating first-generation college students in honor of National First-Generation College Student Day! All week long\, we will be putting on events to support and bring visibility to the nearly 5\,000 first-generation college students on our campus. For more information about First-Generation Celebration Week events visit the U-Mich First-Gen website here:https://firstgen.umich.edu/first-gen-week/. UID:153215-21915432@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153215 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Firstgenweek,Firstgenweek2026 LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T134954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Awakening the Dragon–Showcasing the Building and Performance of an Asian Icon DESCRIPTION:Experience a curated experience of the imaginary\, featuring a lightly sci-fi\, magnificent work of art--the LRCCS Fortune and Longevity Dragon\, a 25-ft long\, Asian-inspired full-body dragon sculpture for use in the traditional \"dragon dance\" crafted by renowned international artist Zhen Guo with U-M faculty arts lecturer Raymond Wetzel\, artist Jeri Rosenberg\, students\, and volunteers The exhibition highlights the story of the dragon's fabrication and its impact on community.. An iconic symbol of inclusivity\, strength\, and courage\, this newly imagined U-M dragon\, with its futuristic flair\, technological creativity and sustainable materials\, invites students and the entire community to re-envision a classic cultural symbol for contemporary times.\n\nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement.\n\nAdditional funding was provided by ArtsEngine\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from Asian Languages and Cultures\, International Institute\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, Nam Center for Korean Studies\, Residential College\, School of Kinesiology\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Taubman College\, University of Michigan Library\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, and Women’s and Gender Studies Department.\n\n*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:152125-21913077@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,Chinese Studies,Dance,Exhibition,Free,International,Multidisciplinary Design,Performance Art,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T121511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Camille Ann Brewer\, MFA\, MLIS DESCRIPTION:Camille Ann Brewer lives and works in the City of Detroit\, Michigan. Through the process of textile construction\, Brewer’s artwork intersects cartographic and photographic images that speak to specific spaces and time. Weaving together of physical place\, memory with time is the core subject of this body of work. \n\nThe artwork is built with time-period paper maps\, which illustrate spatial geography and political territory\; along with paper-collaged images of people\, places and things\, which tie directly to the history and human relationships in space. In patterns that support the artwork’s theme\, the two disparate paper elements are then woven together to create a serendipitous making and aesthetic experience. UID:150411-21909388@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,ArtsEngine,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. UID:150276-21908540@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908843@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T114238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lila Kadaj Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lila Kadaj received her MFA from Wayne State University. Her work has been shown at numerous institutions\, including the Detroit Institute of Arts\, the Cranbrook Art Museum\, and the Arab American National Museum. She spent nearly 27 years teaching art at Detroit Public schools.\n\nArtist statement: “When looking at a beautiful flower. It’s just itself. Just there......no .....it does not proclaim its purpose for blooming is to make people happy. It just is. Like standing in front of an easel and painting........just is.......no matter......what proclamations may be concluded to sway the viewer. Same thing goes for fine art. It’s not about I am a woman....it’s not about I am a first generation Arab American.....it’s not about being a child of trauma....it’s not about a member of my family being gunned down on the street....it’s about being born a painter.....standing in front of my easel and working to create a \"Piece of Fine Art\". Not standing on some soap box and expecting my words to somehow qualify my painting. It’s the painting\, drawing or sculpture that must speak on its own.......on how the artist......via the intellect and muse uses the elements to create something distinct and first rate. It can be quiet or loud. I see so much very weak work uplifted not for its quality but because it’s in fashion.” UID:150406-21909224@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arab Heritage Month,Art,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Exhibition,Free,Middle East Studies,North Campus,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery Concourse Level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T162236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix Lembersky DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage designer\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realist and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Realism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known artistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. For political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformist work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnessed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersky reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with hope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalized people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial workers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their circumstances\, Lembersky portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\, and admiration. \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, and personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Galina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddaughter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWorks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:149975-21907526@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T160941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women's anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. Instead\, the exhibit offers evidence of joy\, reminders of possibility\, and a visual legacy for generations to come. \n \nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae's belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers. They create space for BIPOC families to see themselves represented with dignity and to witness the full range of birth experiences. Lashae's photographs also create a tangible record that can support conversations around quality of medical care\, respectful treatment\, and patient rights. The exhibit empowers women to prioritize and advocate for their birth experiences while also encouraging perinatal health professionals and birthworkers to center the humanity\, dignity\, and individual experiences of patients and families. \n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer whose work has been published in Everyday Birth Magazine\, an international publication. The physical exhibit is accompanied by a virtual component that encourages audiences to engage with each mother's birth story.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan. \n\nBlack Birth Joy\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153178-21915310@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african and african american studies,american culture,anthropology,Art,artists and curators,photography LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T130435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy photography exhibit DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women’s anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. \n\nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae’s belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers.\n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan.\n\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153919-21916672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,american culture,Art,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan,Black America,Blackness,Caregiver,Caregivers,center for the education of women,community activism,Community Engagement,daas,Diversity,equity issues,Exhibition,feminism,feminist,Gender Equality,gender studies,Health,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,Health Equity,healthcare,Nursing,obstetrics and gynecology,reproductive health,reproductive justice,Reproductive Rights,sexuality,social science research,Storytelling,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Wellness,women,women of color,Women's And Gender Studies,women's health,women's health program,women's studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T123553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s\, 1920s\, and 1930s DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Friday\, 9:00am-4:30pm. UID:152203-21913282@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T101500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ethics 101 (Virtual) - Expanded Sessions Beyond Ethics & Compliance Week DESCRIPTION:Open to faculty\, staff\, and Michigan Medicine.\nEthics 101 is an introductory workshop designed to help U‑M employees navigate everyday situations where the “right next step” may not be obvious. Grounded in the university’s values and the realities of our work\, the session builds shared language for ethical decision-making\, offers practical tools for addressing uncertainty\, and clarifies when and where to seek guidance. Participants will work through brief\, relatable scenarios and leave with concrete strategies they can apply immediately. \nParticipants will be able to:\nUnderstand and apply UM’s definition of ethical conduct. \nRecognize common “ethical tension” situations in university settings (e.g.\, conflicts of interest\, gifts\, appropriate use of resources\, data stewardship\, respectful conduct).\nIdentify practical steps to take when an ethical issue arises.\nPractice using short scenarios to choose value-aligned responses and identify next best actions. UID:150259-21908482@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150259 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T151759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fashion/Forward DESCRIPTION:Fashion/Forward is an invitational group exhibition celebrating the innovative work by artists with developmental disabilities and/or mental health differences from progressive art studios around the country. Both including fashion and about fashion\, the exhibition features drawings\, paintings\, sculptures\, textiles\, wearable clothing\, accessories\, and other fabulous fashion-inspired works and is organized in conjunction with the 2026 Creating Community Conference. Learn more about the conference at https://myumi.ch/qwVRX.\n\n *Image: \"Untitled\,\" Jade Saren\, Creative Growth Art Center* UID:149758-21907091@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability Studies,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909815@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T124814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Like the Flowing River DESCRIPTION:Artist Tomoyuki Ueno creates individual works and installations where nature appears to be in an endless conversation with form\, one echoing the other\, a repetition. They are a combination of certainty and ephemerality\, as if hinged between living and loss. The specificity of Ueno’s sculptural works reads like poetry. Ueno’s installation offers visitors time away\, for contemplation\, to draw inward\, to come inside\, to ask the question\, “How are art and the everyday intertwined?” Honoring the Buddhist philosophy of impermanence\, one becomes a continuation of the other. The artist intends the space to offer a restorative and meditative experience.\n\nThis exhibition includes artworks created from natural materials foraged by the artist while in artist residency in Ann Arbor.\n\n*The title refers to the opening line of Hōjōki\, written by 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk Kamo no Chōmei: \"The flow of the river is ceaseless\, and the water is never the same…\"* UID:149763-21907123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T094427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Small Works: Prints & Book Objects from Detroit\, 2020–2026 DESCRIPTION:Small Works\nPrints & Book Objects from Detroit 2020–2026\n\nOctober 27 - November 19 \nPublic Reception: Friday\, November 13 from 4:30-6pm.\n\nSmall Works was a print shop ran by Li Chen & Gerald Schulze\, in Detroit\, MI\, from 2020–2026. Mariana Matos joined as the studio assistant\, and later studio manager\, in 2024. Over those six years\, the business grew from an extension of their design practice to a community space that hosts more than 70 classes a year\, open studio for the public\, and year long funded fellowships that investigate practice in art and design related to the Book Arts. In 2026\, they decided to expand community programming\, and to accommodate this expansion closed Small Works\, and formed Center for the Book Arts Detroit (BAD) which operates in the same space.\n\nThis exhibition is a eulogy for the former Small Works shop\, and a celebration of all the people who made work here. It also serves to show what is possible as a community\, when they share space and create work together. \n\nThe work featured is a collection of things printed by Small Works\, by their studiomates Diskette Press\, the publisher Maamoul Press\, and by the community that uses the space. UID:152872-21914643@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Art,art and design,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Book,book discussion,book event,Detroit,Exhibition,Michigan Arts,Michigan Arts Festival LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260902T133628 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Welcome Wednesdays DESCRIPTION:Kick-start your Wednesday with free coffee\, tea\, hot chocolate\, and a breakfast snack! Stop by the Alumni Center from 9 a.m.–noon on select Wednesdays during the fall and winter semesters. Bring your Mcard—and keep an eye out for Bagely\, the beloved bagel mascot! ☕🥯〽️ UID:151404-21911533@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Breakfast,food,free food LOCATION:Alumni Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180325 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T163000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Gift of Life Swab Week DESCRIPTION:Gift of Life is a national bone marrow and stem cell registry that connects patients battling blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma with donors who can save their lives. Most patients don't have a match in their family\, so they rely on strangers joining the registry. Our University of Michigan chapter has added over 2\,700 Wolverines to the registry\, leading to 18 confirmed matches and 3 life-saving transplants. This fall's Swab Week runs November 2 to 6 on the Diag\, and this week we are going up against Ohio State in registrations. Joining takes about five minutes: fill out a quick form and swab your cheek. If you're between 18 and 35 and in good health\, stop by\, bring your friends\, and you could be the match that gives someone a second chance at life. If your interested in volunteering please reach out we would love to have you help out. Go Blue! UID:152914-21914777@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152914 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Diag CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261020T170112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T183000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Nature Rx Day DESCRIPTION:Nature Rx Day on November 4th\, 2026 offers many activities to highlight how engagement with nature can reduce stress\, improve well-being\, and strengthen community connections.\n\nSince Nature Rx Day falls on National Stress Awareness Day\, we will explore nature-related practices that:\n-reduce stress\n-support mental\, physical\, and spiritual well-being\n-strengthen connections\n-highlight the growing social prescribing movement.\n\nThis campus-wide event will introduce programs\, resources\, and activities highlighting the connections among nature\, health and well-being--especially relevant during this Human Health and Well-Being theme year. Participants will be encouraged to engage with nature in new ways—for their health\, research\, studies\, or enjoyment.\n\nPlease sign up to attend using the registration link.\n\nNature Rx Day will include multiple sessions at various locations on Central Campus in Ann Arbor. Check out the Nature Rx Day registration or webpage for detailed information and signup links.\n\nSchedule of Events:\n9:30-11:00am - Nature Walk\, The Resiliency of Oaks: Begin your celebration of Nature Rx Day with a guided nature walk and snacks at the Arb! \n\n11:30am-12:00pm - Welcome mixer and introduction to Nature Rx Day: Get to know your fellow nature-lovers with fun activities! \n\n12:15-12:45pm - Virtual webinar\, Reconnect and Recharge: Nature's Role in Mental Health: Explore how connecting with nature can reduce stress\, improve mood\, support emotional regulation\, and build resilience. Led by Todd Sevig\, PhD\, psychologist and university outreach and education coordinator at MBGNA and lecturer\, Program on Intergroup Relations. Please register for the webinar to receive the Zoom link. \n\n12:15-12:45pm - Watch party for the webinar: Bring your own lunch and join others to watch the webinar in-person! \n\n1:00-1:45pm - Nature Connection: Exploring the Five Pathways: How can we deepen our connection with the natural world in the middle of a busy campus day? Join Jessa Lytle of Adventure Leadership for a hands-on\, reflective experience inspired by five pathways to nature connection. \n\n2:00-2:45pm - Fika at Marsal Education: Join Marsal Education\, Nature Rx and MHealthy for a restorative Fika in the School of Education Courtyard. Inspired by the Swedish tradition of pausing over a warm drink and conversation\, this open-house gathering invites all U-M community members to slow down\, recharge\, and connect. \n\n4:00-5:00pm - Nature Engagement\, Social Connection and Reducing Stress Panel: Learn about how U-M community members can broaden their nature engagement across all the dimensions of well-being. \n\n5:30-6:30pm - Autumn in Verse\, A Poetry Workshop with Caroline Harper New. In this poetry workshop\, artist Caroline Harper New will guide a series of writing meditations that ask us to reflect on our relationship to the natural world.\n\nAbout Nature Rx at Michigan: We're a group of more than 30 volunteers representing 13 different university units who promote the health benefits of spending time in nature. Nature Rx is a collaborating partner of Experience Rx: Social Prescribing at Michigan.\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns\, please email us at nature-rx@umich.edu. \n\nWe're grateful to our collaborators for their involvement and support!\nCollaborators: Adventure Leadership\, Arts Initiative\, Experience Rx\, LSA Sustainability\, Marsal Family School of Education\, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum\, Mental Health Counseling and Consultation Services\, MHealthy\, Michigan Recreation\, Planet Blue Ambassador Program.\n\nThis event is supported by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Prescribing. UID:153877-21916588@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153877 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts Initiative,faculty and staff,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,Mental Health,Mhealthy,Nature,Nature Rx,Sustainability,Undergraduate Students,Well-being LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T144833 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:FGE Cookies & Cocoa DESCRIPTION:Warm up with First-Generation Engineers (FGE)! Grab some hot cocoa and cookies at the Engineering Advising Center (EAC) in recognition of National First-Generation Celebration Week. This is a drop-in style event. You are welcome to stay and connect with fellow first-gen engineering students in the Chrysler Lobby\, or pop in between classes to grab a sugary treat. UID:153929-21916765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153929 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Engineering Advising Center,First-gen-week,first-generation,Firstgen,Food,Free,free food,In Person,Michigan Engineering,North campus,Sessions,Social,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chrysler Lobby, directly adjacent to the Chesebrough Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222155 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Intro to Gems DESCRIPTION:A one-hour workshop for LSA staff to learn how to create and use Gemini Gems. UID:153854-21916564@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153854 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LSA 1168 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261012T104951 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T113000 SUMMARY:Other:Study Abroad Info Sessions: CGIS Spanish 230 and Spanish 232 Program Offerings DESCRIPTION:Join CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the Spanish 230 and Spanish 232 program offerings abroad. \n\nSpanish 230 in Cusco\, Peru\nSpanish 230 in Granada\, Spain\nSpanish 232 and Intercultural Development in Alicante\, Spain\n\nDATES:\nWednesday\, November 4\, 10:30 - 11:30 am (Info Session)\nWednesday\, December 2\, 4:00 - 5:00 pm (Info Session)\nWednesday\, December 16\, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\nWednesday\, January 6\, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\n\nIMPORTANT NOTES\nCGIS Spring/Summer 2027 applications opened on October 1\, 2026 and will close on January 15\, 2027.\nCheck out to M-Compass brochure carefully. See links to the right of this post. \nEach brochure includes multiple tabs: Overview\, How to Apply\, Academics\, Date\, Finances\, etc. It is your responsibility to read them carefully before applying. For example\, you will find details such as the eligibility criteria (e.g.\, course and grade prerequisite\, GPA) and the application requirements (e.g.\, instructor recommendation questionnaire\, valid passport\, etc) under the How to Apply tab. UID:153553-21915997@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153553 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,Intercultural Development,Languages,Lsa Language Requirement,Peru,Sessions,Spain,Spanish 230,Spanish 232 LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261012T121522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 11 - December 11) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3 \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation comprised of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumference\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is relegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and easily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an object of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwell\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installation\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, working with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and sites in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural systems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\, precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Speculum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFarm\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Art Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotics Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculpture made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon entry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to the artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis exhibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equally To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both titles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator currently based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects\, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the passage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveying phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, process\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s encounters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lecturer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies including Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Prairie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. Website / Instagram UID:138033-21881357@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T131259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Who Counts? A History of Voting in America” DESCRIPTION:Changes over the course of the nineteenth century in how Americans voted\, from voice vote to public ballot box to private voting booth\, also saw changes in the material culture that surrounded voting. Ballots and ballot boxes\, campaign pins and ribbons\, blank lists and pre-printed party tickets\, lanterns and banners–the creative forces of the American print industry filled the country’s cities and small towns with the ephemera of electioneering.\n\nAs you look at the items in this exhibit\, think about what they tell us about how Americans in the past felt about voting\, and about how voting felt. How did Election Days feel when they were full of parades and music and public drinking? What was it like to vote when everyone around you knew who you voted for? And\, most of all\, who counted as a voter\, and who did the counting?\n\nOn view September 11-December 22\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:152024-21912683@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Event,Exhibit,Exhibition,history,In Person,libraries,Library,Tour,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:AI Show and Tell 2026 DESCRIPTION: UID:142293-21890426@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142293 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye DESCRIPTION:\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, refusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static or neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encounter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across generations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, between what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between institutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to consider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-economic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border politics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library. UID:149541-21906632@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261016T152407 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Harness U-M Maizey for Teaching and Learning DESCRIPTION:Discover how to enhance your classroom with U-M Maizey by integrating it seamlessly with Canvas and using it as an innovative assistant for supporting student learning. This workshop is designed for instructors who wish to leverage Maizey as a class tutor\, homework helper\, and more. By the end of the session\, you will have the skills to set up and customize Maizey projects for your educational needs\, ensuring that Maizey becomes an invaluable asset in your teaching toolkit.\n\nWorkshop Outline:\n\nIntroduction to U-M Maizey for Educators\n\n-Overview of Maizey’s Role in Education\n-Benefits for Instructors and Students\n-Maizey and Canvas Integration\n--Setting Up Maizey with Canvas\n--New! Instructor Tools\n--Indexing Canvas Courses\n--Managing Course Materials\n-Practical Applications in Teaching and Learning\n--Using Maizey as a Class Tutor\n--Enhancing Homework Assistance\n--Using a Maizey as a student\n--Facilitating Discussion and Research\n-Customization and Advanced Settings\n--Understanding Maizey Data Sources and File Types\n--Defining System Prompts for an Educational Context\n--Adjusting Temperature Settings for Accurate Responses\n-Hands-On Activity\n--Creating and Customizing Maizey Projects\n--Crafting Effective System Prompts\n--Experimenting with Settings to Optimize Performance\n-Q&A and Best Practices\n--Sharing Use Cases and Success Stories\n--Troubleshooting Common Issues\n\nAudience: Instructors and Students UID:119411-21916333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/119411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Ai Literacy,Artificial Intelligence,Chat Gpt,Chatgpt,digital,digital technology,Faculty,Genai,Generative Ai,information and technology,information science,Innovation,Integrative Systems,Interdisciplinary,michigan it,Professional Development,Staff,Teaching And Learning,Teachtech,Training,U-m Gpt,Virtual,Webinar,workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260829T094517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar | DESCRIPTION:tbd UID:151159-21910990@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151159 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T141210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness UID:128708-21909108@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T152613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pious Politics: Cultural Foundations of the Islamist Movement in Turkey DESCRIPTION:Respondent: Pauline Jones\, U-M\n\nWhat explains the rise and resilience of religious movements in historically secular contexts? Pious Politics (Cambridge University Press\, 2025) investigates this question through the case of Islamist mobilization in Turkey. Drawing on two years of archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in formal and clandestine religious networks in Turkey\, Ozgen shows that the Turkish Islamists captured the state by developing a popular\, well-organized movement that rallied the masses and built vigorous political parties. But an equally formative\, if not more significant\, factor was the cultural groundwork Islamists laid through a quiet\, gradual\, and remarkably robust model of mobilization. Leveraging this groundwork\, Islamists taught people to act politically in everyday life—situating personal choices about dress\, speech\, comportment\, and social relations against a particular sociopolitical worldview. Pious Politics advances debates across political\, historical\, and cultural sociology\, as well as scholarship on Islam and the Middle East. \n\nWebinar Link: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oQqwZXShTuWSZaHhojrtGg\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at emergingdemocracies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:150927-21910454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150927 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:democracy,Turkey LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 BD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T152518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T235900 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:SMART CENTER Symposium DESCRIPTION:November 10 - 11\, 2026\n\nConnect with pioneers and shape the future of single-molecule biology together. The SMBio Single-molecule\nBiology Symposium brings together scientists interested in single-molecule approaches from all over the world to\nshare their research\, connect\, and exchange ideas and experiences.\n\nJoin us at Kahn Auditorium in the Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building (109 Zina Pitcher Place).\nPlease see https://www.lumicks.com/event/symposium/smbio-2026-midwest# for the agenda. UID:153165-21915245@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153165 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Molecular,Research,Symposium LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260729T130108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:CEW+ Midweek Mindfulness DESCRIPTION:RSVP here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/htrYM6lXQH28gjySTQaKIw\n\nJoin us on Wednesdays from 12:15 – 12:45 pm. Register once to receive a Zoom link to access the sits each week or as your schedule allows.\n\nMindful meditation is a contemplative practice that\, over time\, can build resilience and coping skills to support you to gain perspective\, navigate the demands of daily life\, and build compassion. Weekly guided sits offer a virtual community of practice that explores present-moment awareness\, open and directed attention\, non-judgment\, and self-compassion. CEW+ Midweek Mindfulness welcomes practitioners of all skill levels. Each session offers instruction\, support\, and the opportunity to practice guided and self-directed mindful meditation. Participate weekly\, or drop in as your schedule allows. All are welcome! UID:109796-21906863@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/109796 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Caregivers,first-generation,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Health & Wellness,Mindfulness,Nontraditional Students,Self-care,Student Parents,Students With Children,Support,transfer students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Welcome to Michigan,Well-being,Wellness,women,women's health,Work-life Balance,Zoom LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T135725 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Communication and Media Information Session #3 DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the Communication and Media major\, academics\, and extracurricular opportunities available to prospective and declared students. UID:152310-21913511@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152310 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication And Media,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261016T151745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SRC Seminar: Advancing Multilevel and Integrative Approaches to Address Intimate Partner Violence DESCRIPTION:Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/99130067042?pwd=arc8yjlQ9fiN4ZeVrG4jgjbkkpQTSI.1&jst=2\n\nMeeting ID: 991 3006 7042\nPasscode: 332307\n\nAbstract:\nIntimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health and human rights issue with significant physical\, psychological\, relational\, and embodied consequences. This presentation introduces two interconnected projects that examine IPV through interdisciplinary perspectives\, including criminology\, sociology\, social work\, gender studies\, psychology\, family studies\, public health\, trauma studies\, and neuroscience.\n\nThe first project focuses on theory development through a cross-national\, multilevel examination of IPV victimization among women and men. It explores how broader structural conditions intersect with individual experiences to shape IPV risk. By integrating macro- and micro-level perspectives\, this work aims to advance a more comprehensive understanding of IPV across diverse global contexts.\n\nThe second project focuses on intervention development and survivor healing. It examines an integrative\, culturally responsive\, trauma-informed\, and mindfulness-based intervention for individuals with histories of IPV. Using a mixed-methods randomized controlled trial design\, the project assesses preliminary indicators of holistic well-being\, empowerment\, and stress regulation through surveys\, interviews\, and biomarkers.\n\nTogether\, these projects reflect an interdisciplinary research agenda that moves from understanding the multilevel determinants of IPV to developing culturally grounded\, trauma-informed\, mindfulness-based\, and neuroscience-informed approaches to survivor recovery. The presentation will discuss implications for theory development\, policy\, practice\, clinical intervention\, and global efforts to prevent IPV.\n\nBiography:\nCarrie K. W. Li\, PhD\, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong and an International Visiting Faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Dr. Li is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research bridges criminology\, sociology\, social work\, psychology\, nursing\, and public health. She earned her PhD in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University\, her MSc in Crime Science from University College London\, and her BSc with Honours in Experimental Psychology from the University of Bristol. Dr. Li’s research has been supported by numerous competitive grants totaling more than USD 1.3 million. Her work has been published in leading peer-reviewed international journals\, including Journal of Interpersonal Violence\, Family Process\, Child Abuse & Neglect\, Journal of Family Violence\, Violence Against Women\, Victims & Offenders\, Deviant Behavior\, and Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion. UID:153784-21916322@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153784 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:International,Intimate Partner Violence LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050 ISR Thompson CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T121744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng & Bjorn Brolin-Olson\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Tiffany Ng & Bjorn Brolin-Olson perform 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:152267-21913462@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T093431 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CoderSpaces - Wednesday DESCRIPTION:Are you grappling with a piece of code\, trying to compute on a cluster\, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.\n\nAll members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.\n\nTuesdays\, 9:30-11 a.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 513 103 7575)\nWednesdays\, 1:30-3 p.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 513 103 7575) UID:152615-21914135@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ai,Artificial Intelligence,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Great Lakes Cluster,High Performance Computing,Machine Learning,Social Science,Social Sciences,Statistics LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/5131037575?omn=94024500517 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T104847 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T153000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:The Hidden Curriculum: Academic Advising DESCRIPTION:Academic advising is often seen as a transactional experience focused on picking courses for the next registration cycle. While advisors absolutely help students build schedules\, there’s so much more they have to offer. Sometimes\, it’s just about knowing the right questions to ask. \n\nJoin Newnan Advisors for First-Gen Celebration Week and chat about how to make the most of advising. Relax in our remodeled engagement space\, enjoy fresh popcorn\, and leave with knowledge and swag! UID:153635-21916127@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153635 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,First-generation,First-generation Students,Firstgenweek,Firstgenweek2026,Lsa Newnan Academic Advising Center,Newnan,Newnan Academic Advising,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center LOCATION:Angell Hall - Newnan Advising Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Designing Your Life for Master’s Students Virtual Mini-Series DESCRIPTION:What is a well-designed life? How do you find a career where you can thrive? Inspired by Stanford’s Designing Your Life curriculum\, this interactive\, four-week\, in-person series will teach Master’s Students principles for designing a fulfilling career. Participants must commit to attending all four sessions. The series includes brief homework assignments\, in-class discussions\, and out-of-class application activities. This workshop is designed for Master’s Students. Registration closes Friday\, October 23. \nPlease note that your registration status will be marked as pending until all the steps (displayed below) are completed.Registration steps:Thoroughly check the dates to ensure you are available for each session in this workshop series. There are a total of four sessions in this series\, and participants are required to attend all four sessions.All sessions will be selected automatically when you register. Please do not deselect any sessions.If you have any questions about this process\, please contact Kirsten Elling (kelling@umich.edu) or Maggie Gardner (maggieev@umich.edu).Session Dates: October 28November 4November 11November 18\n UID:153222-21915448@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222135 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OGPS GenAI Essentials - Fall 2026 DESCRIPTION:Generative AI tools are increasingly part of academic\, research\, and professional work\, but using them effectively requires more than knowing how to write a prompt. GenAI Essentials is a practical workshop series designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars make informed\, responsible decisions about when and how to use generative AI.Through interactive sessions and hands-on activities\, participants will examine the capabilities and limitations of GenAI tools\, practice strategies for using AI in writing and communication\, and develop more intentional approaches to prompting and evaluating AI-generated responses.Participants may register for one or more sessions.By the end of the Fall 2026 series\, participants will be able to:Evaluate appropriate uses and limitations of generative AI in academic\, research\, and professional contexts.Identify ethical\, privacy\, academic integrity\, and disclosure considerations that should inform GenAI use.Use GenAI strategically to support revision\, feedback\, and professional communication without outsourcing authorship or judgment.Develop more specific and effective prompts by identifying the characteristics\, goals\, and conventions of the writing they want to produce or improve.If you have any questions\, please reach out Dr. Ioannis Chremos (ichremos@umich.edu) UID:151412-21911560@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151412 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:THSL 2955 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T153354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Intersection of Disability and Performance Challenges DESCRIPTION:This presentation will explore how employee performance concerns intersect with other identities. We will show the interactive process and how it leads to successful performance conversations. You will examine how:\n\n-Workplace accommodations can influence performance outcomes\n-To thoughtfully balance performance-related conversations with accommodation discussions\n-Key stakeholders contribute to an effective and equitable process\n\nWe will use a case analysis to show how you can use this process in the workplace. We will also clarify key roles and responsibilities. Join us to ask questions\, share perspectives\, and engage in meaningful conversations.\n\nYou will learn to:\n-Identify U-M resources and support for employees and supervisors\n-Determine how accommodations\, essential job functions and performance standards fit together\n-Apply consistent\, objective performance management\n-Use support-focused communication and documentation in performance conversations\n\nYou will benefit by:\n-Recognizing when to engage in the interactive process\n-Obtaining resources to identify where performance concerns and accommodation requests intersect UID:152851-21914597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152851 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Accommodations,Communication,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Ndeam,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T163409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Intersection of Disability and Performance Challenges: A Guide for Supervisors and HR Professionals DESCRIPTION:Registration and course details are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:153138-21915169@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153138 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Human Resources,Leadership LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T165447 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T163000 SUMMARY:Other:Transgender Awareness Month Kickoff: Gaming Extravaganza DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Transgender Awareness Month while being in community through gaming! Engage with different kinds of gamers while learning about trans developers and character identity development. Food will be served. Registration is required.\n\nThis event is open to the entire U-M community including Ann Arbor\, Dearborn\, and Flint campuses via online connection. UID:149664-21906916@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:spectrum center LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Room 4059 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260827T081620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:150999-21910702@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Life Coaching Circles DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Coaching Cirlces!  Each coaching session will provide 8-10 staff members with an opportunity to interact informally with a Student Life Unit Director (or leader) around a leadership topic of interest to them. These are informal conversations (rather than workshops or presentations) between staff and these leaders who have experience with and willingness to share their wisdom around these topics.Staff are asked to register for no more than one coaching circle a semester. Space is very limited\, register today! UID:152716-21914418@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152716 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Union - Welker Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260805T123105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Seminar: TBA DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:149916-21907370@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149916 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261008T122210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nibi Anishinaabe Ikwewag Inaakonigewin DESCRIPTION:For generations\, Anishnaabe Ikwewag (women) have carried a special responsibility to nibi (water)\, the giver of life and a connection among people\, community\, and the natural world. Join indigenous women from across the Great Lakes to explore this sacred relationship\, the legacy of Nokimis Josephine Mandamin-ba and the water walkers\, and the future of women-led water protection and stewardship. \n\nPanelists:\nMyrna Kicknosway\, Elder\, Faculty of Law\, University of Windsor | Walpole Island First Nation\nAndrea Pierce\, Deputy Director of Programming\, Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and Chair\, Anishinaabek Caucus | Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians\nDawn Martin Hill\, Grandmother of 10\, resides in Six Nations of the Grand River with her four children | Mohawk Wolf Clan\nJudy Da Silva\, Elder\, Award-Winning Activist\, Community Leader | Grassy Narrows First Nation\n\nThis event is hosted by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission\, the Global Center for Transboundary Waters\, the Tishman Center for Social Justice and the Environment\, and the Water Center. Refreshments will be served. UID:153473-21915896@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153473 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Sustainability LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 2315 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T093853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T163000 SUMMARY:Other:Study Abroad Info Session: GCC Brazil - Global Blackness DESCRIPTION:Global Course Connections (GCCs) offer a unique opportunity to take what students learn on campus at U-M during the winter semester and apply it abroad in a fun and exciting hands-on class taught by a U-M professor during a 3-week\, off-campus field experience that takes place during the following summer.\n\nJoin CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the GCC Brazil - Global Blackness program\, the application process\, and the courses.\n\nThursday\, October 8\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, October 23\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session) \nWednesday\, November 4\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, December 4\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\nTuesday\, December 8\, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\n\nThe GCC Brazil program is led and taught by Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Comparative Literature\, and Francophone Studies\, Frieda Ekotto. Application Deadline: December 10\, 2026 UID:150292-21908978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150292 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,african and african american studies,African Diaspora,Culture,Latin America,Sessions,South America,study abroad LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260807T155844 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Exploratory Optimal Reinsurance under the Mean-Variance Criterion DESCRIPTION:This paper proposes a Reinforcement Learning (RL) approach to the optimal reinsurance problem\nwhen the insurer faces uncertainty about the insurance claim dynamics. To this end\, we first formulate\nan exploratory version of the problem as a relaxed stochastic control problem. Within a broad class of\nparametric retention functions and general risk loading functions\, we derive the closed-form equilibrium\npolicy under the continuous-time mean-variance criterion. This is achieved through a formal verification\ntheorem and solving classical solutions of a system of exploratory extended Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman\n(EEHJB) equations. We then establish a policy iteration theorem\, showing that starting from any timeand state-homogeneous policy\, policy iteration converges to the derived equilibrium policy. Next\, we\ndevelop a martingale orthogonality theorem\, which serves as the foundation of our RL algorithm. The\nalgorithm is evaluated through simulation studies and real data from the U.S. National Flood Insurance\nProgram. Results demonstrate that the RL approach effectively learns unknown claim distributions\,\ntracks unobserved changes in claim dynamics and produces higher insurer surplus trajectories than the\nmaximum likelihood estimation (MLE) approach while simultaneously exhibiting greater robustness to\nthe choice of training window. UID:150012-21907810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T151707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:German Convo on the Go DESCRIPTION:Meet at Burton Tower for a 1-hour walk and talk in German with Mary Gell (magell@umich.edu). This event happens 'rain or shine.' Open to speakers of German at all levels. UID:151752-21912124@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151752 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Humanities,Language LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower - Meet Outside the Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T120947 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Hacking College Life With Chronic Illness and/or Disability DESCRIPTION:Our 6-week wellness coaching group is a supportive space for U-M students with disabilities or chronic health conditions. It’s a chance to connect with others\, share experiences\, and support one another. \n\nDates/times: We will meet on Wednesdays from 4-5 p.m. on Zoom.\n\nWe will cover the following topics:\n\nSession 1: November 4 — Intros\, Agreements\, Ground Rules\, and Definitions\nSession 2: November 11 — Boundaries and Values\nSession 3: November 18 — Addressing Worry\nNOTE: No group on Wednesday\, November 25\, due to proximity to Thanksgiving\nSession 4: December 2 — Self-Compassion Mindset\nSession 5: December 9 — Time Management\nSession 6: December 16 — Wrap Up\, Review\, and Optional Future Connections \nPlease note: the group can decide whether to wrap up a week earlier\, given the end of the semester.\nLocation: Zoom\; link sent upon completion of online intake/screening. \n\nSign up: Register through our online scheduler. Please select “Group Coaching” when selecting your coaching type\, and you will be shown the calendar for current groups. Just sign up for the first session. If you attend\, we will add you to future sessions. No additional participants will be added after the first session. UID:153824-21916401@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153824 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Disability,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Health & Wellness,Public Health,Social Justice,Student Life,Well-being,Wellness,Wellness Coaching,Wolverine Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260705T153024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T172000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RTG SEMINAR Topology\, Geometry\, Dynamics: TBA DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:149233-21906024@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149233 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3860 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T100828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Strongly log-concave measures and lattices DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Let L be a lattice in R^n. Suppose that L has the property that the determinant of every\nnon-zero sublattice L' of L is larger than one. We prove that there exists a symmetric random vector X on R^n\nwith a smooth\, strictly positive density f on R^n simultaneously enjoying the following two properties: \n\na) f is strongly log-concave.\nb) X + L is uniform on R^n/L.\n\nMoreover\, the existence of such a density f on R^n characterizes this determinant condition imposed on L. This construction connects several problems \nin lattice theory to established results in convex geometry. We discuss a range of applications. This is joint work with Victor Reis and Thomas Rothvoss. UID:153726-21916243@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153726 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261016T111939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUWeekly Wellness: Occupational Wellness DESCRIPTION:Come destress from intern recruiting season and job applications with snacks and work-life balance tips. We will have free snacks and interview prep resources! UID:153767-21916290@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153767 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Careers,Cci,Free Food,Interview Prep LOCATION:Michigan Union - Courtyard CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260811T161811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T183000 SUMMARY:Other:FreeStore by Planet Blue Student Leaders DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a sustainable shopping experience at the Planet Blue Student Leader’s FreeStore. This monthly event is your chance to find new-to-you clothing and household goods while reducing consumer waste and encouraging reuse. Help us build a more sustainable campus community. Everything is free!\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: the FIRST FREESTORE in September is on Friday\, Sept 4th from 1-3p. All other FreeStore's are on the first Wednesday of each month from 4:30-6:30p. UID:136782-21879110@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136782 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Campus Resources,Community,Community Engagement,Environment,Free,Freestore,In Person,planet blue,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Student Org,Sustainability LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260527T152240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T183000 SUMMARY:Other:FreeStore by Planet Blue Student Leaders DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a sustainable shopping experience at the Planet Blue Student Leader’s FreeStore. This monthly event is your chance to find new-to-you clothing and household goods while reducing consumer waste and encouraging reuse. Help us build a more sustainable campus community. Everything is free! UID:148421-21904233@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148421 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,In Person,Shopping,Store,Student Org,Sustainability,Thrift LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SAPAC GROWE: Engendering Respectful Communities Workshops - SY26 - 27 DESCRIPTION:Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces\, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention\, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process\, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various\, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues\, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them\, name potential barriers to intervention\, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas\, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired\, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop\, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late\, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop\, or are in need of an exemption\, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging\, please reach out to the GROWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources. UID:150694-21909960@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21906301@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Kalmazoo (League, 2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T195648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:UChicago Law Webinar for UM Students DESCRIPTION:Located on a residential campus in one of America's great cities\, UChicago Law offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities\, the social sciences\, and the natural sciences. Students\, faculty\, and staff form a small\, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind. The UChicago Law admissions team welcomes you to join them for an admissions info session to learn more about UChicago Law School and the application process. UID:150978-21910655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150978 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Advising,Law,Law School,Lsa Newnan Academic Advising Center,Newnan,Newnan Academic Advising,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Newnan Lsa Pre-law,Pre Law,Pre-Law,Pre-professional,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Arts Initiative Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:The Arts Initiative is university-wide\, and we believe the arts are for everyone. One of our goals is to make creative experiences accessible across all three University of Michigan campuses and beyond by connecting students\, faculty\, staff\, and community members through meaningful artistic opportunities.Throughout the year\, we support hundreds of free or low-cost events\, workshops\, performances\, exhibitions\, artist talks\, creative wellness programs\, and public art experiences. Whether someone has been making art their entire life or is trying something creative for the very first time\, there's a place for them here.We believe that creativity helps us build community\, explore new ideas\, reduce stress\, and connect with one another in meaningful ways. There's no expectation to be an artist when attending our workshops —just come as you are\, stay curious\, and enjoy the process. UID:150508-21914580@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Nichols Arboretum 1610 Washington Hts. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T094109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Autumn in Verse: A Poetry Workshop W/ Caroline Harper New DESCRIPTION:Join us for \"Art in the Arb\"\, a special workshop series designed to welcome U-M students\, staff\, and faculty to Nichols Arboretum through a shared arts experience. In this poetry workshop\, artist Caroline Harper New will guide us through a series of writing meditations that ask us to reflect on our relationship to the natural world. We will think about time\, memory\, and seasons of transition\, as well as the ways in which we become entangled with the beings around us. You will have the opportunity to read poems by others and share our own work. Everyone is encouraged to explore Nichols Arboretum before or after the workshop. No prior art or writing experience is required\; all levels are welcome. All materials are provided. Bring your curiosity and love for the outdoors!\n\nArtist Bio:\nCaroline is a scholar and artist from southwest Georgia. She is the author of A History of Half-Birds (Milkweed Editions\, 2024) and If I Call This Cave a Garden (YesYes Books\, forthcoming 2027).\n\nHer creative work is rooted in the precarious landscape of the Gulf Coast\, where her practice spans poetry\, sculpture\, painting\, film\, choreography\, and the tendons in between. As a Ph.D. student in anthropology\, she studies in beyond-human entanglements\, ruptures in temporality\, and death and extinction in wetlands. She earned her M.F.A. in Poetry at the University of Michigan.\n\nLocation details: \nThis session takes place at the entrance to Nichols Arboretum located at 1610 Washington Heights. Upon entering the Arb\, look for the James D. Reader Center\, a large white farmhouse. Follow the ramp or stairs to the main entrance with the green door. UID:152817-21914567@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152817 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Art In The Arb,ArtsRx,Creative Writing,Free,Nichols Arboretum,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 1610 Washington Hts. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260910T111502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T190000 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:151889-21912344@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151889 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Dining Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260828T153227 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T200000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Excursion Lab DESCRIPTION:Adventure starts with trying something new. Excursion Lab is a series of approachable outdoor experiences where you can experiment with new activities\, build confidence\, and meet other students. Try things like geocaching\, slacklining\, rucking\, and other outdoor pursuits in a welcoming\, beginner-friendly environment. No previous experience required. UID:151136-21910945@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151136 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Adventure Leadership,Community,Nature,Nature Rx,Outdoors,Well-being LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building - Adventure Leadership Outpost CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261016T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:From Studio to Museum Wall: Artist\, Collector\, and the Life of an Artwork DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat is the relationship between an artist and a collector? How does a work of art travel from the studio to an exhibition\, and eventually onto loan at a museum? Behind every object on a gallery wall is a chain of relationships\, decisions\, and logistics that rarely gets discussed in art school\, yet shapes the careers of artists and the afterlife of their work.\n\nIn this conversation\, artist Cosmo Whyte\, collector JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey\, and collection manager Elizabeth Tenenbaum pull back the curtain on that journey. Each brings a distinct vantage point: the artist who makes the work and sets its terms\, the collector who lives with it\, supports it\, and makes it available to the public\, and the manager who handles the practical details of cataloguing\, care\, documentation\, shipping\, and loan agreements that keep a collection in good order.\n\nWhether you’re a practicing artist navigating the collecting world\, a student artist looking at career paths ahead\, or an emerging collector\, join us for an insightful conversation with professionals to strengthen your roadmap. An audience Q&A will follow the conversation.\n\nFree and open to the public. Registration requested.\n\nAbout the Speakers\n\nCosmo Whyte\nCosmo Whyte (b. 1982\, St. Andrew\, Jamaica) received a BFA from Bennington College\, a post-baccalaureate at Maryland Institute College of Art\, and a MFA from University of Michigan. In 2020 he had solo exhibitions at MOCA Georgia and ICA San Diego. Whyte has exhibited in biennial exhibitions including Prospect.5 New Orleans (2022) 13th Havana Biennial\, the Jamaica Biennial (2017)\, and the Atlanta Biennial (2016). His work has been included in exhibitions at Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago\, IL\; The High Museum of Art\, Atlanta\, GA\; The Drawing Center\, New York\, NY\; The Somerset House\, London\, UK\; Museum of Latin American Art\, Los Angeles\, CA\; Atlanta Contemporary\, Atlanta\, GA\; Centre Georges Pompidou\, Paris\, France\; and the National Gallery of Jamaica\, Kingston\, Jamaica. His work is in public museum collections including the High Museum\, Atlanta\; Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago\, IL\; International African American Museum\, Charlotte\, NC\; Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia\; National Gallery of Jamaica\; and the Pérez Art Museum Miami. In 2022 he joined the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture as an assistant professor. Whyte lives and works in Los Angeles\, CA.\n\nJoAnn Gonzalez Hickey\nJoAnn Gonzalez Hickey has spent much of her adult life engaged in the visual arts as practitioner\, patron\, friend and advocate.\n\nUpon abandoning the art studio and any potential advancement as a young practicing artist\, her mentor and teacher wisely advised her to continue on by “enjoying an art experience every day.” Reading\, museums\, galleries\, studio visits\, board work and philanthropic engagements became the artistic playground where her eye and individual sensibilities continued to develop.\n\nA move to New York City in 2002 prompted JoAnn to think more formally about collecting. Certainly\, living in New York City\, a major international center for contemporary art\, offered opportunities for a direct and targeted exploration. She spent the next couple of years visiting private collections\, seeking perspective on the various approaches employed by collectors. During this period of time she realized her eye was most often drawn to works on paper. In 2005\, having gained clarity and vision\, she set out to formally build a collection focused entirely on unique contemporary abstract works on paper. In 2012 JoAnn created the Syzygy platform. Syzygy offers her collection for study by college and graduate academic institutions to engage in a multitude of interdisciplinary projects. \n\nJoAn was a speaker at the Vail Symposium\, “Art\, a Matter of Mind\,” in 2018 and has lectured at the University of Minnesota\, Colorado State University\, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)\, and numerous other colleges and universities across the US. Internationally\, she participated in a panel on collecting at Vienna Art Week in Austria and featured in a video interview with Joana P.R. Neves\, a London-based independent curator and Artistic Director of the Drawing Now Art Fair.\n\nThe collection has expanded considerably over a 20 year history. It offers the fullest expression of what a drawing can be while articulating the range of language employed by individual artists. JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey believes there is value in connecting with the artist in order to gain an understanding of the underlying forces central to the artist’s work. \n\nJoAnn currently resides in the mountains of Colorado. When she isn’t looking at art\, her time is spent enjoying other cultural arts activities\, fly fishing and two young grandchildren. \n\nAbout the Collection \nThe JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey Collection is a significant collection of unique contemporary works on paper by over 450 early to mid-career contemporary artists from around the world. While the collection can largely be characterized as abstract\, there are exceptions yielding to figuration and the narrative. Paper is the essential element of the collection. Ms. Gonzalez Hickey established SYZYGY\, a curatorial and study platform to promote a deeper understanding of the nature of works on paper. \n\nElizabeth Tenenbaum\nElizabeth Tenenbaum is an art advisor\, private curator\, collection manager and a qualified accredited USPAP appraiser who lives in Brooklyn\, New York. Elizabeth is also the Director of Syzygy\, a curatorial study platform focused on unique contemporary works on paper. Elizabeth attended Syracuse University\, graduating with a BFA in 1998. She received her Certificate from NYU in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts. Her career began at Art in General\, a nonprofit organization that assisted artists with the production and presentation of new work. She has been active in the New York City art world for over 25 years working with galleries\, assisting other artists in residency programs\, working as the art director for a nationwide publication and as the assistant director at an art foundation.\n\nIn 2013 she founded her art collection advisory and appraisal firm\, Art Wise\, Inc. She was a visiting critic in 2014 for ABUBUYA KM0 2014 an International Workshop involving visual artists\, cultural managers\, curators\, interacting with the moxeño community El Rosario in Beni – Bolivia\, accessible by the River Mamoré only\; in 2015 visiting critic at the Wassaic Project Residency in Amenia\, NY\; and in 2021 studio visits with NARS foundation residents. Her writing was published in the 2015 book Abubuya. She has presented and lectured about contemporary art collections to students in various Masters of Fine Arts Programs including: Sotheby’s Institute\, New York\; School of Visual Arts\; New York\, University of San Francisco\, CA\; Colorado State University\, Ft. Collins\, CO\; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art\, Philadelphia\; and University of Minnesota\, Minneapolis\, MN. She lectures annually at Artist in the Marketplace\, at the Bronx Museum of Art. UID:153793-21916346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153793 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261014T123659 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Teaching English Abroad After Graduation DESCRIPTION:Teaching English abroad can be a cost-effective way to spend a year (or two!) immersing yourself in another culture after graduation. There are many ways to go about teaching English abroad\, so we invite you to join us for a session that will cover topics including things to know about teaching English abroad\, opportunities to do so\, and how to prepare for the experience while still a student at U-M! Pizza will be provided! This event is co-sponsored by the International Center & the English Language Institute (ELI). UID:153694-21916193@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,International,Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall, Room 955 (9th Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T213000 SUMMARY:Other:Beginner lesson and social dance DESCRIPTION:Swing Ann Arbor hosts a beginner Lindy Hop 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:152099-21912989@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152099 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Vandenberg Room, Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T125517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception for *Like the Flowing River* DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the opening of Tomoyuki Ueno's exhibition *Like the Flowing River*\, featuring a conversation between Ueno and curator Amanda Krugliak. Light refreshments will be served.\n\nAbout the exhibition: Artist Tomoyuki Ueno creates individual works and installations where nature appears to be in an endless conversation with form\, one echoing the other\, a repetition. They are a combination of certainty and ephemerality\, as if hinged between living and loss. The specificity of Ueno’s sculptural works reads like poetry. Ueno’s installation offers visitors time away\, for contemplation\, to draw inward\, to come inside\, to ask the question\, “How are art and the everyday intertwined?” Honoring the Buddhist philosophy of impermanence\, one becomes a continuation of the other. The artist intends the space to offer a restorative and meditative experience.\n\nThis exhibition includes artworks created from natural materials foraged by the artist while in artist residency in Ann Arbor.\n\n*The title refers to the opening line of Hōjōki\, written by 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk Kamo no Chōmei: \"The flow of the river is ceaseless\, and the water is never the same…\"* UID:149764-21907161@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149764 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery and foyer. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T102811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Virtual Transfer Student Panel DESCRIPTION:Join a panel of LSA Transfer Student Ambassadors to learn more about the transfer student experience. The Ambassadors will be chatting about the academic transition to U-M\, how to get involved on campus\, housing\, all the amazing programs and support for transfer students\, and any other questions that you have. Join us even if you don't have specific questions.\n\nPlease register with link at the right. After you register you will receive the Zoom login. UID:141224-21915668@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141224 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T213000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21912258@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:League- Kalamazoo (2nd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261005T121804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Brenna Lantz-Lewis\, percussion DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Brenna Lantz-Lewis performs a final senior recital. UID:153268-21915553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T181748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Heidi M. Riggs\, French horn DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Heidi M. Riggs performs a final master's degree recital. UID:153267-21915552@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T181535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260616T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Soccer vs Ohio State DESCRIPTION:Men's Soccer vs Ohio State UID:148985-21905280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148985 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Soccer LOCATION:U-M Soccer Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T103734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T210000 SUMMARY:Other:2026 First-Generation Celebration Week DESCRIPTION:Join us November 2nd through November 6th in celebrating first-generation college students in honor of National First-Generation College Student Day! All week long\, we will be putting on events to support and bring visibility to the nearly 5\,000 first-generation college students on our campus. For more information about First-Generation Celebration Week events visit the U-Mich First-Gen website here:https://firstgen.umich.edu/first-gen-week/. UID:153215-21915433@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153215 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Firstgenweek,Firstgenweek2026 LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T134954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Awakening the Dragon–Showcasing the Building and Performance of an Asian Icon DESCRIPTION:Experience a curated experience of the imaginary\, featuring a lightly sci-fi\, magnificent work of art--the LRCCS Fortune and Longevity Dragon\, a 25-ft long\, Asian-inspired full-body dragon sculpture for use in the traditional \"dragon dance\" crafted by renowned international artist Zhen Guo with U-M faculty arts lecturer Raymond Wetzel\, artist Jeri Rosenberg\, students\, and volunteers The exhibition highlights the story of the dragon's fabrication and its impact on community.. An iconic symbol of inclusivity\, strength\, and courage\, this newly imagined U-M dragon\, with its futuristic flair\, technological creativity and sustainable materials\, invites students and the entire community to re-envision a classic cultural symbol for contemporary times.\n\nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement.\n\nAdditional funding was provided by ArtsEngine\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from Asian Languages and Cultures\, International Institute\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, Nam Center for Korean Studies\, Residential College\, School of Kinesiology\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Taubman College\, University of Michigan Library\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, and Women’s and Gender Studies Department.\n\n*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:152125-21913078@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,Chinese Studies,Dance,Exhibition,Free,International,Multidisciplinary Design,Performance Art,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T121511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Camille Ann Brewer\, MFA\, MLIS DESCRIPTION:Camille Ann Brewer lives and works in the City of Detroit\, Michigan. Through the process of textile construction\, Brewer’s artwork intersects cartographic and photographic images that speak to specific spaces and time. Weaving together of physical place\, memory with time is the core subject of this body of work. \n\nThe artwork is built with time-period paper maps\, which illustrate spatial geography and political territory\; along with paper-collaged images of people\, places and things\, which tie directly to the history and human relationships in space. In patterns that support the artwork’s theme\, the two disparate paper elements are then woven together to create a serendipitous making and aesthetic experience. UID:150411-21909389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,ArtsEngine,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. UID:150276-21908541@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T114238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lila Kadaj Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lila Kadaj received her MFA from Wayne State University. Her work has been shown at numerous institutions\, including the Detroit Institute of Arts\, the Cranbrook Art Museum\, and the Arab American National Museum. She spent nearly 27 years teaching art at Detroit Public schools.\n\nArtist statement: “When looking at a beautiful flower. It’s just itself. Just there......no .....it does not proclaim its purpose for blooming is to make people happy. It just is. Like standing in front of an easel and painting........just is.......no matter......what proclamations may be concluded to sway the viewer. Same thing goes for fine art. It’s not about I am a woman....it’s not about I am a first generation Arab American.....it’s not about being a child of trauma....it’s not about a member of my family being gunned down on the street....it’s about being born a painter.....standing in front of my easel and working to create a \"Piece of Fine Art\". Not standing on some soap box and expecting my words to somehow qualify my painting. It’s the painting\, drawing or sculpture that must speak on its own.......on how the artist......via the intellect and muse uses the elements to create something distinct and first rate. It can be quiet or loud. I see so much very weak work uplifted not for its quality but because it’s in fashion.” UID:150406-21909225@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arab Heritage Month,Art,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Exhibition,Free,Middle East Studies,North Campus,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery Concourse Level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T162236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix Lembersky DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage designer\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realist and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Realism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known artistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. For political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformist work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnessed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersky reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with hope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalized people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial workers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their circumstances\, Lembersky portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\, and admiration. \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, and personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Galina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddaughter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWorks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:149975-21907527@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T160941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women's anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. Instead\, the exhibit offers evidence of joy\, reminders of possibility\, and a visual legacy for generations to come. \n \nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae's belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers. They create space for BIPOC families to see themselves represented with dignity and to witness the full range of birth experiences. Lashae's photographs also create a tangible record that can support conversations around quality of medical care\, respectful treatment\, and patient rights. The exhibit empowers women to prioritize and advocate for their birth experiences while also encouraging perinatal health professionals and birthworkers to center the humanity\, dignity\, and individual experiences of patients and families. \n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer whose work has been published in Everyday Birth Magazine\, an international publication. The physical exhibit is accompanied by a virtual component that encourages audiences to engage with each mother's birth story.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan. \n\nBlack Birth Joy\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153178-21915311@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african and african american studies,american culture,anthropology,Art,artists and curators,photography LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T130435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy photography exhibit DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women’s anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. \n\nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae’s belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers.\n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan.\n\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153919-21916673@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,american culture,Art,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan,Black America,Blackness,Caregiver,Caregivers,center for the education of women,community activism,Community Engagement,daas,Diversity,equity issues,Exhibition,feminism,feminist,Gender Equality,gender studies,Health,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,Health Equity,healthcare,Nursing,obstetrics and gynecology,reproductive health,reproductive justice,Reproductive Rights,sexuality,social science research,Storytelling,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Wellness,women,women of color,Women's And Gender Studies,women's health,women's health program,women's studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T123553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s\, 1920s\, and 1930s DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Friday\, 9:00am-4:30pm. UID:152203-21913283@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T151759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fashion/Forward DESCRIPTION:Fashion/Forward is an invitational group exhibition celebrating the innovative work by artists with developmental disabilities and/or mental health differences from progressive art studios around the country. Both including fashion and about fashion\, the exhibition features drawings\, paintings\, sculptures\, textiles\, wearable clothing\, accessories\, and other fabulous fashion-inspired works and is organized in conjunction with the 2026 Creating Community Conference. Learn more about the conference at https://myumi.ch/qwVRX.\n\n *Image: \"Untitled\,\" Jade Saren\, Creative Growth Art Center* UID:149758-21907092@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability Studies,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909816@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T124814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Like the Flowing River DESCRIPTION:Artist Tomoyuki Ueno creates individual works and installations where nature appears to be in an endless conversation with form\, one echoing the other\, a repetition. They are a combination of certainty and ephemerality\, as if hinged between living and loss. The specificity of Ueno’s sculptural works reads like poetry. Ueno’s installation offers visitors time away\, for contemplation\, to draw inward\, to come inside\, to ask the question\, “How are art and the everyday intertwined?” Honoring the Buddhist philosophy of impermanence\, one becomes a continuation of the other. The artist intends the space to offer a restorative and meditative experience.\n\nThis exhibition includes artworks created from natural materials foraged by the artist while in artist residency in Ann Arbor.\n\n*The title refers to the opening line of Hōjōki\, written by 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk Kamo no Chōmei: \"The flow of the river is ceaseless\, and the water is never the same…\"* UID:149763-21907124@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T094427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Small Works: Prints & Book Objects from Detroit\, 2020–2026 DESCRIPTION:Small Works\nPrints & Book Objects from Detroit 2020–2026\n\nOctober 27 - November 19 \nPublic Reception: Friday\, November 13 from 4:30-6pm.\n\nSmall Works was a print shop ran by Li Chen & Gerald Schulze\, in Detroit\, MI\, from 2020–2026. Mariana Matos joined as the studio assistant\, and later studio manager\, in 2024. Over those six years\, the business grew from an extension of their design practice to a community space that hosts more than 70 classes a year\, open studio for the public\, and year long funded fellowships that investigate practice in art and design related to the Book Arts. In 2026\, they decided to expand community programming\, and to accommodate this expansion closed Small Works\, and formed Center for the Book Arts Detroit (BAD) which operates in the same space.\n\nThis exhibition is a eulogy for the former Small Works shop\, and a celebration of all the people who made work here. It also serves to show what is possible as a community\, when they share space and create work together. \n\nThe work featured is a collection of things printed by Small Works\, by their studiomates Diskette Press\, the publisher Maamoul Press\, and by the community that uses the space. UID:152872-21914644@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Art,art and design,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Book,book discussion,book event,Detroit,Exhibition,Michigan Arts,Michigan Arts Festival LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180326 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T103000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Gift of Life Swab Week DESCRIPTION:Gift of Life is a national bone marrow and stem cell registry that connects patients battling blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma with donors who can save their lives. Most patients don't have a match in their family\, so they rely on strangers joining the registry. Our University of Michigan chapter has added over 2\,700 Wolverines to the registry\, leading to 18 confirmed matches and 3 life-saving transplants. This fall's Swab Week runs November 2 to 6 on the Diag\, and this week we are going up against Ohio State in registrations. Joining takes about five minutes: fill out a quick form and swab your cheek. If you're between 18 and 35 and in good health\, stop by\, bring your friends\, and you could be the match that gives someone a second chance at life. If your interested in volunteering please reach out we would love to have you help out. Go Blue! UID:152915-21914778@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152915 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Diag CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SAPAC GROWE: Engendering Respectful Communities Workshops - SY26 - 27 DESCRIPTION:Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces\, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention\, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process\, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various\, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues\, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them\, name potential barriers to intervention\, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas\, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired\, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop\, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late\, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop\, or are in need of an exemption\, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging\, please reach out to the GROWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources. UID:150694-21909961@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:TBD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260824T192124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Disability Awareness & Inclusion\, Part 1 DESCRIPTION:Disability is an integral part of maintaining a positive organizational culture. It is important to be part of a culture that supports and embraces disability inclusion. This session will cover:\n\n-Background about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)\n-Ways to raise disability awareness and inclusion\n-Best practices for creating and maintaining inclusive working and learning environments\n-Content to dispel ableist myths and misconceptions about disability\n-We will engage in discussions about increasing accessibility and disability inclusion. Discussions will include how to do this at the university\, starting in our own units and departments.\n\nPart 2 of this program will take place on November 12\, from 2:00 - 4:00pm. Register at https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UKHhFDxkTUCOgcPa1TR8Lg\n\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) captioning services will be provided. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this webinar\, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:150520-21909542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Accommodations,Culture,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Ndeam,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260917T151354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T110000 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:138848-21913633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/3131159012 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T155949 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Special Exhibition | Ancient Abstractions: Roman Visual Trends Beyond Naturalism DESCRIPTION:The lifelike naturalistic bodies of Greek and Roman sculpture have been a source of wonder since the Renaissance. Indeed\, the Italian Renaissance artist Vasari identified the ancient world as the time “when sculpture rose to its greatest height.” But close likenesses of the natural world are not the only visual products of the ancient past. This exhibition traces alternative visual trends in the ancient Roman world that today would be considered examples of abstraction. It focuses on monuments and motifs long pushed to the margins of our accounts of ancient art. Oversize arrangements of interlocking shapes pulsate in bold block colors from tombs\, temples\, and homes\; stylized animals flicker into view\, only to collapse once more into bright geometric arrangements\; and artists adopt experimental shorthands for the depiction of space across media. Anticipating recent interests in color and form\, the visual trends of antiquity emerge as far more varied than has long been told.\n\n*Ancient Abstractions is on view from November 5\, 2026\, through February 28\, 2027\, during regular museum hours (Tuesday–Friday\, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM\, and Saturday–Sunday\, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM\; closed Mondays and university holidays.* UID:153842-21916437@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,archaeology,art,Art History,collections,cultural heritage,Exhibition,Faculty,Free,history,Mediterranean,museum,Research,roman empire,visual arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222155 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Intro to Gems DESCRIPTION:A one-hour workshop for LSA staff to learn how to create and use Gemini Gems. UID:153854-21916565@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153854 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LSA 1168 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261020T104629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T150000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Channeling Concern into Change — Learn\, Reflect\, Create\, Heal DESCRIPTION:A choose-your-own-path\, station-based event inspired by recent events and broader conversations about sexual and gender-based misconduct. Explore opportunities to learn\, reflect\, connect\, and take meaningful action to support survivors and prevent sexual misconduct on campus. UID:153695-21916194@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153695 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Sessions,Well-being LOCATION:Michigan Union, Anderson Rooms ABCD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261012T121522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 11 - December 11) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3 \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation comprised of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumference\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is relegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and easily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an object of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwell\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installation\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, working with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and sites in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural systems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\, precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Speculum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFarm\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Art Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotics Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculpture made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon entry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to the artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis exhibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equally To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both titles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator currently based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects\, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the passage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveying phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, process\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s encounters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lecturer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies including Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Prairie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. Website / Instagram UID:138033-21881358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T110934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Pronouns 101 DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the Spectrum Center\, this is a 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. If you would like to learn more about pronouns ahead of the session you may visit: https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/education-resources/about-pronouns\n\nDIALOGUE MICHIGAN\nThis event is part of Dialogue Michigan's 2026-2027 faculty and staff workshops. Learn more at https://myumi.ch/dialogue. UID:151037-21910792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151037 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:dialogue,Faculty,Sessions,Staff LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T074523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | TBD DESCRIPTION:Zoom: In the Meeting Invite\n\nIn-Person: West Hall\, Room 411\n\nAbstract: TBD UID:148612-21904526@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148612 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,Astronomy,Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Materials Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T103914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan DESCRIPTION:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan explores how campus and community debated the issues that tore the country apart\, how students and alums joined the fight\, and how the University’s public mission began to conflict with its elite aspirations. Based on collections at the Bentley Historical Library.\n\nDeveloped by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory and featuring the work of its student docents\, “Fill the Ranks” includes historic artifacts\, digital animations\, and interactive elements spanning two floors.\n\nOn display September 25\, 2026-July 2\, 2027 at the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, 1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109.\n\nView the exhibit during the Observatory’s open hours: Thursdays 12-5 pm\, Fridays 12-11 pm\, Saturdays 12-5 pm.\n\n“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan is supported in part by the Inclusive History Project. To learn more\, please visit inclusivehistory.umich.edu. Additional support provided by the University of Michigan’s U.S. at 250 initiative. UID:152626-21914243@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152626 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,American History,American Politics,archives,bentley historical library,bentley library,civil rights,Civil War,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Humanities,Museum,museums,Politics,Social Sciences,Storytelling,Student Life,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T131259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Who Counts? A History of Voting in America” DESCRIPTION:Changes over the course of the nineteenth century in how Americans voted\, from voice vote to public ballot box to private voting booth\, also saw changes in the material culture that surrounded voting. Ballots and ballot boxes\, campaign pins and ribbons\, blank lists and pre-printed party tickets\, lanterns and banners–the creative forces of the American print industry filled the country’s cities and small towns with the ephemera of electioneering.\n\nAs you look at the items in this exhibit\, think about what they tell us about how Americans in the past felt about voting\, and about how voting felt. How did Election Days feel when they were full of parades and music and public drinking? What was it like to vote when everyone around you knew who you voted for? And\, most of all\, who counted as a voter\, and who did the counting?\n\nOn view September 11-December 22\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:152024-21912684@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Event,Exhibit,Exhibition,history,In Person,libraries,Library,Tour,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ACUM Presents: Advocacy Belonging and Community in 2026 DESCRIPTION:Please join the ABCA Committee in-person or virtually to discuss global\, national\, and local matters currently impacting advisors and students. Snacks will be provided for the in-person participants! The Advising Council at the University of Michigan\, or ACUM\, brings together those who advise to best serve our students through the sharing of information\, ideas\, and best practices across U-M. We welcome your involvement in our committees and future events.R2: Create rapport and build academic advising relationships UID:145252-21915593@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145252 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LCSIB 1280 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260807T152312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series | Nourishing Life: Cultures of Food and Health in Early Modern Japan DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010\, Weiser Hall\, and virtually on Zoom. If you would like to attend via Zoom\, registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/ykpz2\n\nCan food determine your fate? Could indulging in delicacies bring calamity to your community? This talk reevaluates the history of Japanese food culture by examining how ideas of healthy eating became both a popular phenomenon and a matter of grave concern among trained medical experts and amateur culinary enthusiasts alike. It explores why ordinary people ate what they did\, how these ideas on proper eating came to be\, and what social\, economic\, and moral concerns propelled their rise. Guidance on dietetics conveyed priorities about how well-nourished bodies were meant to act in the world\, whether as agricultural workers\, samurai bureaucrats\, or merchant consumers. Failure to keep a proper diet carried life-or-death consequences\, according to these guides\, that could bring not just disease to oneself but financial and moral ruin to one’s household\, domain\, or even society at large. This study of historical nourishment modes in Japan thus reveals an early modern dietetic revolution in the making\, which disrupted older forms of expertise and provided a venue to critique official policies on eating and living right before the introduction of modern scientific nutrition.\n\nJoshua Schlachet is a historian of Japan\, specializing in the cultural history of nourishment in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His new book\, *Nourishing Life: Cultures of Food and Health in Early Modern Japan* (University of Hawaiʻi Press\, 2026)\, examines how the emergence of a dietary common knowledge expanded concepts of a well-nourished body to encompass economic productivity\, status hierarchy\, and moral cultivation. Schlachet is co-editor of *Interdisciplinary Edo: Towards an Integrated Approach to Early Modern Japan* (Routledge\, 2024)\, a collected volume of innovative humanistic research on society and culture in the Tokugawa era. He received his Ph.D. in East Asian languages and cultures from Columbia University in 2018 and is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan's Center for Japanese Studies.\n\nIf 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. UID:150002-21907801@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150002 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Asian Languages And Cultures,center for japanese studies,Food,History,japan,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye DESCRIPTION:\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, refusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static or neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encounter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across generations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, between what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between institutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to consider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-economic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border politics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library. UID:149541-21906633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T140744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Binh Duong Giap (Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences) DESCRIPTION:Join us for the DCMB Tools & Technology Seminar Series featuring a presentation by Binh Duong Giap from the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. Enjoy a complimentary pizza lunch while learning about innovative research and cutting-edge tools.\n\n“Advancing Cataract Surgery Analytics with AI: Pupil Segmentation and Surgical Skill Metrics”\n\nAbstract: \nThe growing availability of surgical video data creates opportunities to develop computational tools for automated analysis of surgical procedures. In cataract surgery\, quantitative analysis of intraoperative videos can support research\, surgical training\, and objective assessment of surgical performance. However\, extracting reliable visual features from surgical videos remains challenging due to instrument occlusion\, lighting variations\, and complex surgical motion.\n\nIn this seminar\, I will present a computational framework for automated analysis of cataract surgery videos. First\, I introduce tensor-based feature extraction methods for robust pupil recognition and segmentation during surgery. These methods enable reliable detection of pupil structures under challenging intraoperative conditions. I will also present CatSkill\, an AI-based system that analyzes surgical videos to derive quantitative metrics for assessing surgical skill. Together\, these approaches demonstrate how computer vision and machine learning can enable objective analysis of surgical videos and support the development of data-driven tools for ophthalmic surgery. UID:153174-21915255@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153174 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Life Science LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DISCO Network Presents - Is AI Inevitable? Insight from Hypecel vs. Technoskepticist Perspectives 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\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu. UID:149375-21906288@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149375 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Digital Studies Institute Lab (G325 Mason Hall) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T104528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T124500 SUMMARY:Tours:Exploring the Reef: Coral Reef Sustainability Tour DESCRIPTION:Learn about coral reefs and how these unique ecosystems have a crucial role in supporting our planet. U-M researcher Dr. Bardwell will lead a tour of his coral reef tanks and share how sustainability and coral reefs are intertwined. Participants will have the opportunity to get a close-up look at coral reefs and discover the intricate lives of the creatures who live here.\n\nDue to the small room size\, this event involves standing for the entire duration of the event. If you need alternate arrangements\, please indicate that in the registration form or email pba-information@umich.edu as soon as possible. \n\nWe will be meeting at the BSB West Atrium before traveling to Dr. Bardwell’s office together. Swipe access is required to access the coral reefs\, so please arrive on time to ensure you can join us for the tour.\n\nThe event is free and open to any U-M community member\, but registration is required. Space is limited for this program\, so please confirm your attendance for this event. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions or if you are no longer able to join this event after registering. UID:149132-21914665@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149132 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Coral Reefs,Ecology,Education,Environment,environmental,environmental education,Free,In Person,planet blue,Science,Sustainability,Water LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Meet at West Atrium Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T141210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness UID:128708-21909109@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260619T111829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Making the Most of Conferences (for Graduate Students) DESCRIPTION:Professional conferences and workshops can play a significant role in building your network\, expanding your expertise\, and showcasing your skills in graduate school. They can also be daunting and overwhelming\, even after having attended a few. In this workshop\, we will provide you with the basics of making the most of professional conferences\, workshops\, and other similar professional events so that you can network without worrying about what to do and how to show up! We will cover the difference between conferences and workshops\, specific types of sessions and networking events that can happen as part of a conference\, what to do to prepare beforehand\, and do’s and don’t’s of attending. This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:149024-21905331@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual on Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T183132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Making the Most of Conferences (for Graduate Students) DESCRIPTION:Professional conferences and workshops can play a significant role in building your network\, expanding your expertise\, and showcasing your skills in graduate school. They can also be daunting and overwhelming\, even after having attended a few. In this workshop\, we will provideyou with the basics of making the most of professional conferences\, workshops\, and other similar professional events so that you can network without worrying about what to do and how to show up! We will cover the difference between conferences and workshops\, specific types of sessions and networking events that can happen as part of a conference\, what to do to prepare beforehand\, and do’s and don’t’s of attending. This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. Register on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/110433 #UCC UID:149047-21905354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222115 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:North Quad (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150256-21916179@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150256 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Meet at NQ Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T152518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T235900 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:SMART CENTER Symposium DESCRIPTION:November 10 - 11\, 2026\n\nConnect with pioneers and shape the future of single-molecule biology together. The SMBio Single-molecule\nBiology Symposium brings together scientists interested in single-molecule approaches from all over the world to\nshare their research\, connect\, and exchange ideas and experiences.\n\nJoin us at Kahn Auditorium in the Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building (109 Zina Pitcher Place).\nPlease see https://www.lumicks.com/event/symposium/smbio-2026-midwest# for the agenda. UID:153165-21915246@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153165 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Molecular,Research,Symposium LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261016T153412 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Streamline Daily Work Tasks with U-M Maizey DESCRIPTION:U-M Maizey is a tool that enables U-M faculty\, staff\, and students to use custom datasets to enhance their GenAI experience\, helping them extract insights\, discover patterns\, and gain deeper knowledge from the data.\n\nEnhance your productivity by harnessing U-M Maizey for various staff-related tasks\, including managing Dropbox\, Google Drive\, and public website data efficiently. This workshop is aimed at staff members who want to utilize Maizey to streamline their workflows\, manage large data sets\, and automate routine tasks. Participants will learn how to set up and configure Maizey projects\, customize system prompts\, and adjust settings to improve Maizey's performance\, and customize Maizey projects and their associated apps.\n\nWorkshop Outline\n\nPractical Applications for Staff\n--Streamlining Administrative Tasks\n--Automating Data Processing\n--Enhancing Document Management and Retrieval\n\nCustomization and Advanced Settings\n--Understanding Maizey Data Sources and File Types\n--How to create customized apps within Maizey\n--Defining System Prompts for Apps for Various Staff Roles\n\nDemo\n--Creating and Customizing Maizey Projects and Apps\n--Crafting Effective System Prompts\n--Experimenting with Settings to Optimize Performance\n\n-Q&A and Best Practices\n--Sharing Use Cases and Success Stories\n--Troubleshooting Common Issues UID:153789-21916336@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153789 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Maizey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260919T160749 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T150000 SUMMARY:Other:U-M Farm Stand DESCRIPTION:Join the U-M Sustainable Food Program (SL Sustainability) and the Campus Farm (Matthaei Botanical Gardens) every Thursday from 12-3pm to get produce grown by students for students\, and learn more about student-powered food systems while you're there.\n\nAs always\, students get a 30% discount and revenue from the Farm Stand will support the Student Food Empowerment Fund\, which offers grants to students and student organizations to pursue student-powered sustainable food projects on and off-campus. UID:152469-21913788@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152469 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:agriculture,Climate Week,Community,Food,Food Justice,Health & Wellness,Sustainability,sustainable food systems,vegetables LOCATION:Ingalls Mall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261020T121650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T124500 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:Join us to enjoy a 30-minute organ recital.\n\nDivision Street Pipes concerts feature 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. The 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.\n\n*There is no recital on November 26.* UID:151390-21911480@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151390 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dow Information Session: Mechanical Engineering Careers in a Process Industry DESCRIPTION:Dow\, Inc. is a world-scale producer of innovative and more sustainable materials science solutions. This session is an opportunity to learn more about the roles that mechanical engineers can hold throughout their careers in the process industries and at Dow\, and to meet members of the Dow recruiting team.Bring your resume!Food will be provided.  UID:153343-21915666@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153343 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:GGB 1280 (Blue Lounge) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Life Coaching Circles DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Coaching Cirlces!  Each coaching session will provide 8-10 staff members with an opportunity to interact informally with a Student Life Unit Director (or leader) around a leadership topic of interest to them. These are informal conversations (rather than workshops or presentations) between staff and these leaders who have experience with and willingness to share their wisdom around these topics.Staff are asked to register for no more than one coaching circle a semester. Space is very limited\, register today! UID:152716-21914419@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152716 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Union Welker Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T121745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lon Mitchell\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Lon Mitchell 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:152268-21913463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T160442 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Affirmative Action and Racial Integration DESCRIPTION:CID Speaker Series\n\nJoin the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host Zachary Bleemer\, assistant professor of economics in Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Section. This event is jointly presented with U-M Economics – Labor Economics Seminar.\n\nAbstract: Does exposure to diverse college peers cause long-run racial integration? The study examines California Proposition 209\, which halved Black and Hispanic enrollment at many undergraduate and graduate University of California schools and improved cross-race academic match at others. Combining time-series and difference-in-differences designs with linked administrative data\, survey responses\, and complementary evidence from the UC Berkeley freshman housing lottery\, it assesses how affirmative action and interracial contact affect later-life social\, political\, and economic integration.\n\nZach Bleemer is an assistant professor of economics at Princeton University in the Industrial Relations Section and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a labor economist who studies American higher education.\n\nPlease RSVP via the event page to save your seat. UID:152663-21914353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Education,Inequality,Labor,Race,Research,Social Sciences LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050 Large Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261009T101837 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:First Gen Students Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Calling all First Gen students! During this First Gen Student Week 2026\, come grab a treat and get to know us at the Center for the Education of Women+. UID:153256-21915539@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153256 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:First Gen Week 2026,first-generation,Firstgenweek2026,free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,graduate students,In Person,Nontraditional Students,Social,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260903T143327 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Rock the Mock: First Round Interviews DESCRIPTION:Power Up your Resume\n\nInterview jitters? The LSA Opportunity Hub is here to help. Participate in a mock interview with an employer representative to build up the confidence you need to nail your next interview! This is your chance to practice your interviewing skills and get real-time feedback from employers\, ahead of the recruiting season. Emerge from this session with the skills you need to rock any interview!\n\n \n\nCompanies will attend both virtually and in-person. All interviews will be held in the LSA 1st Floor interview rooms with virtual employers cast onto the screens - students are required to show up in-person.\n\n \n\nRSVP NOW to reserve your spot as capacity is limited.\n\n \n\nYou should attend this Employer Connection if you are:\n\n \n\nAn LSA student in any year\n\nAn LSA student looking for extra interview practice and preparing for recruiting season\n\nEager to demystify and excel in behavioral interviews\n\nMeet with real life industry professionals to gain insight on what questions they ask\, what answers they look for\, and how to keep cool under pressure\n\n \n\nWhat you’ll gain by attending:\n\n \n\nGain practical experience to confidently navigate the interview process\n\nGet insights on how to effectively communicate your experiences and skills in a high-pressure interview setting\n\nReceive real time feedback and assistance from actual industry recruiters on your interview skills\n\n \n\nThe LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences for all students. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair-accessible building\, including wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor\, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor\, places to sit or stand during the event\, and accessible parking options nearby on Maynard Street. Ramps are located at the East entrance (from State St.) and the Northwest entrance (from Maynard). Power doors are located at the Northwest entrance. We will be using microphones for all speakers and participant questions and automated closed captions (although imperfect) will be generated through google slides which also include alt text for screen readers. To request additional accommodations\, please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu. UID:151534-21911702@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151534 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Grad School,Graduate School,Interview,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Professional Development LOCATION:LSA Building - First Floor Interview Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T221408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T153000 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:152068-21912792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152068 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Michigan Robotics,Robotics,Undergraduate LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261012T103931 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Knowing the Numbers: Performance Data and Microenterprise Outcomes in Uganda DESCRIPTION:-- UID:152050-21912767@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152050 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Development,Economics,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260923T111212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T161500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Elevate Your Canvas Courses with DesignPLUS\, Part 2: Interactive Content & Course Building DESCRIPTION:Have you heard? U-M now has DesignPLUS available in our Canvas instances (including Canvas Catalog). DesignPLUS is a time-saving toolset for every educator and course designer working in the Canvas LMS. It helps you quickly build\, style\, and scale high-quality courses - making learning engaging and accessible.\n\nIn this workshop\, you will build on the skills you gained in Part 1 by exploring DesignPLUS interactive components and content. You'll also learn how to use templates and the Multi-Tool to streamline course development\, helping you create engaging\, consistent\, and well-organized Canvas courses more efficiently.\n\nOutline:\n\n-Organizing and Presenting Course Content with Interactive Elements\n--Creating a module list with quick links\n--Using Accordions\, Expanders\, and Tabs to organize content\n--Adding Tooltips\, Popovers\, and Dialog Boxes for additional information\n\n-Creating Active Learning Experiences with Interactive ExercisesExploring the DesignPLUS Interactive Resources Gallery\n--Using interactive exercises for practice\, review\, and self-check\n--Creating Fill-in-the-Blank\, Quick Check\, and Flashcard activities\n--Accessing Interactive Data\n\n-Building Courses Efficiently with Multi-ToolEnabling Multi-Tool in a Canvas course\n--Creating reusable course templates with Template Builder\n--Using Module Builder to scaffold modules and course content\n--Managing course dates with Due Date Modifier\n\nWrap-up\, Resources\, and Q&A UID:150189-21915715@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150189 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Canvas,Designplus,Instructional Design LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260917T151354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 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:138848-21913647@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/my/meetingjunem CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260910T134907 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 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:148903-21905162@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148903 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:20261007T164243 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Oğuzhan Çelebi DESCRIPTION:District-based elections must reconcile two objectives: representing each district’s electorate and matching the statewide delegation to political support. We study seat allocation rules when these objectives conflict.The optimal rules\, characterized by a cutoff\, form a family ranging from first-past-the-post to proportional representation as the weight on statewide representation increases. Along this path\, gaining further seats through gerrymandering becomes increasingly difficult. The characterization yields a measure of the robustness of first-past-the-post to statewide representation concerns\, which we compare with established electoral diagnostics. In U.S. House elections from 2002 to 2024\, we find that maps drawn by single-party legislatures perform worse than those produced by other institutions\, and Republican-legislature maps fare worse than Democratic-legislature maps. The efficiency gap\, a common partisan-gerrymandering measure\, is more strongly associated with litigated maps than the other measures\, yet it considerably amplifies the Republican-Democratic asymmetry. UID:153418-21915837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153418 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:899 Seminar Series,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260909T145456 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IES Energy Seminar Series - Decision Making for Sustainability Using the Objective Reduction Community Algorithm (ORCA) DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nMany objective optimization problems (MaOPs)\, defined here as problems with four or more objectives\, inherently arise when designing and operating sustainable process and energy systems. Nonetheless\, MaOPs remain a particularly difficult and understudied problem class owing to challenges in both scalably generating solutions (in the form of a Pareto frontier) and interpreting the solutions we do get. This talk begins by providing a tutorial overview of methods commonly used to generate Pareto frontiers for multi-objective (defined as two or more objectives) optimization problems\, alongside a discussion of why these approaches tend not to scale well when increasing the number of objectives. Then\, I present the Objective Reduction Community Algorithm (ORCA)\, our group’s novel approach for reducing the objective dimensionality of MaOP’s to a manageable two or three a priori to solving the problem. At a high level\, this approach identifies which objectives are likely to be pointing to similar decisions\, embeds this information into a graph\, and uses community detection to partition this graph to give groupings of objectives which are correlated within groups\, but competing between groups. Three case studies are presented which demonstrate the power and efficacy of this approach for sustainable decision making. In the first\, the correlation of planetary boundary objectives within a large scale sustainable fuel supply chain is assessed. The second case study considers changes in objective correlation due to intermittency in objective parameters\, and assesses the correlation between cost and emissions driven industrial demand response for two different electrified chemical processes. The third case study utilizes an extension of ORCA to nonlinear MaOP’s\, showcasing its utility on a commonly used set of benchmark problems with known objective correlations\, the DZLT5 problems\, as well as on a design problem for a carbon capture\, utilization\, and storage network. I conclude by providing some perspective on future applications of our approach to problems of distributed model predictive control and aligned agentic AI systems.\n\nBiography:\nAndrew Allman is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan\, and has been in this position since fall 2020. Andrew is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science\, where he obtained his Ph.D. with Prodromos Daoutidis in 2018 and subsequently worked in a post-doctoral position with Qi Zhang from graduation until joining Michigan. His awards include receiving the NSF CAREER Award in 2023\, and the CAST Director’s Student Presentation Award in 2018. His recent research at Michigan has focused on solving many-objective optimization problems\, assessing the operation and control of modular chemical production systems\, embedding machine-learned classifier models to enhance moving horizon decision making\, and solving structure detection problems for networks with constraints or uncertainty for distributed optimization.\n\nFor the most up to date information on the location\, please check the related link the week of this event UID:147950-21902585@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:CAEN,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Energy,Engineering,Environment,Free,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Law,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,North Campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Research,Science,seminar,Social Sciences,Sustainability LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - FXB1012 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:36th Annual Davis\, Market\, and Nickerson Lecture on Academic Freedom DESCRIPTION:\nMichael Ignatieff\, \"The Geopolitics of Academic Freedom: The View from the Frontline\"\nIn 2017\, Central European University in Budapest became the first free institution in Europe to be targeted by an authoritarian populist regime. Michael Ignatieff was Rector of CEU and led the fight against Victor Orban’s campaign to declare the university illegal and then have it expelled. Orban’s eventual victory—successfully forcing the university to relocate to Vienna—set the pattern for the attacks on ‘woke’ ‘liberal’ institutions in the United States. In a lecture commemorating McCarthy era battles to defend academic freedom\, Ignatieff identifies the ideological and geopolitical factors that have made the battle to defend academic freedom a global challenge. \nThe annual Davis\, Markert\, Nickerson (DMN) Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom will take place on Thursday\, November 5\, 2026\, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. The event will support both in-person attendance and a livestream. This lecture is sponsored by the Faculty Senate as a showcase event underscoring the U-M community’s collective interest in academic freedom.  UID:153203-21915412@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:University Hall, Alexander G. Ruthven Building, Room 2000 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:36th Annual Davis\, Market\, and Nickerson Lecture on Academic Freedom DESCRIPTION:\nMichael Ignatieff\, \"The Geopolitics of Academic Freedom: The View from the Frontline\"\nIn 2017\, Central European University in Budapest became the first free institution in Europe to be targeted by an authoritarian populist regime. Michael Ignatieff was Rector of CEU and led the fight against Victor Orban’s campaign to declare the university illegal and then have it expelled. Orban’s eventual victory—successfully forcing the university to relocate to Vienna—set the pattern for the attacks on ‘woke’ ‘liberal’ institutions in the United States. In a lecture commemorating McCarthy era battles to defend academic freedom\, Ignatieff identifies the ideological and geopolitical factors that have made the battle to defend academic freedom a global challenge. \nThe annual Davis\, Markert\, Nickerson (DMN) Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom will take place on Thursday\, November 5\, 2026\, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. The event will support both in-person attendance and a livestream. This lecture is sponsored by the Faculty Senate as a showcase event underscoring the U-M community’s collective interest in academic freedom.  UID:153203-21915413@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261007T210514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Preprint Seminar: Hodge\, Tate\, and standard conjectures DESCRIPTION:OpenAI recently posted two preprints which have as consequences: the Hodge conjecture for CM abelian varieties\, the Tate conjecture for abelian varieties over finite fields\, and Grothendieck's standard conjecture of Hodge type for abelian varieties. I'll discuss the preprints. UID:153453-21915872@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153453 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T165937 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DE Seminar: TBA DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:152859-21914605@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152859 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261007T121735 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents - Is AI Inevitable? Insight from Hypecel vs. Technoskepticist Perspectives DESCRIPTION:Stories about artificial intelligence often imagine the future as inevitable: AI will transform our jobs\, reshape our relationships\, and increasingly make decisions once left to people. But what happens if we refuse to treat that future as already decided? This panel will discuss two contrasting personas for thinking about generative AI: “hypecels\,” who embrace AI’s promises so enthusiastically that technological change can appear unstoppable\, and “technoskepticists\,”who question the larger social\, political\, and cultural interest AI serves. Ultimately\, we aim to think critically about AI not simply as a collection of powerful new tools\, but as part of a much larger struggle over who gets to imagine\, build\, and control the future.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend.\n\nFree sandwiches from Potbelly will be provided to the first 100 attendees.\n\nA corresponding opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to enjoy a free networking lunch 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://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/22871\n\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V1IsoIFFQ5K6fdVIS00FyA\n\nThis event will be recorded. A full recording will be uploaded to the DISCO Network YouTube channel within approximately one week of the event.\n\nMeet the Panelists:\n\nNina-Simone Edwards is the Technology and Research Librarian at Washington and Lee University School of Law. Her research examines privacy\, technology governance\, and information justice\, with particular attention to how race\, vulnerability\, and digital access shape experiences of surveillance and cybersecurity harms. She recently completed both a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law & Policy\, where she worked on the Redesigning the Governance Stack Project\, and a Master's in Library and Information Science from The Catholic University of America. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.\n\nNgozi Harrison is a Ph.D. Student at the University of California\, Los Angeles\, in Information Studies\, whose research primarily investigates the relationship between machine learning\, quantitative and computational methods\, and society. His work critiques algorithmic culture and computational reason and sits at the intersection of Black Studies\, Critical Quantitative and Computational Methods\, and Critical Information Studies. He is currently working on his dissertation proposal\, which critically examines the underlying values\, norms\, and assumptions of machine learning practice to develop new frameworks for liberatory technical practice and justice-oriented technologies.\n\nDJ is an interdisciplinary scholar of race\, technology\, and learning and an Assistant Professor of Computing at Chicago State University. She particularly examines how and if researchers\, educators\, and technologists might use and create technologies toward liberatory learning and living. DJ (Stephanie T. Jones) earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Learning Sciences and an M.S. in Computer Science from Northwestern University. She holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University. \n\nMeet the Moderator:\n\nRayvon Fouché holds a joint appointment as Professor of Communication Studies\, School of Communication\, and Professor of Journalism\, Medill School of Journalism\, Media\, and Integrative Marketing Communications\, and is currently Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the School of Communication. His major publications include 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)\, Game Changer: The Technoscientific Revolution in Sports (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2017)\, and Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal (Stanford University Press\, 2025). He is currently the Editor-in-Chief for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Science\, Technology\, and Society.\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu. UID:149370-21906283@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Big Tech,Computational Science,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Media,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Information and Technology,Social Justice,Technology LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DISCO Network Presents - Is AI Inevitable? Insight from Hypecel vs. Technoskepticist Perspectives 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\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu. UID:149375-21906289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149375 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21906302@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Wolverine (Pond, 1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gender: New Works\, New Questions: Gestating Judaism with Cara Rock-Singer DESCRIPTION:How do reproductive practices shape religious traditions\, and how can the labor of reproduction become a site of feminist intervention?Join the Institute for Research on Women & Gender for the latest installment of Gender: New Works\, New Questions\, featuring Gestating Judaism: The Corporeal Technologies of American Jewish Religion by Cara Rock-Singer\, assistant professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan.In Gestating Judaism\, Rock-Singer examines how reproductive practices shape the transmission and reinvention of American Judaism. Bringing together religious rituals\, such as the mikveh\, with contemporary practices like fertility treatments\, she challenges conventional distinctions between religion\, science\, and politics. Through an innovative approach she calls “ethnodrashy\,” Rock-Singer explores how Jewish feminists use reproductive labor to engage with questions of theology\, identity\, and political life.The event will feature a panel discussion with Rock-Singer\, Liz Roberts\, professor of anthropology\, and Lisa Disch\, professor of political science. The conversation will be moderated by IRWG director and professor of women’s and gender studies\, Melynda Price. Drawing on perspectives from religious studies\, anthropology\, political science\, and gender studies\, the panel will explore how reproductive bodies become sites of religious meaning\, feminist engagement\, and cultural change. UID:153589-21916074@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153589 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Lane Hall (2239, Second Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T142545 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Gender: New Works\, New Questions: Gestating Judaism with Cara Rock-Singer DESCRIPTION:How do reproductive practices shape religious traditions\, and how can the labor of reproduction become a site of feminist intervention?\n\nJoin the Institute for Research on Women & Gender for the latest installment of Gender: New Works\, New Questions\, featuring Gestating Judaism: The Corporeal Technologies of American Jewish Religion by Cara Rock-Singer\, assistant professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan.\n\nIn Gestating Judaism\, Rock-Singer examines how reproductive practices shape the transmission and reinvention of American Judaism. Bringing together religious rituals\, such as the mikveh\, with contemporary practices like fertility treatments\, she challenges conventional distinctions between religion\, science\, and politics. Through an innovative approach she calls “ethnodrashy\,” Rock-Singer explores how Jewish feminists use reproductive labor to engage with questions of theology\, identity\, and political life.\n\nThe event will feature a panel discussion with Rock-Singer\, Liz Roberts\, professor of anthropology\, and Lisa Disch\, professor of political science. The conversation will be moderated by IRWG director and professor of women’s and gender studies\, Melynda Price.\n\nDrawing on perspectives from religious studies\, anthropology\, political science\, and gender studies\, the panel will explore how reproductive bodies become sites of religious meaning\, feminist engagement\, and cultural change. UID:153727-21916244@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153727 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Culture,American Jewish Community,Judaic,judaic studies,women's studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T141142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Probing Chemistry Without Pushing It: An Electrochemical View DESCRIPTION:For more than a century\, electrochemical kinetics have been measured largely by driving reactions away from equilibrium\, most famously through Tafel analysis. This works well when a single kinetic barrier dominates\, but becomes much harder to interpret when several barriers contribute or when the reaction is so fast that moving away from equilibrium immediately brings in mass transport. We recently discovered that equilibrium current fluctuations offer a way around both problems. Because the system is not being driven\, the fluctuations report directly on the underlying microscopic exchange processes\, allowing intrinsic kinetic information to be extracted without the usual convolution with diffusion and with the possibility of resolving more than one characteristic timescale. We are now extending this idea to adsorption and desorption at catalytic surfaces which are the elementary steps often controlling electrocatalytic reactions but are difficult to measure independently. The fluctuation magnitude and autocorrelation function provide access to both surface occupancy and characteristic adsorption/desorption timescales. As we move into highly concentrated electrolytes\, including the water-in-salt regime\, we observe striking changes in these dynamics. \n\nThe second part of the talk carries the same idea into a very different environment: using electrochemistry not simply to drive a process\, but to uncover the thermodynamics and kinetics hidden within it. Here\, the system is a biomolecular condensate formed by liquidliquid phase separation. The classic Miller–Urey experiments used electrical energy to drive chemical transformations relevant to the origins of life\; in our case\, we use electrical potential primarily as a probe of chemistry inside a highly concentrated biological phase. We recently found that entering a biomolecular condensate can fundamentally reshape the thermodynamic landscape of a redox reaction\, an effect we probed by combining electrochemistry with OPTIR spectroscopy. One consequence is that a reaction that is nonspontaneous in ordinary aqueous solution may become spontaneous inside the condensate. We are now turning from thermodynamics to kinetics\, asking whether the intrinsic rate constant itself also changes. This distinction is essential because reactions can appear much faster inside condensates simply because reactants partition strongly into the dense phase\, without necessarily becoming intrinsically more reactive. More broadly\, these studies ask how much of chemical reactivity is determined not only by the reacting molecules themselves\, but by the microscopic environment in which the reaction occurs. UID:152120-21913027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152120 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Analytical Chemistry,Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - CHEM 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261020T125001 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Patch-Up Pop-Up DESCRIPTION:Have U-M merch that is going unloved? Want uniquely personal\, cool school spirit wear? Join us for the Patch-Up Pop-Up: Michigan Merch Remix\, where you can transform your under-worn merch into something new! UM merch\, patches\, buttons\, other embellishments\, and blank garments will all be provided so that students\, clubs\, and other groups can collage together their very own maize and blue clothing. \n\nThe Patch-Up Pop-Up workshop series aims to help students learn new\, practical\, and useful skills to revive and reimagine damaged or underutilized clothing items. Through a series of guided workshops led by an Arts Initiative teaching artist and supported by the Planet Blue Student Leaders and the VIPs Club\, this series will sustainably divert clothing items from landfills\, reduce consumption pressures\, and stimulate circular clothing economies! UID:153857-21916567@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153857 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts For All,Circularity,Crafting,Creative Reuse,Fiber Arts,Free,Mending,Michigan Arts Festival,Sustainability,Visual Arts,Workshop LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261016T094345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series - Fall 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series (RPCSS) invites professionals working in robotics to come talk with current undergraduates about their career path\, how a background in robotics has impacted their professional growth\, and what they hope to see in students looking to enter the profession.\n\nThe 90-minute format of the event will consist of a 40-minute presentation from the invited speaker and up to 30 minutes of moderated Q&A and discussion. Session available as in-person and virtual event. Virtual information is included in registration information.\n\n\nJeff Chu is a Principal\, Strategic Accounts at Invio Automation. In his role\, Jeff partners with manufacturing leaders to modernize discreet manufacturing and assembly lines. Jeff has experience in architecting automated solutions using industrial robotic arms\, custom automated machinery\, and autonomous guided vehicles. His past project work spans multiple industries including medical device assembly\, automotive and battery electric vehicles\, aerospace\, agricultural equipment\, and renewable energy. Jeff is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan (Mechanical Engineering\, 2014).\n\nRSVP Required for Event. UID:152178-21914548@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Engineering,Michigan Robotics,Robotics LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 2300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222146 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Robotics Pathways and Careers Speakers Series - Fall 26 DESCRIPTION:The Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series (RPCSS) invites professionals working in robotics to come talk with current undergraduates about their career path\, how a background in robotics has impacted their professional growth\, and what they hope to see in students looking to enter the profession.The 90-minute format of the event will consist of a 30-minute presentation from the invited speaker and up to 40 minutes of moderated Q&A and discussion. Students will be able to participate in person or remotely.All undergrads are welcome! Please RSVP with the link below.\n\n UID:152416-21915659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152416 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:FRB 2300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21906303@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Room (League, 2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260828T154226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T190000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Make Space DESCRIPTION:Life moves fast. Make Space is an invitation to slow down\, reconnect\, and spend time outside. Each week brings a different experience centered on creativity\, nature\, restoration\, and community. Try nature journaling\, art\, mindful movement\, or another hands-on outdoor activity while making room to pause and recharge. No previous experience required. UID:151137-21910959@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151137 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Adventure Leadership,Community,Mindfulness,Nature,Nature Rx,Outdoors,Well-being LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building - Adventure Leadership Outpost CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260821T154423 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley DESCRIPTION:\n\nDanielle Brathwaite-Shirley is a London- and Berlin-based artist and game designer whose practice prioritizes active engagement. Working predominantly in animation\, sound\, performance\, and video game development\, the artist’s practice focuses on intertwining lived experience with fiction to imaginatively retell and archive the stories of Black Trans people\, creating participatory spaces to envision more inclusive futures.\n\nTheir projects often take the form of immersive video games\, where players navigate choices that confront their assumptions and biases\, fostering deeper conversations about identity\, privilege\, and systemic oppression. Through their innovative use of digital media\, the artist not only preserves histories but also envisions inclusive futures where the voices of those that are often ignored or erased become central. Their work is both “archive and insurgency\,” a catalyst for dialogue\, inviting audiences to reflect on their roles within broader societal structures\n\nDanielle Brathwaite-Shirley has presented solo exhibitions at Serpentine North\, London (2025)\; LAS Foundation\, Halle am Berghain\, Berlin (2024)\; Fundació Joan Miró\, Barcelona (2024)\; Studio Voltaire\, London (2024)\; Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève (2024)\; SCAD Museum of Art\, Savannah (2023)\; Villa Arson\, Nice (2023)\; HAU Hebbel am Ufer\, Berlin (2023)\; FACT\, Liverpool (2022)\; Project Arts Centre\, Dublin (2022)\; Skänes konstförening\, Malmö (2022)\; Arebyte Gallery\, London (2021)\; QUAD\, Derby (2021)\; and Focal Point Gallery\, Southend-on-Sea (2020). Their work has been included in group exhibitions at institutions such as Art Museum at the University of Toronto (2024)\; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul (2023)\; Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art\, New York (2023)\; Das Centre Pompidou\, Metz (2023)\; Julia Stoschek Foundation\, Berlin (2022)\; Albright-Knox Art Gallery\, Buffalo (2021)\; Les Urbaines\, Lausanne (2019)\; and Barbican\, London (2018). Their work has been the subject of screenings and performances at institutions including Tate Modern\, London (2024\, 2020)\; MoMA\, New York (2023)\; DePaul Art Museum\, Chicago (2023)\; Serpentine\, London (2022)\; Spike Island\, Bristol (2022)\; and South London Gallery (2022). Permanent collections include the Arts Council Collection (UK) and Victoria and Albert Museum (London).\n\nWith support from Design Core Detroit and Detroit Unesco City of Design.\n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.\n UID:150484-21909507@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150484 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Design,Detroit Art,Installation LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261014T091902 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T200000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:BNP Paribas Info Session DESCRIPTION:BNP Paribas invites you to an on campus‑recruiting information session\, where you can meet our bankers and learn more about our 2028 Summer Internship program with Global Markets & Global Banking.\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nGet an insider’s view of BNP Paribas’ global footprint\, culture\, and career pathways across Corporate & Institutional Banking highlighted by key business representatives from Global Markets.\nAsk senior professionals about day‑to‑day life\, development opportunities\, and the skills valued most from candidates.\nNetwork informally with former interns\, current graduates\, and senior business members.\nWhy Attend?\n\nLearn how the BNP Paribas summer internship can accelerate your graduate‑career trajectory.\nHear real‑world stories about projects\, mentorship\, and the international exposure you’ll gain.\nGain practical advice on the interview process.\nEvent Details\n\nDate: Thursday\, November 5th 2026\nTime: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\nLocation: Mason Hall\, Room 2330\nWe look forward to meeting you and showing how BNP Paribas can be the launchpad for your finance career! UID:153676-21916166@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153676 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Career,Information Session,Lsa Opportunity Hub LOCATION:Mason Hall - 2330 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T145441 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T190000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Climate Café: Building Community Resilience and Support DESCRIPTION:Connect with fellow U-M and Ann Arbor community members in a safe space to pause\, connect\, and talk about their experiences regarding the environment and climate change\, a.k.a. Climate Café. In this small group\, we encourage participants to share their stories and discover connections between our experiences. During this event\, participants will bridge gaps between climate emotions and sustainability action in our lives\, and learn how to care for ourselves and others. Light refreshments will be provided.\n\nWe wish to provide uninterrupted discussion time\, and make sure that everyone has a chance to speak and be heard. Due to the nature of this activity\, participants should arrive at the start time promptly. \n\nThe event is free and open to any community member\, but registration is required. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions. The Climate Café structure utilized is inspired by Dr. Michaela Zint’s EAS581 course and the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America (CPA-NA) café framework. This event is brought to you by LSA Sustainability\, Student Life Sustainability\, the Planet Blue Ambassador program\, and City of Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability and Innovations. UID:153588-21916070@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153588 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:anxiety,climate,Climate Change,community gathering,Discussion,Environment,environmental,Environmental Communication,Free,Health & Wellness,Health And Wellness,In Person,Mental Health,planet blue,Sustainability,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261008T085913 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Defining the Discipline of Robotics for Excellence and Equity in an AI-driven World DESCRIPTION:Start with a simple question: What is the best major for a student to become a roboticist? In my role leading the creation of the Robotics Undergraduate Major at Michigan\, we tackled this question through the curricular challenge of how to both: 1) educate people to put ideas of the robotics discipline into practice and 2) endow them with the intellectual lens for creating new ideas that extend the frontiers of the robotics discipline -- where mobility and dexterity through humanoid robots are poised to have a transformative impact in our increasingly AI-driven world.\n\nIn this talk\, I will discuss my work to both advance the state of the art in semantic understanding for robotics and prepare students for possible futures where robotics and AI are abundant and ubiquitous. I will present the design\, launch\, and innovations for the Michigan Robotics Major for undergraduates\, as robotics emerges into its own as a true academic discipline. I will describe highlights from research in semantic 3D perception for mobile manipulation robots (including humanoids) to understand the form and function (or affordances) for a diversity of objects in common environments. I will also share insights from my role as Program Chair of the AAAI-26 Conference (and its roughly 30\,000 submissions) and how this role\, and my experiences with Amazon AWS Machine Learning University\, has reshaped my perspective on AI for teaching at the university level. Finally\, I will discuss new efforts in my course this semester to formulate \"mutation assessments\" that gauge student understanding of agentically coded projects. UID:152086-21912972@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Artificial Intelligence,College Of Engineering,Free,Genai,Lecture,Robotics LOCATION:Dana Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260923T153656 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:League Under Ground DESCRIPTION:League Underground is an every-other-week pop-up program featuring a variety of activities\, including crafts\, games\, and more. Join us on Thursday evenings to unwind after class\, try something new\, and meet fellow students in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere! UID:151689-21911977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151689 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:cciprograms,crafts,Free,fun,games,music LOCATION:Michigan League - League Under Ground (Basement) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T203000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A Conversation with Semler DESCRIPTION:Art\, Identity & the Sacred: A Conversation with SemlerJoin Religious\, Secular & Spiritual Life (RSSL) and Canterbury House for an intimate conversation with Semler exploring the intersections of music\, art\, sexuality\, identity\, and spirituality.Semler is a queer Christian artist whose work engages questions of faith\, belonging\, doubt\, and what it means to make space for all of who we are. Through conversation and a reflective activity\, students will have the opportunity to explore their own stories\, ask meaningful questions\, and consider how creativity can help us navigate spirituality and identity.This is not a performance\, but a small\, conversation-centered gathering designed to create space for curiosity\, connection\, and honest reflection. No particular religious or spiritual identity is required—come exactly as you are.A community meal will be provided\, and space is limited. \n UID:153514-21915947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153514 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Canterbury Hosue (721 E Huron Street) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T181535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261006T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs UConn DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs UConn UID:153385-21915738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153385 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T210000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Bujinkan Budo Training Session DESCRIPTION:\"Ninpo is the essence of goshinjutsu (self-protection).\"\n \nDuring the Fall 2026 semester\, Bujinkan Budo Club training will be held on Thursdays from 19:00 - 21:00 (7-9pm) at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB) in Room MPR B. If you are interested in trying out a class\, please send a message through Maize Pages or an email to michiganbujinkan@gmail.com. Beginners welcome\; we train with people across all levels of experience!\n \n- Learn self defense and physical coordination through Bujinkan taijiutsu (unarmed combat)\;\n- Training at the Michigan Bujinkan Dojo is supportive and non-competitive\, emphasizing relaxed but spirited and disciplined practice\;\n- Receive mentoring through the senpai/kohai (senior/junior) relationships fostered in the dojo.\n \nWhat to bring: comfortable workout clothes\, socks\, and a water bottle!\n-----\nFor more information\, email us at michiganbujinkan@gmail.com or checkout our website (www.michiganbujinkan.com)\, which also includes a training schedule! UID:149831-21907238@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149831 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Mosher Jordan (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150371-21916428@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150371 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:WISERP Classroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260813T101439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Movie Nights at The Connector DESCRIPTION:Wanna watch a movie and eat free popcorn? Join the Connector Community Assistants and watch a new movie or a classic while meeting new or familiar faces! Settle-in for a cozy night with us every Thursday as we enter into comfy Fall weather. \n\nThe Connector is located in West Quad. UID:150143-21908232@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,Community Gathering,Free,Housing,Welcome Week,Welcome Week Event,Welcome26 LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T112318 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Queerly Beloved: A Conversation with Semler DESCRIPTION:Art\, Identity & the Sacred: A Conversation with Semler\n\nJoin Religious\, Secular & Spiritual Life (RSSL) and Canterbury House for an intimate conversation with Semler exploring the intersections of music\, art\, sexuality\, identity\, and spirituality.\n\nSemler is a queer Christian artist whose work engages questions of faith\, belonging\, doubt\, and what it means to make space for all of who we are. Through conversation and a reflective activity\, students will have the opportunity to explore their own stories\, ask meaningful questions\, and consider how creativity can help us navigate spirituality and identity.\n\nThis is not a performance\, but a small\, conversation-centered gathering designed to create space for curiosity\, connection\, and honest reflection. No particular religious or spiritual identity is required—come exactly as you are.\n\nA community meal will be provided\, and space is limited. UID:153734-21916251@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153734 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Engagement,Culture,Dialogue,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Faith,Food,Free,In Person,Inclusion,Interfaith,LGBT,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Multicultural,Music,Religious,Spirituality,Storytelling LOCATION:Off Campus Location - First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T121546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261006T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs UConn DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs UConn UID:153337-21915653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153337 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T213000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21906304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Room (League, 2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T181731 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T223000 SUMMARY:Performance:La Rondine (The Swallow) DESCRIPTION:*La Rondine* is a bittersweet comedy from one of the best-loved composers of Italian opera. The story follows the love life of courtesan Magda\, who flies away from her wealthy\, pampered life with the unromantic Rambaldo in favor of a passionate affair with the younger (and poorer) Ruggero – disguising her identity as she does so. When two visitors from her past appear\, Magda must wrestle with the question of who she truly is and what she wants.\n\nMusic by Giacomo Puccini\nLibretto by Giuseppe Adami\n\nConducted by Kirk Severtson\nDirected by Stephanie Havey\n\n–––\n*Parking / Traffic alert for attendees:*\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/2026-construction UID:148672-21904588@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148672 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,Storytelling,Theater LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T020000 SUMMARY:Other:Diwali Desi Beats @ Necto DESCRIPTION: \nAfter how INSANE the last Necto night was - packed dance floor\, Bollywood bangers\, questionable dance moves\, and absolutely ZERO interest in going home…\, we’re bringing that energy back!!! We’re taking over the dance floor AGAIN \nDIWALI DESI NIGHT @ NECTO (BIGGEST Night of the year) \nOnce again we’re putting together group choreographed dances for Diwali Night at Necto\, and YOU would not want to miss out. And yes\, you do NOT need to be a dancer. The choreography will be taught as a group\, so whether you’ve been dancing since you were five or your usual move is just aggressively moving your shoulders… you’re welcome.\n Where: Necto\n When: 5-Nov (8pm to 2am) (Block your calendars NOW)\n Dance: Group + choreographed (Open to all Masters students and their partners)\n Bonus: Dancers who show up and participate will get discounted Necto tickets\n Experience level: Absolutely not required\nPerformer interest form (Even if you’re only 90% sure\, fill it out. YOU DON'T WANNA MISS OUT!!)\nCheck out RECAP from last year (and this was only the rehearsal!!  Bollywood bangers | 10+ groups | 130+ dancers | It was BIG | And a whole lot of chaos\, and IT WAS LOUD)\nTickets to be out soon! Stay tuned! UID:153182-21915389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153182 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Necto CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T101344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:John Cowan Trio DESCRIPTION:The voice of newgrass\n\nWhen John Cowan and Luke Bulla perform together\, their shows reflect 25 years of shared history\, musical trust\, and genuine friendship. Blending New Grass Revival (and more) favorites with old and new originals\, they pair masterful picking\, rich harmony\, and stories that are heartfelt\, funny\, and hard-earned. Cowan calls Bulla “one of the most beautiful gifts” of his long musical life\, while Bulla\, inspired by Cowan since his youth\, considers sharing the stage a “dream come true” and a source of “immense gratitude and honor.” Together\, they deliver music rooted in gratitude\, joy\, and deep mutual respect. This evening they perform as a trio with Sam Leslie. UID:147015-21900243@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T132511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T230000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Karaoke Night DESCRIPTION:Sing your heart out! Come to the Michigan Union Courtyard for a fun\, casual night of karaoke. UID:152775-21914500@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152775 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community,Karaoke,Music,Sing,Singing,Songs LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Classic City Classic DESCRIPTION:Michigan Men's Ultimate will be competing in the Classic City Classic in Athens\, GA on November 7-8. UID:153539-21915980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:UGA IM Fields CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180315 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T235959 SUMMARY:Other:SDSU Invitational DESCRIPTION:WCWP will be traveling to San Diego to compete in the SDSU invitational the weekend of 11/6-11/8 UID:152419-21913709@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:San Diego State University CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T103734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T210000 SUMMARY:Other:2026 First-Generation Celebration Week DESCRIPTION:Join us November 2nd through November 6th in celebrating first-generation college students in honor of National First-Generation College Student Day! All week long\, we will be putting on events to support and bring visibility to the nearly 5\,000 first-generation college students on our campus. For more information about First-Generation Celebration Week events visit the U-Mich First-Gen website here:https://firstgen.umich.edu/first-gen-week/. UID:153215-21915434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153215 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Firstgenweek,Firstgenweek2026 LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261007T092854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Alex's Great State Race: *What's Your 64?* DESCRIPTION:Historically\, Alex's Great State Race is an annual 64-mile relay tradition where Army ROTC cadets from the University of Michigan (U-M) and Michigan State University (MSU) carry the official football between Ann Arbor and East Lansing ahead of their annual rivalry game.\n\nThis year\, Alex’s Great State Race is evolving its long-standing tradition. For more than a decade\, MSU and U-M ROTC cadets have honored the memory of Alex Powell by carrying a game ball 64 miles between the two campuses. Alex was an MSU student who was supported by MSU’s Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD) while receiving medical care at the University of Michigan. Following Alex’s passing\, his parents\, Steve and Juliana Powell\, established the race to honor his memory and bring the two universities together in support of students with disabilities.\n\nThis year\, instead of one 64-mile challenge\, everyone is invited to choose their own 64. Your 64 can be physical\, but it absolutely does not have to be. It could be 64 minutes of reading about disability justice\, 64 acts of kindness\, 64 pages of a book\, 64 repetitions\, 64 laps—or a donation to a disability advocacy organization. The idea is that there is no single “right” way to complete a 64. Choose it. Do it. Share it. Pass it on.\n\nThe week leading up to the event will take place at the U-M Hadley Family Recreation & Well-Being Center and will highlight the many ways our community advances disability inclusion\, access\, and opportunity. We’ll be promoting SAAS services and resources alongside U-M’s competitive adaptive sports programs\, including wheelchair basketball\, wheelchair rugby\, wheelchair tennis\, adaptive track and field\, and para powerlifting. The week will culminate in a wheelchair basketball game at the Hadley Center that members of the university will be invited to watch and/or participate in. UID:153374-21915725@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153374 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Athletics,Community Service,Culture,Disability,Diversity,Faculty,Family,Fitness,Free,Game Day,Games,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,In Person,Inclusion,Lifelong Learning,Multicultural,Rec Sports,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Staff,Student Affairs,Student Org,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Volunteer,Well-being LOCATION:Hadley Family Recreation & Well-Being Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T134954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Awakening the Dragon–Showcasing the Building and Performance of an Asian Icon DESCRIPTION:Experience a curated experience of the imaginary\, featuring a lightly sci-fi\, magnificent work of art--the LRCCS Fortune and Longevity Dragon\, a 25-ft long\, Asian-inspired full-body dragon sculpture for use in the traditional \"dragon dance\" crafted by renowned international artist Zhen Guo with U-M faculty arts lecturer Raymond Wetzel\, artist Jeri Rosenberg\, students\, and volunteers The exhibition highlights the story of the dragon's fabrication and its impact on community.. An iconic symbol of inclusivity\, strength\, and courage\, this newly imagined U-M dragon\, with its futuristic flair\, technological creativity and sustainable materials\, invites students and the entire community to re-envision a classic cultural symbol for contemporary times.\n\nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement.\n\nAdditional funding was provided by ArtsEngine\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from Asian Languages and Cultures\, International Institute\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, Nam Center for Korean Studies\, Residential College\, School of Kinesiology\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Taubman College\, University of Michigan Library\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, and Women’s and Gender Studies Department.\n\n*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:152125-21913079@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,Chinese Studies,Dance,Exhibition,Free,International,Multidisciplinary Design,Performance Art,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T121511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Camille Ann Brewer\, MFA\, MLIS DESCRIPTION:Camille Ann Brewer lives and works in the City of Detroit\, Michigan. Through the process of textile construction\, Brewer’s artwork intersects cartographic and photographic images that speak to specific spaces and time. Weaving together of physical place\, memory with time is the core subject of this body of work. \n\nThe artwork is built with time-period paper maps\, which illustrate spatial geography and political territory\; along with paper-collaged images of people\, places and things\, which tie directly to the history and human relationships in space. In patterns that support the artwork’s theme\, the two disparate paper elements are then woven together to create a serendipitous making and aesthetic experience. UID:150411-21909390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,ArtsEngine,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. UID:150276-21908542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908845@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180403 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Healthcare & Life Sciences Symposium 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join the Healthcare & Life Sciences Club at Michigan Ross for our annual Symposium - a full day of conversations with the leaders rebuilding how care is delivered\, paid for\, and discovered. This year's event will be held at the Michigan League\, about an 11-minute walk from the Michigan Ross Building.\nHealthcare is at an inflection point. New therapies\, value-based models\, AI\, and shifting capital are redrawing the industry\, and the people in this room are holding the pencil. This year’s theme\, Go BLUEprint: Designing the Next Era\, asks what comes next and who will build it.\nThis Year’s Panels\n\nDisrupting Healthcare: Innovation at the Intersection\nThe Business of Better Outcomes\nThe Cost of Care: Access\, Equity\, & Policy\n\nFeatured Organizations\nHear from speakers and panelists representing: AbbVie · Bristol Myers Squibb · DaVita · Epiphany Dermatology · Equality Health · EY Health · Healthier Capital · Henry Ford Health · Lilly · Medtronic · Michigan Medicine · Upperline Health\nThese leaders span pharma\, medtech\, providers\, payers\, investors\, and consulting. Expect candid perspectives from across the healthcare ecosystem\, plus time to connect with them directly.\nWho Should Attend\nAnyone curious about the future of healthcare: Graduate students recruiting into or curious about the industry\, career switchers\, clinicians\, and students from across the University. No healthcare background required.\nCost\n\nHLS Members: Free\nNon-Members: $10 (Pay via Paypal - paypal.me/HLSRoss)\nPlease reach out to Anjli Lodhavia (lodhavia@umich.edu) or Kanika Pillai (kanpill@umich.edu) for any payment related queries (In case you'd prefer zelle\, venmo etc)\n\nStay tuned for the full agenda and keynote speaker bios\, coming soon! UID:153604-21916092@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T114238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lila Kadaj Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lila Kadaj received her MFA from Wayne State University. Her work has been shown at numerous institutions\, including the Detroit Institute of Arts\, the Cranbrook Art Museum\, and the Arab American National Museum. She spent nearly 27 years teaching art at Detroit Public schools.\n\nArtist statement: “When looking at a beautiful flower. It’s just itself. Just there......no .....it does not proclaim its purpose for blooming is to make people happy. It just is. Like standing in front of an easel and painting........just is.......no matter......what proclamations may be concluded to sway the viewer. Same thing goes for fine art. It’s not about I am a woman....it’s not about I am a first generation Arab American.....it’s not about being a child of trauma....it’s not about a member of my family being gunned down on the street....it’s about being born a painter.....standing in front of my easel and working to create a \"Piece of Fine Art\". Not standing on some soap box and expecting my words to somehow qualify my painting. It’s the painting\, drawing or sculpture that must speak on its own.......on how the artist......via the intellect and muse uses the elements to create something distinct and first rate. It can be quiet or loud. I see so much very weak work uplifted not for its quality but because it’s in fashion.” UID:150406-21909226@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arab Heritage Month,Art,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Exhibition,Free,Middle East Studies,North Campus,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery Concourse Level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T162236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix Lembersky DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage designer\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realist and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Realism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known artistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. For political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformist work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnessed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersky reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with hope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalized people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial workers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their circumstances\, Lembersky portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\, and admiration. \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, and personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Galina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddaughter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWorks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:149975-21907528@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T160941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women's anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. Instead\, the exhibit offers evidence of joy\, reminders of possibility\, and a visual legacy for generations to come. \n \nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae's belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers. They create space for BIPOC families to see themselves represented with dignity and to witness the full range of birth experiences. Lashae's photographs also create a tangible record that can support conversations around quality of medical care\, respectful treatment\, and patient rights. The exhibit empowers women to prioritize and advocate for their birth experiences while also encouraging perinatal health professionals and birthworkers to center the humanity\, dignity\, and individual experiences of patients and families. \n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer whose work has been published in Everyday Birth Magazine\, an international publication. The physical exhibit is accompanied by a virtual component that encourages audiences to engage with each mother's birth story.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan. \n\nBlack Birth Joy\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153178-21915312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african and african american studies,american culture,anthropology,Art,artists and curators,photography LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T130435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy photography exhibit DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women’s anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. \n\nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae’s belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers.\n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan.\n\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153919-21916674@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,american culture,Art,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan,Black America,Blackness,Caregiver,Caregivers,center for the education of women,community activism,Community Engagement,daas,Diversity,equity issues,Exhibition,feminism,feminist,Gender Equality,gender studies,Health,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,Health Equity,healthcare,Nursing,obstetrics and gynecology,reproductive health,reproductive justice,Reproductive Rights,sexuality,social science research,Storytelling,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Wellness,women,women of color,Women's And Gender Studies,women's health,women's health program,women's studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T123553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s\, 1920s\, and 1930s DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Friday\, 9:00am-4:30pm. UID:152203-21913284@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BSI Information Sessions- Current U of M Students DESCRIPTION:We encourage every student interested in or contemplating an undergraduate degree at the School of Information to attend an information session. You will receive an engaging and comprehensive overview of the program\, as well as guidance for the application process. Sessions are hosted on different days and times to accommodate as many students as possible\, and you only need to attend one session before you apply.These information sessions are for students who area currently University of Michigan students. UID:150985-21910669@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150985 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T151759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fashion/Forward DESCRIPTION:Fashion/Forward is an invitational group exhibition celebrating the innovative work by artists with developmental disabilities and/or mental health differences from progressive art studios around the country. Both including fashion and about fashion\, the exhibition features drawings\, paintings\, sculptures\, textiles\, wearable clothing\, accessories\, and other fabulous fashion-inspired works and is organized in conjunction with the 2026 Creating Community Conference. Learn more about the conference at https://myumi.ch/qwVRX.\n\n *Image: \"Untitled\,\" Jade Saren\, Creative Growth Art Center* UID:149758-21907093@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability Studies,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909817@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T124814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Like the Flowing River DESCRIPTION:Artist Tomoyuki Ueno creates individual works and installations where nature appears to be in an endless conversation with form\, one echoing the other\, a repetition. They are a combination of certainty and ephemerality\, as if hinged between living and loss. The specificity of Ueno’s sculptural works reads like poetry. Ueno’s installation offers visitors time away\, for contemplation\, to draw inward\, to come inside\, to ask the question\, “How are art and the everyday intertwined?” Honoring the Buddhist philosophy of impermanence\, one becomes a continuation of the other. The artist intends the space to offer a restorative and meditative experience.\n\nThis exhibition includes artworks created from natural materials foraged by the artist while in artist residency in Ann Arbor.\n\n*The title refers to the opening line of Hōjōki\, written by 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk Kamo no Chōmei: \"The flow of the river is ceaseless\, and the water is never the same…\"* UID:149763-21907125@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T094427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Small Works: Prints & Book Objects from Detroit\, 2020–2026 DESCRIPTION:Small Works\nPrints & Book Objects from Detroit 2020–2026\n\nOctober 27 - November 19 \nPublic Reception: Friday\, November 13 from 4:30-6pm.\n\nSmall Works was a print shop ran by Li Chen & Gerald Schulze\, in Detroit\, MI\, from 2020–2026. Mariana Matos joined as the studio assistant\, and later studio manager\, in 2024. Over those six years\, the business grew from an extension of their design practice to a community space that hosts more than 70 classes a year\, open studio for the public\, and year long funded fellowships that investigate practice in art and design related to the Book Arts. In 2026\, they decided to expand community programming\, and to accommodate this expansion closed Small Works\, and formed Center for the Book Arts Detroit (BAD) which operates in the same space.\n\nThis exhibition is a eulogy for the former Small Works shop\, and a celebration of all the people who made work here. It also serves to show what is possible as a community\, when they share space and create work together. \n\nThe work featured is a collection of things printed by Small Works\, by their studiomates Diskette Press\, the publisher Maamoul Press\, and by the community that uses the space. UID:152872-21914645@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Art,art and design,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Book,book discussion,book event,Detroit,Exhibition,Michigan Arts,Michigan Arts Festival LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T153110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T143000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Campus Vaccination Clinics DESCRIPTION:Vax up\, Umich! Drop in at a campus clinic to get your updated influenza and COVID-19 vaccines. For the full schedule and more details\, visit https://healthresponse.umich.edu/vaccination-clinics/ UID:153221-21915452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Well-being LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - #1120 B&D + Connector Hallway CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T163000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Gift of Life Swab Week DESCRIPTION:Gift of Life is a national bone marrow and stem cell registry that connects patients battling blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma with donors who can save their lives. Most patients don't have a match in their family\, so they rely on strangers joining the registry. Our University of Michigan chapter has added over 2\,700 Wolverines to the registry\, leading to 18 confirmed matches and 3 life-saving transplants. This fall's Swab Week runs November 2 to 6 on the Diag\, and this week we are going up against Ohio State in registrations. Joining takes about five minutes: fill out a quick form and swab your cheek. If you're between 18 and 35 and in good health\, stop by\, bring your friends\, and you could be the match that gives someone a second chance at life. If your interested in volunteering please reach out we would love to have you help out. Go Blue! UID:152916-21914779@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152916 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Diag CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260807T105818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T120000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MORE Committee Offerings (Faculty Registration) DESCRIPTION:Created by the MORE Committee\, these workshops are designed to strengthen the student–faculty mentoring relationship through the development of shared expectations\, sharing mentoring best practices\, and understanding of mentoring across differences.\n\nThe Getting Your Mentoring Relationship off to a Good Start Workshop is attended jointly by faculty mentors and their graduate student mentees.\n\nThe Mentoring Across Difference 2.0 Workshop is attended only by faculty mentors.\n\nThe Mentoring 101 New Faculty Workshop is attended only by faculty new to U-M or starting a faculty mentoring role.\n\nSeparate registration for students is available at: https://myumi.ch/11ANg. UID:149988-21907770@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149988 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Boulevard Room, First Level Mezzanine CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260807T105818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T120000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MORE Committee Offerings (Faculty Registration) DESCRIPTION:Created by the MORE Committee\, these workshops are designed to strengthen the student–faculty mentoring relationship through the development of shared expectations\, sharing mentoring best practices\, and understanding of mentoring across differences.\n\nThe Getting Your Mentoring Relationship off to a Good Start Workshop is attended jointly by faculty mentors and their graduate student mentees.\n\nThe Mentoring Across Difference 2.0 Workshop is attended only by faculty mentors.\n\nThe Mentoring 101 New Faculty Workshop is attended only by faculty new to U-M or starting a faculty mentoring role.\n\nSeparate registration for students is available at: https://myumi.ch/11ANg. UID:149988-21907771@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149988 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons (Center Room, First Level Mezzanine) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260807T105818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MORE Committee Offerings (Faculty Registration) DESCRIPTION:Created by the MORE Committee\, these workshops are designed to strengthen the student–faculty mentoring relationship through the development of shared expectations\, sharing mentoring best practices\, and understanding of mentoring across differences.\n\nThe Getting Your Mentoring Relationship off to a Good Start Workshop is attended jointly by faculty mentors and their graduate student mentees.\n\nThe Mentoring Across Difference 2.0 Workshop is attended only by faculty mentors.\n\nThe Mentoring 101 New Faculty Workshop is attended only by faculty new to U-M or starting a faculty mentoring role.\n\nSeparate registration for students is available at: https://myumi.ch/11ANg. UID:149988-21907779@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149988 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Center Room, First Level Mezzanine CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260807T105720 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MORE Committee Workshop: Getting Your Mentoring Relationship Off to a Good Start (Student Registration) DESCRIPTION:Created by the MORE Committee\, these workshops are designed to strengthen the student–faculty mentoring relationship through the development of shared expectations\, sharing mentoring best practices\, and understanding of mentoring across differences.\n\nThe Getting Your Mentoring Relationship Off to a Good Start Workshop is attended jointly by faculty mentors and their graduate student mentees. Mentors and mentees first participate in separate parallel sessions\, where they reflect on their own goals\, working styles\, and approaches to common challenges. Afterwards\, each student–faculty pair collaborates to create a written mentoring plan that outlines key elements such as needs\, objectives\, and mutual expectations. Among Rackham doctoral students who have drafted mentoring plans\, 83 percent report finding them helpful. Mentoring pairs are encouraged to consider attending the optional one-on-one discussion time at the end of the workshop\, where they have dedicated time to work together on developing the mentoring plan.\n\nSeparate registration for faculty is available at: https://myumi.ch/61V6J. UID:149989-21907783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149989 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:East Room, First Level Mezzanine CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T103000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Communication Working Group (PCWG) DESCRIPTION:The Political Communication Working Group (PCWG) is an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to convene and discuss how political messages are produced\, disseminated\, and interpreted in contemporary media environments. Our core research topics focus on the evolving relationships between media\, politics\, and society. Drawing on the interdisciplinary fields of communication\, political science\, sociology\, and information science\, our members explore a wide range of topics such as public support for entertainment censorship\, climate change communication\, social learning on TikTok\, political para-social relationships\, polarization\, political biases in AI-generated content\, etc. Our sessions encourage the exchange of ideas and work across theoretical and methodological traditions. UID:152771-21914491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152771 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:ISR 1460 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260904T114252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:10-Week Accessibility Challenge DESCRIPTION:Join the 10-Week Accessibility Challenge to learn more about accessibility basics\, best practices\, and U-M resources and tools available to help you with this work. This training program is open to all U-M staff\, faculty\, and students - no prior accessibility experience or knowledge is required. These live sessions dive deeper into the Challenge content and give participants a chance to get live support and ask questions with our digital accessibility staff. If you have any questions or concerns\, please reach out to accessibility-challenge@umich.edu.\n\nThe 10-Week Accessibility Challenge Live sessions take place on Fridays at 10:00 - 11:00am\, October 2 - December 4\, 2026.\n\nSign up for the challenge today: https://mailchi.mp/umich/10-week-accessibility-challenge\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 995 6855 7925 UID:150570-21909633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150570 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Make It Accessible,Ndeam,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260909T160441 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T112000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Industrial Organization Seminar: Friday\, November 6 DESCRIPTION:-- UID:151852-21912271@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Industrial Organization,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T102711 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\; stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods. UID:150691-21909925@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150691 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,International,Language,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222115 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:North Quad (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150256-21916180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150256 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:NQ Bowman Room, 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T222111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SAPAC GROWE: Engendering Respectful Communities Workshops - SY26 - 27 DESCRIPTION:Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces\, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention\, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process\, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various\, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues\, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them\, name potential barriers to intervention\, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas\, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired\, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop\, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late\, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop\, or are in need of an exemption\, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging\, please reach out to the GROWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources. UID:150694-21912175@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:NQ 1287 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T155949 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Special Exhibition | Ancient Abstractions: Roman Visual Trends Beyond Naturalism DESCRIPTION:The lifelike naturalistic bodies of Greek and Roman sculpture have been a source of wonder since the Renaissance. Indeed\, the Italian Renaissance artist Vasari identified the ancient world as the time “when sculpture rose to its greatest height.” But close likenesses of the natural world are not the only visual products of the ancient past. This exhibition traces alternative visual trends in the ancient Roman world that today would be considered examples of abstraction. It focuses on monuments and motifs long pushed to the margins of our accounts of ancient art. Oversize arrangements of interlocking shapes pulsate in bold block colors from tombs\, temples\, and homes\; stylized animals flicker into view\, only to collapse once more into bright geometric arrangements\; and artists adopt experimental shorthands for the depiction of space across media. Anticipating recent interests in color and form\, the visual trends of antiquity emerge as far more varied than has long been told.\n\n*Ancient Abstractions is on view from November 5\, 2026\, through February 28\, 2027\, during regular museum hours (Tuesday–Friday\, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM\, and Saturday–Sunday\, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM\; closed Mondays and university holidays.* UID:153842-21916438@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,archaeology,art,Art History,collections,cultural heritage,Exhibition,Faculty,Free,history,Mediterranean,museum,Research,roman empire,visual arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T102129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:TBD DESCRIPTION:Details TBD UID:153811-21916382@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153811 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aem Featured,seminar,statistics,Talk LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T140430 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Care\, Repatriation\, & Restitution of African Cultural Property DESCRIPTION:The care\, repatriation\, & restitution of African cultural property remain matters of cultural\, economic\, geopolitical\, institutional\, legal\, and spiritual importance.\n\nThis virtual conversation will bring together perspectives from African art and museum practice\, cultural policy\, creative practice\, digital heritage\, and African-led restitution initiatives. Co-moderators antonio c. cuyler and Ashley Miller will guide a dialogue with participants from Nyamakop\, Open Restitution Africa\, and related fields.\n\nPanelists will consider how museums and other institutions should understand their responsibilities to African communities\; how restitution\, repatriation\, repair\, and reparative justice differ\; and what durable\, accountable collaboration between institutions in the Global Norths and Africa might require.\n\nThe program will conclude with moderated audience Q&A.\n\n\nPanelists\n\n-Mohale Mashigo\; Author\, Comic Writer\, and Narrative Designer\n-Ben Myres\; Co-Founder and Game Director\; Nyamakop\n-Syokau Mutonga\; Anderman Family Fellow for Arts of Africa\; Denver Art Museum and Open Restitution Africa\n\n\nModerators\n\n-antonio c. cuyler\, PhD\; Professor of Music in Entrepreneurship and Leadership and Faculty Associate in Voice and Opera\; University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\n-Ashley Miller\; Assistant Curator of African Art\; University of Michigan Museum of Art\n\n\nPresented by the Bowman Scholars Network\, the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford Public Policy School\, the Department of Cultural Policy & Management in the Wits School of Arts at the University of Witwatersrand\, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art UID:153856-21916566@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153856 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR