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:20260218T202353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:ASC Winter 2026 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series: Innovations and Methods for Advancing Health and Reproductive Justice in Africa DESCRIPTION:This series features the Winter 2026 University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics and to share their research with the larger U-M community.\n\nThursday\, March 19\, 2026 | Innovations and Methods for Advancing Health and Reproductive Justice in Africa\n \nTata Coulibaly (Côte d’Ivoire) | “Evaluation of a non-invasive urine-based test for early prostate cancer detection in Côte d’Ivoire”\n \nKassim Tawiah (Ghana) | “Modelling of Years of Cohabitation\, Total Number of Children\, and Number of Living Children of Women of Reproductive Age in Ghana Using Trivariate Poisson Regression Model”\n \nBrigitte Irankunda (Rwanda) | “Evaluating The Current Approaches and Challenges in The Management of Second-Trimester Abortion In Rwanda: Policy\, Practice and Facility Readiness”\n\nPlease register to attend: https://forms.gle/89CYfCjPpTrJAyGEA UID:145712-21897723@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African Studies,African Studies Center,Discussion,engineering,Health LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T125941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Caramel Day at The Connector DESCRIPTION:Stop by The Connector to celebrate National Chocolate Caramel Day! Hosted by the Connector Community Assistants featuring chocolate and caramel candies! UID:140285-21886875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140285 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,free,Free Food,Grab N Go LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T125244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Clear Waters\, Hidden Plastics In Our Great Lakes Watershed DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunch-and-learn seminar exploring the research on microplastics across Michigan’s diverse waterways—from the Great Lakes to rivers\, streams\, and inland lakes. A U-M scientist who has studied this system with her lab since 2013 will share how these tiny pollutants challenge our freshwater resources\, looking upstream for potential solutions. The seminar will highlight the collective efforts of the multidisciplinary U-M team of biologists\, chemists\, modelers\, and engineers who are unraveling the origins\, movement\, and effects of microplastics across the Great Lakes Basin and beyond. \n\nNOTE: LOCATION CHANGE to Chemistry 1706\n\nA light lunch will be served\, so please RSVP.\n\nAfter the talk\, there is an optional guided tour of a new Museum of Natural History exhibit focused on this topic from 1:00-2:00PM. UID:145275-21896976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145275 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ecology,Environment,environmental,environmental education,planet blue,Sustainability,Water LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T105106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Weizhou Qian DESCRIPTION:About the DCMB Tools & Technology Seminar Series\n\nThe DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Series is held in Medical Science Building 1 (MS1)\, Room 4B700\, each Thursday at 12pm EST. Each seminar highlights a computational tool\, technology\, or methodology that is under development or in current use and is of special interest to DCMB and University researchers. Presenters are U-M researchers and students.\n\nThese seminars are live-streamed and recorded and made available for future viewing via the DCMB YouTube Channel UID:143263-21892598@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143263 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science,Research,Virtual LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - Room 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T063149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Gearing Up To Apply Q&A DESCRIPTION:If you are getting ready to apply to medical school and have questions about the process\, mechanics or timelines\, this session if for you.Kindly place your question(s) in this google form at: https://forms.gle/5stCf4NTkQNLmDFp7 and plan to attend since these sessions are not recorded.This Q&\;As is organized by the University Career Center and Newnan Academic Advising. This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so thatit will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only registerto attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event and see more details\, please go to this link: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/1893564/share_preview  We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements inthis form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Cierra Sutherland at cierrasu@umich.edu. To ensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives\, we kindly request that you inform us as soon as possible. #UCC UID:144166-21894762@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144166 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T103013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Grad Student Financial Education Series DESCRIPTION:Financial Education Series\n\nReady to feel more confident about your finances?\n\nJoin Heather Moore\, Ph.D.\, assistant director for U-M Financial Education and Engagement\, for a relaxed and practical three-part financial literacy series designed specifically for graduate students.\n\nThis engaging series covers essential topics such as budgeting\, credit\, debt management\, student loans\, and understanding your paycheck and benefits. Whether you’re just starting to build financial knowledge or looking to strengthen existing skills\, these sessions offer clear strategies and actionable advice to help you make informed financial decisions.\n\nSessions are friendly\, approachable\, and tailored to real graduate student needs. Come with questions—leave with tools\, clarity\, and confidence to better manage your financial well-being. UID:144754-21895813@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144754 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:West Conference Room, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T143737 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T133000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:How to Design a Job Talk for an Industry Interview DESCRIPTION:Learn how to prepare slides and a narrative that will engage listeners and showcase the significance of your research\, thought process\, personal qualities\, and experience that is most relevant to the role and company mission. This session is part of the winter 2026 webinar series\, \"Building Essential Communication Skills for Job Interviews.\" UID:145572-21897542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145572 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Professional Development,Rackham LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T104430 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK) DESCRIPTION:Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid demographic shifts\, including an unprecedented aging of their populations. Kenya is at the front end of these transitions and is projected to experience a 4-fold increase in the number of adults over age 60 in just three decades. The Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK) was developed to collect data on health and economic wellbeing among older Kenyans. LOSHAK is harmonized with other studies in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) families of studies. We anticipate that LOSHAK will serve as an important resource for policy\, public health\, and economic planners in Kenya and the region as they aim to address the varied social\, health\, and economic consequences of aging populations. This talk will focus on the development of LOSHAK and plans for its future.\n\nWatch a preview of this talk at https://youtu.be/uGRcmnvYbBc UID:138328-21882777@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138328 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Insights Speaker Series,Public Health,Social Sciences LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T112048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IPE - Booking Flights on a Budget DESCRIPTION:Learn how to book your flight in the most savvy way! Save money by booking on the right sites at the right time and more. UID:145583-21897554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897495@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T103518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Dissertation Defense Seminar> Bacterial Ribonuclease HII and Ribonucleotide Excision Repair DESCRIPTION:Although RNA-DNA hybrids are essential to the perpetuation of life\, if left unresolved\, ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs) embedded in the genome are a threat to faithful DNA replication\, genomic integrity\, and genetic inheritance. Single rNMPs\, which differ from deoxyribonucleoside monophosphates (dNMPs) by a single 2′ –OH group\, often become misincorporated in the genome by replicative DNA polymerases during DNA replication. Although DNA polymerases have a steric exclusion mechanism to prevent rNTPs from accessing their active site\, rNTPs outnumber dNTPs in the cell and as a result are still frequently used as substrates during synthesis. rNMPs\, also known as “sugar errors\,” that go unrepaired can lead to increased mutagenesis in the form of transitions\, single-stranded breaks\, and even lethal double-stranded breaks (DSBs) due to the reactivity of the 2′ –OH. However\, cells have evolved to combat sugar errors through ribonucleotide excision repair (RER)\, which is initiated by Ribonuclease HII/H2 (RNase HII). RNase HII is a Type 2 RNase H enzyme that makes a 5′ incision to a rNMP in double-stranded DNA (dsDNA)\, permitting subsequent entry by a DNA polymerase. The polymerase extends from the 3′ –OH of the nick\, displacing the downstream DNA containing the rNMP to generate a 5′ flap\, which can be resolved by a flap endonuclease (FEN). Finally\, DNA ligase seals the gap in the backbone. The junction-sensing module of RNase HII is a critical structural element that gives the protein its unique ability to specifically recognize single rNMPs by their 2′ –OH. RER has been previously studied in eukaryotes\, archaea\, and bacteria\, although the breadth of lesions addressed by bacterial RNase HII enzymes has not yet been established. We performed in vitro assays using RNase HII purified from Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis and dsDNA substrates containing single canonical\, mismatched\, and damaged rNMPs. Specifically\, E. coli RNase HII (EcoRNase HII) was equally active on all four canonical rNMPs\, including rUMP\, while B. subtilis RNase HII (BsuRNase HII) was inefficient at processing rGMP. In a mismatched context\, EcoRNase HII activity on rAMP and rGMP was unchanged from that on canonical rNMPs. Conversely\, BsuRNase HII activity on rG:dT was significantly reduced from that on rG:dC. Further\, EcoRNase HII demonstrated weak activity on r8oG:dC\, while BsuRNase HII could not resolve r8oG:dC nor rOH:dC. This observation is similar to that reported for archaeal and eukaryotic RNase HII homologs. Together\, our results show that bacterial RNase HII proteins have different substrate preferences. Surprisingly\, both EcoRNase HII and BsuRNase HII are able to incise rUMP\, suggesting that RER\, and not base excision repair (BER)\, is the primary pathway for rUMP repair. Moreover\, mismatched rNMP errors appear to be substrates for both RER and mismatch repair (MMR). Finally\, damaged rNMP errors in B. subtilis must be repaired by an alternative pathway\, potentially BER\, although this has not yet been tested. UID:146398-21899041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146398 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Dissertation Defense LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T060050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Northwest Challenge 2026 DESCRIPTION:tourney in seattle\, wa! UID:143528-21893352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143528 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Washington CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T135920 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Slavic Chocolate Party! DESCRIPTION:Chocolate is a universal language—especially in the Slavic world!\nJoin us to learn about the Slavic language and regional studies programs offered at U‑M\, and treat your taste buds to chocolate delights from Central and Eastern Europe.\n\nExpand Your Palate\nExperience the diverse flavors of Slavic chocolate and broaden your culinary horizons.\n\nExplore Academic Opportunities\nDiscover the enriching programs and resources available through the Slavic Department.\n\nConnect with Peers\nMeet fellow students who share your interest in Slavic culture and chocolate indulgence.\n\nAll students from any U‑M school\, college\, or unit are welcome to join us in the 1st-floor MLB lobby. UID:146348-21898939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crees,Culture,European,Food,Free,Info Session,Language Resource Center LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 1st-Floor Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144529-21895460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144529 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays\, 12-5 pm\nFridays\, 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884307@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T181722 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T124500 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 30-minute organ recital performed by doctoral student Chanmi Kim.\n\nDivision Street Pipes concerts features talented students and faculty of the U-M Organ Department on Thursdays at 12:15pm on the Richards-Fowkes organ at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. These 30-minute performances are free and open to the public\, and audience members are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening. \n\nThe series is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Organ Department and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in an effort to bring organ music to local audiences while connecting U-M organ students with the wider community. Concerts offer attendees the opportunity to hear the versatility of the pipe organ beyond a worship setting. The Winter 2026 concert series begins on January 15 and it will continue weekly through April 16 (with the exception of April 2). UID:143788-21894013@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143788 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T123957 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 SUMMARY:Tours:All the plastic you cannot see DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History and Prof. Anne McNeil have collaborated on an interactive exhibit that illustrates how microplastics enter the environment and outlines concrete steps individuals and institutions can take to address these challenges. UID:145456-21897370@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability,Waste Reduction,Water LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171702 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bookmaking Workshop DESCRIPTION:Public Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience. UID:146711-21899541@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146711 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T160030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Scroll To Action: Crafting Environmental Communications with Content Creator Alex Haraus DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop with Alex Haraus\, a creator and impact strategist who knows how to captivate and lead global audiences to meaningful action through social media. His down-to-earth approach includes strategies that break beyond echo chambers and welcome new audiences\, leading over 15 million people to action over the last 6 years and being recognized by Forbes Under 30\, Grist 50 and SXSW.\n\nJoin us to learn how social media can move people from scrolling to real-world impact.\n\nSpace is limited\; reserve your seat now! UID:145394-21897231@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145394 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Engagement,Digital Studies,Energy And The Environment,Free,Global Change,Information and Technology,Media,planet blue,Public Policy,Social Impact,Sustainability LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T105309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Open House DESCRIPTION:Curious about Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering? Come hang with us at the NA&ME Open House!\n\n🗓 March 19th | 1–4 PM\n📍 Marine Hydrodynamics Lab\, West Hall (1085 S. University Ave\, Ann Arbor)\n\nCheck out our labs\, take a ride on the tow tank carriage\, chat with students and professors\, learn what makes our major unique\, and of course grab some snacks and swag. \nDon’t miss it! UID:145237-21896910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145237 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture And Marine Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:West Hall - 126 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim 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:144530-21895461@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144530 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T091244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Daisy Haas - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Daisy Haas for their dissertation defense titled \"An Exploration of Equity in Chemical Education: Noticing and Dreaming to Transform Teaching\".\n\n*Date:* Thursday\, March 19th\n*Time:* 2:00 PM\n*Where:* Rackham Earl Lewis Room (3rd Floor)\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 924 7353 4372 \nPassword: CER UID:146389-21898983@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146389 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Earl Lewis Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T151415 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Generative AI Agents DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThis session introduces the basics of generative AI agents in a hands-on\, beginner-friendly format. Participants will learn what an agent is\, how it works\, and how to build a simple agent using guided examples. No prior experience with AI or coding is required\, and the focus is on practical understanding rather than technical detail. UID:145249-21896931@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Artificial Intelligence,Free,Genai,Generative Ai,Tutorial,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan League - Henderson (3rd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T132047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Generative AI Tutorials: Generative AI Agents DESCRIPTION:This session is part of the 2025-2026 Generative AI tutorial series hosted by the Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society (MIDAS)About: This session introduces the basics of generative AI agents in a hands-on\, beginner-friendly format. Participants will learn what an agent is\, how it works\, and how to build a simple agent using guided examples. No prior experience with AI or coding is required\, and the focus is on practical understanding rather than technical detail. UID:142172-21890157@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Henderson Room, Michigan League (911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Culture\, History and Politics (CHiP) DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Cho Han\n- January 22: Marni Morse\n- January 29: Jiyeon Lee\n- February 5: Tess Hamilton\n- February 12: Álvaro Cabrera\n- February 19: Jarron Long\n- February 26: Xianni Zhang\n- March 12: Sarah Farr and Christian Castro-Martinez\n- March 19: Danyelle Reynolds\n- March 26: Vanessa Jiménez-Read\n- April 2: Abigail Skalka and Julieta Goldenberg\n- April 9: Eric Freeburg\n- April 16: TBD UID:143661-21893608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143661 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T113219 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ukraine: Revolution\, War\, Documentary Photography\, and Immersive New Media DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nUkraine: Revolution\, War\, Documentary Photography\, and Immersive New Media will showcase the impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine as well as explore the distinctions between long-term documentary photography\, photojournalism\, and the innovative use of gaming technology to create documentary experiences in room-scale virtual reality.\n\nJoseph will share his extensive work\, including his coverage of the Euromaidan Revolution\, the Russo-Ukrainian War\, a photo documentary he began 25 years ago\, and his newest project Is the War Close?\, an immersive room-scale virtual reality documentary that places the user in a Kyiv home at night during a large Russian drone and missile attack. \n\nBio\nJoseph Sywenkyj is a long-form documentary and breaking news visual journalist working with lens based and immersive XR technology. He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal.\n\nJoseph is an American photographer of Ukrainian descent who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over 20 years. He is currently the Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor of Journalism in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. He was a 2024-2025 dual Knight-Wallace Fellow and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Distinguished Fellow at the University of Michigan. Among his many awards\, he was the recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography and the Aftermath Project Grant. He received two Fulbright Awards\, one as a student and the other as a scholar. UID:145271-21896966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145271 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Journalism,Media,Ukraine LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T155924 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Patterned Biomaterials: New Tools to Probe and Control Complex Biological Systems\n\nAbstract:\nEngineered materials and molecular sensing tools are transforming how we study and control complex biological systems. Yet many technologies operate at a single scale—either manipulating cellular environments without molecular precision or profiling molecular signals without spatial or mechanical context. My lab addresses this challenge through chemical and materials innovation\, developing scalable platforms that integrate molecular design with quantitative analysis. We focus on two complementary directions: (1) physico-chemical design of soft interfaces with tunable nanoscale architecture and dynamic mechanics to probe and control material–biology interactions\, and (2) biomolecular sensing platforms that combine polymer chemistry\, optical or electrochemical detection\, and data-driven analysis for accessible diagnostics. In this talk\, I will highlight two representative efforts: nature-inspired nanopatterned coatings with dynamically tunable surface topography for long-term antibacterial activity\, and integrated bioanalytical sensing technologies for early\, point-of-care detection of sepsis. \n\nBio:\nDr. Jouha Min is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 2010 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT\, where she was advised by Paula Hammond and Richard Braatz. She conducted her postdoctoral research with Ralph Weissleder at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital\, where she worked at the interface of engineering\, biology\, and clinical translation. Dr. Min’s research group applies core principles of chemical and biological engineering—including transport phenomena\, reaction kinetics\, materials synthesis\, and systems-level analysis—to develop new methodologies for probing and controlling material–biology interactions across three-dimensional space and time. Her work aims to establish a quantitative and mechanistic foundation for transformative advances in disease diagnosis\, treatment\, and prevention. She is the recipient of several honors\, including the NSF CAREER Award (2025)\, the NIH R35 MIRA Award (2025)\, and the V Foundation V Scholar Award (2023). UID:146152-21898595@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,seminar LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T105103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Canvas Accessibility for Panorama DESCRIPTION:Join ITS-Accessibility for an engaging\, in-depth training session on using Panorama to enhance the accessibility of your Canvas course site. Panorama is a powerful accessibility tool integrated into Canvas that enables instructors and instructional support staff to create\, scan\, and fix digital content for accessibility directly within Canvas. In addition\, Panorama allows students to automatically generate alternative formats of Canvas content and attached files\, ensuring materials are accessible in the formats that work best for them. This training will provide practical guidance and step-by-step demonstrations to help you identify and resolve potential accessibility barriers\, making your Canvas course more inclusive and user-friendly for everyone. UID:145041-21896580@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:access,accessibility,Artificial Intelligence,assistive technology,Canvas,Digital Accessibility,digital technology,Disability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877793@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Creative Writing,English Language And Literature,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Literature,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T122401 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Irene Lo DESCRIPTION:Designing zones for school choice systems requires eliciting complex preferences and balancing multiple stakeholder objectives. We propose a stakeholder-in-the-loop framework for school zone generation that iterates between using optimization to generate zone boundaries for given preferences\, and allowing stakeholders to participate and learn their preferences by reacting to zones. To facilitate stakeholder participation\, we use LLMs to translate between natural language preferences and optimization constraints. To enable real-time use of our framework\, we develop faster computational approaches for the multi-school zoning problem using both math programming and sampling-based methods. Our framework produces zones with substantially improved diversity and proximity metrics relative to existing benchmarks\, while also generating individual-level preference representations that can be aggregated using standard social choice methods. Our approach has supported preliminary discussions about school zone boundaries in San Francisco and is generalizable to other redistricting contexts.\n\nDr. Irene Lo is an assistant professor in the Department of Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. Her research sits at the intersection of operations research\, computer science theory\, and economic theory. She designs markets and allocation systems that improve both efficiency and equity\, with applications in education\, the environment\, and the developing world. She leads a Stanford Impact Lab on Equitable Access to Education\, co-launched the ACM Conference series on Equity and Access in Algorithms\, Mechanisms\, and Optimization (EAAMO)\, and is a William T. Grant Scholar. UID:146568-21899297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146568 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:899 Seminar Series,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T092317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:LSA@Play: Squirrel Jam DESCRIPTION:Go nuts at our trail mix station\, gather clues in an exploration activity for exclusive LSA squirrel swag\, and meet Maizie\, LSA’s squirrel mascot! Show off your trivia skills and learn fun facts about U-M’s bushy-tailed legends as you join in the celebration of our campus’s favorite furry friends.\n\nIn partnership with LSA Sustainability\, the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, Planet Blue Ambassadors\, and The Squirrel Club.\n__________\nFor LSA undergrads only. Join us for LSA@Play\, a vibrant series of events designed to welcome and support LSA students! Gatherings and activities offer an opportunity for students to prioritize well-being\, inclusivity\, and community. Plus\, get free food and LSA swag! Visit the LSA@Play webpage: lsa.umich.edu/play for more details\, subscribe to receive text/email updates\, and check for additional events being added soon! Events are first-come\, first-served\, and while supplies last. One swag item per student\, and you must be present with an MCard to receive it.\n\nThe University of Michigan College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please email lsaatplay@umich.edu if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet the requested accommodations. UID:146326-21898882@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146326 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Games,Sustainability,Swag,Well-being LOCATION:LSA Building - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T113714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IES Energy Seminar Series - Energy Needs and Opportunities in Wastewater Treatment AND In situ treatment of PFAS using adsorptive and reactive barrier walls DESCRIPTION:IES Seminar Abstract:\nEnergy demands to treat municipal wastewater can represent up to 2% of U.S. electricity consumption\, and 40 to 60% of this demand is required for aeration to biologically oxidize organic waste and nitrify urea-sourced ammonia. This energy consumption is ironic\, given that organics in domestic wastewater have the potential to favorably deliver more than 5 billion amps of current\, and that 50 million GJ/yr of energy are used each year to produce the equivalent amount of ammonia via the Haber-Bosch process. In this talk\, I will explore opportunities to transform wastewater treatment plants into energy factories\, where electrochemical methods are used to direct electrons in wastewater toward synthesis of value-added products\, and advanced separation methods are used to recovery ammonia as a commodity fertilizer.\n\nCEE Seminar Abstract:\nPer and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are extraordinarily stable and widely used chemicals used to create many consumer and industrial products\, including non-stick cookware\, water-resistant textile coatings\, food packaging\, cosmetics\, semi-conductors\, and aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs). Due to their widespread use\, PFAS have been released to the environment and have contaminated at least 9\,500 different sites in the United States. This is a concern because even at very low concentrations PFAS ingestion has been correlated to negative health impacts\, including delayed developmental\, immune system suppression\, and cancer. Efforts to clean up PFAS in groundwater have mainly relied on ex situ approaches\, where contaminated groundwater is pumped it to the ground surface and treated in engineered reactors using energy intensive thermal\, (electro)chemical\, ultrasonic\, or plasma-based technologies. An emerging in situ approach is to create barriers to PFAS migration in contaminated aquifers from sorbent materials\, e.g.\, by injecting colloidal activated carbon (CAC) through wells into contaminated aquifers\, where it becomes immobilized. However\, there remains great uncertainty in how long these sorptive barriers will prevent PFAS migration\, and if sorptive barrier amendments can be engineered to promote PFAS degradation. In this talk\, I will present experimental and modeling results that address mechanisms controlling PFAS migration in CAC barriers\, CAC barrier effectiveness and lifetimes\, and an abiotic reaction pathway that complements CAC barriers by promoting in situ PFAS destruction.\n\nBiography:\nDr. Charles Werth is a Professor and the Bettie Margaret Smith Chair in Environmental Health Engineering in the Maseeh Department of Civil\, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Werth’s research and teaching background includes fundamental and applied studies on pollutant fate and treatment in both natural and engineered water systems\, with applications in electro(catalytic) drinking water treatment\, in situ groundwater remediation\, and subsurface storage of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Dr. Werth received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University\, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. UID:145466-21897381@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145466 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:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1303 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T103127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Race & Racial Ideologies Workshop DESCRIPTION:January 22: Erykah Benson\nMarch 19: Kyle McCullers\nApril 2: Carlo Handy Charles\nApril 16: Vanessa Jiménez-Read UID:143799-21894042@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143799 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T154317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T162000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents: DESCRIPTION:\"CECILIA: A Benchmark Sample for Studying Galaxy Enrichment at Cosmic Noon\"\n\nA significant fraction of all stars in the Universe today formed during a 2-3 Gyr period around z~1-3\, when both cosmic star-formation rate density and quasar number density reached their peak values. As a result\, this epoch---commonly known as \"Cosmic Noon\"---represents a key phase in galaxy evolution and has been studied extensively over the last decade. In recent years\, our ability to characterize galaxies at these redshifts has improved dramatically thanks to the capabilities of JWST\, which has made it possible to detect extremely faint emission lines sensitive to a variety of physical properties\, including gas temperature and hard ionizing radiation. I will review recent results from CECILIA\, a Cycle 1 JWST program that obtained ultra-deep (30-hour) spectra of typical star-forming galaxies at Cosmic Noon\, extending down to relatively low-mass (10^7.5 solar masses) Milky Way progenitor analogues that have <5% solar O/H in their interstellar medium. These findings include one of the most detailed analyses to date of multi-element chemistry in the distant Universe\, as well as intriguing evidence for differences in these galaxies' massive star populations and the impact of stellar feedback. I will also discuss how deep spectroscopic samples like CECILIA are leading to new best practices for measuring the metallicity of nascent galaxies and highlight future prospects for combining these unique data with other ground- and space-based campaigns. UID:146153-21898596@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T202826 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar: Admissible resolutions DESCRIPTION:Discuss the material in Section 4 of the paper. The main goals are to explain the statement of Theorem 3.15\, to sketch the ideas in the proof\, and to give some examples. UID:144458-21895384@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144458 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T151958 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Conservation Close-up DESCRIPTION:Come chat with the conservators and technicians who care for the library’s rare and special collections. The Preservation Services department is charged with caring for vast and diverse collections — from the world’s first atlas to (fake) blood-stained movie costumes. \n\nProjects on view will include structural repairs of bindings\, complex paper washing\, intricate custom boxes\, and a large scale rehousing project. Some examples of projects involving technical analysis and multi-band imaging will also be presented.\n\nJoin us (on the 6th floor of Hatcher) for Third Thursdays at the Library\, a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a passport and collect a stamp from each of the four Third Thursday Open Houses — Asia Library\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize! UID:144994-21896251@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144994 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T104211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Commonness\, rarity\, and biodiversity on Indo-Pacific coral reefs: Confronting ecological theory with data in species-rich systems DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - Ecologists have long sought to understand spatial and temporal patterns in abundance and biodiversity\, but the classical approach to developing theory to explain such patterns cannot work in species-rich systems\, due to the “curse of dimensionality” – a tendency for the parameters needed to draw inferences about a community to grow faster than the number of observations\, as species richness increases. \nIn this talk\, I will summarize one strand of my lab’s research program\, which aims to explore potential solutions to the curse of dimensionality\, test them with empirical data – mainly from coral reefs – and use them to unveil the factors that structure marine assemblages. I will begin by summarizing our earlier work developing a robust test of neutral theory of biodiversity\, the most aggressively simplifying of biodiversity theories. I will then present work extending an alternative\, intermediate-complexity mathematical theory that evaluates the dynamics of species’ relative abundances to quantify the relative importance of deterministic and stochastic processes that generate patterns in community structure\; when applied to coral reef fishes on the Great Barrier Reef\, that work reveals that reef fish communities are highly niche-structured\, but that this niche structure is eroded by volatility in coral cover. Finally\, I will present work relaxing the simplifying assumptions of the former theory\, which uses dimension-reduction approaches to allow for considerable heterogeneity among species in both interaction strengths and responses to environmental fluctuations. When applied to reef fishes on the GBR\, we find a classically Gleasonian community structure\, where the dynamics of relative abundance are driven by conspecific density-dependence and “response diversity” – differential responses of species’ population dynamics to environmental fluctuations\, but where between-species interactions have negligible impacts on community dynamics. I will conclude with some thoughts on where community ecology stands\, in terms of its ability to rigorously confront theoretical models with empirical data to answer the fundamental questions that have long motivated research in this field. UID:144777-21895837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144777 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,ecosystem,Ecosystems,eeb,environmental,evolutionary biology,seminar,Sustainability LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T151330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:K-Library Collections: The Roots of Blossoming Korean Culture DESCRIPTION:We invite you to discover the richness and diversity of Korean culture. Step into a world of unique and historic treasures\, spanning from the seventeenth century to the present and showcasing voices from both South and North Korea. \n\nK-pop and the Korean Wave (Hallyu) have taken the world by storm — captivating hearts and inspiring fascination — but the story of Korean culture stretches much deeper and further back. For more than a century\, U-M scholars and librarians have explored these roots and built vibrant collections of Korean materials. Today\, thanks to the dedication of scholars\, donors\, community members\, and organizations in Korea\, our library is home to over 100\,000 Korean-language materials.\n\nHighlights at this event include Akhak kwebom (樂學軌範\, 1610)\, the Sambongjip Wooden Print Block (三峰集木版\, 1791)\, the Han’gul Bible translated by John Ross (1887)\, issues of Nodong Sinmun\, children’s literature\, cartoons\, and works by the acclaimed author Han Kang. Join us for this rare opportunity to experience the extraordinary legacy and dynamic spirit of Korean culture—there’s something here for everyone to explore!\n\nThird Thursdays at the Library is a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a passport and collect a stamp from each of this month's Third Thursday locations — Asia Library\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and the Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize! UID:144991-21896248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144991 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Free,Korean,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Asia Library (4th floor-North) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T150903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Mapping Science DESCRIPTION:For centuries\, scientists with all kinds of specializations have used maps to chart their hypotheses and share their findings. From the shifting of tectonic plates to the spread of disease and charts of the night sky\, come see a selection of maps that visualize scientific research by putting data on the map.\n\nJoin us (on the 2nd floor of Hatcher) for Third Thursdays at the Library\, a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a passport and collect a stamp from each of the four Third Thursday Open Houses — Asia Library\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize! UID:144990-21896247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144990 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps,Science LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T160317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Precision Synthesis and Deterministic Placement of Quantum Dots for Quantum Light Technologies DESCRIPTION:Realizing scalable quantum light technologies requires both atomically precise nanocrystal synthesis and deterministic single-particle positioning. This talk explores strategies to achieve these goals by leveraging the extremes of nanocrystal size. First\, we examine kinetically persistent cluster molecules\, which are intermediates in colloidal nanocrystal nucleation\, as high-fidelity models for understanding crystal growth mechanisms\, structure\, and reactivity. By understanding the structure\, formation\, and conversion of these clusters\, we gain insights into synthesis pathways that minimize ensemble heterogeneity and move us toward the chemist's dream of perfect nanocrystals.\nNext\, we address a critical challenge in quantum photonics: the scalable integration of colloidal quantum dots as single-photon emitters. We demonstrate two approaches that exploit QD size to enable deterministic placement into large-scale ordered arrays while preserving photostability and quantum emission properties. Specifically\, SiO2 and CdS shells expand QD size\, facilitating precise positioning via high-fidelity template-assisted self-assembly and electrohydrodynamic inkjet printing. We show that single “colossal” QDs maintain room-temperature antibunching behavior and can be deterministically coupled to photonic cavities\, advancing their viability for quantum technologies. UID:138415-21882920@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138415 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Materials Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T130625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Psychedelics and Large-Scale Brain Networks DESCRIPTION:This talk is part of the Michigan Psychedelic Center's 2026 Seminar Series: Psychedelics — From Cells to Society. Learn more about the series at https://michiganpsychedelic.med.umich.edu/education-events/. \n\nAbout the Talk:\n\nPsychedelic compounds profoundly alter conscious experience\, producing changes in perception\, cognition\, and self-awareness while typically preserving wakefulness. In recent years\, human neuroimaging studies have revealed that these experiential effects are accompanied by robust alterations in large-scale brain network organization. However\, a unifying framework for understanding how psychedelic drugs reshape brain-wide communication remains an open challenge.\n\nIn this talk\, Rui Dai\, PhD\, will present converging evidence from functional MRI studies across classical and non-classical psychedelics\, as well as comparisons with sleep and anesthesia\, to show that psychedelic states are characterized by increased integration across large-scale brain networks alongside heightened interaction complexity. These effects are most prominent along cortical hierarchies spanning unimodal sensory regions to transmodal association networks\, suggesting a systematic reconfiguration of global information flow rather than isolated regional changes.\n\nBy contrasting psychedelic states with unconscious or diminished-consciousness states\, this work highlights large-scale network integration as a core neural feature supporting conscious experience. Together\, these findings position psychedelics as powerful tools for probing fundamental principles of brain-wide communication and the neural basis of consciousness.\n\nAbout the Presenter:\n\nRui Dai\, PhD\, is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Her research uses human noninvasive neuroimaging to investigate the neural basis of consciousness across spatial scales\, with earlier work focusing on the neural representation of conscious content during task performance and more recent work examining how local and large-scale brain dynamics reconfigure across altered states of consciousness\, including psychedelic\, sleep\, and anesthetic states. UID:145173-21896760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145173 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Medicine,Neuroscience,Webcast LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T112933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Slowing Down with Film: Cameras\, Prints & Storytelling DESCRIPTION:In a fast-paced digital world\, film photography invites us to slow down and reconnect with the act of seeing. This relaxed mini-lecture and show & tell explores why film continues to resonate with modern photographers.\n\nParticipants are encouraged (but not required) to bring a film camera\, analog lens\, instant camera\, or film photographs—whether a meaningful image\, a creative accomplishment\, or simply something they’d like to share. Together\, we’ll reflect on process\, intention\, and the tactile qualities of analog photography\, emphasizing conversation and shared experience over technical instruction. UID:145535-21897484@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145535 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts For All,Photography,Workshop LOCATION:Shapiro Library - PIE Space. Shapiro Library, First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T172120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Other:Third Thursday | Late Night at the Kelsey! DESCRIPTION:The Kelsey Museum is open late! On the third Thursday of each month\, the Kelsey will be open from 4:00 to 7:30 PM. Come check out the galleries after work\, after school\, or after dinner downtown.\n\nThe Kelsey is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142123-21891164@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Mesopotamia,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T140251 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Toward Women’s Power DESCRIPTION:Celebrate women’s history month! This open house will feature books\, periodicals\, and other materials from our International Studies collections exploring the narratives of women who have held leadership roles or had major impacts on political and social movements throughout history.\n\nJoin us for Third Thursdays at the Library\, a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a Third Thursday Passport and collect a stamp from each of the Third Thursday Open Houses — Asia Library\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize! UID:145272-21896967@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - International Studies Reading Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T093733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Tropical Precarity DESCRIPTION:Please join us for two events with leading queer alternative Puerto Rican rock performers Eduardo Alegría (Superaquello\, Alegría Rampante)\, Gisela Rosario Ramos (Macha Colón y Los Okapi)\, and Fofé Abreu (Circo\, Fofé y Los Fetiches). We will be screening music videos on Wednesday and talking about rock in PR on Thursday. For more information\, please contact Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes at lawrlafo@umich.edu.\n\nMarch 18th & 19th\, 2026\n4:00-6:00pm\n3512 Haven Hall\n\nFree and open to the public\, we hope to see you there! UID:146449-21899124@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146449 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Department Of American Culture,Film,Free,Latina/o Studies LOCATION:Haven Hall - 3512 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T164021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUWeekly: Game Night DESCRIPTION:We’re hosting Mario Kart tournaments\, and stacking the tables with your favorite board and card games. We’ve got the food and snacks covered so you can refuel while you play! UID:146522-21899232@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146522 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Game Night LOCATION:Michigan Union - Courtyard CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T084210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:When Rebels Win: Ideology\, Statebuilding\, and Power After Civil Wars DESCRIPTION:What do rebels do with the state if they are able to gain control of it? Many assume civil wars destroy state capacity. In the Democratic Republic of Congo and Libya\, for instance\, victorious rebels perpetuated state weaknesses. Yet elsewhere\, like in China and Rwanda\, they built strong\, capable states. When Rebels Win argues that to explain varying post-victory governance we must look at rebel group ideologies: the ideas and goals around which a group is formed. Where a group's ideology falls along two key dimensions—programmatic versus opportunistic\, inclusive versus exclusive—influences how it governs. Programmatic-inclusive groups seek to reach across territory and work with populations to implement goals\, building the state to try to transform society. Opportunistic-exclusive groups\, by contrast\, prioritize personalized power and private wealth\, neglecting statebuilding. Examining rebel victors in Nicaragua\, Liberia\, Uganda\, and other cases in Africa and Asia\, Thaler challenges accounts of rebel behavior and post-war governance emphasizing factors such as resource availability or international intervention\, demonstrating the impacts of wartime rebel ideology and when civil war can\, counterintuitively\, lead to stronger states.\n\nAttend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/79Dr5\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:143472-21893239@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143472 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:democracy,International LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T121645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Suzannah Clark Lecture: Distinguished Resident in Music Theory DESCRIPTION:Schubert began composing the “Great” Symphony in C Major (D. 944) during the summer of 1825 and is presumed to have finished it in early 1826. Based on letters by Schubert’s friends\, performances were lined up during that season\, but they fell through. Schubert then gifted the autograph to the Viennese *Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde* in October 1826. The following summer\, the Society produced orchestral parts\, which are still held in the *Gesellschaft* archives. While no public performance occurred during Schubert’s lifetime\, posthumous annotations in these orchestral parts hold clues to how nineteenth-century musicians performed the work. Based on new archival research\, this paper focuses on these nineteenth-century performance choices and illustrates what they reveal about nineteenth-century attitudes towards Schubert’s symphonic structures. The paper will also examine conductor scores belonging to Gustav Mahler and Leonard Bernstein\, which are held in the archives of the New York Philharmonic\, in order to reveal how certain modern-day performance choices came about. A comparison with tell-tale markings in Schubert’s own autograph will be used to propose what Schubert himself may have had in mind.\n\nGUEST BIO\n\nSUZANNAH CLARK is the Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music and the Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University. She has written on the music of Franz Schubert\, the history of tonal music theory\, and medieval vernacular music\, particularly on the songs of the trouvères and the thirteenth-century motet. She has published on theorists ranging from Gottfried Weber\, Arthur von Oettingen\, Hugo Riemann to Heinrich Schenker. Her book *Analyzing Schubert* was published in 2011. Material for her talk at UMich is taken from her forthcoming book *Franz Schubert: The “Great” Symphony in C Major (D. 944)*\, which is commissioned by Cambridge University Press as part of the New Cambridge Music Handbooks series. She is also currently writing a book *Music Theory: A Very Short Introduction* for the Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press. UID:146340-21898921@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146340 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Music,North Campus,Research,Scholarship,Talk LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T115604 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Eisendrath Symposium: Covering Migration in Europe DESCRIPTION:Wallace House Presents a WCEE Panel and Eisendrath Symposium Event\nWith Ismail Einashe\, Jedrzej Slodkowski\, and Sarah Souli\nModerated by Lynette Clemetson\nWelcome by Doug Northrop\, Interim Director of WCEE\n\nAcross Europe\, governments on the right\, left\, and center are rolling back protections for migrants and supporting new European Union proposals that would allow asylum seekers to be sent to third countries. Even as border crossings have dropped significantly in recent years\, human rights groups warn that deterrence-focused policies and sealed borders are pushing people onto more dangerous routes\, increasing the risk of abuse\, displacement and trauma.\n\nEuropean media coverage of migration has largely centered on political debate\, often leaving people’s lives and experiences out of the reporting. What does this imbalance mean for public understanding\, and how can we responsibly cover Europe’s shifting migration politics\, while ethically reporting on trauma and engaging vulnerable sources whose stories are too often overlooked?\n\nThe Eisendrath Symposium honors Charles R. Eisendrath\, former director of Wallace House\, and his lifelong commitment to international journalism.\n\nAbout the Speakers\nIsmail Einashe\, 2025-2026 Knight-Wallace Fellow\, is a London-based journalist and author whose work on migration and refugee issues has appeared in numerous publications – including Foreign Policy\, The Guardian\, BBC News\, The Nation\, The Sunday Times and ArtReview. He is the author of “Strangers” (2023)\, a book by Tate Publishing that explores migration through the lens of art\, and he co-edited “Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere” (2019)\, a collection of critical essays examining how migrants are represented in European media. Einashe is also part of a team of journalists working on a cross-border journalism collaborative called Lost in Europe\, which investigates the disappearance of child migrants.\n\nJedrzej Slodkowski\, 2025-2026 Knight-Wallace Fellow\, is a reporter\, editor and current deputy head of the culture section of “Gazeta Wyborcza\,” Poland’s largest newspaper. He started his professional journalism career as a music critic 20 years ago. He now specializes in interviews with the most interesting figures in Polish culture. Recently\, Słodkowski has focused on migration and refugee issues\, editing an annual special edition of “Gazeta Wyborcza” authored by refugees themselves. He has also covered topics such as child slavery in Ghana\, Kyiv’s music scene during the war and Nepalese mercenaries hired by Russia to fight in Ukraine.\n\nSarah Souli\, 2025-2026 Knight-Wallace Fellow\, has been living and reporting across the Mediterranean for more than a decade. Raised in the U.S. by a French mother and Tunisian father\, her multicultural and multilingual background has deeply informed her perspective and work. She is most interested in how behemoth political structures intersect with the resilient and textured lived experiences of people. Her stories\, including a multi-year investigation of a triple femicide on the Greek-Turkish border\, have appeared in The Atavist\, The Economist\, POLITICO\, The Guardian\, Vice Magazine\, Condé Nast Traveler and others. Prior to her work as an independent journalist\, she was a staff writer for COLORS Magazine.\n\nAbout the Moderator\nLynette Clemetson is the Charles R. Eisendrath Director of Wallace House Center for Journalists\, home of the Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists and the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists at the University of Michigan. UID:145315-21897041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145315 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:eastern europe,Europe,European,Food,Free,Human Rights,immigration,international policy,Journalism,migration,symposium LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Amphitheatre, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T162048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Robotics Advising Super Session - Fall 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Robotics Advising Super Session is your one-stop destination to explore all things robotics—no prior experience required! Discover what exciting courses will be offered in Winter 2026\, along with helpful information on the growing field and undergraduate major of Robotics.\nHere’s what you’ll experience:\nInsider info on Fall 2026 courses — find the perfect class for your interests and schedule.Resource round-up — learn about research\, student orgs\, and hands-on opportunities open to students from any background.Meet-the-faculty — get your questions answered face-to-face during our in-person session (exclusive!)Peer Perspectives — hear from current Robotics majors about what sparked their interest and how robotics can fit with other majors like engineering\, computer science\, art\, and more.Come for the information\, stay for the inspiration—and see how Robotics can be part of your U-M journey!\nJoin via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91759062855 UID:146149-21898452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:FRB 1050 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T162048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SACNAS Abstract Writing Session DESCRIPTION:Join us for a collaborative Abstract Writing Session to prepare your submission for the upcoming SACNAS Conference! Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining a draft\, this is a great opportunity to focus on your abstract\, get constructive feedback from peers\, and strengthen your writing before submission.Date: March 19What to Expect: Dedicated writing time\, optional peer review sessions\, and guidance from experienced mentors. UID:146145-21898442@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146145 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:2960 Taubman Health Sciences Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T115057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Shakespeare in the Arb: Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare in the Arb is a collaboration between the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum and Residential College. Since 2001\, university and community members have provided audiences with a magical night of Elizabethan theater in an inspiring natural setting. We are looking for actors and musicians to join this beloved Ann Arbor tradition for our 2026 season!\n\nPerformances are every weekend in June in Nichols Arboretum. Rehearsals are every Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday beginning April 27th.\nAll roles are available! \n\nAuditions will be in East Quad on the following dates:\n\n March 17th (4-8PM)\n March 19th (5-9PM)\n March 20th (4-8PM)\n\nActors will be expected to memorize a monologue from a given selection (available in the link below). Musicians will submit a short self tape in place of in-person auditions. Anyone is welcome to do both!\n\nCallbacks will be on March 21st from 12-4PM in the Keene Theater. \n\nFor more information\, and to sign up for an audition slot\, go to bit.ly/sita2026.\n\nEmail Ari Richardson at arijrich@umich.edu with any questions. UID:145538-21897487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:artists,arts,arts at michigan,Audition,Auditions,Free,Theater,theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T154406 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Undergraduate Advising Super Session DESCRIPTION:UM students enrolling in Robotics classes for Fall 2026 will have an opportunity to find out more about Robotics classes\, relevant resources\, and our new major concentrations! Students will have the opportunity to connect with departmental faculty\, staff\, and student leaders.\n\nZoom Link available. Information included in RVSP Link. UID:145730-21897740@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145730 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Robotics,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 1050 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T121839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2026 Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:Presented by Professor Edward Watts\, the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of History at UC San Diego\, received his BA in Classics from Brown University in 1997 and his PhD in History from Yale University in 2002. His research centers on the intellectual\, political\, and religious history of the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire. He is the author of seven books and the editor of five more\, including The Final Pagan Generation (UC Press\, 2015)\, Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher\, (Oxford University Press\, 2017)\, Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny (Basic Books\, 2018)\, and The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Oxford University Press\, 2021). His most recent book\, The Romans: A 2000 Year History (Basic Books\, 2025)\, traces the history of the Roman state from the 8th century BC through 1204 AD. His work has also been featured in Time\, Vox\, Smithsonian\, the Economist\, the Wall Street Journal\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, British Museum Magazine\, and the New York Times. Before coming to UCSD in 2012\, Professor Watts taught for ten years at Indiana University. He teaches courses on Byzantine History\, Roman History\, Late Antique Christianity\, Roman numismatics\, and the history of the Medieval Mediterranean. \n\nThe Roman citizen body lived an almost inconceivably long life. Between the 8th century BC and the 15thcentury AD\, nearly 100 generations of Romans superintended a political legacy they had inherited from their ancestors and handed down to their children. Nearly every element of Roman life changed during those two millennia. The state expanded from a hilltop settlement into a massive empire. Its center moved from Italy to Constantinople. Its dominant language changed from Latin to Greek. Its weaponry evolved from iron swords and bronze spears to Greek fire and gunpowder. It incorporated countless new gods before ultimately becoming Christian. And yet the thread linking the Roman present to its past never snapped. For all of their history\, Romans used this past to help understand their world and determine the contours of its future. Tradition served as a governor on the pace of necessary change.\n\nThis Thomas Spencer Jerome lecture series introduces the idea of Roman interchronological history to explain how Romans found and maintained this balance between innovation and tradition. Interchronological history recognizes that Roman scholastic\, social\, familial\, and religious traditions created situations in which Romans in the present spoke the words and felt the feelings of figures from the real or imagined past. These ancient situations encouraged people to connect personally and emotionally with figures from the past and made it natural to see in the past a set of frameworks that allowed one to both understand the present and imagine possible futures that might result from it. \n\nThese lectures explain how Roman educational\, family\, religious\, and literary culture produced this way of interpreting the present and imagining the future through deep engagement with the past. They will then show how an interchronological approach to Roman history expands our understanding of everything from the political power of Roman women to the nature of Iconoclasm and the surprising durability of the Roman bond market. By their conclusion\, the lectures will point to new ways to answer questions about the Roman past and suggest non-Roman contexts in which this historical method can also be applied.\n \nProfessor Watts will present four lectures and one seminar between March 9 and 19\, 2026: \n\n• What is Interchronological Roman History? Monday\, March 9\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League\nThis lecture reconstructs an interchronological historical method based on how Romans were educated and socialized to connect with the words\, experiences\, and feelings of people in their shared past in a fashion that ensured their reactions in the moment and plans for the future remained connected to the traditions of the past.\n\n• Interchronological History and the Political Power of Roman Women\, Thursday\, March 12\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League\nUsing an interchronological approach\, this lecture shows how literature\, public commemorations\, and monuments encouraged Romans of both genders to recognize the political power of Roman women by speaking the words of female political exemplars\, feeling their emotions\, and understanding the circumstances surrounding their political interventions. \n\n• Classical Studies Graduate Student Seminar: Containerization and the Creation of Interchronological Spaces in Imperial Rome\, Friday\, March 13\, 12:00 pm \nThis seminar will look at how the creators and sponsors of a series of monuments in Rome curated space to generate an experience that joined the present in which the monument was unveiled with elements of the past to define a transition to a promised future. Using the theory of artistic containerization\, we will see how each space was designed to showcase elements of the Roman past in a way that channeled specific themes important to both the present identity of the monument’s sponsor and a future they were promising to deliver.\n\n• An Interchronological Approach to Roman Religion and Political History Monday\, March 16\, 5\;30 pm\, Vandenberg Room\, Michigan League\nThis lecture explains how an interchronological history of Roman religion and politics can help us understand why this basic understanding of the role of the divine in shaping the tangible realities of Roman life persisted as Roman religion evolved from the practices of a small pagan city state into those of a large Christian empire.\n\n• The Failures of Justin II and the Case for Interchronological Roman Macroeconomic History\, Thursday\, March 19\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League \nThis uses an interchronological comparative framework to reconstruct the institutional history of Roman finance and macroeconomics in order to explain how the sixth century emperor Justin II inadvertently crippled Rome's nearly 800-year-old financial system. UID:145427-21897339@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145427 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Free,History,Interdisciplinary,Lecture LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T172109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:LSA OptiMize/NPTCG Recharge Night DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce that OptiMize and NPTCG will be partnering to host Winter 2026 Recharge Events this semester! Please join us on Thursday\, March 19 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM in the LSA Multipurpose Room for our OptiMize/NPTCG Recharge Game Night event!These events are designed to create a welcoming and supportive space for non-traditional students (those 24-years or older\; returning to education after a significant break\; part-time students\; those balancing education with other significant life responsibilities such as being a parent/guardian/caretaker\; nontraditional completion of high school education\; military veteran\; or was in the foster-care system 13-years old or older\, experiencing home insecurity or family structure) and post-traditional students (those who might have started their academic journey later in life) while they pursue their education at U-M.If you identity with any one of these identities\, this event is a great chance to:Relax and recharge with calming activitiesEnjoy free food and swag Meet and connect with fellow non- and post-traditional studentsLearn about OptiMize and resources available to support your journey at U-MWhether you are a current NPTCG member or if this is your first semester at LSA and looking for a community to call your own\, we are here for you. So\, no matter your path to U-M\, we want to build a space that supports your success and offers you a place to belong. You are also welcome to bring guests to this event\, such as partners\, kids (no matter their age or interruption ability)\, or family members! We hope you’ll join us for a night of relaxation and connection! UID:146512-21899221@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146512 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LSA Multipurpose Room (Room 1040) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T105449 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Maximize Your Summer with FGE DESCRIPTION:Greetings FGE Community!\n\nWe hope you had a rejuvenating spring break. As we dive into the second half of the semester\, it’s time to look ahead. Join 1st Gen Engin (FGE) for a virtual workshop dedicated to helping you navigate your summer plans and set yourself up for future success. Click the link on the side to RSVP. \n\n📋 What We’ll Cover:\nInternships: Tips on onboarding and networking.\n\nResearch: Finding and securing positions on or off campus.\n\nSummer Classes: Balancing your course load and requirements.\n\nAnd more! We want this to be a conversation\, so bring your questions.\n\n🗓️ Event Details:\nDate: Thursday\, March 19\, 2026\n\nTime: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.\n\nLocation: Virtual\n\nRSVP link is on the side! UID:146452-21899130@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146452 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,First Generation,First-gen-week,First-generation,Michigan Engineering,Professional Development,Social,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T181519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Sheida Soleimani DESCRIPTION:\n\nSheida Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist\, educator\, and activist. The daughter of political refugees who escaped Iran in the early 1980s\, Soleimani makes work that excavates the histories of violence linking Iran\, the United States\, and the Greater Middle East. In working across form and medium—especially photography\, sculpture\, collage\, and film—she often appropriates source images from popular/digital media and resituates them within defamiliarizing tableaux. \n\nThe composition depends on the question at hand. For example\, how can one do justice to survivor testimony and to the survivors themselves (To Oblivion)? What are the connections between oil\, corruption\, and human rights abuses among OPEC nations (Medium of Exchange)? How do nations work out reparations deals that often turn the ethics of historical injustice into playing fields for their own economic interests (Reparations Packages)? How may the layering of memory and familial history both report fact\, and produce a reckoning with the intimate resonances of a geopolitics of violence (Ghostwriter)? In contrast to Western news\, which rarely covers these problems\, Soleimani makes work that persuades spectators to address them directly and effectively. \n\n \n\nSoleimani’s work is held in permanent collections including the Guggenheim Museum\, Museum of Fine Arts Boston\, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts\, MIT List Visual Art Center\, and Kadist Paris. Her work has been recognized internationally in both exhibitions and publications such as The New York Times\, Financial Times\, Art in America\, and Interview Magazine\, among many others. Based in Providence\, Rhode Island\, Soleimani is also an assistant professor of Studio Art at Brandeis University and a federally licensed wildlife rehabilitator.\n\nPresented in partnership with the Institute for the Humanities.\n\nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.\n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public. UID:142733-21891311@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142733 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T013008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Presenting Research Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn how to concisely present your research with the Undergraduate Research Symposium! UID:144899-21896115@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144899 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Conference,Design,Poster,Poster Presentation,Presentation,Research,Research Symposium,Symposium,Undergraduate,Workshop,Writing LOCATION:Mason Hall - 3401 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T101043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CANCELED EVENT- Learn Writing Dialogue With NERDS DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED\n\nInterested in writing better theatre scripts? Want your dialogue to feel more representative and respectful? Learn some tips for making your dialogue more authentic! No experience necessary!\n\nNERDS (Not Even Really Drama Students) have created Intersectional\, Queer\, student-crafted musical theatre at the University of Michigan since 2016\, and are excited to share some of their knowledge and skills with you\, regardless of your skill level. Bring your laptop or something to write with\, and NERDS will help you develop theatre dialogue that sounds authentic.\n\nThe Arts Initiative's \"Learn/With\" workshops are designed to give students a chance to explore an artform or skill that's new to them by learning with their peers in one of U-M's many student arts orgs. Take a chance and see what you learn! UID:146330-21898903@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146330 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,Arts Initiative,Artsrx,Free,Student Org,Theater,Workshop,Writing LOCATION:Michigan League - League Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T120201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore truth at this week’s big question—plus pizza—this Thursday. DESCRIPTION:\nHi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, March 19th\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nOur current series\, Challenge Your Thinking and Explore Truth\, features this week’s big question:: \"Does the Bible ethically justify pro-life or pro-choice positions?\"\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! 🍕\nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team 😊\n UID:146435-21899084@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146435 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Study Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T120031 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Other:Crafting Meeting: Climate Quilting DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us every Thursday from 6:00-7:00p for our crafting meeting! This semester we will be focusing on the Climate Change Quilt Project\, where we will be working as a club to make quilts to contribute to the larger movement that you can learn more about at climatechangequilt.com! All skills are welcome\, and even if you have never quilted before or are an expert\, there is a way that you can contribute and strengthen your quilitng skills! If you have more questions\, please DM us on Instagram or email vipsclub-admin@umich.edu \nTime: 6:00-7:00 pm\nLocation: North Campus Duderstadt Design Lab 1\nNonprofit Website: vipsfund.org\nInstagram: @vipsfund\nClimate Quilt Project Website: https://climatechangequilt.com/about\nLearn more about the Climate Quilt Project here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_4l70H80wGlS1SZ-_H82wm_ArathcOH/view?usp=sharing UID:143046-21891979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143046 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Design Lab 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T092752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dancing with the Dragon | WORKSHOP for Decorating the Dragon DESCRIPTION:Presented as part of the Dancing with the Dragon Inititative. Learn more: https://myumi.ch/JPVp8\n\nAttend a workshop to decorate the dragon body with garlands and glitter\, bells and bottlecaps\, sequins and sparkle! Events will be held on March 12\, 17\, 19 from 6 - 9 PM at the Duderstadt Design Lab (1321 Duderstadt Center).\n\n*Accommodation: 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:146124-21898418@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146124 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,ArtsEngine,Asia,china,Chinese Studies,Community LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Design Lab (1321 Duderstadt Center). Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T122803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Go\, Blue: A History of Michigan Athletics and International Travel DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan has forged a worldwide reputation for its teaching and research\, but less well known is the long history of international ties forged by its student athletes. Join us and Bentley archivist jay winkler as he shares stories of U-M’s sports teams’ global travels starting with the football team’s forays to Canada in the 1880s to the baseball team’s voyages to Japan in the 1920s to the “lost” history of basketball legend Cazzie Russell in Egypt and beyond. \n\nPresented with support from the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.\n\nRefreshments will be provided. UID:142450-21890969@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,free,history,lecture,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T101551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Kelsey Book Club | *What the River Knows* DESCRIPTION:*The Mummy* meets *Death on the Nile* in Isabel Ibañez’s *What the River Knows*\, a YA historical fantasy set in 19th-century Egypt. This novel follows Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera as she travels to Cairo to investigate her parents’ mysterious deaths\, uncovering ancient magic\, a dangerous archaeological world\, and a rivals-to-lovers romance with her guardian’s assistant. The first book in the Secrets of the Nile duology\, *What the River Knows* blends adventure\, mystery\, and romance with themes of colonialism and history.\n\nJoin us in Room 124 of Newberry Hall for an evening of community and conversation led by Ginny Miglierina\, PhD candidate in the Interdepartmental Program in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology. Light refreshments will be served.\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n\n*Note: Registration for this session is now closed. Visit our book club web page to learn about future meetings: https://myumi.ch/Drn1Q.* UID:145524-21897469@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145524 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,egypt,Egyptology,Graduate Students,Literature,Talk LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T085822 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pro-Social Design with Pluralistic and Narrative AI Systems DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nIn this talk\, I will present two complementary lines of work that explore how AI systems can be designed to serve pro-social outcomes not by collapsing social diversity into a single voice\, but instead surfacing pluralism and by making abstract societal issues more personally meaningful.\n\nFirst\, I will discuss Plurals\, a system that uses multi-agent deliberation to simulate socially diverse ensembles rather than a single neutral model output. Plurals provides a flexible framework for configuring agents\, interaction structures\, and moderation strategies inspired by deliberative democracy. Across multiple case studies and experiments\, we show that simulated social ensembles can produce outputs that better resonate with real audiences than standard single-model generation.\n\nSecond\, I will introduce an ongoing line of work that explores AI-assisted narrative autocompletion as a tool for reducing psychological distance to complex societal issues. This work uses interactive\, personalized narratives co-written with users to help people imagine how distant or abstract events could plausibly unfold in their own lives. \n\nTaken together\, these projects illustrate two complementary strategies for AI in society: one that emphasizes pluralistic deliberation across perspectives\, and another that leverages narrative imagination to connect individual experience with collective outcomes. UID:146248-21898714@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Ai,Ai Literacy,Democracy,Free,Genai,Lecture,Public Policy LOCATION:Dana Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T170612 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:QTBIPOC Kickbacks DESCRIPTION:Be in community! Join our monthly gatherings as we create memorable connections around community and meals\, centering Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. Drop in\, grab food\, enjoy some tunes\, play some games and hang out! Open to all U-M students.\n\nWINTER 2026\n- January 15\, 5:00-7:00 pm\, MESA/Spectrum Center\n- February 12\, 5:00-7:00 pm\, Trotter Multicultural Center\n- [Grad student edition] March 19\, 6:00-7:30 pm\, Union Rec\n\nMORE EVENTS\nExplore more Spectrum Center and Trotter/MESA events:\n- https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events\n- https://mesa.umich.edu/events-programs\n- https://trotter.umich.edu/programs-events UID:142549-21891143@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:LGBT,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T104443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Voices & Visions: The Arts\, Democracy\, and Race DESCRIPTION:Voices & Visions: The Arts\, Democracy\, and Race will bring together the U-M community for an evening of civic dialogue and the performing arts. The evening will include special performances from SMTD Students and The Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit\, dialogue in small groups\, and free dinner for all participants.\n\nThis event is in partnership with The SMTD Student Success Office\, U-M Dearborn\, U-M Flint\, The Arts Initiative\, USA at 250\, The SMTD EXCEL Lab\, and The Program on Intergroup Relations.This project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan and the U.S. at 250 Grant Program. UID:145303-21897029@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Dance,dialogue,Dinner,Free,Music,Theater LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T164810 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:What I Wish I Had Known Before Law School DESCRIPTION:Planning to attend law school in the fall? Thinking about applying to law school in the future? Join our panel discussion featuring lawyers & law students sharing their experiences as applicants\, students\, and professionals working in the legal field\, and the advice they wish they’d had before law school.\n\nFood will be served and attendees will be entered for a chance to WIN one of 3 FREE 7Sage LSAT prep packages. UID:145354-21897163@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145354 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Law,Law School,Lsa,Lsa Honors,Lsa Newnan Academic Advising Center,Panel,Pre-law,Sessions LOCATION:West Hall - 411 West Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T153710 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mixed Race Families: U-M Community Photo Share DESCRIPTION:Please join us in a community photo share event! Bring your family photos and family stories to share with others\, or just come and be in community with us. Each person will have a chance to share their photos (digital or paper photos are great) and stories if they like. Everyone is welcome\, bring friends and family if you like!\n\nSnacks and beverages will be provided\, and a viewing of the latest exhibit\, \"Mixed Race Creators\,\" will be available for viewing\, along with a selection of library resources about mixed race topics.\n\nBrought to you by the U-M Library-based Mixed Race Project\, the student group Mixed@Michigan\, and the Mixed Race and Interracial Family Community employee resource group. UID:145907-21898084@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145907 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T171321 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Tours:New Art//New Music: Gallery Tour DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons and a concert featuring music created by University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre\, and Dance student composers. These pieces will be performed by the contemporary music collective FLYDLPHN and the chamber ensemble Myriad Project and will be inspired by artwork featured at the exhibition. \n\nPublic tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition \n6:30 pm Duderstadt Gallery\n\nConcert\n8pm Stamps Auditorium\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145749-21897776@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T115749 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception for *Flyways* DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the opening reception of Sheida Soleimani's debut Michigan exhibition *Flyways *immediately following her Penny Stamps Lecture at the Michigan Theater. See the exhibition\, meet the artist\, and enjoy some light refreshments. All are welcome!\n\nAbout the exhibition: \nIranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest iteration of Soleimani's ongoing Ghostwriter series\, in which she continues to explore her parents’ experiences of political exile and migration as a lens to examine broader systems of geopolitics. Soleimani creates detailed compositions in the studio that combine photographs\, props\, live animals\, and even her own parents\, resulting in surreal\, magical realist scenes.\n\nThe artist's most recent works include imagery evocative of her family’s history alongside photographs of injured birds from her care work as a wildlife rehabilitator. As an extension of her art practice\, Soleimani founded the non-profit Congress of the Birds\, a wild bird rehabilitation center in Rhode Island. The sheer range of Soleimani's practice—her choice of imagery\, subject matter\, and method—informs a visual language that is surprising\, inventive\, imaginative\, and contemporary. Soleimani’s exhibition in the Institute for the Humanities Gallery will feature a newly curated selection of photographs from the Ghostwriter series\, along with a new site-specific wall drawing created as part of the project.\n\nAbout the artist:\nSheida Soleimani is an artist\, educator\, and licensed wildlife rehabilitator whose work examines power\, environmental crisis\, queerness\, migration\, and care. The daughter of political refugees who escaped Iran in the early 1980s\, Soleimani draws on archival materials\, props\, and sculptural elements to create visually lush\, politically incisive tableaux. She works across various mediums\, investigating themes such as oil politics and human rights abuses\, confronting the systems of violence linking the SWANA region and the United States\, unraveling their implications in American culture. Though her images are dreamlike\, they are grounded in lived experience: her parents frequently appear as subjects\, in compositions made from elements of their (sometimes harrowing) tales. Increasingly\, wildlife enters the frame – injured and orphaned birds\, with their own quiet stories of migration and survival. Before the lens\, these animals encapsulate Soleimani's multifaceted practice: care as art\, storytelling as resistance.\n\nHer work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in institutions such as the International Center for Photography\, New York (2025)\, the Contemporary Arts Center\, Cincinnati (2025)\, the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston (2023)\, Southern Utah Museum of Art\, Cedar City (2019)\, Atlanta Contemporary\, Atlanta (2018)\, and MoMA PS1\, New York (2017)\, to name a few. Soleimani’s work is held in permanent collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, the Victoria & Albert Museum\, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, MIT List Visual Arts Center\, and Cranbrook Art Museum. In 2018\, she founded Congress of the Birds\, (originally) a home-based clinic in Providence\, Rhode Island\, where she provides care for wild birds. UID:142801-21891654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142801 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Birding,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T152929 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:CJS Winter 2026 Film Series | *The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (星くず兄弟の伝説)* DESCRIPTION:A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers\, a girl-friendly\, silver-jumpsuited\, synth-pop sensation. Along with their #1 fan\, who herself dreams of a music career\, the duo rockets to stardom.\n \n Attendance is free and open to the public\, and no prior registration is required. Seating is first-come\, first-served\, and doors open at 6:30 PM.\n \n Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film\, including ratings\, at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419821/\n \n Learn more about the CJS Winter 2026 Film Series at: https://myumi.ch/AZ8Ep\n This film series is in partnership with Marquee Arts.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142757-21891341@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Film Series,Free,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Naomi Fan\, violin DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Naomi Fan performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145850-21897953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145850 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:This Dance is About Leslie Cheung - Dance MFA Thesis Performance by Tim Tsang DESCRIPTION:The Department of Dance presents a performance created by Tim Tsang\, candidate for the Master of Fine Arts in Dance.\n\nBlending contemporary dance\, live performance\, and concert spectacle\, this event will unfold as a concert-meets-dance experience\, featuring ensemble choreography\, live vocals\, spoken reflection\, and cinematic lighting by collaborator David Goodman-Edberg. \n\nThe performance invites audiences into a shared emotional landscape – one shaped by ambition\, grief\, resilience\, and connection. Drawing on Hong Kong cultural icon Leslie Cheung’s concerts\, films\, and public persona\, the performance traces a journey from glamour to intimacy through Cheung’s legacy. It examines pressure\, visibility\, and the search for care. At its core\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* is not only about legacy\, but about how legacy\, identity\, and inspiration is carried forward. \n\nRather than offering a biography of Leslie Cheung\, the concert stages an encounter with his legacy. Cheung appears as an influence\, a fantasy\, and a point of departure – someone whose artistry opened doors while also revealing the emotional cost of visibility. The performance traces how admiration can slip into imitation\, how confidence can fracture under pressure\, and how failure might become a pathway toward care.\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\n\nCreated by choreographer and Dance MFA candidate Timothy Tsang\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* reflects Tsang’s ongoing inquiry into how performance carries memory\, pressure\, and care. Tsang is a queer Chinese American dance artist whose work bridges movement\, cultural memory\, and embodied research. Shaped by a transnational upbringing between Shanghai and Chicago\, his choreography often moves between different cultural contexts – asking how bodies navigate identity\, visibility\, and belonging. UID:145447-21897362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145447 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Dance,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T093504 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T194000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T213000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Student Art Meetup: SMTD Creative Arts Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Looking to explore art with other students? Join us on Thursday\, March 19th as we check out the the Creative Arts Orchestra! This performance will feature a unique fusion of performance fields such as dance\, theatre\, and music technology through improvisation. \n\nWe will meet outside of Great Greek in Pierpont Commons at 7:40 PM\, and walk together to the Moore Building for the show (about a 5-minute walk). Hope to see you there! UID:145234-21896898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Art Meetups,arts,Artsrx,Music,orchestra,Social LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T181717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Creative Arts Orchestra DESCRIPTION:This is a unique\, largely improvisation-based group that invites interaction with other performance fields such as dance\, theatre\, and music technology.\n\nMarcus Elliot\, director UID:135451-21876843@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135451 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Interdisciplinary,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251029T095232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Larry McCray DESCRIPTION:Legendary rustbelt blues shouter and guitar slinger\n\nLarry McCray is a powerhouse bluesman with a soul-soaked voice\, blistering guitar chops\, and a story embodying the spirit of his music. With his new album Heartbreak City\, McCray turns the page on a new chapter—raw\, joyful\, and deeply personal. Produced by blues-rock champions and Grammy Nominated duo Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith\, Heartbreak City finds the legendary singer and guitarist firing on all cylinders\, reconnecting with his roots while stepping boldly forward.\n\nFrom the first notes of the title track\, McCray reminds listeners why he’s long been hailed as one of the most expressive blues artists of his generation. Heartbreak City showcases Larry’s gritty vocals and searing guitar work\, evoking the decades he spent grinding it out in clubs\, pouring heartache and redemption into every solo. Elsewhere\, standout single “Bye Bye Blues” draws on McCray’s teenage years in Michigan\, when soul music still ruled the airwaves. Co-written with longtime collaborator Charlie Walmsley\, it nods to giants like Johnnie Taylor and Bobby Bland while delivering a sound all his own—grooving\, head-nodding\, and utterly timeless.\n\nThe release follows 2022’s Blues Without You\, which marked McCray’s long-awaited return after a seven-year hiatus. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Blues chart and was named the #1 Blues Album of 2022 by Blues Rock Review\, solidifying his status as a torchbearer of modern blues. In 2024\, McCray was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame\, a testament to his deep roots in the state and his enduring impact on American music. Now\, Heartbreak City builds on that momentum. It’s a record that reflects Larry McCray at his most self-assured -grounded in tradition\, but more fearless than ever.\n\nBorn in 1960 in Smackover\, Arkansas\, McCray grew up steeped in gospel\, soul\, and the electric blues of the three Kings—B.B.\, Albert\, and Freddie. He moved to Saginaw\, Michigan at 12\, where he honed his guitar style by blending classic blues with the psychedelic edge of Hendrix and the southern fire of the Allman Brothers. After years of gigging while working a factory job\, he was signed in the late ’80s as the first artist on Virgin Records’ blues imprint Point Blank. His debut Ambition (1990) was followed by acclaimed albums like Delta Hurricane\, Meet Me at the Lake\, and Born to Play the Blues\, solidifying his role in defining modern blues-rock through the ’90s and early 2000s.\n\nOver the years\, McCray has played alongside a who’s who of music legends —B.B. King\, Buddy Guy\, Albert King\, the Allman Brothers\, Joe Walsh\, Jonny Lang\, Levon Helm\, and of course\, Joe Bonamassa. He was named Orville H. Gibson Male Blues Guitarist of the Year in 2000 and won the Top Guitarist prize in the International Blues Matters writer’s poll in 2014.\n\nBut accolades aside\, it’s the soul in McCray’s music that keeps fans coming back. “I feel totally reborn\,” he says. “This new album lets me show the full scope of what I do —it’s blues\, it’s soul\, it’s real stories. This is who I am.” UID:140574-21887362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140574 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:New Art / New Music: Collaborative Concert DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons and a concert featuring music created by University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre\, and Dance student composers. These pieces will be performed by the contemporary music collective FLYDLPHN and the chamber ensemble Myriad Project and will be inspired by artwork featured at the exhibition.\n\nPublic tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition\n6:30 pm Duderstadt Gallery\n\nConcert\n8pm Stamps Auditorium\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145664-21897658@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T171352 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:New Art//New Music: Collaborative Concert DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons and a concert featuring music created by University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre\, and Dance student composers. These pieces will be performed by the contemporary music collective FLYDLPHN and the chamber ensemble Myriad Project and will be inspired by artwork featured at the exhibition.\n\nPublic tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition\n6:30 pm Duderstadt Gallery\n\nConcert\n8pm Stamps Auditorium\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145751-21897778@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Composition,Concert,Music,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Trombone Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:Trombone students of Professor David Jackson perform a recital. UID:145663-21897657@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900142@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145013-21896352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145014-21896402@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145015-21896459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145016-21896523@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:FULL SEMESTER SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION:This is a schedule of all our events happening this semester. Please follow the instagram or email iazamora@umich.edu to get on the email list for more information.  UID:145222-21896856@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T060050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Northwest Challenge 2026 DESCRIPTION:tourney in seattle\, wa! UID:143528-21893353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143528 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Washington CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T180046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ ACHA Nationals DESCRIPTION:Nattys UID:143444-21893183@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Centene Community Ice Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T060147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Cycling Race at St. Louis DESCRIPTION:Cycling Race at St. Louis UID:146437-21899086@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146437 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:St. Louis CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21893028@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893085@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250729T092652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:LSA Graduate School Exploration Symposium DESCRIPTION:LSA Graduate School Exploration Symposium\nFriday\, March 20\, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM\nLSA Building\, First Floor\n\nDescription: Grad school on your mind? Whether you're just starting to think about it or you’re already working on applications\, the Graduate School Exploration Symposium is your chance to explore your next steps\, ask your big questions\, and connect with people who have attended a variety of programs.\nJoin us for a full day of learning\, exploration\, and community with current grad students\, faculty\, alums\, admissions reps\, and career professionals—here to support your journey from curiosity to confidence.\n\nA flexible\, choose-your-own-adventure structure\nSessions are organized around the stages of the grad school journey. Register NOW to receive more information about how to sign up for sessions. \n\nDiscover – Get curious and test the waters\nExplore – Build your focus and figure out what fits\nPursue – Tackle the application process with confidence\nAdvance – Step into interviews and decisions with support behind you\n\nEvent highlights include:\nInteractive workshops and sessions on topics like:\nGrad School 101: What\, Why\, and When to Go\nTesting the Waters: Research\, Volunteering\, and Shadowing as Try-Outs\nTalking to Faculty: How to Ask Smart Questions Early\nThriving as You Are: First-Gen and BIPOC Experiences in Grad School\nFinding Programs That Fit and How to Read Curricula & Grad School Websites\nFunding Grad School Without Debt\nLife in Grad School (student panel)\nGap Years: Designing One That Works for You\nPersonal Statements That Stand Out\nMock Interviews and so much more\n\nGrad School Fair over lunch\nMeet and network with graduate program representatives from across the country—learn about admissions\, culture\, curriculum\, and more.\n\nWho should attend?\nAll LSA undergraduates are welcome! Whether you’re a first-year just starting to explore or a senior preparing applications\, you’ll find something for you. First-gen\, transfer\, international\, and historically marginalized students are especially encouraged to attend.\n\nAccessibility statement: \n\nThe LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences for all stakeholders. 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. UID:136706-21879034@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,All Majors Welcome,Career,Career Fair,Education,Grad School,Graduate,Graduate And Professional Students,Graduate School,Higher Education,Lsa Opportunity Hub LOCATION:LSA Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026. UID:145837-21897894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Bicentennial,American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T190712 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Other:AHA Heart Walk Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:Interested in supporting the first ever University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University Heart Walk fundraising competition? Help raise critical funds supporting the American Heart Association’s mission. Buy donuts to support at the table in Mason Hall. UID:146789-21899622@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146789 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Student Affairs,Student Org LOCATION:Mason Hall - Hallway CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T143743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:architecture <> record /// a symposium DESCRIPTION:How do architecture and the record – whether archives\, media\, or technologies of capture – shape one another? This symposium positions architecture as a dynamic register of social\, political\, and material conditions\, while also examining how practices of recording – from historical documentation to contemporary data infrastructures – transform the ways we see\, interpret\, and project architecture. These reciprocal lenses illuminate how current research is expanding what counts as architectural knowledge\, and point toward how architectural research might navigate and define its role within a rapidly shifting technological and political landscape.\n\nKeynote speakers: \nCaitlin Blanchfield (Cornell University) \nMenna Agha (Carleton University) \nAnooradha Iyer Siddiqi (Barnard College\, Columbia University)\n\nFeaturing PhD student lightning talks in conversation with each keynote. \n\nCo-sponsors: \nTaubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning \nPlanning and Architecture Research Group (P+ARG)\nCenter for South Asian Studies (CSAS)\nAfrican Studies Center \nAfrica Alliance at Taubman College\nDepartment of Anthropology \n\nFor further information and a full schedule\, visit www.archrecord.info\n\n*This event is generously supported by the Colin Clipson Endowment Fund and the Taubman College Annual Fund.* UID:146818-21899656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146818 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Architecture,Data Infrastructures,Historical Documentation,Politics,Record Keeping,Technology LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - The Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:145904-21898035@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899525@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T131912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyways DESCRIPTION:Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani explores themes of migration\, political exile\, queerness\, and environmental crisis through the wildly imaginative and intricate scenarios she first stages in her studio. The tableaus—which often include live animals\, props\, even her parents—are then photographed\, documenting the artist’s process. Each photograph becomes a part of Soleimani’s rich visual storytelling. \n\n*Flyways *presents a series of new photographs that include images evocative of her family’s history and migration story in juxtaposition with images of injured birds that are representative of Soleimani’s work as a wildlife rehabilitator. (In 2018\, Soleimani founded Congress of Birds\, a wild bird rehabilitation center in Rhode Island.) The change in her practice to include bird rescue results in a revolutionary body of work steeped in passion and articulated in a completely original visual language. Learn more at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/sheida-soleimani.html. UID:142798-21891606@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Birding,Exhibition,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph DESCRIPTION:Joyce Rudolph has photographed some iconic actors and characters in her role as still photographer for the movies. This sampling of images from her papers\, which are housed as part of the Special Collections Research Center's Mavericks & Makers collection\, include the first images of Freddy Krueger in \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\,\" Arnold Schwenegger in \"The Terminator\,\" legends Jack Nicholson\, Diane Keaton\, Sean Penn\, and Robert DeNiro\, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino\, Martin Scorsese\, and her husband\, Alan Rudolph. UID:146264-21898757@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251009T132018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Legacy Lab Winter Workshop (In-Person) DESCRIPTION:ABOUT\nLegacy Lab is designed to help you reflect on your values\, your purpose\, and consider your legacy of leadership. The program is filled with reflective activities\, powerful stories\, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose\, clarify your values\, and experiment with new ways of interacting and leading. You will also participate in a group coaching session to deepen your reflection and learning. Ultimately\, you’ll emerge as a stronger leader poised to create a lasting legacy.\n\nWINTER KEY DATES (IN-PERSON)\nSession 1 & Session 2: 3/20/26\, 9 AM–1:30 PM\n\nPARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS\nAny U-M Student with the ability to attend both sessions.\n\nREGISTRATION WINDOW\nRegistration: 2/23/26–3/11/26\n\nVisit our webpage to learn more! UID:140492-21887220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Leadership,Personal Development,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891484@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890892@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T083017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Checkpoint 2 Seminar> Understanding how C. elegans solves its chromosome end protection and end replication problems DESCRIPTION:Checkpoint 2 Seminar\nMentor: MCDB Professor Jayakrishnan \"JK\" Nandakumar UID:146400-21899043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146400 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Graduate Students LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 4150 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Metamorphosis: Clay in Flux DESCRIPTION:\n\nMetamorphosis: Clay in Flux is an exhibition celebrating the creative potential of student ceramics\, designed to correspond with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Detroit\, and the surrounding ceramics events in Southeast Michigan.\n\nThis exhibition is organized and juried by members of the Stamps Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC) and will be on display in the Art & Architecture Building’s Street Gallery from March 11- 25\, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday\, March 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. \n\nSEC Jurors\n\nElan Povirk (project lead)\nAlexis Albert\nRachel Deveyra\n\nExhibiting Artists\n\nZoe Dvorin\nLilly Fredericks\nMaría E. García-Murguía\nMikayla Holcomb\nVirginia Holland\nMagdalyn Hubbard\nMira Hughes\nAudrey Jarrett\nEry Millican\nIsabella Possin\nMo Pofahl\nNatalie Radabaugh\nNik Roy\nMihika Shukla\nAbigail Watters UID:146483-21899180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T091941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Rahul Jha - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Rahul Jha for their dissertation defense titled \"Electrochemical Repurposing of Waste Poly(vinyl chloride)\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, March 20th\n*Time:* 9:00 AM\n*Where:* CHEM 1300\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 916 7430 5018\nPassword: 03202026 UID:146390-21898984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146390 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891397@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons DESCRIPTION:Prison Creative Arts Project's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the U.S. Now in its 30th anniversary\, this exhibition features over 800 original works by 600+ artists currently incarcerated in Michigan. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls. \n\nGallery Opening and Celebration: March 17\, 2026\, 6-9pm\n\nGallery Hours following Opening Night:\nSun–Mon: 12pm–6pm\nTues–Sat: 10am–7pm\n\nGallery Closes: 5pm\, March 31\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145409-21897274@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T092054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bagels with Baro DESCRIPTION:Bagels with Baro: A Conversation with Baro Hyun\nJoin us for a casual morning conversation with Rackham alumnus Baro Hyun\, Founder and CEO of LunaTone Inc.\, a Tokyo-based playable studio exploring how gaming and interactive digital environments can help prepare the next-generation workforce for the AI era.\nOver bagels and coffee\, Baro will share insights from his career journey\, from earning his PhD in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan\, to working on advanced vehicle technologies at Hyundai Motor Company\, to consulting on innovation and esports strategy at KPMG\, and ultimately founding LunaTone.\nThis informal Q&A is a chance to hear about Baro’s work at the intersection of technology\, gaming\, and workforce development\, ask questions\, and connect with a fellow alum and students.\nBaro HyunFounder & CEO\, LunaTone Inc.Baro Hyun is the Founder and CEO of LunaTone Inc.\, a Tokyo-based Playable Studio focused on developing learning and workforce infrastructure for the AI era. Through gaming\, esports\, and interactive digital environments\, LunaTone designs programs that help organizations and institutions cultivate transferable skills\, leadership\, and collaboration required in rapidly evolving industries.Baro earned his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan\, where his research focused on human-in-the-loop autonomous systems for military applications. His earlier work included research on satellite attitude determination and control.Following academia\, he worked as an engineer at Hyundai Motor Company\, contributing to next-generation vehicle technologies including advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and electric vehicles. He later transitioned into management consulting at KPMG Japan\, where he helped establish the firm’s gaming and esports advisory practice and led innovation initiatives including holographic manufacturing solutions recognized globally by Microsoft.Drawing on this multidisciplinary background\, Baro founded LunaTone to explore how gaming and interactive environments can function as platforms for education\, workforce development\, and organizational transformation. Today\, LunaTone collaborates with universities\, public institutions\, and industry partners across Asia\, the Middle East\, and North America to design applied learning programs and capability-building initiatives for the next-generation workforce.Baro is also the author of the book Demystifying Esports and frequently speaks on the intersection of technology\, gaming\, and future workforce development. UID:146494-21899194@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:East Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T115211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Bookworm #89 - Author Conversation with Molly Beer\, \"Angelica: For Love and Country in A Time of Revolution\" DESCRIPTION:Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics with Angela Oonk in this webinar series.\n\nBy researching and writing the life and experiences of the ambitious\, charismatic Angelica Schuyler Church\, Beer tells the U.S. origin story from the perspective of a woman situated at the heart of the American Revolution and the founding era.\n\nFew women of the American Revolution have come through 250 years of US history with such clarity and color as Angelica Schuyler Church. She was Alexander Hamilton’s “saucy” sister-in-law\, and the heart of Thomas Jefferson’s “charming coterie” of artists and salonnières in Paris. Her transatlantic network of important friends spanned the political spectrum of her time and place\, and her astute eye and brilliant letters kept them well informed.\n\nIn telling Angelica’s story\, Beer illuminates how American women have always plied influence and networks for political ends\, including the making of a new nation.\n\nSponsored by The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan Lifelong Learning program. UID:145109-21896678@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145109 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,book discussion,Book Talk,Books,Culture,Literature,Talk,Virtual,William L Clements LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260314T100451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Crafts & Candy DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Shapiro Library first floor lounge on March 20th from 10 am to 1:30 pm for a fun crafting session! If you've been working hard during midterms or just need a break from homework\, we will have paper\, origami\, and clay crafts for you to enjoy. We will also have some candies if you are craving a snack. This event is free for all students\, so come on down for a fun Friday morning! UID:146599-21899336@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146599 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Food,Free,Games,Social LOCATION:Shapiro Library - First floor Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T120748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Graduate Admissions Visit Days DESCRIPTION:Friday March 20 Schedule of Events\n\n10:00-10:45 am\n\"Counting points on spaces over finite fields\" - Presented by Professor Sam Payne\nLocation: East Hall 4096\n\n1:00-1:45 pm\n\"The Mathematics of Gravitational Waves\" - Presented by Professor Lydia Bieri\nLocation: East Hall 3866\n\n1:15-1:45 pm\n\"Network science and network-related mathematical biology\" - Presented by Professor Naoki Masuda\nLocation: East Hall 2866\n\n2:00-3:00 pm\nDepartment Tea Time\nLocation: East Hall 2075\, Math Graduate Student & Faculty Lounge\n\n4:00-4:45 pm\n\"Dynamics in Geometry - or is it: Geometry in Dynamics?\" - Presented by Professor Ralf Spatzier\nLocation: East Hall 1084\n\n4:15-4:45 pm\n\"Interplay between classical numerical analysis and quantum computing\" - Presented by Professor Zhiyan Ding\nLocation: East Hall 3096\n\n6:30 pm\nGame Night with current math grad students\nLocation: East Hall\, Math Upper Atrium\n\n\nSaturday March 21 Schedule of Events\n\n10:00-10:30 am\n\"Max-Entropy Moment Filtering for Stochastic Hybrid Systems\" - Presented by AIM PhD student\, Kaito Iwasaki\nLocation: East Hall 2866\n\n10:30-11:00 am\n\"Singularities in algebraic geometry\" - Presented by Math PhD student\, Hyunsuk Kim\nLocation: East Hall 2866\n\n4:00-5:00 pm\n\"Get to know you\" - Presented by Association for Women in Mathematics members & students\nLocation: East Hall 2075\, Math Graduate Student & Faculty Lounge UID:146751-21899585@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Prospective Graduate Students,Recruiting LOCATION:East Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T093408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 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.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Julie Harrell at (harrelju@umich.edu). UID:143170-21892367@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,Intercultural,International,Language,Languages,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T060053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Sparty Invite DESCRIPTION:MSU tournament UID:144450-21895374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:McCaffree Pool CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T142029 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series: Bodhisattva Sen\, Professor\, Department of Statistics\, Columbia University DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The quantity of interest in the classical Cramer-Rao theory of unbiased estimation (i.e.\, the Cramer-Rao lower bound\, exact efficiency in exponential families\, and asymptotic efficiency of maximum likelihood estimation) is the variance\, which represents the instability of an estimator when its value is compared to the value for an independently-sampled data set from the same distribution. In this paper we are interested in a quantity which represents the instability of an estimator when its value is compared to the value for an infinitesimal additive perturbation of the original data set\; we refer to this as the \"sensitivity\" of an estimator. The resulting theory of sensitivity is based on the Wasserstein geometry in the same way that the classical theory of variance is based on the Fisher-Rao (equivalently\, Hellinger) geometry\, and this insight allows us to determine a collection of results which are analogous to the classical case: a Wasserstein-Cramer-Rao lower bound for the sensitivity of any unbiased estimator\, a characterization of models in which there exist unbiased estimators achieving the lower bound exactly\, and a guarantee that Wasserstein projection estimators achieve the lower bound asymptotically. We use these results to treat many statistical examples\, sometimes revealing new optimality properties for existing estimators and other times revealing new estimators. This is joint work with Nicolas Garcia Trillos (U Wisconsin) and Adam Jaffe (Columbia) and is based on the paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.07414. UID:146423-21899065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146423 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T103830 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Friday Seminar Series - The past\, present\, and future of mass bleaching on coral reefs DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - The past\, present\, and future of mass bleaching on coral reefs UID:144788-21895845@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144788 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,Ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,ecosystem,Ecosystems,eeb,Environment,environmental,evolutionary biology,Research Museums Center,Science,seminar LOCATION:Research Museums Center - Demo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881313@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T102056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Nineteenth-Century Forum: Book Club (March 20th) DESCRIPTION: UID:144307-21895140@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:3184 Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T104533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Other:Southeast Asian Noodle Day DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, March 20th from 11 am - 1 pm in the Language Resource Center (1500 North Quad) for our Southeast Asian Noodle Day!\n\n-Attend the language presentations\n-Engage in fun activities\n-Explore various cultures\n-Embrace new opportunities\n-Sample noodles from Indonesia\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and Vietnam\n\nFREE ADMISSION for U-M students!\n\nRegistration is required. Please register here: https://myumi.ch/W6WPd\n\nQuestions? Contact agustini@umich.edu UID:146222-21898674@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Asia,Asian Languages And Cultures,center for southeast asian studies,Culture,Food,Free,In Person,indonesia,Multicultural,Philippines,Southeast Asia,Southeast Asian Studies,thailand,Vietnam LOCATION:North Quad - 1500 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T181508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:What We Tend: The 2026 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11\, 2026. The exhibition presents seven artists whose practices unfold through care—care for land\, for bodies\, for memory\, and for one another. Working across ritual\, non-linear time\, and intersectional inquiries into labor and domestic life\, these artists treat familial\, site-specific\, and sociopolitical histories as living structures rather than sealed archives. What We Tend features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry\, Michelle Cieloszczyk\, Zoë Dong\, Fiona Hoffer\, Michael ​“Modius Modi” King Jr.\, Michaela Nichelle\, and Sujay Saple.\n\nJoin us to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the Opening Reception on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.\n\nPlease note: \n\nThroughout the exhibition\, visitors are encouraged to bring clean and empty aluminum cans to participate in Michaela Nichelle’s installation. \nThe exhibition will be closed to the public on Friday\, April 10. UID:144188-21894810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T155353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T122000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EHour: Fred Richard DESCRIPTION:Ready to flip your perspective on entrepreneurship and resilience? \n\nJoin us for Entrepreneurship Hour featuring Frederick Richard\, Olympic bronze medalist\, NCAA champion\, U-M student athlete\, and CEO of FrederickFlips. Fred’s journey as the youngest American male to medal at the World Championships and Paris Olympics is all about breaking boundaries—both in sport and in business.\n\nDuring this inspiring session\, Fred will share how he turned challenges into strengths\, from overcoming adversity in gymnastics to leading his own startup. Hear about the mentality and creative process behind FrederickFlips\, practical lessons in brand-building\, leadership\, and making your passion accessible. No matter your academic background\, you’ll leave with real\, actionable insights on turning resilience into opportunity.\n\nEntrepreneurship Hour is open to everyone at Michigan. Don’t miss this chance to connect\, ask questions\, and learn from an Olympic athlete who’s making an impact beyond the gymnastics mat.\n\nFriday\, March 20\n11:30 AM – 12:30 PM\nStamps Auditorium\, North Campus UID:146144-21898441@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Founder,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,In-person,Innovation,Leadership,Lecture,Media,Michigan Engineering,Networking,North campus,Startup,Startups,Storytelling,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T143729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Community Service:World Water Day Cleanup DESCRIPTION:Microplastics are tiny\, but they normally don't start out that way. Plastic litter in the environment -- bottles\, snack wrappers\, personal care items -- break down into smaller and smaller pieces and make their way to nearby waterways through storm drains. As snow melts\, plastic trash hidden through the winter becomes a concern.\n\nHelp us break the cycle by joining the LSA Sustainability and Planet Blue Ambassador teams for a cleanup focused on storm drains and streets near campus. Waste will be catalogued as part of a larger microplastic tracking initiative\, with some plastics being set aside for a community art piece in the fall of 2026.\n\nPlease RSVP to help us plan. Join for all or part of this time period.\n\nIf you can't make it this day\, consider taking a team or class out on another day this spring\, or volunteer to clear debris from storm drains near your home. UID:145278-21896980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145278 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Environment,Outdoors,planet blue,Sustainability LOCATION:LSA Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Austin Zhu\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Economics graduate student Austin Zhu performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144531-21895462@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144531 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T092412 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T124500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and light snacks while improving your Portuguese! All language levels are welcome.\n\n-Meet in the RLL Commons: located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nQuestions? Contact Maria Teresa Mattos at (mtmattos@umich.edu). UID:143753-21893744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143753 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Brazil,Coffee,Communication,Community,Community Based Learning,Community Engagement,Culture,Discussion,Europe,Faculty,Food,Free,Games,Global,Global Engagement,Humanities,In Person,Media,Mulitcultural,Multilingual,Portuguese,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Storytelling,Talk,Translate,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T110119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Nations\, DissemiNation\, ImagiNation and its people: Internal Exiles in post-coup Burma DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: http://myumi.ch/798dj\n\nWhile the nationalizing of education—in which the very idea of nation is disseminated—makes a certain kind of citizen that the nation requires\, in a double gesture of hope and fear\, it also produces forms of exclusion. The desire to be included in the very thing that excludes creates ‘internal exiles’ with lost identities—individuals who are ‘a stranger to one’s own country\, language\, sex and identity.’ In the case of Burma\, the education system fashions the desired type of citizen\, specifically the Burmese-speaking\, Buddhist Burman. At the same time\, this process establishes the constituted outside as Others (non-Burman or non-Buddhist). However\, in the aftermath of the 2021 coup\, a distinctive educational space arose\, enabling its participants to imagine new forms of social belonging.\n   \n   Drawing from Homi Bhabha’s two distinct forms of nation—the pedagogic and the performative—this presentation explores how the nation’s people are made in a double narration: one as the objects of nationalist pedagogy in the fixed discourse of the nation\, and the other as the. subjects of the processes that erase those discursive fixations.\n   \n   Ei Thin Zar is the 2025–26 Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellow at the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development\, Chiang Mai University. Ei earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her dissertation investigates the consequences of exclusionary ethnic nationalism by examining historical and contemporary approaches to language in Burma’s educational practices. Her post-dissertation project examines the formation of collective knowledge and educated subjects\, focusing on the effects of transmissible memories from historical and contemporary social movements as they relate to the education of stateless youth along the Thailand–Burma border. Since the February 1\,2021 military coup in Myanmar\, she has been active in supporting Burmese youth through the creation of People’s Radio Myanmar and Yone-Htwat-Soh-Mon\, two nonprofit organizations.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142980-21891874@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Burma,center for southeast asian studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T170716 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T135000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Environmental exposures and health in agricultural settings DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, March 20 (12-1:50 pm) in 1690 SPH 1 for a conversation on Environmental exposures and health in agricultural settings with special guests Rafael Buralli\, PhD (University of São Paulo\, Brazil)\, Madeleine Scammell\, DSc (Boston University)\, and Alexis Handal\, PhD (University of Michigan). The panelists will discuss what is known and what can be done. UID:146527-21899238@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146527 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Ecology,Environment,environmental,Free,Graduate,Health,Health & Wellness,human rights,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Lifelong Learning,Medicine,Natural Sciences,Nursing,Nutrition,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Pre-Health,Public Health,Public Policy,Rackham,Research,Science,Social Justice,Sustainability,Talk LOCATION:Public Health I (Vaughan Building) - 1690 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165909 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Foundations of Community Engagement DESCRIPTION:Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop for students that introduces principles and practices of equitable\, ethical community engagement. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of what the term “community engagement” means\, as well as the many forms it might take - from research and course-based projects to philanthropy\, activism\, policy\, and direct service. Across all these forms of engagement\, participants will learn concepts and actions that promote equitable partnerships\, center community-defined priorities\, and disrupt entrenched power dynamics between universities and community members. Participants will also discuss real-world community engagement scenarios that ask them to apply what they’ve learned in the workshop to various situations.\n\nhttps://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/19663 UID:142752-21891340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142752 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Organzing,Community-based Learning,Free,Social Impact,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T093432 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Heartfulness Meditation DESCRIPTION:Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly\, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being. \n\nAll U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required. \n\n*What will you learn?*\n\nThe guided meditation practice involves three simple steps: relaxation\, rejuvenation\, and meditation.\n\nRelaxation brings your body to a calm\, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level\, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow this with a rejuvenation method to detox the mind to let go of stress and complex emotions\, and will leave you feeling light and refreshed. Lastly\, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice. \n\n*Why Meditate?*\n\nWhile physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape\, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically\, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony. \n\n*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708\n\n*Event Details*\n\nHeartfulness Guided Meditation \nFridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)\nJoin Via Zoom Meeting\nRegister to receive Passcode (see “Related links”\n\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org. UID:143758-21893939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T110427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kreativwerkstatt DESCRIPTION:Chat in German and express yourself creatively. Crafting\, coloring\, painting\, drawing\, knitting\, sewing\, crochet\, embroidery\, origami? You will combine speaking German\, any level welcome\, beginners included\, and creatively expressing yourself. You are encouraged to bring your own materials or (ongoing) projects\, but we will also provide some materials and prompts each week. Contact Laura Okkema (lokkema@umich.edu) or Iris Zapf-Garcia (iriszaga@umich.edu.) with questions. UID:144358-21895211@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3117 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897496@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T095155 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar> Unlocking Circuits and Designing Cross-species tools for Pain Discovery and Therapeutics DESCRIPTION:This seminar will discuss key spinal neural circuitry underlying mechanical pain caused by trauma and disease\, a new organizational plan for how neuron subtypes that make up the dorsal horn should be defined across species and our use of machine learning together with multi-species multi-omics to engineer novel genetic tools for interrogating specific neuron subtypes across species and develop novel chronic pain therapies. \n\nHost: Bo Duan UID:144929-21896161@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144929 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,seminar LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T091256 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Molecular Kinetics of Gene Regulation DESCRIPTION:During embryonic development gene expression patterns progressively emerge as cell fates are determined and the embryo takes form. The emergence of these expression patterns is coincident with changes in the spatial distributions of transcription factors\, chromatin remodelers\, and transcriptional machinery within nuclei. The mechanisms that drive these changes in spatial distributions and their functional implications are not well understood. I will discuss the application of high-resolution light-sheet microscopy and single-molecule tracking in live pre-implantation mouse embryos and blastoderm stage Drosophila embryos to understand the emergence and functional implications of nuclear protein distribution patterns during development. I will show data and simulations on the molecular diffusion and binding kinetics that underlie the appearance of high-local concentrations of transcription factors\, repressive complexes\, and transcriptional machinery\, and the functional impact of these high-local concentrations on transcription regulation during development. Finally\, I will discuss how our new insights on how the molecular kinetics of regulatory nuclear proteins drive changes in their spatial distributions challenge current models of transcription regulation and nuclear organization. UID:136575-21878873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136575 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biophysics LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T091140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:NERS Colloquium: The NERS Mural DESCRIPTION:Michigan-based artist Devin J. Wright will present a talk exploring the NERS Mural\, a collaborative\, multi-year artwork located in the tunnel connecting the Cooley Building and the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project. The mural stands as a visual reflection of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences\, highlighting its history\, values\, and forward-looking research through the lens of student creativity.\n\nThe NERS Mural is a living artwork composed of student-driven panels added annually through the NERS 250 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering course. Each panel is developed in close collaboration with sophomores\, who contribute their ideas through questionnaires\, group discussions\, and concept development workshops. Their perspectives shape the themes\, imagery\, and symbols that appear on the wall\, ensuring the mural is not only about the department\, but created by its community.\n\nWright will discuss the artistic process behind the mural\, including the decision for the panels to read from right to left in reference to Japanese narrative traditions. This design choice honors the department’s historical ties to Japan and underscores its global connections.\n\nThe talk will also highlight the origins of the project\, which was sparked by former department chair Todd Allen and realized through partnerships with NERS leadership and the University of Michigan Arts Initiative. Together\, the mural and its ongoing additions serve as a lasting expression of the intersection of art\, science\, and education within NERS.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field. UID:142960-21891858@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142960 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 220 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894455@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T131903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Rocking Into Spring at Baits II DESCRIPTION:Join the Baits II Diversity Peer Educator and Resident Advisors in welcoming spring with rock painting and enjoying tasty ice cream! UID:145742-21897760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145742 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community Building,Community Engagement,Crafts LOCATION:Baits House II - Coman Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T010000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:136442-21897057@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136442 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T142626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Seed Ball Making DESCRIPTION:Native Wildflower Seed Balls Event\nCome to LSA Room 1174 on March 20th from 12-3 to make a free seed ball with Native Michigan wildflowers! All materials are provided\, and you will bring home a free seed ball to plant in the spring! \n\n📅 Friday\, March 20th\n⏰ 12:00–3:00 PM\n📍 LSA Building\, Room 1174 UID:146697-21899491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146697 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Plant LOCATION:LSA Building - 1174 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays\, 12-5 pm\nFridays\, 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T081458 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Other:English Graduate Group DESCRIPTION:English Graduate Group Reading Event UID:143359-21892947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143359 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T010302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Cookies\, Snacks\, and Transfer Cords DESCRIPTION:Are you a transfer\, international\, or non-traditional student? UNITERS is giving out free cookies and snacks for students on Friday! If you are a transfer student graduating this year\, come pick up your cord as well! UID:146792-21899625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146792 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Free Food,International Students,Nontraditional Students,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1174 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T113459 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Performing Fluency: Drama-Based Speaking Workshop DESCRIPTION:Struggling with speaking confidence? Join us for an interactive session where we use drama techniques to help you speak more naturally and boost your teaching self-efficacy! Whether you are leading a lab\, teaching Calculus\, or facilitating a discussion\, this workshop will help you feel more expressive and effective in your U-M classroom. Lunch will be provided!\n\nOpen to all International Students & International GSIs (from any department!) UID:146084-21898349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146084 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate And Professional Students,Graduate Students Instructors,International,Language,Social Event,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1915114Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab. We will discuss and educate you on…- Design and format- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resume for specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Student or Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on theHappening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:145649-21897633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145649 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T134500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21897077@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Spring Pop-Ups DESCRIPTION:Spring is a time for new beginnings... and new clothes! Shop sustainably and local at our pop-up sales on March 20th and 28th from 1-4pm. All proceeds go to our associated Nonprofit VIPS Fund for their conservation efforts in Madagascar.  UID:146624-21899362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146624 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Outside Joe's Pizza CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T113907 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Type theory seminar: The Curry-Howard correspondence DESCRIPTION:This is a learning seminar on dependent type theory\, following Egbert Rijke's book \"Introduction to Homotopy Type Theory.\" This talk will cover chapter 7 of Rijke's book\, on using the Curry-Howard correspondence to formalize math within type theory. UID:146919-21899792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jenna Moon\, carillon DESCRIPTION:SMTD doctoral alumna Jenna Moon 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:144532-21895463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144532 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T102942 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building Social Capital by Balancing Voices in School Governance DESCRIPTION:We propose that schools can build social capital through an explicit school governance framework called Balancing Voices that concerns decisions about implementing and evaluating new schoolwide policies or practices\, engaging community members\, and evaluating teachers and administrators. In an RCT of role play simulations\, those assigned to a Balancing Voices approach versus business-as-usual reported higher levels of key precursors of social capital — procedural fairness and legitimacy of authority figures. The estimated effects are especially positive for those who played roles other than administrator. Accordingly\, schools that more explicitly and formally balance the interests of different stakeholders in their decision making may be able to cultivate greater flows of social capital to improve instructional practices and student outcomes\, including equity. UID:141751-21889312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community-based Learning,Discussion,Diversity,Education,Free,Humanities,In Person,Inclusion,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lecture,Org Studies,Org. Studies,Organizational Studies,Presentation,Psychology,Public Policy,seminar,Social Science,Social Sciences,Sociology,Speaker,Talk LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135221 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences DESCRIPTION:The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research projects that use the comparative method to study the causes and effects of social\, political and economic processes. We specifically welcome presenters\, discussants\, and participants from other social science fields to share their work with us. We have participants from Economics\, the Ford School of Public Policy\, the Law School\, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, Mathematics\, Political Science\, the Ross School of Business\, Sociology\, Statistics\, and the Center for Emerging Democracies\, and others. In other words: All are welcome. UID:112863-21896033@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Pre-Function Room 5769 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T132933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:19th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work DESCRIPTION:Each spring\, Ford School faculty and staff nominate dozens of outstanding student research and service projects for recognition at the Gramlich Showcase of Student Work. Established in 2008 to honor internationally renowned economist and former Ford School dean\, Ned Gramlich\, this event features exceptional student work on a broad range of local\, national\, and international policy challenges.\n\nFor students\, the showcase is an opportunity to share their academic work and service engagement with the broader community – to teach others about major policy challenges\, to respond to thought-provoking questions\, and to engage in dialogue about complex problems. For guests\, the showcase represents an opportunity to learn about contemporary domestic and international problems\, and the policy interventions designed to tackle them.\n\nJoin us as we celebrate the insightful policy work of our talented students. You're sure to learn something new!\n\nLearn more about Ned and his legacy at the Ford School and at the University of Michigan. UID:144216-21894886@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144216 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ford school,ford school of public policy,Free,gerald r. ford school of public policy,public policy LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - The Becky Blank Great Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T121646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Christopher Kendall Alumni Award Talk and Gathering with recipient Jessica Bonenfant (MFA ’13\, dance) DESCRIPTION:Jessica Bonenfant\, who earned her MFA in Dance at U-M in 2013\, is the founder and director of Greywood Arts in County Cork\, Ireland. She will talk about her career\, which spans community engagement\, performance\, arts administration\, creative projects\, roles in academia\, and more.\n\nBonenfant's path illuminates how a career in arts can be built\, and exists as a counterweight to the persistent push of the expectations to be a gig artist with a company contract. This may be of particular interest for our students and others interested in entrepreneurship.\n\nThis event will be held in The Berg Studio (Studio 2) in the Dance Building. UID:145665-21897659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145665 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Dance,Free,North Campus,Talk LOCATION:Dance Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T133302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Frequency Fridays: Tape Loop Workshop DESCRIPTION:This workshop walks you through the steps to make looping cassettes tapes. Drop in anytime between 2 and 3pm.\n\nYou'll be supplied with some tools/instruments to create sounds\, and instructed in techniques for creating tape loops by disassembling the case\, cutting and splicing the tape\, and reassembling the cases to create looping cassettes that you can take home with you.\n\nFrequency Fridays is a weekly media workshop series\, every Friday from 2-3pm in the Design Lab PIE Space on the first floor of Shapiro. Workshops will feature instruction in music production\, video editing\, sound design\, motion graphics\, and more. All skill levels welcome.\n\nIf you have questions about Frequency Fridays\, please reach out to alvin hill\, the library's Media Production Specialist\, at munk@umich.edu. UID:145479-21897394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T131948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Theory Workshop DESCRIPTION:Political Theory Workshop Winter 2026 Details:\n\nUnless otherwise noted\, all sessions will be held in the Walker Room on Fridays from 2:00 to 3:30.\n\nJan 30th: David Suell. Ideal Theory for Non-Ideal Times: Obafemi Awolowo\, John Rawls\, and Contesting the Foundations for Socialist Democracy.\n\nFeb 13th: Loay Alarab. Violence\, Refusal\, and Political Impossibility \n\nFeb 20th: Cristina Conesa Pla. Title TBA\n\nMarch 10th\, Shatema Threadcraft and Joseph Fischel\, Title TBA\, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm\, 2239 Lane Hall\n\nMarch 20th\, Ekaterina Olson Shipyatsky\, Title TBA\n\nApril 10th. Patrick Peralta. Memory From Below: Exposing the Violence of BongBong Marcos\n\nApril 17th\, Thomas Klemm\, Title TBA UID:117617-21894335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Walker, Room 5664 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:T.REX DESCRIPTION:With stunning CGI visuals and the latest research from leading paleontologists\, the film offers audiences a fresh perspective on the GOAT (Greatest Of All Tyrants): Tyrannosaurus rex. Anchored by the true story of the young fossil hunters who made the discovery of a lifetime when they spotted a large fossilized leg bone on a walk on public lands in North Dakota\, T. REX intercuts the remarkable fossil dig\, with cutting edge computer graphics that bring the iconic T. rex to life—from hatchling to hulking adult. Narrated by Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill\, T. REX explores the newest science that has helped reinvent our understanding of the iconic predator. UID:136347-21897102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T132103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:U-M Library Sip and Paint 2026 DESCRIPTION:Come express your creativity and unwind by painting a canvas and enjoying a beverage! All painting materials are provided. Be sure to register for a 30-minute time slot to save your spot! UID:146492-21899192@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Shapiro Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T142126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Look to Michigan Biostatistics Student Research Showcase DESCRIPTION:The Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan welcomes current community members\, admitted students\, and the general public to attend this showcase of outstanding student research. Nearly two dozen students will present their work\, via a poster session and/or short talks\, on a wide range of topics including:Spatial\, imaging\, and network modeling in cancer biology\, neuroimaging\, and precision medicineBayesian methods and adaptive clinical trial design\, including patient-preference and dynamic treatment studiesCausal inference and real-world evidence using large healthcare databasesMachine learning and AI methods grounded in statistical rigor\, with theoretical guarantees and scalable algorithms for high-dimensional biomedical dataComputationally efficient approaches for analyzing massive imaging\, genomic\, and clinical datasetsA full list of tentative presenters can be found on the event website.Light refreshments will be served to all attendees.  UID:145956-21898178@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145956 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T084917 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:On Fox’s trapezoidal conjecture (Combinatorics Seminar) DESCRIPTION:Fox’s trapezoidal conjecture from 1962 states that the absolute values of the coefficients of the Alexander polynomial of alternating links form a trapezoidal sequence. Stoimenow strengthened Fox’s conjecture to log-concavity (without internal zeros) in 2005. Fox’s conjecture remains open in general with special cases settled by Hartley (1979) for two-bridge knots\, by Murasugi (1985) for a family of algebraic alternating links\, and Ozsvath and Szabo (2003) for genus 2 alternating knots\, among others. We will show how to prove Fox’s conjecture for special alternating links by lifting the Alexander polynomials of these links to\"nice” multivariate polynomials with 0\,1 coefficients. The terms of the lift correspond to integer points of a generalized permutahedron\, allowing for an application of the theory of Lorentzian polynomials developed by Branden and Huh (2019). This talk is based on joint works with Hafner and Vidinas. UID:141923-21889638@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141923 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T082422 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Who and How? Adverse Selection and Flexible Moral Hazard (by Henrique Castro-Pires\, Deniz Kattwinkel\, and Jan Knoepfle) DESCRIPTION:We characterize incentive compatible mechanisms in environments with hidden types and flexible hidden actions. Our approach introduces extended recommendation schedules that specify prescribed actions also off-path\, after misreports. This approach yields a tractable and complete characterization of incentive compatibility\, which includes a generalized integral monotonicity condition capturing the interaction between adverse selection and moral hazard. We demonstrate the usefulness of the characterization across a range of contracting problems. UID:143378-21892966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143378 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Theory LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T142127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:60 Minutes Around the Globe DESCRIPTION: UID:143518-21897073@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143518 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:International House Ann Arbor (921 Church Street) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T095200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Particle Mechanics Applications to Hazards in Civil Engineering DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Many of the natural hazards that threaten infrastructure and communities are driven by particulate interactions and particle kinematics. Land surface hazards like landslides and earthquake surface rupture occur in particulate systems of sands and rocks. Coastal scour and erosion occur one grain of sand at a time. Even wildfire spread into communities at the wildland urban interface occurs through the wind-driven flow of millions of discrete firebrand particles. This presentation will showcase how our research group represents various hazards as fundamentally discontinuous particulate systems using the discrete element method (DEM). DEM uses relatively simple contact physics to model how discrete particles interact and the motions of these particles resulting from their interactions. With the aid of modern high-performance computing systems\, we model discontinuous systems composed of millions of discrete particles\, including particles of irregular shape and size to elucidate how these factors affect the macroscopic properties traditionally used to characterize material behaviors in constitutive models. Our simulations show how with simple boundary conditions\, we can replicate complex mechanics of landslide runout\, shear rupture propagation through soil\, and firebrand accumulation in simulations validated not only on laboratory experiments but also on observed case histories. Our virtual experiments advance the understanding of natural hazards in a broad range of fields including civil engineering\, mechanics\, geology\, and seismology. \n\nContact: Silas Alben UID:141901-21889616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141901 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T133125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnose bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding.\n\nEvery Wednesday from 4-6pm and Friday from 3-5:30pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) SIGN UP HERE: https://tr.ee/Lp9kLnnfP9\n \nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \n\nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\n\nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer at any skill level for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu or sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QVMuOatF-toPc_ky9QIAeeD0ob-ndBGA4uUFm9EAZ0g/edit?usp=sharing UID:146268-21898808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Biking,Climate Change,Community Service,Cycling,Education,Environment,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,planet blue,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T151732 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department Colloquium: Lucy Allais (Johns Hopkins) DESCRIPTION:Human free agency: (part of) a sketch\nWhat might it mean for reason to determine the will?\n\nAbstract:\nMy aim in this talk is to present a part of a bigger project on human free agency. The aim of the bigger project is to present a big picture account that brings together the metaphysical\, moral/rational\, and political aspects of free agency in relation to each other. The first part is about the metaphysics of the free will problem. The middle\, the topic of this talk\, is about rational or intentional agency. And the third part is about political freedom. The aim of the talk is to present an account of practical rational capacities that shows how the idea of acting under rational constraints gets us (part of) an account of free will\, as well as to say a little about how I see this as relating to the metaphysics\, especially the intuitive idea that\, when the agent acts\, the future is (at least in some ways) open. \n\n\n\nLucy Allais is a philosopher who holds academic positions at both the University of the Witwatersrand and Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests include the philosophy of Immanuel Kant as well as forgiveness\, punishment\, and bioethics. UID:138655-21883534@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138655 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - tbd CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fish Tank Grand Opening! DESCRIPTION:After years in the works\, we are finally opening our own club tank! Join us this Friday to celebrate :) UID:146727-21899557@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146727 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Quad Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T131358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar | Revisiting Matrix String Theory DESCRIPTION:I will revisit matrix string theory as a possibly non-perturbative formulation of the superstring S-matrix\, and discuss its implications and tests. UID:145155-21896741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T144347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:LSA Campus Tours for Transfer Students DESCRIPTION:Join the LSA Transfer Student Ambassadors for a central campus tour and to learn all about the transfer student experience. As transfer students\, the Ambassadors understand the questions you have and designed a tour with the needs of transfer students in mind.\n\nPlease register using the link to the right. UID:95236-21895064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1180 (Transfer Student Center) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T144639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Many Voices\, One Community: Oral Histories of Black Life at Michigan Law DESCRIPTION:Critical Oral Histories captures the evolving story of Michigan Law through the stories of its alumni. As part of the University’s efforts to create a more inclusive history\, this project strengthens intergenerational connections between professors\, students\, and alumni and celebrates the diverse experiences that have shaped the Michigan Law community. Join us for an interactive experience of Michigan Law’s Oral History archives\, highlighted by a panel of alumni participants whose stories form the heart of the project. They will offer reflections on their time at Michigan Law\, the impact it’s had on their careers\, and guidance for today’s students. UID:146579-21899308@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146579 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Alumni,Discussion,Education,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,In Person,Inclusion,Interdisciplinary,Law,Leadership,Multicultural,Pre-Law,Research,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Student Affairs,Talk LOCATION:Hutchins Hall - Robert B. Aikens Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T103759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Dissertation Defense Seminar> The Nucleoid as a Global Regulator for Spatial Organization in Bacteria DESCRIPTION:Unlike eukaryotes\, bacteria store their DNA un-encased in the cytoplasm of the cell. Through this lack of compartmentalization\, the bacterial DNA or nucleoid\, is free to act as a platform for both organization and coordination of complex bacterial structures and processes. A lack of a membrane boundary also increases the influence that the metabolic state of the cell can have on the DNA. The ParA family of ATPases is a well characterized family of positioning systems that is known to use the nucleoid as a matrix to organize chromosomes\, plasmids\, chemotaxis arrays\, and bacterial microcompartments (BMCs). One of the best characterized BMCs is the carboxysome. Carboxysomes are proteinaceous structures that encapsulate the enzyme ribulose-1\,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). Cyanobacteria and some chemoautotrophs use carboxysomes to enhance carbon fixation\, maximizing the amount of carbon that can later be turned into biomass. Our group has worked to characterize the ParA-like positioning system\, the maintenance of carboxysome distribution (Mcd) system\, that organizes carboxysomes along the length of the cell. This is a two-component system\, with the ParA-like ATPase\, McdA\, and its partner protein McdB\, that interacts with carboxysomes. When McdA binds the nucleoid non-specifically in its ATP-bound state\, McdB-coated carboxysomes stimulate the hydrolysis of ATP\, causing McdA to dissociate from the nucleoid. This creates dynamic gradients of McdA\, with McdB bound carboxysomes constantly chasing higher concentrations of McdA\, thereby distributing carboxysomes along the nucleoid. \nWe have worked to characterize both McdA and McdB and their role in carboxysome positioning\, however\, until my thesis work\, we did not consider the contribution of the nucleoid in the organization of carboxysomes. As a result\, current models treat the nucleoid as a benign matrix for positioning by the McdAB system. Also\, the McdAB system has been primarily studied in exponential cells grown under continuous light conditions. However\, the natural environment of cyanobacteria fluctuates\, with changing amounts of nutrient availability. Cells often change the compaction state of their DNA in response to environmental changes\, so we used several environmental conditions\, to induce changes in nucleoid architecture\, to assess effects on the McdAB system and carboxysome organization. We found that the nucleoid is not a passive matrix and can contribute to carboxysome positioning during times of reduced McdAB localization. These findings likely apply to other cargoes that use the nucleoid as a positioning scaffold\, and it is necessary to reassess how we understand subcellular organization in bacteria under this new paradigm. \nWhile we have investigated carboxysome organization and its McdAB positioning system\, we have largely not considered other subcellular structures that could influence carboxysome distribution. Polyphosphate granules are a storage form of phosphate that is conserved across all domains of life and have been implicated in diverse cellular processes\, including the regulation of bacterial chromatin. Through electron microscopy studies\, carboxysomes and polyphosphate (polyP) granules have been shown to physically interact. The exact mechanism of this relationship and the significance of this association have not been investigated. We find that polyP influences both nucleoid compaction state and carboxysome positioning in the model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Together\, this work highlights the broader roles of both the nucleoid and other subcellular structures in the organization of the model BMC\, the carboxysome. UID:146399-21899042@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bsbsigns,Dissertation Defense,Biology LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T184026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Residential College Aquarium Grand Opening! DESCRIPTION:Michigan Fishkeeping is partnering with the Residential College and the University of Michigan Arts Initiative (through their student mini-grant program) to unveil an aquarium in East Quad! This aquarium will be available for all to enjoy: hobbyists\, non-hobbyists\, and students that just want to unwind and watch some cute fish. Come celebrate with us! There will be snacks... UID:146723-21899555@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Art,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,Arts Initiative,community gathering,Ecology,Faculty,food,Free,Free Food,Health,Health & Wellness,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Nature,residential college,Science,Student Org,Water,Well-being LOCATION:East Quadrangle - East Quad Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T154409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:SAPAC Care Collective: Feel Good Fridays DESCRIPTION:SAPAC's Care Collective is focused on fostering drop-in\, confidential\, community spaces for UM students who identify as survivors of sexual violence\, intimate partner violence\, sexual harassment\, stalking and/or other forms of harm. Students do not need to label their experiences to join Care Collective spaces\, and all students are welcome. These community spaces are facilitated by SAPAC student staff members\, offer various low-pressure connection opportunities\, and foster resilience\, reconnection\, healing\, and self-care.\n\nFeel Good Fridays are low-pressure\, drop-in gatherings focused on wellness\, grounding\, and community. Crafting\, light discussions\, and snacks can be expected. UID:146663-21899421@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,sapac LOCATION:Michigan Union - 4100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T154500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21897081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T235501 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Algebraic Geometry: Brauer Groups\, Twisted Sheaves\, and Geometric Realizations of Cohomology Classes DESCRIPTION:A recurring theme in algebraic geometry is that cohomology classes often have concrete geometric realizations. In this talk\, I will discuss the many geometric avatars of classes in H^1_et(X\, PGL_n)\, including Brauer–Severi varieties\, Azumaya algebras\, and PGL_n-torsors\, as well as their relation to the Brauer group via twisted sheaves. Interpreting cohomology through these objects gives a powerful way to prove vanishing results for certain cohomology groups. A nice application of these ideas shows H^i_{et}(X\, Z/n) is what we expect when X is a smooth projective curve. UID:146614-21899352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146614 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 2866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T110419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation! DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us! Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p and Rooting for Change Cafe (3rd Floor Palmer Commons) every other Wednesday from 5-6p UID:138091-21891112@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Climate Change,Discussion,Food,food and the environment,Free,Free Food,Graduate and Professional Students,In Person,Social,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Cafe CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145012-21896316@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T122224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Dorr Lecture: Ashley Matheny DESCRIPTION:Forests recycle roughly ~62\,000 km3 of water to the atmosphere annually. The transport of water from the subsurface to roots\, stems\, and leaves out through stomata\, and into the atmosphere links the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum while coupling Earth’s water and carbon cycles. This biological process is regulated dynamically and often varies substantially between species in the same ecosystem in response to multiple and often combined internal and external stressors. We will analyze vignettes from two distinct ecosystems and their responses to different sets of combined stressors to gain new insight into plant function. First\, we will visit mangrove ecosystems exposed to both atmospheric dryness and salinity extremes to explore how water transport regulation strategies shift from leaves to roots to maximize productivity while maintaining hydraulic function. Then we will visit semi-arid woody savanna to detangle to combined influence of soil water limitation and atmospheric aridity on wood-water storage in drought tolerant trees. Understanding the storage and transport of water through soil\, woody biomass\, and leaves in this and many other ecosystems is critical for predicting forest resilience\, carbon sequestration\, and wildfire susceptibility. Finally\, we will assess the implications of both studies for the ways we simulate the dynamic regulation of water acquisition\, storage\, and use by trees and how these findings can directly improve predictions of forest water\, carbon\, and energy cycles from coastlines to the continental interior. UID:144910-21896134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144910 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260228T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Nebraska UID:146066-21898331@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146066 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T164658 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:BLI Alumni Panel DESCRIPTION:Want to connect with UofM alumni\, hear real stories from successful people\, and get your burning post-grad questions answered? Join us for our annual alumni panel and catered dinner! We have alumni joining us from many different industries\, including real estate\, policy\, law\, and business! We hope to see you there!\n\nBLI Alum - \nChristopher Pumford is a Manager of International Affairs at the American Institute of Architects. Prior to his current role\, Christopher was a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. State Department\, a Fulbright lecturer in Rabat\, Morocco\, and a Critical Language Scholar (Arabic). Christopher obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Michigan and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University Fletcher School. At Michigan\, Christopher was BLI's first Program Manager of Grants and Funding and was a part of the Drumline\, Men's Glee Club\, Pops Orchestra\, MUSKET musical theater\, and Michigan in Washington Program.\n\nDipita Das is a two-time alumna from the University of Michigan. She was a BLI student in Fall 2018 and then became a facilitator in Spring 2019. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Gender and Health\, with minors in Intergroup Relations (IGR) and Community Action and Social Change (CASC). Following graduation\, she worked as a Civic Engagement Coordinator at Planned Parenthood\, advocating for reproductive freedom. She later completed her Master's degree in Higher Education\, graduating in 2023. Her professional background is rooted in grassroots organizing and the use of evidence-based research to advance healthy equity and student outcomes. She currently works as a Data Analyst for Wayne County Community College.\n\nJonae Maxey is a real estate developer\, investor\, and entrepreneur committed to community-centered development and wealth education. She graduated from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in 2021 and was appointed the youngest board member of Huntington Bank’s Emerging Leaders Board that same year. After graduation\, Jonae served in Community Strategy at Huntington Bank\, helping lead investment initiatives across Detroit and supporting the deployment of over $5 billion into Michigan communities. She purchased her first investment property at age 21 and later founded Maxey Real Estate Investments and Maxey Consulting Services\, where she focuses on neighborhood revitalization\, wealth creation\, and empowering others through smart financial strategies.\n\nAdam Cohn (’21) BA International Studies\; minor\, Entrepreneurship\, lives in Detroit and works as an Account Director at LinkedIn. Adam is passionate about smart cities\, public-private partnerships\, and initiatives that fuel talent attraction\, economic growth\, and urban revitalization. He is deeply interested in Detroit’s history and neighborhoods and strives to be a connector across the city’s communities. UID:146479-21899162@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Collaborative,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Networking,Panel LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T152118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BLI Alumni Panel 3/20 DESCRIPTION:Want to connect with UofM alumni\, hear real stories from successful people\, and get your burning post-grad questions answered?We have alumni joining us from many different industries\, including real estate\, policy\, law\, and business! We hope to see you there!Join us on Friday\, March 20\, 4-6 p.m. on the 10th floor of Weiser Hall (500 Church St\, Ann Arbor\, MI) for our annual alumni panel and catered dinner!  UID:145636-21897616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145636 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall, 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T160816 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Linguistics Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Join us for a colloquium presented by Huteng Dai (University of Michigan) in NQ2435 on Friday\, March 20\, 2026\, from 4-5:30 PM!\n\nColloquium Title: Engram: Encoding N-Grams in Adaptive Memory UID:144033-21894563@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Talk LOCATION:North Quad - 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T115057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Shakespeare in the Arb: Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare in the Arb is a collaboration between the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum and Residential College. Since 2001\, university and community members have provided audiences with a magical night of Elizabethan theater in an inspiring natural setting. We are looking for actors and musicians to join this beloved Ann Arbor tradition for our 2026 season!\n\nPerformances are every weekend in June in Nichols Arboretum. Rehearsals are every Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday beginning April 27th.\nAll roles are available! \n\nAuditions will be in East Quad on the following dates:\n\n March 17th (4-8PM)\n March 19th (5-9PM)\n March 20th (4-8PM)\n\nActors will be expected to memorize a monologue from a given selection (available in the link below). Musicians will submit a short self tape in place of in-person auditions. Anyone is welcome to do both!\n\nCallbacks will be on March 21st from 12-4PM in the Keene Theater. \n\nFor more information\, and to sign up for an audition slot\, go to bit.ly/sita2026.\n\nEmail Ari Richardson at arijrich@umich.edu with any questions. UID:145538-21897488@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:artists,arts,arts at michigan,Audition,Auditions,Free,Theater,theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T153609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:IGR Minor Party DESCRIPTION:IGR MINORS: Join us for the IGR Minor Party! Enjoy a night of karaoke and amazing food with your fellow IGR peers. Take a break\, unwind\, and make new connections!\n\nMORE IGR EVENTS\nhttps://igr.umich.edu/student-activities-events UID:145784-21897809@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145784 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T140100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) UID:138768-21883844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T163555 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Maize in Bloom DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the start of spring at Maize in Bloom! A spring celebration with inflatable games\, balloon animals\, face painting\, cotton candy\, & Mini-Melts ice cream! Stop by anytime from 5–8 PM on March 20 and enjoy the festivities! UID:146462-21899146@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146462 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Outdoors,Spring LOCATION:Ingalls Mall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260228T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Softball vs Washington DESCRIPTION:Softball vs Washington UID:146067-21898332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146067 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Softball LOCATION:Alumni Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Star Wars Game Nights DESCRIPTION:Come join some fellow Star Wars fans as we play Star Wars themed board games\, card games\, video games\, or dive into the lore of the franchise through debates! UID:146678-21899454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146678 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T124653 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stir and Scribble at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the East Quad Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants to write a letter to someone in your life who inspires you! Hot chocolate will be provided! UID:145623-21897602@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145623 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T181649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Angela Bonello\, voice DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Angela Bonello\, soprano\, performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145851-21897954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145851 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Catherine Yoon\, piano chamber music DESCRIPTION:Master's degree student Catherine Yoon performs piano in a chamber music recital. UID:145852-21897955@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T095919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:March Masterpieces DESCRIPTION:Come to our painting workshop and let your imagination flow onto the canvas and other fun items! Whether you’re a complete beginner or already love to paint\, everyone is welcome!\n\nWe'll have free food from Wing Snob. Please register on Sessions! UID:146556-21899267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146556 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Crafting,Free Food,Fun,Health & Wellness,Well-being,Wolverine Wellness LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Room 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T172123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:March Masterpieces DESCRIPTION:Stop by our drop-in painting space and let your imagination flow onto the canvas! Whether you’re a complete beginner or someone who already loves to paint\, stop in\, create for a bit\, enjoy some food\, and enjoy a relaxing moment whenever it fits your schedule. 🎨 UID:146558-21899269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:East Quad | Room 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T121921 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The English Undergraduate Assocation presents ... Citation Workshop! DESCRIPTION:For anyone who has questions about formatting\, or needs help with assignment citations! (MLA\, APA\, Chicago) UID:146651-21899403@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146651 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs Holy Cross DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs Holy Cross UID:146620-21899358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146620 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T143553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:International Film Series - ASL Movie Screening DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of a film by the ASL program at the RC!\n\nFree and open to the UM community. UID:144733-21895783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144733 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Free LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception: What We Tend DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the opening reception of the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.\n\nWhat We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11\, 2026. The exhibition features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry\, Michelle Cieloszczyk\, Zoë Dong\, Fiona Hoffer\, Michael \"Modius Modi\" King Jr.\, Michaela Nichelle\, and Sujay Saple. UID:144189-21894824@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144189 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Origins Banquet (APALSA) DESCRIPTION:No description is provided. \nPlease visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/6151/6180 for more detail. UID:142088-21889994@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142088 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Z - GA 300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T180133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Visit the UMMA with the ADHD Student Group DESCRIPTION:When: Friday\, March 20th\, 6:30pm\nWhere: University of Michigan Museum of Art\, 525 S State St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nWhat: Join the ADHD Student Group at the UofM Museum of Art! Instant film cameras and mini sketchbooks will be available for you to capture your favorite pieces. Hope to see you there! UID:146204-21898652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: University of Michigan Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T230000 SUMMARY:Tours:Telescope Observing DESCRIPTION:Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments.\n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThe Observatory will be open for exploration even if the weather does not permit telescope observing. We strive to always have interesting things for you to do!\n\nLast visitors admitted 30 minutes prior to closing. UID:143097-21892079@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,Family,free,Museum,museums,observing,Science,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T143643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Into the Woods DESCRIPTION:In Into the Woods\, the brilliant Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine take us to a magical\, bewildering place full of witches\, wolves\, giants\, and mysterious strangers. Here\, wishes come true\, but at a price. The story opens with the characters professing their desires\, at the heart of which is baker and his wife longing to have a child. In order to do so\, the witch sends them on a journey through the woods. Here\, they cross paths with familiar fairytale characters\, each chasing their own desires and learning their own lessons. As we witness the consequences of their wishes\, we’re forced to reckon what we owe to those around us. UID:145019-21896554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Power Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T101628 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Martin Hayes & the Common Ground Ensemble DESCRIPTION:\"In the decades to come\, we’ll surely talk of having seen [Martin Hayes] in the way others talk of Miles Davis or Jimi Hendrix or John Coltrane.” (The Irish Times)\n\nLegendary Irish fiddler Martin Hayes leads a wide-ranging concert celebration a few days after St. Patrick’s Day\, featuring an exciting variety of special guests\, traditional sean-nós singing and dancing\, and modern takes on Irish traditions. Regarded as one of the most significant talents to emerge in the world of Irish music\, Hayes has drawn inspiration from many musical genres but remains grounded in the music he grew up with in East County Clare.\n\nHis soulful interpretations of traditional Irish music are recognized the world over for their exquisite musicality and irresistible rhythm. He has a unique ability to place the tradition within a wider contemporary context\, creating a unique and insightful interpretation of Irish music. “This music is\, at its essence\, a direct and simple expression of feeling. The melodies are sometimes deceptively simple but almost always beautiful\, and the rhythm is both understated and entrancing\,” Hayes says. This concert features his new ensemble\, Common Ground\, comprising musicians from different backgrounds whose connections to Irish music are complemented by improvisation\, jazz\, avant-garde\, and contemporary classical music. UID:137176-21879846@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ArtsRx,Culture,dance,hill auditorium,music,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:This Dance is About Leslie Cheung - Dance MFA Thesis Performance by Tim Tsang DESCRIPTION:The Department of Dance presents a performance created by Tim Tsang\, candidate for the Master of Fine Arts in Dance.\n\nBlending contemporary dance\, live performance\, and concert spectacle\, this event will unfold as a concert-meets-dance experience\, featuring ensemble choreography\, live vocals\, spoken reflection\, and cinematic lighting by collaborator David Goodman-Edberg. \n\nThe performance invites audiences into a shared emotional landscape – one shaped by ambition\, grief\, resilience\, and connection. Drawing on Hong Kong cultural icon Leslie Cheung’s concerts\, films\, and public persona\, the performance traces a journey from glamour to intimacy through Cheung’s legacy. It examines pressure\, visibility\, and the search for care. At its core\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* is not only about legacy\, but about how legacy\, identity\, and inspiration is carried forward. \n\nRather than offering a biography of Leslie Cheung\, the concert stages an encounter with his legacy. Cheung appears as an influence\, a fantasy\, and a point of departure – someone whose artistry opened doors while also revealing the emotional cost of visibility. The performance traces how admiration can slip into imitation\, how confidence can fracture under pressure\, and how failure might become a pathway toward care.\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\n\nCreated by choreographer and Dance MFA candidate Timothy Tsang\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* reflects Tsang’s ongoing inquiry into how performance carries memory\, pressure\, and care. Tsang is a queer Chinese American dance artist whose work bridges movement\, cultural memory\, and embodied research. Shaped by a transnational upbringing between Shanghai and Chicago\, his choreography often moves between different cultural contexts – asking how bodies navigate identity\, visibility\, and belonging. UID:145448-21897363@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145448 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Dance,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T181639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Bradley Smith\, violin DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Bradley Smith performs a recital. UID:145916-21898094@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145916 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR