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:20261002T172112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:North Quad (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150256-21914189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150256 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:NQ 6th Floor Center Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Open Questions: Norms for University Ceremonies DESCRIPTION:Featuring UM faculty with diverse perspectives\, this panel series will foster discussion of moderately controversial topics relevant to the UM and Washtenaw County communities. In a time of deep polarization\, these events are designed to encourage dialogue\, not debate\, and model the respectful\, open exchange of ideas. In order to encourage meaningful\, open dialogue\, the panel will not be streamed or posted. UID:153131-21915130@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153131 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Amphitheater (Rackham 4th Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260910T181715 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Preprint Algebraic Geometry seminar: Trim resolutions\, stringy and Mather classes\, and IC characteristic cycles\, after Aluffi DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:151944-21912493@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151944 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Stockwell (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150491-21913541@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150491 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rosa Parks Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260929T101100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Shared Sacred Story for the Human Family: A Scholarly-Practitioner Panel DESCRIPTION:Join U-M's Religious\, Secular and Spiritual Life and Fetzer Institute for an evening examining the power of sacred narratives to address some of the biggest questions of our day. A panel of scholar-practioners will explore the \"Our Shared Sacred Story\" project (Orbis Books\, 2025) examining the possibilities\, challenges\, and limitations of collaboratively retelling diverse religious narratives and writing a “polyphonic” shared sacred story to address global issues\, promote dialogue\, engage pluralism\, and strengthen both civic and academic understanding.\n\nJoin at 4:30pm for a reception and music\; panel to follow at 5:30pm. \nWhile the event is free\, registration is requested. UID:152570-21913943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152570 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ArtsRx,Discussion,Food,Free,Global Citizen,In Person,Leadership,Music,Peace Leadership,Public Policy,Religious,Social Justice,Spirituality,Storytelling,Student Affairs,Well-being LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T103249 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series - Fall 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series (RPCSS) invites professionals working in robotics to come talk with current undergraduates about their career path\, how a background in robotics has impacted their professional growth\, and what they hope to see in students looking to enter the profession.\n\nThe 90-minute format of the event will consist of a 40-minute presentation from the invited speaker and up to 30 minutes of moderated Q&A and discussion. Session available as in-person and virtual event. Virtual information is included in registration information.\n\nRSVP Required for Event. UID:152178-21914546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Engineering,Michigan Robotics,Robotics LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 2300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21906062@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Boulevard Room (Pierpont, 1st Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Maize & Blue Cupboard Volunteering DESCRIPTION:Come help us during normal operating hours\; as well as\, unload our weekly Food Gatherers deliveries and stock our shelves! If you are outside the U-M community\, please reach out to maize.blue.cupboard@umich.edu to sign up. UID:102102-21914750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/102102 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Maize and Blue Cupboard inside Betsy Barbour CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260828T154226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Make Space DESCRIPTION:Life moves fast. Make Space is an invitation to slow down\, reconnect\, and spend time outside. Each week brings a different experience centered on creativity\, nature\, restoration\, and community. Try nature journaling\, art\, mindful movement\, or another hands-on outdoor activity while making room to pause and recharge. No previous experience required. UID:151137-21910957@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151137 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Adventure Leadership,Community,Mindfulness,Nature,Nature Rx,Outdoors,Well-being LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building - Adventure Leadership Outpost CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Markley (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150757-21914952@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Hadley Recreation Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T102001 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T180000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Minor in Writing Info Session DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty\, or have questions about the application process\, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.\n\nThe deadline to apply for the Winter 2027 cohort is Monday\, October 26th at noon.\n\nThe Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker. UID:152001-21912596@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152001 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:minor,Minors,Undergraduate,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260923T143946 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:October WISE Nights In DESCRIPTION:Our goal at WISE is to see students succeed in pursuit of their STEM degrees and careers. One of the biggest ways to positively impact student success is through community! Join us for dinner\, crafts\, and a chance to make new friends\, expand you U-M network\, and build STEM community\, hosted by our student mentors. (Choose the event below that best suits your schedule! We run the same event two nights in a row to give more students the opportunity to participate.) \n\n\nSTEM equity for everyone needs everyone! WISE programming is open to all students regardless of sex\, gender\, or gender identity.\n UID:151899-21912387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151899 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Food,Free,Graduate Student,Sessions,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:WISE Office, 3236 Undergraduate Science Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T115339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUWeekly: Fall Midterms Survivors DESCRIPTION:De-stress and recharge at UUWeekly: Fall Midterms Survivors! Drop into the Vandenberg Room at the Michigan League to celebrate making it through midterms and treat yourself to well-deserved study goodies and freebies from CCI and Wolverine Wellness. Grab a cup of coffee and fresh cookies courtesy of M-Catering\, and stay tuned for a tentative special guest visit from Nico of DPSS Therapaws! UID:152637-21914325@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152637 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Free Food,Midterms,Relax,Study Break LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T115807 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:What is a Classic? DESCRIPTION:I revisit the perennial question\, \"What is a Classic?\" to consider the emotions and contemporary investments attached to professional classical studies and its popular counterparts. The success of the recent cinematic adaptation of The Odyssey demonstrates the ability of Greek myth and literature to still hold cultural value. But why? What is it about the classical that still compels? In the lecture\, I depart from ideas of intrinsic value or heritage to understand what might be at the foundation of our cultural infatuation. I grapple with value as economic and emotional to understand what the classics are\, where else we might find them across society\, and why it is important to relocate value outside of academic field of professional classical studies.\n\nThis lecture will be presented by Patrice D. Rankine\, Professor of Classics\, Committee on Theater and Performance Studies\, University of Chicago. UID:152943-21914823@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152943 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Classical Studies,Free,Lecture LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260821T154223 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Holly Herndon DESCRIPTION:\n\nBerlin-based artist Holly Herndon is known for her pioneering work in music\, machine learning\, and protocol development. Her practice creates precedent-setting projects where technical systems are artworks unto themselves.\n\nHerndon co-runs a studio in Berlin with her partner Mathew Dryhurst. Their major exhibitions include The Call at Serpentine Gallery in London\, Starmirror at Kunstwerke Berlin and K21 in Duesseldorf\, xhairymutantx in the 2024 Whitney Biennial\, and Strange Rules at Palazzo Diedo in Venice. They released the book All Media is Training Data in 2024 through Buchhandlung Walther König. In 2022\, Herndon co-founded Spawning\, an organization building an open consent-and-compliance protocol for AI data\, creating tools for artists such as haveibeentrained.com and the Do Not Train protocol covering 2 billion+ works.\n\nHerndon’s critically acclaimed musical works include Platform (RVNG-4AD/2015) and PROTO (4AD/2019). Awards include the 2022 Ars Electronica STARTS prize\, Austria’s first Digital Human Rights Award (2024)\, the Kairos Prize (2025)\, and the Deutschen KI Prize (2025). \n\nHerndon holds a doctorate in Computer Music from Stanford University.\n\nWith support from Mary Ellen Coe and Elizabeth Laraki.\n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.\n UID:150482-21909505@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Electronic Music,Machine Learning,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260831T110701 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading\, Q&A\, and Book Signing with Tisa Byrant DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://myumi.ch/ZellWriters26\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nTisa Bryant is the author of *Unexplained Presence* (Leon Works\, 2007)\, a collection of hybrid essays on black presences in film\, literature and visual art. She is co-editor of the cross-referenced journal of narrative possibility\, *The Encyclopedia Project\,* and co-editor\, with Ernest Hardy\, of *War Diaries*\, an anthology on black gay men’s desire and survival\, published in 2010 by AIDS Project Los Angeles\, and a finalist for a 2010 LAMBDA literary award. Her essays have appeared in exhibition catalogs for visual artists Laylah Ali\, Jaime Cortez\, Wura-Natasha Ogunji\, Suné Woods and Cauleen Smith\, and is forthcoming in the anthology *Letters to the Future: Black Experimental Women Writers*\, and in a catalogue of site-specific art from The New School. She has done numerous presentations of cinema essays\, most recently at ALOUD's \"School of Prince\" event at the Los Angeles Public Library\, and at \"Speak Nearby\,\" a symposium of text and performance inspired by Trinh T. Minh-ha. Tisa Bryant was a commissioned writer/researcher for Radio Imagination\, Clockshop’s year-long Los Angeles celebration of science fiction writer Octavia Butler\, in collaboration with the Huntington Library in Pasadena\, which houses the Octavia E. Butler Papers. She is working on *The Curator*\, a novel of Black female subjectivity and imagined cinema. *Residual*\, a meditation on grief\, longing\, desire and archival research\, is forthcoming from Nightboat Books.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor).\nFor Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor). All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:150942-21910479@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150942 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,book discussion,book event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,literary,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA,Undergraduate,Writing,zell visiting writers series LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T124349 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T200000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:International Stuttering Awareness Day Celebration DESCRIPTION:You're invited! Join us Thursday\, October 22nd for a fun-filled evening that celebrates International Stuttering Awareness Day and highlights the amazing members of our local stuttering community. This is a great way to connect with other individuals who stutter as well as their allies\, friends\, and family.\n\nThis event is free and open to all. Members of the student group A2STAR and the U-M Speech Neurophysiology Lab will host a fair-like event with interactive activity tables and resources for all ages. Come browse the tables\, make art with us\, hear stories from stuttering community members\, chat with a speech-language pathologist\, and learn more about stuttering research. Dinner will be provided and attendees will be entered to win cool raffle prizes!\n\nThis event is open to everyone\, including those who don't stutter\, so we encourage you to share this with friends\, family\, and any stuttering or disability allies who might be interested in joining the celebration. \n\nPlease RSVP to let us know if you plan to attend. We appreciate it—this helps us make sure we have enough food and supplies for everyone! UID:152955-21914841@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152955 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Disability,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Education,Faculty,Family,Festival,Food,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Health,Health & Wellness,In Person,Inclusion,Meal,Networking,Neuroscience,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Psychiatry,Psychology,Public Health,Research,Social,Staff,Storytelling,Student Org,Stuttering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton (2nd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T103442 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science Café: Fangs & Venom DESCRIPTION:What do tarantulas and rattlesnakes have in common? Fangs\, venom\, and a notoriously bad reputation. This spooky season\, join us for a closer look at two of the animal kingdom’s most misunderstood creatures.\nResearchers Dr. Matt Holding from the U-M Life Sciences Institute and Dr. Cara Shillington from Eastern Michigan University’s Arachnid Lab will take us into the world of these two underappreciated animals. From the science of venom and predator–prey interactions to the surprising ways these animals live\, move\, and interact with their environments\, we’ll explore what happens when scientists look beyond the myths and fear surrounding these remarkable creatures.\nCome curious\, leave with a new appreciation for fangs and venom\, just in time for Halloween.\nThe program begins at 6 p.m. Seating is limited\, so please come early. UID:150600-21909695@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150600 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture,Science,Zoology LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T120518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science on Tap DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wanted to learn about cool science happening in your community? If so\, please attend Science on Tap\, a science communication event hosted by Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy (ESPA). \nIs there a topic you find incredibly interesting and want to share? Consider signing up to present using this form.  UID:153036-21914970@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153036 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:734 Brewing Company CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T124949 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T203000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Best of FAMU DESCRIPTION:The program of short films offers a representative cross-section of works created at Prague’s film school throughout its eighty-year history. The eight selected films vividly illustrate the diversity of student filmmaking\, encompassing fiction\, documentary\, and animation\, as well as both lesser-known works and internationally acclaimed titles (including a Student Academy Award winner). Together\, they span a wide range of styles and genres\, from pantomime slapstick and historical drama to mockumentary and animated fantasy. The selection includes early works by filmmakers such as Jan Němec and Jan Svěrák\, who went on to become major figures in Czech cinema\, alongside outstanding talents from younger generations\, including Daria Kashcheeva\, Bára Anna Stejskalová\, and Marie-Magdalena Kochová. \n\nList of films: \n• Encounter \n• The Loaf of Bread \n• Oil Gobblers \n• Closed Due to the Family Mourning \n• Pripyat Piano \n• Daughter \n• Love Is Just a Death Away \n• 3 MWh \n\n\nFilm Synopsis: \n\n• Encounter (Vladimír Svitáček\, 1953\, 5 min.) \nVladimír Svitáček\, later renowned as a co-creator of the multimedia theatre Laterna Magika and the world’s first interactive movie Kinoautomat\, depicts a crowded Prague tram in this pantomime-inspired comic sketch\, featuring outstanding performances by the young Miloš Kopecký and Jiří Sovák. The film also includes rare archival footage of the area surrounding Prague’s Main Railway Station. \nDirector: Vladimír Svitáček \nScreenwriter: Vladimír Svitáček \nDirector of Photography: Jerzy Kotowski \nOriginal Score: Jaroslav Ježek \nCast: Miloš Kopecký\, Jiří Sovák\, Jana Werichová-Kvapilová\, Káťa Kopecká etc. \n\n• The Loaf of Bread (Jan Němec\, 1960\, 11 min.) \nThis early student film by Jan Němec\, one of the leading figures of the Czech New Wave\, can be regarded as a thematic precursor to his masterpiece Diamonds of the Night. In the final days of the Second World War\, a train carrying concentration camp prisoners stands at a railway station. Three exhausted inmates contemplate how to reach a nearby freight car loaded with bread\, hoping to regain enough strength before attempting their escape. \nDirector: Jan Němec \nScreenwriter: Jan Němec\, Eva Límanová \nDirector of Photography: Jiří Šámal \nCast: Ivan Renč\, Jan Bartůšek\, Oldřich Bláha \n\n• Oil Gobblers (Jan Svěrák\, 1988\, 20 min.) \nJan Svěrák’s Oil Gobblers was made in 1988 as his graduation film at the Department of Documentary Film. This mockumentary follows a fictional scientific expedition in search of an unknown creature known as the “oil gobbler\,” whose very existence defies all the principles of life in a healthy natural environment. The film turns a serious ecological issue completely on its head\, presenting its story with such convincing realism that the hoax is almost flawless. In June 1989\, the film received the Student Academy Award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. \nDirector\, Screenwriter: Jan Svěrák \nDirector of Photography: Ladislav Štěpán \nOriginal Score: Vendula Kašpárková \nCast: Lubomír Beneš\, Jiří Němec\, Ivo Kašpar\, Jan Rokyta\, Emil Nedbal etc. \n\n• Closed Due to the Family Mourning (Saša Gedeon\, 1991\, 9 min.) \nThis short film by screenwriter and director Saša Gedeon is based on Alberto Moravia’s short story Fire. A bittersweet vignette\, it portrays a single day in a small Italian barbershop on the eve of the Second World War. Rather than relying on an intricate plot\, the film derives its power from its understated emotional tension and evocative atmosphere. Made during Gedeon’s second year at FAMU\, the film received an award at the FFICS – International Festival of Film School Students in Tokyo in 1992. The prize money enabled the director to make his feature-film debut Indian Summer. \nDirector\, Screenwriter: Saša Gedeon \nDirector of Photography: Miloš Kabyl \nCast: Barbora Hrzánová\, David Vávra\, Jakub Špalek\, Renata Beccerová \n\n• Pripyat Piano (Eliška Cílková\, 2019\, 18 min.) \nMany of the original inhabitants of Pripyat have never come to terms with the Chernobyl disaster. Some of them began composing their own songs and poems and returning to their apartments within the forbidden radioactive zone. This documentary concert\, reflecting on the presence of a unique space\, calls for the return of humankind as both creator and performer. In the poems and songs recited by the former residents of Pripyat themselves\, a powerful connection between people and home can still be heard to endure. The film has been screened at major documentary film festivals and has received numerous awards. \nDirector\, Editor\, Original Score\, Sound Design: Eliška Cílková \nDirector of Photography: Tomáš Frkal \n\n• Daughter (Daria Kashcheeva\, 2019\, 14 min.) This puppet animation by Daria Kashcheeva tells the story of a father and daughter who\, despite mutual misunderstanding\, eventually find their way back to each other. The film’s emotional intensity and unsettling atmosphere are enhanced by an unusually dynamic camera – rare in animation – and by close-up shots of the puppets’ faces\, whose expressions feel remarkably lifelike. The film won the prestigious Student Academy Award (in the category of international animation) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. \nDirector\, Screenwriter\, Director of Photography: Daria Kashcheeva \nOriginal Score: Petr Vrba \nEditor: Alexander Kashcheev \n\n• Love Is Just a Death Away (Bára Anna Stejskalová\, 2020\, 10 min.) \nA dead dog\, a landfill\, and beautiful moths high in the sky – this is the world of Steve\, a parasite desperately searching for a kindred soul. Yet every attempt at connection ends in disappointment. A small bird he saves from another dog dies. A rat that touches him dies. Cockroaches\, under the guise of friendship\, strip him down to the bone. Completely defenseless inside the skeleton of his former host\, he nearly loses his life under the wheels of a machine that crushes waste. The film has screened at numerous festivals and received the award for Best Student Animated Short Film as well as the Audience Award for Best Animated Short Film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. \nDirector\, Editor\, Original Score\, Sound Design: Bára Anna Stejskalová \nDirector of Photography: Tomáš Frkal \n\n• 3 MWh (Marie-Magdalena Kochová\, 2024\, 13 min.) \nAn employee at a nuclear power plant\, obsessed with counting\, sets himself a limit on how much electricity he wants to consume for the rest of his life. In this dark yet masterful cinematic poem shot on 35mm film\, Marie-Magdalena Kochová presents the story of a man whose life is moving toward transformation. It is a tender acceptance of the idea that we are not only our bodies\, but also energy. The film has been screened at numerous international festivals and Czech Film Critics Award. \nDirector: Marie-Magdalena Kochová \nScreenwriter: Josef Kokta \nDirector of Photography: Kristina Kůlová \nOriginal Score: Haštal Hapka \nCast: Jaroslav Pížl UID:153212-21915428@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153212 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,art,artists,central europe,cinema,Contemporary,Creees,Crees,Culture,Czech,Czech Republic,eastern europe,europe,European,European Studies,film,Food,Free,Global And Transnational,Humanities,In Person,Presentation,Reception,Slavic,Slavic Featured,Slavic Studies,Slovakia,Storytelling,Weiser Center For Europe And Eurasia LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260819T150208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T203000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Paris is Burning DESCRIPTION:Where does voguing come from\, and what\, exactly\, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene. Made over seven years\, *Paris Is Burning *offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses\,” from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia and transphobia\, racism\, AIDS\, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers\, drag queens\, and trans women—including Willi Ninja\, Pepper LaBeija\, Dorian Corey\, and Venus Xtravaganza—*Paris Is Burning *brings it\, celebrating the joy of movement\, the force of eloquence\, and the draw of community.\n\nDigitally remastered by the UCLA Film and Television Archive in conjunction with Sundance Institute and Outfest UCLA Legacy Project. Preservation funded by Sundance Institute\, Outfest\, and the Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation. UID:149768-21907165@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Film Series,Humanities,Lgbtq LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260929T121802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:3rd Spaceout International Ambisonics Festival DESCRIPTION:A spatial audio festival presented by the Department of Performing Arts Technology.\n\nJoin us to celebrate and experience ambisonics\, an immersive audio technology that surrounds you with sound from all directions. This year’s festival will feature fixed-media works\, live performances and interactive works and virtual reality (VR) experiences designed with Inviso.\n\nAll events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited and available on a first-come\, first-served basis.\n\nPROGRAM\nConcert 1: October 22 at 7:00 pm\nConcert 2: October 23 at 12:30 pm\nConcert 3: October 23 at 4:30 pm\nInviso session: October 23\, 12:00–6:00 pm @ the Edit Rooms and Music Technology Library (MTL) UID:153039-21914973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153039 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Brehm Technology Suite CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T120102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T210000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Bujinkan Budo Training Session DESCRIPTION:\"Ninpo is the essence of goshinjutsu (self-protection).\"\n \nDuring the Fall 2026 semester\, Bujinkan Budo Club training will be held on Thursdays from 19:00 - 21:00 (7-9pm) at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB) in Room MPR B. If you are interested in trying out a class\, please send a message through Maize Pages or an email to michiganbujinkan@gmail.com. Beginners welcome\; we train with people across all levels of experience!\n \n- Learn self defense and physical coordination through Bujinkan taijiutsu (unarmed combat)\;\n- Training at the Michigan Bujinkan Dojo is supportive and non-competitive\, emphasizing relaxed but spirited and disciplined practice\;\n- Receive mentoring through the senpai/kohai (senior/junior) relationships fostered in the dojo.\n \nWhat to bring: comfortable workout clothes\, socks\, and a water bottle!\n-----\nFor more information\, email us at michiganbujinkan@gmail.com or checkout our website (www.michiganbujinkan.com)\, which also includes a training schedule! UID:149829-21907236@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149829 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260813T101439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Movie Nights at The Connector DESCRIPTION:Wanna watch a movie and eat free popcorn? Join the Connector Community Assistants and watch a new movie or a classic while meeting new or familiar faces! Settle-in for a cozy night with us every Thursday as we enter into comfy Fall weather. \n\nThe Connector is located in West Quad. UID:150143-21908230@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,Community Gathering,Free,Housing,Welcome Week,Welcome Week Event,Welcome26 LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T121554 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260604T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Soccer vs Maryland DESCRIPTION:Women's Soccer vs Maryland UID:148573-21904461@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148573 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Soccer LOCATION:U-M Soccer Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T213000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21906063@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Boulevard Room (Pierpont, 1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T181831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Saxophone Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:Students of Professor Timothy McAllister perform a recital. UID:150383-21909152@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150383 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T125459 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Buffalo Rose DESCRIPTION:New Music!\n\n​Buffalo Rose is a singularly spectacular six-piece band from Pittsburgh\, PA. Overflowing with the bold and unfettered joy of their inimitable blend of “Theatre Kid Americana\,” a Buffalo Rose show is a celebration of creative wonder\; a sparkling sonic delight. Their live show is where their energy fully shines\, and songwriting is their lodestar. The band’s recorded catalog is full of vibrantly emotive and methodically arranged songs\, sure to thrill the mind and charm the heart.\n\nAt the start of the year\, the Pittsburgh-based band released a record of covers entitled All You Can Eat. Produced by the band and Malcolm Inglis\, All You Can Eat is a snapshot into the musical universe that creates Buffalo Rose’s genre defying sound. This release welcomes them into a new era\; one of joyful play\, of explosive color and sound\, of boundless potential and pure fun. UID:146110-21898398@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146110 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T120354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T050000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Away Games v.s. Dayton DESCRIPTION:2 away games at Dayton\, first game starting at 11:25 PM\, the second at 9:00 PM UID:152091-21912981@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Kettering Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T161912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T235900 SUMMARY:Well-being:Cook Scholars Free Sips DESCRIPTION:One month in\, are you looking for direction in networking\, searching student orgs\, or finding your way around Ann Arbor\, talk to us. We can help. During Sober October\, we'll treat you to Free Sips of your favorite beverage. Please indicate you're a Cook Scholar\, when you use the registration intake form (links on right). UID:153052-21915008@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153052 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cook Scholars,Free,Networking,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T120457 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Outdoor Club Backpack Camping in Pinkney Recreation Area DESCRIPTION:Join the Outdoor Club for a backpack camping trip to Pinkney Recreation Area! We'll be camping at the Blind Lake Campsites for one night. The hiking loop is a total of ~12 miles (~6 in\, 6 out) and flat\, passing through beautiful forests and along the shores of a few lakes. \nCampsite reservation fees will be covered by membership dues. Deadline to confirm attendance is OCTOBER 9TH\, to give us enough time to reserve the requisite number of sites while they're available. \nNeed some gear? Rentals for Michigan students are available through Michigan Recreation (https://recreation.umich.edu/rentals/)! \nAdditional details (meals\, carpooling\, etc.) to be worked out once headcount is confirmed. Cooper Lindel will be leading this trek\, so please reach out to him with any questions.  UID:152823-21914572@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pinkney Recreation Area CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T120443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Boiler Bash DESCRIPTION:Michigan Club Tennis Team will compete at Purdue University at the Boiler Bash! UID:152688-21914381@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152688 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:West Lafayette, Indiana CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T121511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Camille Ann Brewer\, MFA\, MLIS DESCRIPTION:Camille Ann Brewer lives and works in the City of Detroit\, Michigan. Through the process of textile construction\, Brewer’s artwork intersects cartographic and photographic images that speak to specific spaces and time. Weaving together of physical place\, memory with time is the core subject of this body of work. \n\nThe artwork is built with time-period paper maps\, which illustrate spatial geography and political territory\; along with paper-collaged images of people\, places and things\, which tie directly to the history and human relationships in space. In patterns that support the artwork’s theme\, the two disparate paper elements are then woven together to create a serendipitous making and aesthetic experience. UID:150411-21909376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,ArtsEngine,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T104038 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CCPS Photo Exhibition. This is the Place DESCRIPTION:There are nearly one million refugees currently living in Poland. While the vast majority arrived from Ukraine\, Poland has also welcomed forcibly displaced people from Central Asia\, Latin America\, Africa\, and the Middle East. While refugees may be different\, they all search for a place that reminds them of home.\nIn *This Is The Place*\, a project supported by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)\, Anna Liminowicz asked refugees to show what\, in Poland\, reminds them of their home. These portraits and the personalized confessions her subjects handwrote in their native languages tell poignant stories about safety and hope.\nAnna Liminowicz is an award-winning photographer and reportage journalist based in Warsaw\, Poland. A frequent contributor to the *The New York Times*\, *The Guardian*\, *The Wall Street Journal*\, *The Washington Post*\, *El Pais*\, *Der Spiegel* and UNHCR\, Liminowicz divides her time between assignments and long-term personal projects\, mainly focusing on social issues like identity and loss\, and what uplifts her subjects. She has covered the war in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees in Poland since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion\, and received the 2022 Grand Press Photo Award for her project “Too Precious to Leave Behind”.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:149978-21907750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149978 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:russia,Ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. UID:150276-21908528@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908831@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T114238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lila Kadaj Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lila Kadaj received her MFA from Wayne State University. Her work has been shown at numerous institutions\, including the Detroit Institute of Arts\, the Cranbrook Art Museum\, and the Arab American National Museum. She spent nearly 27 years teaching art at Detroit Public schools.\n\nArtist statement: “When looking at a beautiful flower. It’s just itself. Just there......no .....it does not proclaim its purpose for blooming is to make people happy. It just is. Like standing in front of an easel and painting........just is.......no matter......what proclamations may be concluded to sway the viewer. Same thing goes for fine art. It’s not about I am a woman....it’s not about I am a first generation Arab American.....it’s not about being a child of trauma....it’s not about a member of my family being gunned down on the street....it’s about being born a painter.....standing in front of my easel and working to create a \"Piece of Fine Art\". Not standing on some soap box and expecting my words to somehow qualify my painting. It’s the painting\, drawing or sculpture that must speak on its own.......on how the artist......via the intellect and muse uses the elements to create something distinct and first rate. It can be quiet or loud. I see so much very weak work uplifted not for its quality but because it’s in fashion.” UID:150406-21909212@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arab Heritage Month,Art,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Exhibition,Free,Middle East Studies,North Campus,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery Concourse Level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T162236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix Lembersky DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage designer\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realist and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Realism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known artistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. For political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformist work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnessed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersky reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with hope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalized people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial workers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their circumstances\, Lembersky portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\, and admiration. \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, and personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Galina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddaughter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWorks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:149975-21907514@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T081000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T122000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Transdisciplinary Fellows (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:149272-21907792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1600 E Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48207 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172145 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 Ethics & Compliance Week DESCRIPTION:The Ethics\, Integrity\, and Compliance Office is hosting the inaugural Ethics & Compliance Week at the University of Michigan. Please join us in supporting the university through ethics and compliance educational sessions.  UID:148923-21906100@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148923 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T160941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women's anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. Instead\, the exhibit offers evidence of joy\, reminders of possibility\, and a visual legacy for generations to come. \n \nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae's belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers. They create space for BIPOC families to see themselves represented with dignity and to witness the full range of birth experiences. Lashae's photographs also create a tangible record that can support conversations around quality of medical care\, respectful treatment\, and patient rights. The exhibit empowers women to prioritize and advocate for their birth experiences while also encouraging perinatal health professionals and birthworkers to center the humanity\, dignity\, and individual experiences of patients and families. \n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer whose work has been published in Everyday Birth Magazine\, an international publication. The physical exhibit is accompanied by a virtual component that encourages audiences to engage with each mother's birth story.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan. \n\nBlack Birth Joy\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153178-21915298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african and african american studies,american culture,anthropology,Art,artists and curators,photography LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T123553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s\, 1920s\, and 1930s DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Friday\, 9:00am-4:30pm. UID:152203-21913270@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T151759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fashion/Forward DESCRIPTION:Fashion/Forward is an invitational group exhibition celebrating the innovative work by artists with developmental disabilities and/or mental health differences from progressive art studios around the country. Both including fashion and about fashion\, the exhibition features drawings\, paintings\, sculptures\, textiles\, wearable clothing\, accessories\, and other fabulous fashion-inspired works and is organized in conjunction with the 2026 Creating Community Conference. Learn more about the conference at https://myumi.ch/qwVRX.\n\n *Image: \"Untitled\,\" Jade Saren\, Creative Growth Art Center* UID:149758-21907079@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability Studies,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260728T142037 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Grand Vision DESCRIPTION:Visiting artist Olayami Dabls is a storyteller\, curator\, educator\, and mentor. He is the founder of the MBAD African Bead Museum in Detroit. Through material culture\, Dabls presents commentary on the past\, present\, and future from African and African-American perspectives\, with the understanding that generations of African ancestors used visual materials to convey information about their identity as well as send messages for healing and protection. Dabls is a luminary\; for decades he has re-imagined what a museum space can be\, accessible to everyone\, free from the underpinnings of colonialism and the Western\, often white\, frame. *Grand Vision* includes a conceptual installation in the Gallery\, presenting Dabls’s own work in visual conversation with African beads and artifacts from Dabls’s Bead Museum collections. \n\nAdditionally\, Dabls’s iconic outdoor sculpture *Iron Teaching Rocks Table Manners* will be installed on the U-M campus grounds near UMMA\, at the intersection of State Street and South University from September 17- October 11\, 2026. The project’s range intends to more fully articulate the many facets of Dabls’ creative practice\, and the overlay of art\, history\, identity\, community\, and healing. UID:149620-21906802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149620 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MPSDS Master's Info Sessions (2026) DESCRIPTION:Interested in furthering your education in social research and data science? Join the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science's informational session to learn more about our master's program in survey and data science. Led by faculty and current students\, you will receive an overview of the field\, the program\, professional opportunities\, and community building. Want to learn more about our master's program before the info session? Please read about our master's program (https://surveydatascience.isr.umich.edu/education/masters-program/).We hope to see you soon! UID:151937-21912485@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151937 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913864@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913865@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913866@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SAPAC GROWE: Engendering Respectful Communities Workshops - SY26 - 27 DESCRIPTION:Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces\, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention\, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process\, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various\, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues\, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them\, name potential barriers to intervention\, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas\, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired\, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop\, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late\, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop\, or are in need of an exemption\, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging\, please reach out to the GROWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources. UID:150694-21912174@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:NQ 1287 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T144439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Small Works DESCRIPTION:The RC Art Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition\, Small Works.\n\nOctober 21 - November 19\, 2026\n\nJoin us for a reception on Friday\, November 13\, from 4:30-6:00 PM.\n\nMore details about the exhibition and participating artists will be available soon. UID:152872-21914631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Art,art and design,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Book,book discussion,book event,Detroit,Exhibition,Michigan Arts,Michigan Arts Festival LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T153110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T143000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Campus Vaccination Clinics DESCRIPTION:Vax up\, Umich! Drop in at a campus clinic to get your updated influenza and COVID-19 vaccines. For the full schedule and more details\, visit https://healthresponse.umich.edu/vaccination-clinics/ UID:153221-21915444@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Well-being LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - #1120 B&D + Connector Hallway CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OGPS Leadership Development - Fall 2026 DESCRIPTION:This series will guide participants through a process of leadership growth and self-discovery: identifying their strengths\, examining their unique leadership behaviors\, and creating plans for continued growth. You will gain valuable insights into how you thrive\, how your strengths appear in your life\, and how you lead. By blending guidance\, self-assessments\, intentional reflection\, and practical frameworks\, this series supports you in taking ownership of your leadership development. All are welcome: you do not need to hold a formal leadership role to attend!\nLearning Objectives\nBy the end of this two-part series\, you will be able to:Identify and articulate your unique strengths and talents through the CliftonStrengths assessment\, and recognize how they appear in your personal and professional lifeDescribe the Michigan Model of Leadership and use its self-assessment to identify your existing leadership strengths and areas for growthCreate strategic plans for your ongoing development through setting intentional goals\nPlease note: we encourage participants to attend both sessions to gain the most out of the learning objectives\, but doing so is not required for registration. UID:150374-21909138@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150374 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:THSL 6000 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172143 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T103000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Communication Working Group (PCWG) DESCRIPTION:The Political Communication Working Group (PCWG) is an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to convene and discuss how political messages are produced\, disseminated\, and interpreted in contemporary media environments. Our core research topics focus on the evolving relationships between media\, politics\, and society. Drawing on the interdisciplinary fields of communication\, political science\, sociology\, and information science\, our members explore a wide range of topics such as public support for entertainment censorship\, climate change communication\, social learning on TikTok\, political para-social relationships\, polarization\, political biases in AI-generated content\, etc. Our sessions encourage the exchange of ideas and work across theoretical and methodological traditions. UID:152771-21914489@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152771 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:ISR 1460 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T110503 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:The Greek Manuscripts of the University of Michigan: A Celebration of the Collection and Its Catalogue DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the culmination of a decade-and-a-half-long project to fully catalog the University of Michigan Library’s extraordinary collection of Greek manuscripts. \n\nA Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts\, Volume 2 (https://myumi.ch/NXVQr)\, published by U-M Press\, brings this monumental undertaking to a close\, making one of the most extensive collections of Greek manuscripts in North America accessible to scholars around the world.\n\nEnjoy breakfast refreshments while three scholars offer complementary perspectives on the study of Greek manuscripts:\n\nTHE MAKING OF A CATALOGUE OF GREEK MANUSCRIPTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: CHALLENGES\, ACHIEVEMENT\, AND DISCOVERIES with Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann\, cataloger of U-M’s Greek manuscript collection.\n\nVolume 2 covers eighty-four manuscripts and fragments. Overall\, these manuscripts span a thousand years of history\, from the ninth to the nineteenth century\, and include a wide range of subjects\, from Bible texts and saints' lives to church music and secular writing.\n\nLearn about the detective work behind the project\, including three especially exciting finds: a small fragment that turned out to preserve lost portions of a medieval Byzantine text on Indian mathematics\; a beautifully illuminated fourteenth-century manuscript paired with poetry written specifically for it\; and a manuscript that may be traced back to the personal library of a nineteenth-century monk-scholar\, opening a new mystery about how it came to Michigan.\n\nTHE PRINCESS AND THE PHILOSOPHER: ANNA COMNENA AND THE MANUSCRIPTS OF ARISTOTLE'S \"ETHICS\" with Richard Janko\, professor of Greek in the Department of Classical Studies\, who has drawn on the collection for teaching and research.\n\nThe Byzantine historian and would-be empress Anna Comnena\, confined for life to a nunnery in Constantinople after trying to depose her imperial brother\, was a passionate philosopher. Beginning in 1118 C.E. she organized a scholarly edition of Aristotle's \"Nicomachean Ethics\" and induced three other scholars to write commentaries on it. Several remarkable paper manuscripts\, now precisely datable because they belong to her project\, reflect this effort. They show how her team evolved useful conventions like the comma and the footnote-number\, and worked with Italian scholars to create the earliest translation of this work into Latin. \n\nALWAYS INTERESTING: SELECTED BINDINGS FROM THE UM GREEK MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION with Julia Miller\, bookbinding historian and contributor to the catalogue.\n\nMiller will focus on a selection of bindings\, looking at their structure\, materials\, and decoration — chosen based on gorgeous images in the catalogue of bindings ranging from small and exquisite\, Mich. Ms. 68 (15th century)\, and larger but equally beautiful\, Mich. Ms. 172 (14th century)\, both in their original and completely traditional Greek bindings\, to the fascinating layers of repair and rebinding represented by Mich. Ms. 76 (17th century). UID:151611-21911825@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151611 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Greek,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260904T114252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:10-Week Accessibility Challenge DESCRIPTION:Join the 10-Week Accessibility Challenge to learn more about accessibility basics\, best practices\, and U-M resources and tools available to help you with this work. This training program is open to all U-M staff\, faculty\, and students - no prior accessibility experience or knowledge is required. These live sessions dive deeper into the Challenge content and give participants a chance to get live support and ask questions with our digital accessibility staff. If you have any questions or concerns\, please reach out to accessibility-challenge@umich.edu.\n\nThe 10-Week Accessibility Challenge Live sessions take place on Fridays at 10:00 - 11:00am\, October 2 - December 4\, 2026.\n\nSign up for the challenge today: https://mailchi.mp/umich/10-week-accessibility-challenge\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 995 6855 7925 UID:150570-21909631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150570 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Make It Accessible,Ndeam,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Robotics Research Symposium DESCRIPTION: UID:153159-21915199@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153159 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T095153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 Robotics Undergraduate Research Symposium DESCRIPTION:Join the U-M Robotics community for the 2026 Robotics Undergraduate Research Symposium\, a showcase celebrating undergraduate research\, creativity\, and innovation in robotics.\nUndergraduate researchers will share projects spanning areas such as autonomous systems\, artificial intelligence\, human-robot interaction\, sensing\, control\, mobility\, and robotic design. Attendees can meet student researchers\, learn about their work\, and connect with members of the robotics community. UID:153154-21915186@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Michigan Robotics,Networking,Research,Robotics,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T092936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Tisa Bryant DESCRIPTION:Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (Michigan League\, Henderson Room 3rd floor). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot. Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://myumi.ch/ZellWriters26\n\nTisa Bryant is the author of *Unexplained Presence* (Leon Works\, 2007)\, a collection of hybrid essays on black presences in film\, literature and visual art. She is co-editor of the cross-referenced journal of narrative possibility\, *The Encyclopedia Project*\, and co-editor\, with Ernest Hardy\, of *War Diaries*\, an anthology on black gay men’s desire and survival\, published in 2010 by AIDS Project Los Angeles\, and a finalist for a 2010 LAMBDA literary award. Her essays have appeared in exhibition catalogs for visual artists Laylah Ali\, Jaime Cortez\, Wura-Natasha Ogunji\, Suné Woods and Cauleen Smith\, and is forthcoming in the anthology *Letters to the Future: Black Experimental Women Writers\,* and in a catalogue of site-specific art from The New School. She has done numerous presentations of cinema essays\, most recently at ALOUD's \"School of Prince\" event at the Los Angeles Public Library\, and at \"Speak Nearby\,\" a symposium of text and performance inspired by Trinh T. Minh-ha. Tisa Bryant was a commissioned writer/researcher for Radio Imagination\, Clockshop’s year-long Los Angeles celebration of science fiction writer Octavia Butler\, in collaboration with the Huntington Library in Pasadena\, which houses the Octavia E. Butler Papers. She is working on *The Curator*\, a novel of Black female subjectivity and imagined cinema. *Residual*\, a meditation on grief\, longing\, desire and archival research\, is forthcoming from Nightboat Books. \n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restroom is available on the third floor\, Room 343T.\n\nASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). For Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) . All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:150951-21910488@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150951 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Graduate,Literature,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan League - Henderson Room, 3rd floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T111532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 SUMMARY:Tours:Guided Tour of the Clements Library DESCRIPTION:Join us this Parent and Family Weekend for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections. Highlights include viewing of Benjamin West’s iconic painting “Death of General Wolfe\,” a Revolutionary War-era trunk that once housed General Gage’s papers\, and viewing our current exhibit Who Counts? A History of Voting in America! To register or get more information about this event\, please contact the Development team at clemdevcom@umich.edu. UID:150607-21909703@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150607 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Americana,Event,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,Humanities,In Person,Library,Tour,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260909T160101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T112000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Industrial Organization Seminar: Friday\, October 23 DESCRIPTION:-- UID:151850-21912269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151850 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Industrial Organization,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T102711 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\; stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods. UID:150691-21909923@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150691 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,International,Language,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T175655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Paintball Ticket Sales DESCRIPTION:Promotional Advertising Inc. is coming to campus to offer exclusive\, discounted tickets to top-tier paintball locations across Michigan. Whether you're a seasoned player looking to sharpen your strategy or a first-timer eager to try something new with friends\, this is your chance to score big savings on an unforgettable trip out to the field. Stop by their table on campus to grab your tickets before they sell out! UID:152681-21914373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152681 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activity,Discount,Games,Paintball,Tickets LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:West Quad (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:151036-21915269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151036 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:WQ Multipurpose Room (1005) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 11 - December 11) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3 \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation comprised of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumference\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is relegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and easily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an object of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwell\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installation\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, working with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and sites in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural systems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\, precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Speculum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFarm\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Art Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotics Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculpture made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon entry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to the artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis exhibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equally To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both titles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator currently based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects\, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the passage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveying phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, process\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s encounters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lecturer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies including Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Prairie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. Website / Instagram UID:138033-21881351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260917T151354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants! DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES). UID:138848-21913660@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/my/payravdehqonov CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Markley (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150757-21914953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:South Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T122544 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Michigan Healthcare Business Conference DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in healthcare business? Do you want to show off your skills to industry leaders? Join us on Friday\, October 23rd for MHBC’s 2026 Michigan Healthcare Business Conference! We’re hosting professionals from ZS Associates\, Alvarez & Marsal\, Pfizer\, and more.\n\nThe 2026 Michigan Healthcare Business Conference is an exciting one-day event where you can network with industry leaders and learn about careers in healthcare business. From panel discussions to a free networking lunch to case workshops and presentations\, the conference is set up to give you what you need to jump-start your career in healthcare business!\n\nApplications for the conference’s $3\,000 Case Competition are officially open and due Sunday\, October 11th (open to both undergraduate and graduate U-M students)!\n\nEvent Details:\n• Event Date: Friday\, October 23rd\n• Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM (attendees can enter/leave the event at any time)\n• Location: Palmer Commons UID:152947-21914838@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152947 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biomedical Engineering,Business,Graduate,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Life Science,Nursing,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Public Health LOCATION:Palmer Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913867@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913868@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913869@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T181533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Reverie: The Student-led Exhibition Committee Fall 2026 Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nA reverie is a state between waking and dreaming\, a moment when the mind drifts beyond the immediate. It is a space where memory\, imagination\, desire\, and reality can overlap\, distort\, and take on new forms. In these moments\, the familiar can become strange\, and the ordinary can become something unexpected.\n\nReverie brings together student works that explore the space between what is known and what is felt. Across painting\, oil pastel\, ceramic\, digital art\, animation\, and mixed media\, the artists move through imagined landscapes\, intimate encounters\, memories\, figures\, and fragments of the everyday. These works blur the boundaries between observation and imagination\, allowing emotion and perception to reshape what we recognize.\n\nRather than depicting dreams literally\, Reverie considers dreaming as a way of seeing. The works reflect moments of escape\, introspection\, fantasy\, and transformation\, where the subconscious can surface and reality becomes open to interpretation. \n\nReverie was conceived and curated by members of the Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC)\, and features work by eight SEC members at the Stamps School of Art & Design. The exhibition includes ten works across oil on canvas\, oil pastel\, ceramic\, digital art\, digital animation\, and mixed media. UID:150344-21909057@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Stamps School of Art and Design Minor Info Session DESCRIPTION:For students interested in design thinking\, visual composition\, working collaboratively\, critical thinking and analysis\, and gaining skills with tools and techniques relevant to a wide range of material processes\, the Stamps School offers an eighteen-credit minor in studio art and design. It is required that all interested students attend an info session as the first step of the process. If you have questions\, please email stamps-minor-advising@umich.edu. UID:117514-21910300@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117514 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T093853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Study Abroad Info Session: GCC Brazil - Global Blackness DESCRIPTION:Global Course Connections (GCCs) offer a unique opportunity to take what students learn on campus at U-M during the winter semester and apply it abroad in a fun and exciting hands-on class taught by a U-M professor during a 3-week\, off-campus field experience that takes place during the following summer.\n\nJoin CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the GCC Brazil - Global Blackness program\, the application process\, and the courses.\n\nThursday\, October 8\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, October 23\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session) \nWednesday\, November 4\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, December 4\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\nTuesday\, December 8\, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\n\nThe GCC Brazil program is led and taught by Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Comparative Literature\, and Francophone Studies\, Frieda Ekotto. Application Deadline: December 10\, 2026 UID:150292-21908977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150292 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,african and african american studies,African Diaspora,Culture,Latin America,Sessions,South America,study abroad LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T103914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan DESCRIPTION:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan explores how campus and community debated the issues that tore the country apart\, how students and alums joined the fight\, and how the University’s public mission began to conflict with its elite aspirations. Based on collections at the Bentley Historical Library.\n\nDeveloped by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory and featuring the work of its student docents\, “Fill the Ranks” includes historic artifacts\, digital animations\, and interactive elements spanning two floors.\n\nOn display September 25\, 2026-July 2\, 2027 at the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, 1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109.\n\nView the exhibit during the Observatory’s open hours: Thursdays 12-5 pm\, Fridays 12-11 pm\, Saturdays 12-5 pm.\n\n“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan is supported in part by the Inclusive History Project. To learn more\, please visit inclusivehistory.umich.edu. Additional support provided by the University of Michigan’s U.S. at 250 initiative. UID:152626-21914201@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152626 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,American History,American Politics,archives,bentley historical library,bentley library,civil rights,Civil War,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Humanities,Museum,museums,Politics,Social Sciences,Storytelling,Student Life,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T131259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Who Counts? A History of Voting in America” DESCRIPTION:Changes over the course of the nineteenth century in how Americans voted\, from voice vote to public ballot box to private voting booth\, also saw changes in the material culture that surrounded voting. Ballots and ballot boxes\, campaign pins and ribbons\, blank lists and pre-printed party tickets\, lanterns and banners–the creative forces of the American print industry filled the country’s cities and small towns with the ephemera of electioneering.\n\nAs you look at the items in this exhibit\, think about what they tell us about how Americans in the past felt about voting\, and about how voting felt. How did Election Days feel when they were full of parades and music and public drinking? What was it like to vote when everyone around you knew who you voted for? And\, most of all\, who counted as a voter\, and who did the counting?\n\nOn view September 11-December 22\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:152024-21912671@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Event,Exhibit,Exhibition,history,In Person,libraries,Library,Tour,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 SUMMARY:Other:15s Match @ Ohio State University DESCRIPTION:University of Michigan Men's Rugby travels to Columbus to take on OSU UID:148062-21902898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148062 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ohio State University CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:CGIS Winter 2027 Mandatory Global Orientation (M-GO) DESCRIPTION:The CGIS Mandatory Global Orientation (M-GO) is scheduled on Sunday\, October 25\, 2026 (12-2 PM EST in-person) OR Sunday\, November 8\, 2026 (12-2 PM EST virtual). All students studying abroad this term--regardless of their individual program--must attend.Students must register for and attend ALL three sessions of M-GO. Please select ALL virtual or ALL in-person sessions. Here is a list of ALL three mandatory sessions:Health and Safety Session (required)Breakout Session 1 (select one of the three options available) (required)Breakout Session 2 (select one of the three options available) (required)Your CGIS Program-Specific Orientation (PSO) with your program cohort and advisor will be scheduled separately by your CGIS advisor.\nDisability Accommodations: If you have any disability accommodations to share with our team to be able to successfully participate in orientation\, please email us at cgis.accommodations@umich.edu. UID:151686-21911951@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151686 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall, 2nd Floor, Suite 200 (CGIS Offices) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T095420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:cityLAB’s Innovations for Affordable Housing DESCRIPTION:Dana Cuff engages spatial justice and cultural studies of architecture as a teacher\, scholar\, practitioner\, and activist. Her leadership in urban innovation is widely recognized both in the U.S. and abroad. The lab’s “housing first” research demonstrates that affordable\, well-designed housing and neighborhoods are attainable foundations of equitable cities. cityLAB has developed sustainable\, high-performance\, low-cost housing prototypes for infill sites ranging from backyards to schoolyards. Since 2013\, Cuff has led a cross-disciplinary team at UCLA with a substantial multi-year award from The Mellon Foundation for the “Urban Humanities Initiative.” UHI offers students from architecture\, urban studies\, and the humanities a radical platform for crossdisciplinary\, impactful\, urban scholarship and action.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SW503). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions\, or you can watch the livestream on YouTube. UID:150396-21909163@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Poverty LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B780 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye DESCRIPTION:\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, refusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static or neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encounter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across generations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, between what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between institutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to consider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-economic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border politics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library. UID:149541-21906624@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T091954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T123000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Flash Talk | *Ancient Abstractions* DESCRIPTION:Greek and Roman art is typically known for its lifelike marble statues\, but ancient artists also played with color\, pattern\, and shape in ways that feel surprisingly modern. This virtual Flash Talk introduces curator Nicola Barham’s *Ancient Abstractions*—a new special exhibition that looks beyond naturalism to reveal Roman art that today would be considered abstract. Bringing together works from the Kelsey Museum and other US collections\, the exhibition shows that the visual world of ancient Rome was far more varied than we often imagine.\n\nKelsey Museum Flash Talks are 15-minute Zoom lectures by Kelsey curators\, staff members\, researchers\, graduate students\, and guests talking about their recent research or current projects. Each presentation is followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. Flash Talks are free and open to all visitors.\n\nTo register for this lecture\, fill out the form at https://forms.gle/DgwhcoF2rtRqswyb7. Zoom log-in information will be provided upon registration. Please sign up by 9:30 AM the day of the event to ensure you receive a confirmation email containing the access code. UID:152301-21913502@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152301 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Art,Art History,Faculty,Free,History,Lecture,Michigan Arts Festival,Museum,Research,Talk,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260622T092756 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Heartfulness Meditation DESCRIPTION:Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly\, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being. \n\nAll U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required. \n\n*What will you learn?*\n\nThe session involves 3 simple steps:\n\nBreathing\nRelaxation\nMeditation\n\nDeep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body to a calm\, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level\, and prepares the mind for meditation. Lastly\, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice. This is the art of Heartfulness Meditation. \n\n*Why Meditate?*\n\nWhile physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape\, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically\, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony. \n\n*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708\n\n*Event Details*\n\nHeartfulness Guided Meditation \nFridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)\nJoin Via Zoom Meeting\nRegister to receive Passcode (see “Related links”\n\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org. UID:143758-21893970@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:20260923T134145 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:IOE 101: Christian Jones and Marika Jones “Two Generations\, Two Career Paths\" DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, mother‑and‑son alumni\, Marika and Christian Jones\, will share how their Industrial and Operations Engineering degrees from the University of Michigan became the launchpad for two very different\, highly successful careers. \n\nTheir discussion will highlight how IOE principles translate far beyond traditional engineering roles—from leading major healthcare fundraising organizations to shaping financial strategy for cutting‑edge aerospace programs. Students will gain insight into navigating unconventional career paths\, recognizing transferable skills\, and confidently pursuing opportunities that align with their passions. UID:151429-21911586@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151429 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1610 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260831T153336 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T133000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:IOE 101: Marika and Christian Jones DESCRIPTION:More details to follow. UID:150608-21909701@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150608 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1610 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T105028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:Lunchtime Yoga DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime yoga is an opportunity to provide your body with some gentle movement\, strengthening\, stretching and balancing. We will use the poses to reconnect with your senses\, to breathe some life back into ourselves\, find internal balance and to recover from the efforts of the work week. The focus is on calm reconnection with ourselves rather than working out. Please bring a mat and a water bottle. Register on our website\, see link below. UID:138074-21913192@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138074 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,yoga LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260831T123123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar Series> DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract coming soon! UID:151233-21911131@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151233 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T152518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T235900 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:SMART CENTER Symposium DESCRIPTION:November 10 - 11\, 2026\n\nConnect with pioneers and shape the future of single-molecule biology together. The SMBio Single-molecule\nBiology Symposium brings together scientists interested in single-molecule approaches from all over the world to\nshare their research\, connect\, and exchange ideas and experiences.\n\nJoin us at Kahn Auditorium in the Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building (109 Zina Pitcher Place).\nPlease see https://www.lumicks.com/event/symposium/smbio-2026-midwest# for the agenda. UID:153165-21915233@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153165 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Molecular,Research,Symposium LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T124500 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:136347-21908123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260929T121803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T143000 SUMMARY:Performance:3rd Spaceout International Ambisonics Festival DESCRIPTION:A spatial audio festival presented by the Department of Performing Arts Technology.\n\nJoin us to celebrate and experience ambisonics\, an immersive audio technology that surrounds you with sound from all directions. This year’s festival will feature fixed-media works\, live performances and interactive works and virtual reality (VR) experiences designed with Inviso.\n\nAll events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited and available on a first-come\, first-served basis.\n\nPROGRAM\nConcert 1: October 22 at 7:00 pm\nConcert 2: October 23 at 12:30 pm\nConcert 3: October 23 at 4:30 pm\nInviso session: October 23\, 12:00–6:00 pm @ the Edit Rooms and Music Technology Library (MTL) UID:153040-21914974@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Brehm Technology Suite CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T131500 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21913345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T111933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 SUMMARY:Tours:Guided Tour of the Clements Library DESCRIPTION:Join us this Parent and Family Weekend for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections. Highlights include viewing of Benjamin West’s iconic painting “Death of General Wolfe\,” a Revolutionary War-era trunk that once housed General Gage’s papers\, and viewing our current exhibit Who Counts? A History of Voting in America! To register or get more information about this event\, please contact the Development team at clemdevcom@umich.edu. UID:150611-21909705@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150611 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,Humanities,In Person,Library,Tour,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: Glenn Knoll Lecture DESCRIPTION:Steven Payne\, a distinguished member of the technical staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory\, will deliver the Glenn Knoll Lecture on laser technology for inertial confinement fusion and the advances needed to make inertial fusion energy possible. Drawing on a career spanning materials science\, solid-state physics\, lasers\, and radiation detectors\, Payne will discuss the National Ignition Facility’s achievement of fusion ignition and the interdisciplinary challenges involved in translating that milestone toward future energy production. Established through an endowment from Gladys Hetzner Knoll\, the Glenn Knoll Lecture Series honors the legacy of U-M Professor Emeritus Glenn F. Knoll and his pioneering contributions to nuclear measurements. UID:150322-21909024@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Materials Science,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Research,Science LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913870@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913871@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913872@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260821T160854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Pop-Up Coaching: Transfer Student Week DESCRIPTION:Pop Up Coaching at the LSA Opportunity Hub presents a low stakes opportunity for students to stop by our office\, grab some popcorn\, and engage in a brief 10-15 minute career coaching conversation with one of our career coaches\, in addition to learning about our other services and offerings!\n\nPop Up Coaching is held on select Fridays during the Fall and Winter semesters in the LSA Building from 1-3 PM-- No appointment necessary!\n\nLSA transfer students are especially encouraged to join this October 23 session for Pop-Up Coaching as we begin to celebrate National Transfer Student Week at UM! Whether you’re looking for support on job or internship application prep\, wondering about career support on campus\, or simply want to discuss your career journey\, Pop-Up Coaching is open to all LSA transfer students. All students who join this transfer-focused Pop-Up Coaching session will be able to enjoy custom-made Transfer Week Sticker Sheets.\n\nThe Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair accessible building which includes wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor\, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor as well\, and places to sit or stand during the event. To request other accommodations please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu or 734-763-4674 so we can make arrangements. UID:150739-21910020@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150739 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Career,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Transfer Students,Transferweek2026 LOCATION:LSA Building - Hub space, first floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T134500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21908151@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260929T154828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ZLI Hack-athon DESCRIPTION:Think hackathons are only for coders? Think again.\n\n​No coding experience needed! Build a project that shows what's possible when human creativity meets machine intelligence.\n\n​Students who participate will have access to the Replit Core software for free during the hackathon. There are limited spots available so make sure you save your spot! If you cannot attend this event\, you must notify Jasmine Jaggers by October 19th.\n\n​Agenda:\n​1-2 pm: AI Builder Workshop hosted by ZLI Entrepreneur-in-Residence\, David Janssens\n​2-4 pm: Build with Replit\n​4-5 pm: Demo + Showcase UID:153061-21915033@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153061 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ai,Artificial Intelligence,Hack-a-thon,Hack-athon,Hackathon,Launch And Learn,Replit,Startup,Startups,Vibe Coding,Zell Lurie Institute,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurial Studies LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2420 | Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21913346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21913347@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260910T181745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Meghan Wysocki\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Meghan Wysocki 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:151969-21912518@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151969 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260714T133752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Digital Accessibility Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Got questions about digital accessibility\, Title II compliance\, or how to make digital content accessible? \n\n-Come to virtual drop-in office hours!\n-Every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month\n-1:30 - 3:00pm \n-Zoom Meeting ID 935 9909 5960\n-Digital accessibility experts available to help you\n\nOpen to everyone from all U-M campuses (Ann Arbor\, Dearborn\, Flint\, Michigan Medicine).\n\nCan’t make it to Office Hours but have a question? Contact us (https://accessibility.umich.edu/contact-services)!\n\nIf you need accommodations to participate in office hours\, let us know by emailing ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:132601-21903952@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132601 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Communication,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Faculty,Graduate Students,Office Hours,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BME 2026-2027 Declaration Sessions DESCRIPTION:These sessions are only for students eligible and ready to declare BME as their major. For students interested in BME but not yet eligible or ready to declare\, please meet with one of our Peer Advisors to learn more about our program!What to expect: You are signing up for a group declaration session for the U-M Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program. All sessions will be held in person at LBME (view map). In this meeting we will go over the curriculum\, discuss your 4 year plan\, review the BME Student Advising Agreement\, and share the various resources you can engage in as part of the BME department. Please bring a personal computing device (laptop or tablet). A phone will not suffice. In order to officially declare\, students must:Attend the full registration session.By the end of the session\, complete a draft of their 4-year graduation plan and send it to bme-advising@umich.eduBy the end of the session\, complete the BME Advising Agreement form.If students do not attend the full session and/or do not complete items b and c\, they will either need to register for a new declaration appointment or submit items b and c to bme-advising@umich.edu as soon as possible. Failing to complete these items will delay your declaration!If you need to cancel or reschedule\, please do so within Sessions@Michigan so students on the waitlist may attend (if applicable). Eligibility:Students are eligible to Declare the BME Major after completing at least one full term of courses on the U-M Ann Arbor campus (we do not declare students early).Have an overall U-M GPA of 2.0 or better in courses taken at the U-M Ann Arbor campus and are in good standing.Have completed or earned credit by exam or transfer for one or more courses in each of these categories:Calculus (e.g. Math 115\, 116\, 156)Calculus-based physics lectures (e.g. Physics 140\, 160) or chemistry lectures (e.g. Chemistry 130)Required engineering courses (Engr 100\, 101\, 151)Contact Us: If you have further questions about this meeting\, please email bme-advising@umich.edu. UID:149380-21906328@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149380 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LBME 2203 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FSL - Joint Panhel/IFC Sober Monitor Training (SMT) DESCRIPTION: UID:144887-21914030@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144887 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1443 Washtenaw Ave Ground Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21906064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Hussey Room (League, 3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:South Quad / Fletcher (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:151431-21913729@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:South Quad Game Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Tales of the Maya Skies DESCRIPTION:Tales of the Maya Skies immerses viewers in the wonders of Maya science\, cosmology and myth. This beautifully illustrated story takes us back in time to the jungles of Mexico to discover how Maya scholars developed a sophisticated understanding of astronomy\, architecture\, and mathematics that enabled them to predict solstices\, solar eclipses\, weather patterns and planetary movements. UID:124089-21908172@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124089 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Science,Space LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Topics in Classical Intersectionalities DESCRIPTION:October Meeting for (New) Topics in Classical Intersectionalities RIW. UID:153100-21915098@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153100 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T143000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21914695@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T143000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21913348@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T143000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21913349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T131533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Online Learning and Decision-Making for Dynamic Pricing and Performative Prediction DESCRIPTION:Many modern decision systems are not passive observers of the world they measure: the decisions they make change the data they subsequently receive. For example\, a seller that posts a price influences the decisions of potential buyers\, and hence the sales data it goes on to col-\nlect\; a lender that deploys a credit-scoring rule changes the nature of the loan applications it receives. In such settings\, the classical separation\nbetween estimation and decision-making breaks down\, and statistical guarantees must be derived jointly with the policy that generates the\ndata. This dissertation develops estimation theory and online algorithms for two such feedback settings --- dynamic pricing and performative\nprediction --- with a unifying theme: shape-constrained and microfounded structure can replace the tuning parameters\, smoothness assump-\ntions\, and parametric models on which existing methods rely.\nThe first part concerns dynamic pricing. We first consider a monopolistic setting with censored demand\, in which the seller posts a price and\nobserves only whether a sale occurred. In the linear valuation model\, the customer’s valuation is linear in the features of the item offered\,\nup to market noise with unknown distribution F. Existing methods estimate F by kernel smoothing\, bandit techniques\, or upper confidence\nbounds\; all of them impose Lipschitz or stronger conditions on F\, and all of them leave the analyst to choose bandwidths\, confidence widths\,\nor regularization parameters. We instead exploit the fact that F is monotone and estimate it by isotonic regression. The resulting policy car-\nries no tuning parameters whatsoever\, assumes only that F is Hölder continuous\, and attains sublinear regret. It also outperforms existing\nmethods in simulations and on transaction data from Welltower Inc. We then move to a competitive setting in which N sellers post prices\nover T periods\, and each seller’s demand follows a single-index model with an unknown monotone\, s-concave link. We prove existence and\nuniqueness of the Nash equilibrium\, and give a semiparametric least-squares policy under which prices converge to the Nash equilibrium\,\nwhile each seller incurs sublinear regret.\nThe second part concerns performative prediction\, which involves a learner and a population of agents whose actions follow a distribution\nP. The learner deploys a model M that shifts this distribution from P to P(M)\, thereby changing the data the learner observes\; the map P(M)\nis called the distribution map. Much of the literature assumes that the distribution map is known\, whereas we learn it from agent-response\ndata. We study two settings: a discrete-action framework\, in which agents choose from a finite set of alternatives\, and a continuous-action\nframework\, in which an action may be any real number. For discrete actions\, we give a nonparametric estimator of the distribution map\ntogether with an exploration--exploitation scheme that we show to be effective in minimizing the performative risk. For continuous actions\,\nwe model agents’ responses as a cost-adjusted utility maximization problem and propose an estimator of the cost. Our approach leverages\noptimal transport to align the pre-deployment distribution P with the post-deployment distribution P(M). We provide a rate of convergence\nfor the proposed estimator and assess its quality through empirical demonstrations on a credit-scoring dataset. UID:153213-21915429@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153213 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - 470 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T143500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T151500 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21913350@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T143500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T151500 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21913351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260920T131925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Reserved DESCRIPTION:Abstract: TBA\n\nContact: Naoki Masuda UID:148879-21905041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148879 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T203850 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Combinatorics Seminar DESCRIPTION:TBD UID:149981-21907760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149981 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260807T132324 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Faculty Workshop on Holistic Graduate Admissions for Excellence and Diversity DESCRIPTION:Holistic admissions practices are an integral part of achieving both diversity and excellence when admitting graduate student cohorts. This workshop is designed to provide concrete strategies and evidence-based practices to support faculty and program goals in admitting diverse and excellent cohorts of graduate students. This workshop will provide members of graduate admissions committees an opportunity to develop their own holistic admissions tools. UID:150000-21907798@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150000 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Building, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T134811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar | DESCRIPTION:tbd UID:151803-21912195@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151803 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 4404 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260903T132805 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Incorporations: Capitalism and Collective Life with Associate Professor Matthew Hull DESCRIPTION:Join the U-M Department of Anthropology for the annual Roy A. Rappaport Lecture Series! Associate Professor Matthew Hull will present the fall 2026 series\, titled “Incorporations: Capitalism and Collective Life.”\n\nAbstract: “Corporations are often seen as purely economic actors\, but they have been central to Anglo-American governance for centuries—pioneers of democratic assembly\, speech\, citizenship\, and constitutions. Many features of corporations\, once grounded in democratic ideals\, now foster the unresponsiveness of these institutions. These lectures will include discussion of a diverse array of corporations: medieval guilds\, the English East India Company\, Alaska Native corporations\, and caste-based corporations in India.”\n\nRappaport lectures will take place on the following fall Fridays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in West Hall Room 411. They are free and open to the public:\n\nFriday\, Sept. 25\n“Corporate Persons in Human Law: Reproduction\, Kinship\, Jurisdiction”\n\nFriday\, Oct. 23\n“Freedom and Citizenship: Corporate Membership and the Making of Exclusion”\n\nFriday\, Nov. 13\n“Meetings and Speech: Corporate Mediations of Will”\n\nFriday\, Dec. 4\n“Sharing and Inequality in Corporations”\n\nVIRTUAL PARTICIPATION LINK: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91475190155\n\nREGISTRATION IS APPRECIATED for planning purposes: https://myumi.ch/e77Ax\n\nIf you need accommodations to attend\, please email anthro.exec.secretary@umich.edu.\n\nABOUT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MATTHEW HULL\nMatthew Hull is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the nexus of signification\, technology\, and institutions. His book\, “Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan\,” winner of the 2019 J.I. Staley Prize from the School of Advanced Research\, examines governance as a semiotic and material practice. He has worked on urban planning in 1960s India and police communication systems and lotteries in contemporary India. He is currently writing a book on how early modern corporations shaped democratic governance and continue to structure contemporary political life. UID:148332-21903935@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148332 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Anthropology,Lecture,South Asian Studies LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260828T082708 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 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:95236-21910837@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:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913874@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T154500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21908154@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260812T103351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation! DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us! Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p UID:138091-21908264@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:20261002T172108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Transdisciplinary Fellows (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:149272-21913929@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Faculty Dining Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T152000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21913352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260921T132149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: Qinya Liu DESCRIPTION:The field of seismic imaging has witnessed significant advances in the past two decades resulting from the combined improvement in observational and computational seismology\, including 1) increased deployment of broadband regional seismic arrays\, including dense linear arrays\, 2) the use of innovative dataset such as ambient-noise cross-correlation functions and teleseismic scattered and converted waves. 3) full numerical simulations of seismic wave propagations at local\, regional and global scales\, and their applications to full-waveform inversions resulting in unprecedented high-resolution images of tectonic regions around the globe. To take full advantage of the dense seismic arrays\, particularly for regions lacking seismicity\, both ambient-noise data and teleseismic body waves can be inverted in the framework of full-waveform inversion (FWI). In this talk\, I review the basic theory of utilizing these two dataset jointly in FWI\, as well as in combination with local earthquake data\, and show our recent lithospheric imaging applications beneath Alaska\, and central Cascadia. The use of these innovative datasets in FWI provides complementary sensitivities\, generates high-resolution images of the lithosphere\, and hence contributes to improving their tectonic interpretations. UID:152566-21913922@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T163000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 International Students Career Success Conference DESCRIPTION:🚀 Your career\, your future\, your success! Brought to you by the International Center and the University Career Center\, the International Students Career Success Conference is designed to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Along the way\, you’ll also find a community of peers\, alumni\, and U-M staff who are here to support you and cheer you on.\n✔ Develop a career strategy tailored to your goals\, cultural identity\, and immigration timeline +\n✔ Connect with career experts and discover campus resources that support your next steps\n✔ Learn from a dynamic panel of international peers and UM alumni on cross-cultural workplace dynamics and strengthen your professional identity. Our panel features U-M alumni and students from diverse academic backgrounds and from all degree types.\n✔ Network with alumni and peers from diverse industries in an informal way\n✔ Leave with actionable insights and a stronger sense of direction for your future.Light Refreshments will be provided.This event is open to all degree-seeking students and alumni within two years of graduation.Agenda:1:00 – 1:15 pm | Opening Remarks1:20 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 12:05 - 2:30 pm | Flash Sessions: Resume Best Practices or Break2:35 - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions Block 23:20 - 4:00 pm | UM International Student Alumni Panel4:00 - 4:30 pm | Networking with panelistsThis event's information is shown in Sessions\, Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Sessions. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos jmgaydos@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. UID:152219-21913353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T112313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Tours:Guided Tour of the Clements Library DESCRIPTION:Join us this Parent and Family Weekend for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements’ early American history collections. Highlights include viewing of Benjamin West’s iconic painting “Death of General Wolfe\,” a Revolutionary War-era trunk that once housed General Gage’s papers\, and viewing our current exhibit Who Counts? A History of Voting in America! To register or get more information about this event\, please contact the Development team at clemdevcom@umich.edu. UID:150612-21909706@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150612 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,Humanities,In Person,libraries,Library,Tour,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T083206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:In the Shadow of Empire: Calcutta’s Victoria Memorial and its Cast of Moving Statuary DESCRIPTION:With a focus on Calcutta’s landmark monument – the most grandiose of the memorials to the Queen of all the ones built across the British imperial territories – this lecture addresses the theme of the end of empire through the persistence and proliferation of the genre of civic public statuary\, its shifting cast of characters\, and its movements across time and space. It is on the grounds of the Victoria Memorial – in the lingering shadows of a bygone empire – that a brood of imperial statues have found a safe haven\, quietly living out their post-imperial lives of oblivion in a time and place where the empire is long gone but its hauntings remain. In the recent past\, we have seen how such hauntings of the past can suddenly return to a body of long-standing statues of American Confederate leaders\, slave owners and imperialists\, bringing on them the wrath of anti-white supremacist protests that began to rage across Western cities and universities during 2020. What the Black Lives Matter movement did was to return attention in India to the long-forgotten specimens of colonial statuary\, mostly hidden away in remote locations of our cities - raising the issue again\, after over 75 years of Independence\, of their rights to remain in the spaces where they still stand. The afterlives of these relics of empire is a central theme of this lecture\, as it explores various moments in the travels\, dislocations and relocations of Calcutta’s imperial statues\, while charting a small parallel history of Indian statue-making over these transitional decades of the last years of British rule and the coming of Independence.\n\nTapati Guha-Thakurta was educated at Presidency College\, Calcutta University\, and the University of Oxford. She is currently an Honorary Professor of History at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences\, Calcutta (CSSSC) and was its former Director from 2012 to 2017. She has written widely on the art and cultural history of modern India\, held fellowships at Brown University\, CASVA-National Gallery of Art\, The Getty Research Institute\, University of Cambridge\, and Yale University and been a visiting professor at Columbia University and at the University of California\, Berkeley. Her three main books are 'The Making of a New 'Indian' Art: Artists\, Aesthetics and Nationalism in Bengal' (Cambridge University Press\, 1992) and 'Monuments\, Objects\, Histories: Institutions of Art in Colonial and Postcolonial India' (Columbia University Press\, and Permanent Black\, 2004)\, and 'In the Name of the Goddess: The Durga Pujas of Contemporary Kolkata' (Delhi: Primus Books\, 2015). She has also had a parallel career as exhibition curator and archivist\, and has helped build a large digital image archive on the visual cultures of modern and contemporary Bengal at the CSSSC. She has co-edited three anthologies of essays – 'Theorising the Present: Essays for Partha Chatterjee' (Delhi: Oxford University Press\, 2011)\; 'New Cultural Histories of India: Materiality and Practices' (Delhi: Oxford University Press\, 2013)\; and 'How Secular is Art? On the Politics of Art\, History and Religion in South Asia' (Cambridge University Press\, 2023). \nAmong her other professional work is the preparation of a dossier on the Durga Pujas of Kolkata for the Ministry of Culture\, Government of India\, which has brought to the festival the coveted UNESCO inscription under its List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2021. \n\nTapati Guha-Thakurta's visit to Ann Arbor is sponsored by the Museum Studies Program with generous support from the History of Art\, English Language & Literature\, Comparative Literature\, and Asian Languages & Cultures Departments. UID:152023-21912628@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152023 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,history of art,Lecture LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld Room, 5670 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T151025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:TBD DESCRIPTION:TBD UID:153127-21915124@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153127 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Mathematics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T141256 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T173000 SUMMARY:Tours:Walking Tour: Creating Michigan: Key Moments in U-M’s Early History DESCRIPTION:Explore the first 70 years of U-M history\, from the University’s Native American land accession and its origins in Detroit in 1817 to its move to Ann Arbor and emergence as a research university after 1837. We’ll traverse the original 40-acre campus\, learning about the professors\, presidents\, and students who walked the Diag nearly two centuries ago. 

\n\nGuided walking tour led by student docents. Duration: 1.5 hours\; 0.6 miles.
\n\nTour will take place in rain or snow\, but will be cancelled for severe weather (notification via email).\n\nRegistration required. UID:150632-21909730@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150632 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,educational,free,history,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260929T121804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:3rd Spaceout International Ambisonics Festival DESCRIPTION:A spatial audio festival presented by the Department of Performing Arts Technology.\n\nJoin us to celebrate and experience ambisonics\, an immersive audio technology that surrounds you with sound from all directions. This year’s festival will feature fixed-media works\, live performances and interactive works and virtual reality (VR) experiences designed with Inviso.\n\nAll events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited and available on a first-come\, first-served basis.\n\nPROGRAM\nConcert 1: October 22 at 7:00 pm\nConcert 2: October 23 at 12:30 pm\nConcert 3: October 23 at 4:30 pm\nInviso session: October 23\, 12:00–6:00 pm @ the Edit Rooms and Music Technology Library (MTL) UID:153041-21914975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Brehm Technology Suite CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Transdisciplinary Fellows (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:149272-21915383@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Hadley CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260910T150526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German\, and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) UID:151925-21912433@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151925 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Mosher Jordan (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150371-21913528@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150371 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:MoJo Classroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913876@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913877@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913878@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SAPAC GROWE: Engendering Respectful Communities Workshops - SY26 - 27 DESCRIPTION:Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces\, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention\, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process\, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various\, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues\, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them\, name potential barriers to intervention\, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas\, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired\, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop\, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late\, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop\, or are in need of an exemption\, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging\, please reach out to the GROWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources. UID:150694-21909956@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:MH 1401 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T092104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T230000 SUMMARY:Other:Haunted Bell Tower DESCRIPTION:On the night of October 23rd\, 2026\, from 6 PM to 11 PM\, the Lurie Bell Tower will be haunted! Come swing by the haunted circus to experience this carnival spectacular! UID:152789-21914527@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152789 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Engineer,Engineering,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Haunted Bell Tower,Haunted House,Hauntedbelltower,In Person,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Arts,Michigan Arts Festival,Michigan Engineering,Multidisciplinary Design,Music,Outdoors,Storytelling,Student Org,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Markley (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150757-21914954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Markley Courtyard CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T130502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Out of the Ordinary | the work of John Ronan Architects DESCRIPTION:\"Out of the Ordinary\" showcases the work of Taubman College alumnus John Ronan and his Chicago-based practice\, John Ronan Architects\, an internationally recognized firm known for conceptual innovation and rigorous attention to detail. Through a research-based\, iterative design process\, the studio orchestrates materials\, systems\, and detailing to create buildings and spaces defined by both great functionality and beauty. Working across a wide range of scales and project types\, the firm's searching approach consistently produces work that is compelling and memorable. \n\nLocation: Liberty Annex (305 W Liberty St\, Ann Arbor)\nPublic Hours: Fridays (6-9pm) & Saturdays (1-4pm) UID:152116-21913009@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152116 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumnus,Architecture,Architecture\, Urban Planning,Construction,Curators,Detail,Exhibition,Material,Practice,Project,Tectonics LOCATION:305 W Liberty - Liberty Research Annex Exhibition Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T141525 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T193000 SUMMARY:Tours:Walking Tour: Paths of Protest: Stories of Campus Activism at the University of Michigan DESCRIPTION:U-M has long been home to activism\, and this walking tour will visit historically significant locations where you will learn about protests on campus. We will cover women’s activism\, the legacy of the Treaty of Fort Meigs\, the Black Action Movement\, anti-Vietnam War activism\, and more. 

\nGuided walking tour led by student docents. Duration: 1.25 hours\; 1.25 miles. 
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\nTour will take place in rain or snow\, but will be cancelled for severe weather (registrants notified via email). UID:150633-21909731@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150633 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,civil rights,Education,educational,free,history,tour,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T210000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Bursley (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150881-21913766@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:East Open Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T210000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Bursley (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150881-21915093@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:East Open Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:East Quad (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:151018-21915473@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Abeng Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260918T121553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Western Michigan DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Western Michigan UID:147998-21902685@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147998 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260920T001548 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260920T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Western Michigan DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Western Michigan UID:152474-21913795@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152474 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T121555 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260920T070000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Western Michigan DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Western Michigan UID:152478-21913799@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152478 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T121736 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra: The Lord of the Rings Symphony DESCRIPTION:A symphonic journey from the Shire to Mordor.\n\nJourney to Middle-earth as the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra brings Howard Shore’s unforgettable *Lord of the Rings* soundtrack to life at Hill Auditorium along with mezzo-soprano Kaitlyn Lusk and the U-M Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs.\n\nThe score for *The Lord of the Rings* film trilogy has been hailed as some of the greatest film music ever written. Sweeping in scope\, it is a musical interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth — an operatic tapestry of cultures\, histories\, languages and people.\n\n*Please note this performance does not include film projections.*\n\nKaitlyn Lusk\, soprano\nU-M Men’s Glee Club\, chorus\nU-M Women’s Glee Club\, chorus\nRobert Boardman\, guest conductor UID:152876-21914669@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152876 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T120000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MUNGER GRADUATE RESIDENCES 2026-2027 DESCRIPTION:Join the Munger Community by attending events hosted by our Resident Advisors (RAs)! Feel free to select and attend as many events as you would like! UID:150147-21913452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150147 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Lower Lobby Media Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260920T222854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:UMS presents The Rose Sonata DESCRIPTION:As part of the leadup to our 150th season in 28/29\, UMS is commissioning several new works across artistic disciplines. The first of these features a new\, full-length dance collaboration with New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns and co-choreographers and dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber\, whose Obsidian was performed by Ballet BC last season.\n\nThis new piece\, titled The Rose Sonata\, was developed on the U-M campus in June 2026. Featuring two pianists and six dancers\, the new work receives its world premiere at the Power Center in October. Smith and Schraiber started their careers as dancers with the Batsheva Dance Company and now return as world-renowned creators whose choreography has been commissioned by The Paris Opera Ballet\, Royal Danish Ballet\, National Ballet of Canada\, and Martha Graham Dance Company\, to name just a few.\n\nTheir collaborative approach to dance theater results in a stunning new ensemble work that features New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns. Mearns began studying dance at age 13 in South Carolina and entered the School of American Ballet\, the official school of New York City Ballet\, in 2001. She has been a principal dancer with the company since 2008.\n\nPhotos © Lisa Spindler\, Instagram @lisaspindlerstudio UID:152498-21913829@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Michigan Arts Festival,Music,UMS LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T181833 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Concert Band Chamber Winds DESCRIPTION:Join the Concert Band for its annual chamber winds concert\, titled \"Painted in Fire.\" With a program featuring chamber works for brass\, woodwinds and percussion\, these works come together to create an electric concert including a world premiere by student composer Peter Cohn (BM '27\, composition).\n\nCourtney Snyder\, conductor and graduate student conductors Jennifer Hepp\, Detrich Morrison-Jones\, Sean Hogan\, and John Mange.\n\nPROGRAM\n*Fanfare Canzonique*\, Brian Balmages \n*Embers in the Black*\, Kevin Poelking \n*Soundpainting*\n*Extinguish Thou My Eyes*\, David Biedenbender\n*Fireworks* (world premiere)\, Peter Cohn\n*Double Wind Quintet*\, Alfred Reed UID:148667-21904583@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148667 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T135437 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jackopierce DESCRIPTION:“Spotless harmonies” –Dallas Morning News\n\nJack O’Neill and Cary Pierce\, the “Jacko” and “Pierce\,” make up the seminal duo Jackopierce. They've been making music for 35 years that has amassed a loyal following of millions of fans around the world with their high-energy live shows\n\nJackopierce began in 1988 as theater students at the legendary Meadows School of the Arts at SMU in Dallas. The duo steadily made a name for themselves\, and within 5 years\, they were signed to major label A&M and recording their debut\, \"Bringing on the Weather\" with uber-producer\, T Bone Burnett. They have toured three continents\, nine countries\, and 46 states. They have shared the stage with John Mayer\, Dave Matthews\, Matchbox20\, Counting Crows\, Wallflowers\, Sheryl Crow\, Toad the Wet Sprocket\, Vertical Horizon\, Lyle Lovett - to name a few. After a five-year breakup\, the guys reunited in 2002 to test the waters. They were warm - and the guys have been back together ever since. \n\nJackopierce is busier than ever before\, releasing new music monthly and touring all across the country. Jack & Cary have a totally renewed creative vigor\, mutual respect and deep gratitude for each other and their fans. “Even after 35 years I feel like we're just getting started\,” said Cary. \"I love this guy like a brother\,\" says Jack. UID:147622-21901369@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147622 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T181724 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Kotaro Fukuma\, piano DESCRIPTION:The Department of Piano presents a recital by guest artist Kotaro Fukuma.\n\nPROGRAM\n\nBach – Kempff : Sicilienne BWV 1031\nBach – Hess : Choral « Jésus\, que ma joie demeure » BWV 147 \nMozart – Fukuma : Eine kleine Nachtmusik K.525\nSchubert – Liszt : Ständchen\, Auf dem Wasser zu singen\nPaganini – Liszt : La Campanella\n- *Intermission* -\nWagner – Fukuma : Overture from “Tristan und Isolde”\nWagner – Liszt : Isoldes Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde”\nDebussy – Borowick : Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune\nPonchielli – Vleminckx - Ore : Danza delle Ore\n\nABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST\n\nBorn in Tokyo\, KOTARO FUKUMA began learning piano at the age of five and has received many high awards in international competitions. At the age of 20\, Kotaro won both First Prize and the Chopin Prize at the 15th Cleveland International Piano Competition. Since then his concert career has developed in over 35 countries on five continents. \n\nKotaro has performed in major concert venues\, including Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Wigmore Hall\, Berlin Philharmonie\, Konzerthaus\, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig\, Salle Gaveau\, Victoria Hall\, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid\, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall and Tokyo Suntory Hall. His performances with orchestras include the Cleveland Orchestra\, Moscow Philharmonic\, Israel Philharmonic\, Finnish Radio Symphony\, Dresden Philharmonic\, Tonkünstler Orchestra\, Lille National Orchestra\, Japan Philharmonic and NHK Symphony Orchestra\, under the direction of such conductors as Yuri Simonov\, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos\, François-Xavier Roth\, Dmitry Liss\, Juanjo Mena\, Asher Fisch\, Hannu Lintu\, Mihhail Gerts and Kazuki Yamada. In 2016\, with 24h-notice he stepped in for Nelson Freire to perform Brahms‘ Piano concerto No.2 with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Tugan Sokhiev. Kotaro Fukuma has released 21 commercial CDs and has received critical acclaim in Gramophone\, Diapason\, American Music Records\, Monde de la Musique\, Classica\, Piano News\, BR Klassik\, Classic Today\, etc. His album *Fantasy – Scriabin & Rachmaninoff* (Naxos) was nominated for the International Classical Music Award 2024.\n\nHe studied music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with B. Rigutto and M. F. Bucquet\, then at the Universität der Künste Berlin with K. Hellwig and at the International Piano Academy Lake Como in Italy. He also studied with several great masters of the piano\, including L. Fleisher\, M. Uchida\, R. Goode\, A. de Larrocha\, M. J. Pires and A. Ciccolini.\n\nSince July 2020 he has also been producing a concert series “Rare Piano Music”\, in which he presents colleague pianists and rare piano repertoire. Kotaro Fukuma currently lives between Berlin\, Leiden and Tokyo.\n\nwww.kotarofukuma.com UID:151786-21912170@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151786 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T100132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T230000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Telescope Observing DESCRIPTION:Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments!\n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThe Observatory will be open for exploration even if the weather does not permit telescope observing. We strive to always have interesting things for you to do!\n\nLast visitors admitted 30 minutes prior to closing. UID:153095-21915065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,free,Museum,museums,observing,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T120052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:SAS Public Open House DESCRIPTION:Open houses are free\, inclusive opportunities to learn about astronomy and experience the universe firsthand. At each open house\, members of SAS operate the telescopes and the planetarium of the Angell Hall Observatory. Guests can view astronomical objects through the 8-inch telescopes and the 0.4m telescope (weather permitting)\, watch a planetarium show on a number of interesting topics\, or learn about the cosmos from a presentation. No special registrations or reservations are required\, these events are entirely free to students and members of the public alike. \nThe Angell Hall Observatory is located on the roof of Angell Hall. Take the elevator to the 5th floor to find the door to the roof down the hall.\nThe Angell Hall Planetarium is located on the third floor of Angell Hall\, in room 3118. UID:149612-21906763@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149612 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T120443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Boiler Bash DESCRIPTION:Michigan Club Tennis Team will compete at Purdue University at the Boiler Bash! UID:152688-21914382@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152688 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:West Lafayette, Indiana CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T161912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T235900 SUMMARY:Well-being:Cook Scholars Free Sips DESCRIPTION:One month in\, are you looking for direction in networking\, searching student orgs\, or finding your way around Ann Arbor\, talk to us. We can help. During Sober October\, we'll treat you to Free Sips of your favorite beverage. Please indicate you're a Cook Scholar\, when you use the registration intake form (links on right). UID:153052-21915009@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153052 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cook Scholars,Free,Networking,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T000000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Florent Gillet (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150389-21910324@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150389 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Stadium - Big House Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T120000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913879@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Oosterbaan Field House, 1202 S. State St. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. UID:150276-21908529@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908832@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909804@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913949@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Union Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T172616 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T130000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Pharmacy at the Pharmers Market - Safety Starts with Education DESCRIPTION:U-M College of Pharmacy Community Health and Engagement\n\nFrom hosting flu vaccine clinics to administering safe medication disposal events\, our students actively participate in community service.\n\nEvent Information:\n\nPharmacy at the Pharmers Market. Free screenings\, health education\, and seasonal wellness support\n\nSafety starts with education and it’s never too early or too late to learn. Join us for Safety Saturday\, an inclusive event for all ages focused on building safer\, healthier communities through open conversation and practical education. We’ll provide safer-sex education and access to condoms\, Plan B emergency contraception\, and Opill birth control\, along with information to help you make informed decisions.\n\nWe’re also partnering with The Lookout Project\, which will share information about naloxone (Narcan) and provide education on harm-reduction strategies. The more we talk\, learn\, and share knowledge\, the safer we can all become. Everyone is welcome! Supplies available while quantities last. Age or eligibility requirements may apply to certain products.\n\nStudents from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy are excited to bring health and wellness straight to your community. Stop by\, ask questions\, and let’s make healthy living simple and fun\, right here at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market!\n\n- - -\n\n150 Acts of Service\nIn celebration of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy’s 150th Anniversary\, 150 Acts of Service is a Community Health and Engagement (CHE) campaign dedicated to strengthening our communities through meaningful\, hands-on service. UID:153180-21915387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153180 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Free,Health & Wellness,Pharmacy,Public Health,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T100000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:South Quad / Fletcher (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:151431-21914335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:South Quad Dining Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Transdisciplinary Fellows (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:149272-21913930@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Lawyers Club Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 11 - December 11) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3 \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation comprised of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumference\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is relegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and easily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an object of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwell\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installation\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, working with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and sites in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural systems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\, precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Speculum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFarm\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Art Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotics Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculpture made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon entry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to the artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis exhibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equally To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both titles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator currently based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects\, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the passage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveying phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, process\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s encounters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lecturer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies including Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Prairie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. Website / Instagram UID:138033-21881352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T130000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Union Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T181533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Reverie: The Student-led Exhibition Committee Fall 2026 Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nA reverie is a state between waking and dreaming\, a moment when the mind drifts beyond the immediate. It is a space where memory\, imagination\, desire\, and reality can overlap\, distort\, and take on new forms. In these moments\, the familiar can become strange\, and the ordinary can become something unexpected.\n\nReverie brings together student works that explore the space between what is known and what is felt. Across painting\, oil pastel\, ceramic\, digital art\, animation\, and mixed media\, the artists move through imagined landscapes\, intimate encounters\, memories\, figures\, and fragments of the everyday. These works blur the boundaries between observation and imagination\, allowing emotion and perception to reshape what we recognize.\n\nRather than depicting dreams literally\, Reverie considers dreaming as a way of seeing. The works reflect moments of escape\, introspection\, fantasy\, and transformation\, where the subconscious can surface and reality becomes open to interpretation. \n\nReverie was conceived and curated by members of the Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC)\, and features work by eight SEC members at the Stamps School of Art & Design. The exhibition includes ten works across oil on canvas\, oil pastel\, ceramic\, digital art\, digital animation\, and mixed media. UID:150344-21909058@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T103914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan DESCRIPTION:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan explores how campus and community debated the issues that tore the country apart\, how students and alums joined the fight\, and how the University’s public mission began to conflict with its elite aspirations. Based on collections at the Bentley Historical Library.\n\nDeveloped by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory and featuring the work of its student docents\, “Fill the Ranks” includes historic artifacts\, digital animations\, and interactive elements spanning two floors.\n\nOn display September 25\, 2026-July 2\, 2027 at the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, 1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109.\n\nView the exhibit during the Observatory’s open hours: Thursdays 12-5 pm\, Fridays 12-11 pm\, Saturdays 12-5 pm.\n\n“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan is supported in part by the Inclusive History Project. To learn more\, please visit inclusivehistory.umich.edu. Additional support provided by the University of Michigan’s U.S. at 250 initiative. UID:152626-21914281@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152626 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,American History,American Politics,archives,bentley historical library,bentley library,civil rights,Civil War,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Humanities,Museum,museums,Politics,Social Sciences,Storytelling,Student Life,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye DESCRIPTION:\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, refusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static or neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encounter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across generations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, between what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between institutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to consider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-economic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border politics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library. UID:149541-21906625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T181527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T160000 SUMMARY:Other:National Portfolio Day - New York\, NY DESCRIPTION:\n\nNew York National Portfolio Day (In-Person)\nSaturday\, October 24\, 2026 from 12-4 pm EDT\nJacob K. Javits Convention Center\n429 11th Avenue\, New York\, New York\, 10001\n\nExplore the nation’s best col­leges of art and design and meet with Stamps Undergraduate Admissions rep­re­sen­ta­tives\, who can pro­vide informal port­fo­lio reviews\, dis­cuss our unique cur­ricu­lum\, and answer ques­tions about pro­fes­sional careers in art. Show­ing your work early can help you acquire impor­tant infor­ma­tion about orga­niz­ing and pre­sent­ing your port­fo­lio for future admis­sion con­sid­er­a­tion. High school stu­dents\, par­ents\, teach­ers\, guid­ance coun­selors\, and col­lege trans­fer stu­dents are encour­aged to attend. All National Portfolio Day events are free and open to the public.\n\nAll in-person event times are listed according to the event’s local time and all virtual events are listed in Eastern Time. Please be sure to check the equivalent time in your local time zone\, and register through the official National Portfolio Day website. UID:152231-21913407@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152231 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T152518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T235900 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:SMART CENTER Symposium DESCRIPTION:November 10 - 11\, 2026\n\nConnect with pioneers and shape the future of single-molecule biology together. The SMBio Single-molecule\nBiology Symposium brings together scientists interested in single-molecule approaches from all over the world to\nshare their research\, connect\, and exchange ideas and experiences.\n\nJoin us at Kahn Auditorium in the Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building (109 Zina Pitcher Place).\nPlease see https://www.lumicks.com/event/symposium/smbio-2026-midwest# for the agenda. UID:153165-21915234@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153165 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Molecular,Research,Symposium LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T124500 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:136347-21908129@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T123000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:West Quad (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:151036-21915270@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151036 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:WQ Multipurpose Room (1005) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T121736 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T133000 SUMMARY:Performance:In-Ae Ha\, piano DESCRIPTION:DMA candidate In-Ae Ha performs a dissertation recital. UID:152956-21914833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152956 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T130502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Out of the Ordinary | the work of John Ronan Architects DESCRIPTION:\"Out of the Ordinary\" showcases the work of Taubman College alumnus John Ronan and his Chicago-based practice\, John Ronan Architects\, an internationally recognized firm known for conceptual innovation and rigorous attention to detail. Through a research-based\, iterative design process\, the studio orchestrates materials\, systems\, and detailing to create buildings and spaces defined by both great functionality and beauty. Working across a wide range of scales and project types\, the firm's searching approach consistently produces work that is compelling and memorable. \n\nLocation: Liberty Annex (305 W Liberty St\, Ann Arbor)\nPublic Hours: Fridays (6-9pm) & Saturdays (1-4pm) UID:152116-21913019@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152116 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumnus,Architecture,Architecture\, Urban Planning,Construction,Curators,Detail,Exhibition,Material,Practice,Project,Tectonics LOCATION:305 W Liberty - Liberty Research Annex Exhibition Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Parent & Family Weekend 2026 Volunteer Sign-up DESCRIPTION: UID:152520-21913951@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Union Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T134500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21908152@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Wolverine Village Building 3 (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150521-21914960@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:WV3 Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T121530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Between Gold and Indigo: Cosmo Whyte in Motion DESCRIPTION:\n\nExperience Cosmo Whyte’s exhibition Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye through a guided tour at Stamps Gallery. The tour will lead participants through Whyte’s personal narrative\, creative process\, and engagement with historical archives\, attending to the relationships he composes between memory\, migration\, and making.\n\nMore broadly\, the exhibition considers how geographic boundaries\, cultural identities\, and inherited histories remain fluid and contested\, tracing the ways race\, class\, migration\, and displacement shape belonging across generations.\n\nTours are guided by Amanda D. King\, a visual artist working across image-making\, social practice\, and curation\, and an MFA candidate at the Stamps School of Art & Design.\n\nFree and open to the public. Registration requested.\n\nProgram will repeat on October 10 and October 24. UID:152644-21914332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152644 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T134626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Spooky\, Weird\, and Magical: Halloween with the Kelsey DESCRIPTION:This tour explores a variety of objects in the Kelsey through the lens of Halloween. We’ll look at animals\, mummies\, funerary inscriptions\, headless sculptures\, and more from the ancient Middle East\, Greece\, Egypt\, and Rome.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:152304-21913504@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152304 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,Halloween,History,Magic,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Tales of the Maya Skies DESCRIPTION:Tales of the Maya Skies immerses viewers in the wonders of Maya science\, cosmology and myth. This beautifully illustrated story takes us back in time to the jungles of Mexico to discover how Maya scholars developed a sophisticated understanding of astronomy\, architecture\, and mathematics that enabled them to predict solstices\, solar eclipses\, weather patterns and planetary movements. UID:124089-21908173@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124089 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Science,Space LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Transdisciplinary Fellows (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:149272-21913853@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Munger First Floor Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T154500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21908155@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T121555 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Football vs Indiana DESCRIPTION:Football vs Indiana UID:147930-21902563@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147930 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Football LOCATION:Michigan Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Mosher Jordan (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150371-21915078@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150371 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:WISERP Classroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T210000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Stockwell (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150491-21913542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150491 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rosa Parks Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260609T181647 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Student Composer Concert Series DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Department of Composition\, the Student Composer Concert Series features new works written by University of Michigan undergraduate and graduate students. UID:148721-21904663@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148721 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T193000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:West Quad (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:151036-21915271@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151036 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:WQ Multipurpose Room (1005) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260920T222854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:UMS presents The Rose Sonata DESCRIPTION:As part of the leadup to our 150th season in 28/29\, UMS is commissioning several new works across artistic disciplines. The first of these features a new\, full-length dance collaboration with New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns and co-choreographers and dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber\, whose Obsidian was performed by Ballet BC last season.\n\nThis new piece\, titled The Rose Sonata\, was developed on the U-M campus in June 2026. Featuring two pianists and six dancers\, the new work receives its world premiere at the Power Center in October. Smith and Schraiber started their careers as dancers with the Batsheva Dance Company and now return as world-renowned creators whose choreography has been commissioned by The Paris Opera Ballet\, Royal Danish Ballet\, National Ballet of Canada\, and Martha Graham Dance Company\, to name just a few.\n\nTheir collaborative approach to dance theater results in a stunning new ensemble work that features New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns. Mearns began studying dance at age 13 in South Carolina and entered the School of American Ballet\, the official school of New York City Ballet\, in 2001. She has been a principal dancer with the company since 2008.\n\nPhotos © Lisa Spindler\, Instagram @lisaspindlerstudio UID:152498-21913830@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Michigan Arts Festival,Music,UMS LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260713T125730 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tallest Man on Earth with special guest Gwenifer Raymond DESCRIPTION:“The Tallest Man on Earth has released some of the best modern folk music of this century. He writes elegant\, homespun ballads that draw you in toward the proverbial campfire.” –GQ\n\nCritics often draw comparisons between The Tallest Man on Earth and Bob Dylan\, citing similarities in both songwriting and vocal style. Matsson himself has acknowledged Dylan's influence\, revealing that he started listening to him at the age of fifteen. Fascinated by Dylan's covers\, he delved into their origins\, which gradually introduced him to early American folk artists like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. However\, Matsson is quick to distance himself from being part of any specific tradition\, stating\, “I don’t want to be part of a tradition. I just want to do what feels natural to me. This is how I play\, and this is how I write songs.” UID:148400-21904187@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148400 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved + Gold Circle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T100132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T230000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Telescope Observing DESCRIPTION:Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments!\n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThe Observatory will be open for exploration even if the weather does not permit telescope observing. We strive to always have interesting things for you to do!\n\nLast visitors admitted 30 minutes prior to closing. UID:153095-21915066@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,free,Museum,museums,observing,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T172112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261024T213000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Markley (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150757-21914955@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:South Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T120443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261025T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261025T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Boiler Bash DESCRIPTION:Michigan Club Tennis Team will compete at Purdue University at the Boiler Bash! UID:152688-21914383@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152688 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:West Lafayette, Indiana CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T161912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261025T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261025T235900 SUMMARY:Well-being:Cook Scholars Free Sips DESCRIPTION:One month in\, are you looking for direction in networking\, searching student orgs\, or finding your way around Ann Arbor\, talk to us. We can help. During Sober October\, we'll treat you to Free Sips of your favorite beverage. Please indicate you're a Cook Scholar\, when you use the registration intake form (links on right). UID:153052-21915010@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153052 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cook Scholars,Free,Networking,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR