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:20260122T092103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260122T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating Cultures of Belonging in Practice - Staff Class | Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION:Course Description: Hosted by Michigan Housing’s Community Connections and Engagement Department\, this dialogue series is offered to new and seasoned Student Life staff as a professional development opportunity. The series emphasizes reflection\, connection\, and intentional practice to support a culture of belonging. \n\nOver 6 weeks\, participants are guided from self-awareness to action through three modules:Inclusion on Purpose: Self reflection and inclusive practices skill-buildingStrengthening Communities: Recognizing barriers to access and belongingBelonging in Action: Applying inclusive principles in everyday work\nLearning Outcomes: At the conclusion of the series\, participants will be able to –Implement inclusive strategies in leadership\, supervision\, collaboration\, and interactions with students and colleagues.Cultivate relationship-building skills that enhance connection and a sense of belonging within the diverse University of Michigan community.Assess policies\, practices\, and office operations through an inclusive perspective. UID:142167-21890152@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142167 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge - West Quad, room 1031 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260201T120008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T235959 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey vs. GVSU DESCRIPTION:Home game UID:137369-21880173@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137369 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892985@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T060143 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ToC Midwest Section Championship DESCRIPTION:The Club Tennis Team will travel to Madison\, WI to compete at the regional championship!  UID:144078-21894619@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144078 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Madison, WI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893499@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:134855-21895914@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894174@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891441@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890849@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894917@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21890614@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891560@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T110004 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:CAS Workshop. Photographic Genres\, in and Beyond Archives DESCRIPTION:This workshop explores the multiple deployments of photography in the early twentieth-century global Middle East. The goal is to understand how visual practices intersect with power\, communication\, and documentation. Collectively\, participants ask how photography became a tool for denaturalization and the persecution of undesirable and marginalized subjects in imperial settings\, such as minorities\, revolutionaries\, and convicts in the Ottoman and Qajar empires. How did state This workshop explores the multiple deployments of photography in the early twentieth-century global Middle East. We will discuss how visual practices intersect with power\, communication\, and documentation. Collectively\, participants ask how photography became a tool for denaturalization and the persecution of undesirable and marginalized subjects\, whether minorities\, revolutionaries\, and convicts in the Ottoman and Qajar empires. How did state surveillance of mobility produce knowledge about imperial subjects?\n\nParticipants will examine a diverse range of photographic genres\, from family records to convict photographs\, and studio portraits to complicate photography’s role in regulating class and gender dynamics as well as criminality across the region.\n\nQuestions of ownership and the ethical status of imperial archives that preserve photographs of marginalized or indigenous communities are critical to our discussions of power. How can we responsibly reconstruct the pasts of marginalized\, displaced\, and persecuted individuals by the Ottoman or Qajar state using photographs taken by the very same state? In what ways did photographs serve as instruments of state bureaucracy and as a form of resistance to it? In other words\, how do blurred boundaries between photographic genres offer subjects opportunities to assert their identity and recreate personal or collective memories?\n\nWorkshop Program\n\n9:30 - 9:45 am: Morning Refreshments\n\n9:45-10 am: Welcome & Opening Remarks\nKathryn Babayan\, Director of the Center for Armenian Studies\, University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\nHazal Özdemir\, Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellow of Armenian History\, University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\n\n10:00 – 11:15 am: Keynote Lecture\n“From Euphoria to Rigor: Challenges in the History of Photography in the Ottoman Empire”\nEdhem Eldem\, Columbia University\n\n11:15 - 11:30 am: Coffee Break\n\n11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Panel 1: Chasing Unusual Photographic Ventures\n“In Living Color: Hand-painted Photographs\, Ottoman Costumes\, and Gendered Labor”\n- Erin Hyde Nolan\, Harvard University\n\n“Migration Photography as an In-between Genre and Disobedient Photographers”\n- Hazal Özdemir\, University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\n\nRespondent: Joseph Ho\, University of Michigan\n\n1:00 - 2:00 pm: Lunch\n\n2:00 – 3:30 pm: Panel 2: Documenting Atrocity and Survival\nThe ‘Soulless Machine’ and Its Image Output: Photographs of Terror and the End of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution\n- Mira Xenia Schwerda\, Duke University\n\n“Unidentified as a Genre: The Archival Afterlives of Photographs at the Bibliothèque Nubar”\n- İdil Çetin\, University of Oslo\n\nRespondent: Kathryn Babayan\, University of Michigan\n\n3:30 – 4:00 pm: Coffee Break\n\n4:00 – 5:00 pm: Roundtable Discussion\n- Arto Vaun\, Project Save Photograph Archive\n\nCosponsor:\nNational Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)\n \nOnline Access:\n Webinar ID: 932 5370 8805\n https://umich.zoom.us/j/93253708805\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email: -- armenianstudies@umich.edu UID:143401-21893076@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143401 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,armenians,Discussion,History,Lecture,Symposium LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250926T161457 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Payroll DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139953-21886408@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139953 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Human Resources,Leadership,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T102055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2025-2026 New Chairs and Directors Orientations DESCRIPTION:The graduate school offers a series of meetings designed to orient faculty members who have recently taken on the role of chairing a department/program or directing the graduate program in their department/program. These sessions\, hosted by Rackham associate deans\, focus on various aspects of your role. We provide opportunities to discuss and learn how you can partner with Rackham and what Rackham resources you can rely on while carrying out the work of your role. UID:135804-21877287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School, East Conference Room, 4th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Stamps School’s annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition is a showcase of outstanding work produced by Stamps undergraduate students\, taking place at Stamps Gallery from January 30-February 21\, 2026. The opening reception will take place on January 30 from 6-8 p.m.\n\nA highly anticipated Stamps School tradition\, the objectives of the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition are: \n\n\n\nEncourage the creation of high-quality\, innovative art and design work.\n\nTeach students how to navigate juried exhibitions.\n\nPromote participation in Stamps’ vibrant cultural community.\nJurors\n\nCarlos Diaz is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow and a Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Photography Department (1995-2000) at the College for Creative Studies\, Detroit\, MI where he taught for 37 years. Diaz received a BFA from College for Creative Studies in 1980 and an MFA from the University of Michigan in 1983.\n\nPatricia Villalobos Echeverría (Nicaragua/USA)\, Professor of Art at Western Michigan University\, engages a transdisciplinary practice encompassing printmaking\, photography\, video\, installation\, and participatory frameworks to interrogate migration\, displacement\, and transformation. Exhibited internationally\, she holds a Doctor of Arts (Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art & Design)\, MFA\, and BFA\, with residencies including MacDowell and Ox-Bow.\n\n\n\nJessica Levy is the Co-Founder of Hourglass Advisory\, a New York-based art advisory firm specializing in curated collections for contemporary spaces. She holds an MFA from NYU and a BFA from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, and serves on the Stamps School’s Dean’s Advisory Council. Levy’s background spans media including ceramics\, fibers\, and industrial design. \nTimeline\n\n\n\nExhibition Opening Reception at Stamps Gallery: January 30\, 6-8pm\n\nWalkthrough with the Artists & Designers: January 31\, 2-4pm\n\nExhibition Dates: January 30-February 21\, 2026\n\nFor more information\, contact sclegg@umich.edu. UID:139627-21885811@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21894999@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881288@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T080906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:2026 Winter Job & Internship Fair: Virtual in Handshake DESCRIPTION:About the event\n\nThe University Career Center is excited to host the \nWinter Job & Internship Fair Virtual In Handshake \nFebruary 5th\n12pm-3pm\n\n • Sign-up for Virtual 1:1 sessions & Group Sessions runs Jan. 26 (9am)-Feb 5th (3pm)\n\n .................................................\n\nHow the Virtual Fair works\n\nOrganizations create:\n- 1:1 sessions and/or Group Sessions (informal visits with organizations)\n- 1:1 sessions are 10 minutes long\n- Group sessions are 30 minutes long with up to 50 participants\n\nStudents:\n- Reserve (schedule) 1:1 meetings and/or group sessions\nJanuary 26th(9am) - February 5th (3pm)\n\nBefore the Fair\n- Complete your Handshake Profile (under your initials in upper right corner)\n- Set your Profile to \"Community\" in \"Settings & Privacy\" (under your initials in upper right corner)\n- Upload current resume\n\nSign-up for Sessions January 26th (9am) - February 5th (3pm)\n- In \"Events\" select \"Winter Job & Internship Fair: Virtual\"\n- Review participating organizations in \"Available Sessions\"\n- Click the organization(s) you are interested in to reserve 1:1 or group sessions\n- For Group Sessions: select \"confirm\" to sign up\n- For 1:1 Sessions: select a time that works for you and then \"confirm\" to sign up (red dots indicate sessions that conflict with sessions you have already scheduled)\n\nDay of the Fair\n- Login to Handshake and navigate to 2026 Winter Job & Internship Fair: Virtual\n- Click on the \"Your Sessions\" tab\n- Click on \"Launch Video\" to join the session. You can join up to 5 minutes early.\n- Questions? Please reach out to our events manager\, Michael Benedetto at michbene@umich.edu!\n\nAccommodation\nWe want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an 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. 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.\n\nVirtual Fair Resources From Handshake\n- Video: Locating and Registering for Virtual Fairs\n- Article: Guide to Attending a Virtual Fair\n\nAs you consider opportunities offered at career fairs: External organizations are not programs and activities of the University of Michigan and are included only because they may be of interest to members of the University community. Inclusion of any organization does not indicate University sponsorship or endorsement of that organization.\n\n#UCC UID:141847-21889522@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141847 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T181645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays\, musicals\, dance concerts\, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers\, designers\, and technicians.\n\nOpening Reception: January 23\, 2026\, 4:30 to 5:30 pm\n\nOpen January 27 – February 6\, 2026\nGallery Hours:\nTues – Fri\, Noon to 6:00 pm\nSunday\, Noon to 6:00 pm\n(Closed Saturday & Monday) UID:144065-21894604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,North Campus,Research,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T144626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series | Distant Listening: Conceptions of Sound and Language in Japanese Sinitic Poetry DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010\, Weiser Hall\, and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/xwAZ5\n \n Sound is fundamental to most definitions of poetry\, a mode of expression often distinguished by the combined emphasis it places upon both sound and sense. But what about poetry written in a language by those who do not speak it? Like their counterparts elsewhere in the Sinographosphere\, composers of Sinitic poetry in early modern Japan were keenly attentive to prosodic rules\, tonality\, rhyme\, and other features conventionally associated with aurality. Yet such aspects of a poem were usually inaudible in the dominant form of oral performance practiced in Japan at the time: interpretive recitation aloud by *kundoku.* This talk examines the diverse ways in which early modern Japanese theorists and practitioners of Sinitic poetry grappled with this central issue.\n \n Matthew Fraleigh is an associate professor of East Asian literature and culture at Brandeis University. He is also currently the Center for Japanese Studies Toyota Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan. Professor Fraleigh is broadly interested in Sino-Japanese cultural exchange from antiquity through the modern period and is now completing a book that examines how Japanese poets from the 17th through the 19th centuries conceptualized classical Chinese poetry.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142546-21891139@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Japanese Studies,Poetry LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T173434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Patrick Kon DESCRIPTION:About the DCMB Tools & Technology Seminar Series\n\nThe DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Series is held in Medical Science Building 1 (MS1)\, Room 4B700\, each Thursday at 12pm EST. Each seminar highlights a computational tool\, technology\, or methodology that is under development or in current use and is of special interest to DCMB and University researchers. Presenters are U-M researchers and students.\n\nThese seminars are live-streamed and recorded and made available for future viewing via the DCMB YouTube Channel UID:143258-21892563@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143258 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science,Research,Virtual LOCATION:Medical Science Research Building 1 - Room 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T113312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - National Laboratories and Research Institutions Career Day DESCRIPTION:Michigan Engineering will hold our ninth annual National Laboratories and Research Institutions Career Day on Thursday\, February 5\, 2026. \n\nA panel discussion with employer participants will be held from 12:00-1:00 PM (registration required in Career Forge)\, followed by networking at company booths during the Career Day portion from 1:15-3:00 PM (no registration). This event is intended to provide an opportunity for engineering\, computer science and data science students to connect with organizations with research focused roles for recruiting and/or networking purposes.\n\nMore information is available in Career Forge/Career Fair Plus. UID:143186-21892401@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143186 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T172434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T172500 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Global Operations Conference 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Tauber Institute for Global Operations is hosting the Global Operations Conference 2026\, an afternoon event bringing together industry leaders\, faculty\, and students to explore how AI and emerging technologies are shaping operations\, infrastructure\, and leadership.\n\nThis year’s theme\, Future-Focused Leadership: AI and Innovation in Operations\, emphasizes practical perspectives on AI integration\, data-driven infrastructure\, and what future operational leaders need to be prepared for.\n\nOpening keynote:\nJason Clark\, 777 Program Vice President and General Manager and Everett Site Leader\, The Boeing Company\nKeynote topic: The Future of Work and AI UID:144151-21894734@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Artificial Intelligence,Business,conference,Engineering,Genai,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Information and Technology,International,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Tauber Colloquium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T092912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T140000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Grub @ the (Idea)Hub DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Campus Involvement (CCI) for Grub at the (Idea)Hub for free food\, networking\, and to learn about the resources available to student organizations. Whether you are a member of a student organization\, leading an organization\, interested in joining a group\, or forming a new organization - this event is for you! Come and go as you are able and free food will be available while supplies last. UID:143067-21892314@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143067 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Student Organizations LOCATION:Michigan Union - IdeaHub (2nd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T110533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Inequality & Social Demography (ISD) Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 21: Mila Listrovaya\, Katie Leu\n- January 28: Charles Katulamu\n- February 5: Haorui Peng \n- February 18: Johanna Oh \n- March 11: Janet Wang\, Cayley Ryan-Claytor\n- March 25: Nafeesa Andrabi \n- April 8: Nils Neumann\n- April 22: Junchao Tang UID:143660-21893592@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143660 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T063151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T133000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Interviewing for Jobs and Internships (for Graduate Students) DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance around interviewing for positions beyond tenure track roles\, which can differ greatly from the academic job search process. It also meets the needs of those applying to internships\, including those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The workshop will focus on preparing graduate students to navigate the interview process\, and to effectively answer questions by strategically articulating strengths and skills. We will also discuss a framework for answering behavioral interview questions. This event is intended to be interactive\, therefore a recording willnot be available. This workshop is designed for master's students\, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff\, please contact rackhamdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School.Register here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/103762#UCC UID:143950-21894305@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T144301 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interviewing for Jobs and Internships for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance around interviewing for positions beyond tenure track roles\, which can differ greatly from the academic job search process. It also meets the needs of those applying to internships\, including those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The workshop will focus on preparing graduate students to navigate the interview process\, and to effectively answer questions by strategically articulating strengths and skills. We will also discuss a framework for answering behavioral interview questions. This event is intended to be interactive\, therefore a recording will not be available.\n\nThis workshop is designed for master's students\, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff\, please contact rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:142941-21891833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142941 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T103514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness UID:128708-21890320@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T084423 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T133000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:LSA@Play - Thrive @ Michigan: A Well-Being Experience DESCRIPTION:Take a break\, recharge\, and get inspired to be your best self at Michigan! Explore interactive stations that focus on all aspects of well-being. Stations include arts activities\, succulent planting\, and other helpful campus resources to help you thrive both on campus and beyond. Plus\, warm up with a free baked potato bar!\n\nIn partnership with LSA Inclusive Excellence\, Well-Being at LSA\, Wolverine Wellness\, U-M Arts Initiative\, and LSA Sustainability.\n__________\nFor LSA undergrads only. Join us for LSA@Play\, a vibrant series of events designed to welcome and support LSA students! Gatherings and activities offer an opportunity for students to prioritize well-being\, inclusivity\, and community. Plus\, get free food and LSA swag! Visit the LSA@Play webpage: lsa.umich.edu/play for more details\, subscribe to receive text/email updates\, and check for additional events being added soon! Events are first-come\, first-served\, and while supplies last. One swag item per student\, and you must be present with an MCard to receive it.\n\nThe University of Michigan College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please email lsaatplay@umich.edu if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet the requested accommodations. UID:144496-21895423@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144496 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,Crafting,Free Food,Sustainability,Well-being LOCATION:LSA Building - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894412@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T181706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144331-21895174@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144331 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays\, 12-5 pm\nFridays\, 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884301@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T124500 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 30-minute organ recital performed by Caroline Robinson\, assistant professor of organ.\n\nDivision Street Pipes concerts features talented students and faculty of the U-M Organ Department on Thursdays at 12:15pm on the Richards-Fowkes organ at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. These 30-minute performances are free and open to the public\, and audience members are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening. \n\nThe series is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Organ Department and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in an effort to bring organ music to local audiences while connecting U-M organ students with the wider community. Concerts offer attendees the opportunity to hear the versatility of the pipe organ beyond a worship setting. The Winter 2026 concert series begins on January 15 and it will continue weekly through April 16 (with the exception of April 2). UID:143730-21893720@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143730 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T165100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Everything You Need to Know About Service Animals at U-M DESCRIPTION:Join the university's Disability Equity Office to learn about service animals\, service animals in training\, emotional support animals\, and the differences between them. Topics will include service animals in the classroom\, workplace\, and public spaces. Participants will learn what questions can be asked of a handler and how to respond to inquiries about service animals.\n\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) captioning services will be provided. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this webinar\, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:142864-21891744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142864 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Disability,Service Animal,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T104717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster DESCRIPTION:This workshop will introduce you to high performance computing on the Great Lakes cluster. After a brief overview of the components of the cluster and the resources available there\, the main body of the workshop will cover creating batch scripts and the options available to run jobs\, and hands-on experience in submitting\, tracking\, and interpreting the results of submitted jobs.\n\nBy the end of the workshop\, every participant should have created a submission script\, submitted a job\, tracked its progress\, and collected its output. Additional tools including high-performance data transfer services and interactive use of the cluster will also be covered.\n\nFor more information on prerequisites\, instructors and course preparation materials\, please visit: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/introduction-to-research-computing-on-the-great-lakes-cluster-38-2/ UID:126740-21857844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126740 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Applications,Arc,Arc-ts,Computational Science,computer science,computing,Data Science,engineering,Faculty,Free,Generative Ai,Great Lakes Cluster,High Performance Computing,Hpc,Information and Technology,interdisciplinary,Research,Science,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T181622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Adam Lenhart performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:144365-21895235@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144365 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Culture\, History and Politics (CHiP) DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Cho Han\n- January 22: Marni Morse\n- January 29: Jiyeon Lee\n- February 5: Tess Hamilton\n- February 12: Álvaro Cabrera\n- February 19: Jarron Long\n- February 26: Xianni Zhang\n- March 12: Sarah Farr and Christian Castro-Martinez\n- March 19: Danyelle Reynolds\n- March 26: Vanessa Jiménez-Read\n- April 2: Abigail Skalka and Julieta Goldenberg\n- April 9: Eric Freeburg\n- April 16: TBD UID:143661-21893602@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143661 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T070323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Brain tumors are organized as active nematic liquid crystals\n\nAbstract:\nWhether gliomas consist of random accumulations of cells or are self-organizing remains unknown. If large scale order exists\, it should manifest as invariant structures across different tumors. Recently\, we described the existence of oncostreams\, fascicles of elongated mesenchymal-like cells that are found in gliomas in both rodent and human tumors. In this presentation\, I will discuss that glioma brain tumors in vivo\, and in vitro\, are structured as active nematic liquid crystals. Building on our previous work that gliomas exhibit self-organized\, aligned\, multicellular structures\, termed oncostreams\, I will show that gliomas display nematic order\, topological defects\, disclinations\, and quasi-long range order in 2D and in 3D. Significantly\, the amount of nematic order scales with tumor aggression - suggesting crystalline order contributes to tumor malignancy - constituting a novel potential therapeutic target for this incurable cancer. Potential novel therapeutic approaches based on this new understanding of the structure of gliomas will be discussed. \n\nBio:\nDr. Lowenstein graduated MD\, Ph.D. from the University of Buenos Aires\, Argentina. Following postdoctoral work at The Johns Hopkins University\, NIH\, and Oxford University he opened his first lab at the University of Dundee\, Scotland. Subsequently\, he has taught and researched at the University of Wales\, Cardiff\, the University of Manchester\, UK\, and UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center\, in Los Angeles\, CA. He has been at the University of Michigan since 2011. His interests lie in understanding and curing brain tumors. Most recently\, he has been exploring the physical organization of brain tumors\, as will be discussed during his presentation. UID:144608-21895563@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144608 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,seminar LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877787@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Creative Writing,English Language And Literature,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Literature,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T165852 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Mohammed Safayet Arefin DESCRIPTION:Head-Mounted Display (HMD) interfaces are designed to present virtual information within users' real-world view\, enhancing their perception of the real world and supporting effective task execution. Effective human performance with an HMD depends strongly on the design of its interface. Three key components are visual depth\, clutter\, and transparency. HMD interface visual depth is the distance between the user’s eyes and the virtual information displayed in the real-world view. HMD interface clutter denotes the amount of virtual information shown. HMD interface transparency aims to balance the legibility of virtual elements and the visibility of the real-world environment seen through the HMD. This talk presents some of our recent findings on these issues\, with an emphasis on human performance and perception. UID:144273-21895101@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144273 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:899 Seminar Series,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T161017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T162000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents: DESCRIPTION:\"Investigating the Effects of SMBH Feedback on Galaxy Morphology using FIRE-2 Simulations\"\n\nIn the local universe\, low-mass irregular galaxies (stellar mass ~ 10^9 M_sun) and Milky Way mass disk galaxies (stellar mass ~ 10^10 M_sun) are typically star-forming\, while massive\, elliptical galaxies (stellar mass ~ 10^11 M_sun) are usually “quenched” or not forming stars. Simulations have shown that supermassive black hole (SMBH) feedback shuts down star formation in these massive galaxies and is required to reproduce the observed galaxy population at low redshift. The details of how SMBH Feedback corresponds to galaxy morphology are still not fully understood. To elucidate the effects of SMBH Feedback on galaxy morphology\, we analyze a subset of 9 Milky Way-mass galaxies with live SMBH feedback from the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) simulations. Using circularity (epsilon = J_z/J_c(E)) as a proxy for morphology\, we investigate how the presence of SMBH feedback energetics\, like heating and outflows/winds\, disrupts star formation and the subsequent morphological evolution of galaxies over cosmic time. We find that SMBH feedback reduces star formation across three evolutionary phases corresponding to spheroidal\, thick disk\, and thin disk morphologies. The effect of SMBH during the disk formation phase results in more spheroidal-shaped galaxies under SMBH Feedback than without. UID:144801-21895955@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144801 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T200954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar: Matroids II DESCRIPTION:Introduce the operations of deletion and contraction on matroids\, and the notion of minors of a matroid. Then discuss excluded minor theorems\, and in particular Tutte’s criterion in these terms for a regular matroid to be cographic. UID:144453-21895379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144453 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T142054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:18th Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy DESCRIPTION:Ahead of her February 8 performance\, GRAMMY Award–winning violinist and director of the Edinburgh International Festival Nicola Benedetti will deliver this year’s keynote lecture at the 18th annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy.\n\nThis lecture is sponsored by the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center (CHEAR)—within the Department of Pediatrics. Each year\, CHEAR hosts the Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy that highlights speakers from a variety of disciplines to explore important child health topics.\n\nPanelists\nStefan Dohr\, principal horn\, Berliner Philharmoniker \nKatrina Stroud\, master's student in violin performance\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\nRenata Rangel\, STMD alumna (percussion)\, and faculty member at Merit School of Music in Chicago UID:142478-21890999@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142478 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,In Person,Lecture,Mindfulness,Panel,Public Health,Public Policy,Research,Social,Social Impact,social justice,Social Sciences,Talk,UMS,university musical society,Violin,Well-being LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T160244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DE Seminar: Extreme waves and large deviations for 2D pure gravity deep water waves DESCRIPTION:We study the formation of extreme waves from a statistical viewpoint in the context of the pure gravity water wave equations in deep water. We quantify their probability under random Gaussian sea initial data up to the optimal timescales allowed by deterministic wellposedness theory. The proof shows that rogue waves most likely arise through \"dispersive focusing\"\, where phase synchronization produces constructive amplification of the water crest.\nThe main difficulty in justifying this mechanism is propagating statistical information over such long timescales\, which we overcome by combining normal forms and probabilistic methods. Unlike previous results\, this new approach does not require approximate solutions to be Gaussian. Joint work with M. Berti\, A. Maspero and G. Staffilani. UID:142431-21890947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260131T210747 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Geometry Seminar: Superrigidity of rich representations DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will introduce the class of geodesically rich representations. These are representations of (real or complex) hyperbolic lattices that preserve a significant amount of the geometric structure of the associated quotient manifold. When the quotient manifold has robust geometric structure\, these representations exhibit rigidity phenomena. In particular\, a recent superrigidity theorem for rich representations was used to prove that finite-volume hyperbolic manifolds with infinitely many maximal totally geodesic submanifolds are arithmetic (Bader-Fisher-Miller-Stover). I will discuss a new superrigidity theorem for rich representations that efficiently recovers existing results and addresses target groups that were previously inaccessible. UID:143037-21891970@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143037 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T144521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:When the Ocean Aerosolizes Pollution: Chemistry of the Products We Breathe DESCRIPTION:Emerging atmospheric particulates—including micro- and nanoplastics\, engineered nanoparticles\, and chemicals used in consumer and industrial products—are increasingly detected in marine environments. My group combines field measurements with laboratory studies to elucidate the emissions\, enrichment\, molecular composition\, and multiphase chemical transformations of these particulates in sea spray aerosol (SSA). We investigate how particle matrix\, interfacial composition\, and phase state control reaction pathways and kinetics.\n\nFieldwork along the San Diego coastline reveals elevated concentrations of wastewater-derived contaminants in SSA associated with the Tijuana River\, with phthalate esters showing strong and chain-length-dependent enrichment. Complementary aerosol flow-tube and online mass spectrometry experiments probe the photo-initiated and heterogeneous oxidation of representative consumer-product compounds. We find that oxybenzone\, triclosan\, and bisphenol A undergo accelerated oxidation in SSA mimics—especially in the presence of salts and photosensitizers—forming higher yields of and more toxic particle-phase transformation products.\n\nTogether\, this work demonstrates how marine aerosols act as chemically active microreactors\, where multiphase kinetics and physicochemical properties govern the fate and transformation of particulates of emerging concern. UID:138410-21882915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Analytical Chemistry,Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T163522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Donia Human Rights Center Panel. Immigration Policy and Lived Experience: Perspectives on the First Year of Trump 2.0 DESCRIPTION:This panel will discuss changes in immigration and refugee policy in the first year of the second Trump administration. Bringing together experts in law\, health\, and community advocacy\, it will consider the impact of policy changes at the national\, state\, and local levels as well as the responses of diverse communities.\n \n Chair\n \nMelissa Borja\, Associate Professor Department of American Culture\nUniversity of Michigan\n \nPanelists\n \nJack Kanarek\nStaff Attorney\nMichigan Immigrant Rights Center\n \nPaulina D. Arnold\, Assistant Professor of Law\nUniversity of Michigan School of Law\n \nWilliam D. Lopez\, Associate Chair and Clinical Associate Professor\, Health Behavior & Health Equity\nUniversity of Michigan School of Public Health\n \n This event is free and is in-person only.\n\nCosponsored by the Immigrant Justice Lab: https://www.immigrantjusticelab.org/\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:144406-21895307@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:human rights,immigration LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T104112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:AI Hackathon Info Session (Central Campus) DESCRIPTION:Prove to future employers you know AI.\nWalk away with a portfolio-ready project that solves a real-world problem.\n\nTake on the role of the business lead or the engineering lead and build and pitch your agentic solution in the first 24 Hour AI Hackathon between the Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering! \n\nThis competition is open to:\nCollege of Engineering students\nComputer Science Majors\nU-M Entrepreneurship Minor students\nU-M Ross School of Business Minor students\nRoss School of Business students UID:144498-21895427@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Business,Center For Entrepreneurship,Engineering,Entrepreneurship,Genai,Generative Ai,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,technology,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business - B1580 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T181728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Artist Talk: Rick Lowe - In Spite Of DESCRIPTION:Artist Rick Lowe will discuss his artistic practice and his last two years working with students and researchers at U-M in preparation for an upcoming exhibition at UMMA\, Black Wall Street Journey\, opening in August 2026.\n\nRick Lowe is an American artist who pairs paintings\, drawings\, and installations with collaborative\, community-based projects developed in the tradition of Joseph Beuys’s concept of “social sculpture.”\n\nWorking closely with individuals and communities\, he has identified many ways to harness creativity to address concerns around equity and justice. Beginning with his co-founding of Project Row Houses (1993–2008) in Houston’s Third Ward and continuing through other initiatives across the United States and internationally\, Lowe aims to catalyze sustainable change to promote understanding\, equity\, and justice. For the last two years\, Lowe has been working as part of the U-M Arts Initiative’s Creators on Campus program as artist in residence with the Institute for Social Research (ISR).\n\nFree and open to the public\, no registration required. UID:145029-21896564@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145029 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Michigan Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T100541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T191500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Construction and Political Dynamics DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Nicholas G. Blackwell\, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies\, Indiana University\, Bloomington\n\nExactly how Mycenae and Tiryns interacted during the Late Bronze Age has intrigued scholars and the public alike ever since Heinrich Schliemann excavated both citadels in the late nineteenth century. Because preserved Linear B records from the Argolid are sparse\, the region’s administrative and hierarchical organization remains uncertain\, and debates about political structures—both within the Argolid and across the Mycenaean world—persist. The close proximity of these two major palatial centers is especially challenging to explain. Were they independent rivals\, part of a localized Argolid kingdom dominated by one site\, or integrated elements of a single Mycenaean polity spanning the Aegean?\n\nThis talk approaches these questions from a stoneworking and architectural perspective\, focusing on evidence from the late fourteenth and thirteenth centuries BCE. I argue that distinct technological and stoneworking parallels between the sites point to episodes of meaningful collaboration. Moreover\, I propose that this craft—and likely political—relationship evolved over time. Although Mycenae is often assumed to have asserted regional hegemony by the early fourteenth century\, unequivocal evidence for its direct involvement in construction at Tiryns appears only by the mid-thirteenth century. This development coincides with major architectural changes at Mycenae that signal sociopolitical transformations at the site and potentially across the region. My analysis offers a fresh perspective on the shifting dynamics of the Argolid at the height of Mycenaean power.\n\nNicholas G. Blackwell is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Indiana University\, Bloomington. His research investigates the archaeology\, art\, and architecture of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age\, with particular emphasis on stoneworking\, tools\, metallurgy\, technology\, and cross-cultural exchange. He is the author of the forthcoming book Architecture and Politics in Mycenaean Greece: Stoneworking\, Labor\, and Political Ties in the Late Bronze Age (Cambridge University Press\, 2026).\n\nFAST (Field Archaeology Series on Thursday) Lectures are free and open to the public. This event will take place in Room 125 of the Kelsey Museum’s Newberry Hall. Light refreshments and food will be provided at 5:30 PM\, with the lecture starting at 6:00 PM. UID:144020-21894537@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Classical Studies,Free,Lecture LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Room 125 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Rick Lowe DESCRIPTION:\n\nRick Lowe is an American artist who pairs paintings\, drawings\, and installations with collaborative\, community-based projects developed in the tradition of Joseph Beuys’ concept of “social sculpture.” Working closely with individuals and communities\, he has identified many ways to harness creativity to address concerns around equity and justice. Beginning with his co-founding of Project Row Houses (1993–2008) in Houston’s Third Ward and continuing through other initiatives across the United States and internationally\, Lowe aims to catalyze sustainable change to promote understanding\, equity\, and justice.\n\nIn his studio-based practice\, Lowe combines painting and collage to develop works—often at an expansive scale—that take an exploratory approach to geography and abstraction. Inspired in part by patterns of domino games that he plays to engage with community members worldwide\, he notes correspondences between the dense\, layered arrangements of domino tiles and maps of urban districts. The vibrant paintings that emerge suggest cartographic configurations and transformations of civic structures and relationships over time.\n\nBorn in Russell County\, Alabama\, Lowe lives and works in Houston. Since 2016\, he has taught at the University of Houston’s College of the Arts as a professor of interdisciplinary practice. Among his many honors\, he received the Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities in 2002\, was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2014\, and was the Roy Lichtenstein Artist in Residence at the American Academy in Rome in 2024.\n\nLowe has been working as part of the U-M Arts Initiative’s Creators on Campus program as artist in residence with the Institute for Social Research (ISR) over the last two years\, collaborating with students and researchers in preparation for his upcoming exhibition at UMMA. The exhibition\, featuring his ongoing project\, Black Wall Street Journey\, will open in August 2026.\n\nPresented in partnership with the Institute for Social Research\, Arts Initiative\, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.\n\nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.\n\n\n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.\n UID:142718-21891307@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T085038 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Ruby+Associates\, a Degenkolb Company Corporate Information Session DESCRIPTION:2/5/2026 | 5:30 pm | EECS 1008 (FOOD PROVIDED: Cottage Inn Pizza)\nMajors: Civil Engineering\nPositions: Full Time\, Intern\nDegrees: Bachelors\, Masters\, PhD\nResumes Collected\n\nRuby+Associates\, a Degenkolb Company\, is a structural engineering firm with over 500 staff\nmembers. We support clients through Structural Building Design\, Construction Engineering\,\nHeavy Lift Engineering\, Erection Engineering\, Connection Design\, Building Analysis /\nReinforcement\, and our LeanSteel® delivery method. In 2023\, we joined Degenkolb Engineers\, a\nWest Coast firm recognized for innovative structural engineering and advancing earthquake\nresilience worldwide. Together\, our award-winning designs are delivered from 8 West Coast\noffices and two Michigan locations. Our teams thrive in collaborative environments\, serving\nindustrial/manufacturing\, healthcare\, higher education\, science and technology\, construction\,\nand federal clients to achieve exceptional results across a broad range of project types.\n\nFeel free to reach out to me at swe.car.pub@umich.edu with any questions. UID:144826-21895988@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144826 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Career Fair,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Civil Engineering,College Of Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Full Time,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Internship,Masters Students,Michigan Engineering,Networking,north campus,Professional Development,Recruiting,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1008 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T172056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260402T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Spiritual Wellness Group DESCRIPTION:Thursdays | 5:30–7:00 PM | February 5 - April 2 What would it look like to pause—really pause—in the middle of a busy semester?\nTo gather with others who are curious about meaning\, purpose\, and what helps us feel grounded and whole?Spiritual Wellness is an 8-week small-group experience for students who want space to reflect\, connect\, and explore their inner lives—no matter their spiritual\, religious\, or secular background. If you’ve been longing for deeper wisdom\, authentic connection\, or a place where your questions are welcome\, this space is for you.In a world that often feels rushed\, isolating\, or divided\, this gathering offers something different: a warm\, welcoming community where you can slow down\, be present\, and engage what truly nourishes you. Each week includes guided practices\, shared reflection\, wisdom traditions\, and meaningful conversation—designed to support spiritual wellness\, genuine relationships\, and a deep sense of belonging.The series is facilitated by Kelsey Lewis\, with support from guest facilitators who bring diverse voices and practices. Because trust and community grow over time\, participants commit to weekly attendance for all 8 weeks\, ending with a closing celebration to honor the journey we’ve shared.$250 stipend for participants who complete the full program\nLimited to 12 students to create an intimate\, supportive group\n UID:143706-21893696@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T112506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T193000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Things We Imagined: Black Futurity and Academic Life DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of Things We Imagined: Black Futurity and Academic Life\, an Imagined Futures Experience exploring Black futurity and the lived realities of academic life. Following the film\, stay for a moderated post-screening Q&A with the film’s creators\, Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III (Director) and Dr. Candace N. Hall (Producer)\, moderated by Dr. Demetri Morgan. This event offers space for reflection\, conversation\, and community through film and dialogue. All are welcome. UID:144420-21895337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144420 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Discussion,film,free,Open Inquiry LOCATION:Marsal Family School of Education - 2nd Floor - Prechter Lab CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T113726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:All The Flowers Festival DESCRIPTION:All The Flowers Festival is a queer and feminist theater festival happening on North Campus from February 4th-7th\, headlined by internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller. Tim Miller is well known for being a member of the “NEA Four\,” a group of artists who sued the National Endowment for the Arts for pulling funding for their projects related to queer identity during the culture wars of the 1990s. \nThe festival consists of 8 performances ranging from new musicals and theater\, to chamber music and dance with all original work made by queer and/or female identifying performing artists. UID:144181-21894795@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144181 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Art,Art Workshop,artists,arts,arts at michigan,Chamber Music,Dance,Drag,drama,Festival,focus on women,In Person,Interdisciplinary,LGBT,Mutotix,North Campus,Performance Art,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T120303 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore this week’s question—plus pizza—this Thursday DESCRIPTION:\nHi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, Feb 5th\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nThis week’s discussion question is: “Is the Christian concept of the Trinity a logical contradiction to the belief in one God?”\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! 🍕\nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team 😊\n UID:144806-21895975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144806 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Michigan Christian Study Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T120057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 SUMMARY:Other:Crafting Meeting: Climate Quilting DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us every Thursday from 6:00-7:00p for our crafting meeting! This semester we will be focusing on the Climate Change Quilt Project\, where we will be working as a club to make quilts to contribute to the larger movement that you can learn more about at climatechangequilt.com! All skills are welcome\, and even if you have never quilted before or are an expert\, there is a way that you can contribute and strengthen your quilitng skills! If you have more questions\, please DM us on Instagram or email vipsclub-admin@umich.edu \nTime: 6:00-7:00 pm\nLocation: North Campus Duderstadt Design Lab 1\nNonprofit Website: vipsfund.org\nInstagram: @vipsfund\nClimate Quilt Project Website: https://climatechangequilt.com/about\nLearn more about the Climate Quilt Project here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_4l70H80wGlS1SZ-_H82wm_ArathcOH/view?usp=sharing UID:143041-21891974@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Design Lab 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T172057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Free Speech and the Modern University: Research\, Teaching\, and Dialogue DESCRIPTION:Free Speech and the Modern University brings together research\, faculty perspective\, and student dialogue to examine the state of free expression on college campuses. Hosted by the LSA Student Government in partnership with BridgeUmich\, this event will feature Sean Stevens\, Chief Research Advisor at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)\, alongside Professor Kenneth Lowande of the University of Michigan.The conversation will explore FIRE’s research on free speech at the University of Michigan and across higher education\, rising polarization on campuses\, the boundaries of free expression inside and outside the classroom\, and how students\, faculty\, and institutions can navigate disagreement in a constructive way. The event will include opening remarks from each speaker\, a moderated discussion\, and an audience Q&A.All students are welcome. The goal is not debate for debate’s sake\, but thoughtful dialogue across perspectives on an issue that affects campus life and academic inquiry.Location: Rackham AmphitheatreTime: February 5\, 6:00–8:00 PM UID:144226-21894929@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T184225 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Free Speech and the Modern University: Research\, Teaching\, and Dialogue DESCRIPTION:Free Speech and the Modern University brings together research\, faculty perspective\, and student dialogue to examine the state of free expression on college campuses. Hosted by the LSA Student Government in partnership with BridgeUmich\, this event will feature Sean Stevens\, Chief Research Advisor at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)\, alongside Professor Kenneth Lowande of the University of Michigan.\n\nThe conversation will explore FIRE’s research on free speech at the University of Michigan and across higher education\, rising polarization on campuses\, the boundaries of free expression inside and outside the classroom\, and how students\, faculty\, and institutions can navigate disagreement in a constructive way. The event will include opening remarks from each speaker\, a moderated discussion\, and an audience Q&A.\n\nAll students are welcome. The goal is not debate for debate’s sake\, but thoughtful dialogue across perspectives on an issue that affects campus life and academic inquiry. Please register to RSVP your seat using the link below!\n\nLocation: Rackham Amphitheatre\nTime: February 5th\, 6:00–8:00 PM\nRSVP: https://myumi.ch/w95dG UID:144316-21895151@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144316 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,central student government,Civic Engagement,Discussion,Education,Expression,Free Speech,Government,In Person,Leadership,Lecture,lsa,lsa student government,Political Science,Politics,Public Policy,Rackham,Student Affairs,student government,Well-being LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T101633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:NeuroArts X FLYDLPHN X Alana Michelle DESCRIPTION:NeuroArts Productions\, a collective of arts and health practitioners\, music therapists\, and multidisciplinary artists that reimagines person-centered care through arts based advocacy teams up with chamber ensemble FLYDLPHN and dancer Alana Michelle for this one night only performance that looks to what the future could be for mental health treatment. UID:142506-21891052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142506 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Festival,Mutotix LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T162941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bouquet Making at North Quad DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Valentine’s Day by making and designing your own pipe-cleaner floral arrangement from scratch with the North Quad Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants! UID:144232-21894939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144232 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T172712 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Community Service:College of Pharmacy Sponsored Medication Safety Education Night DESCRIPTION:Safe Meds. Safer Communities.\n\nEvent Information: Michigan vs. Penn State\nWhen: 2/5/2026 – Up to 60 minutes before the game starts through halftime\nWhere: Crisler Concourse\nEntry: Tickets to the men’s basketball game are required\n\nGo Blue!\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:144047-21894586@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Education,Health & Wellness,Pharmacy,Public Policy,Well-being LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251129T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Basketball vs Penn State DESCRIPTION:Men's Basketball vs Penn State UID:142245-21890268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142245 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T093014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T183500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Student Art Meetup: Tampopo at the State Theatre DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to explore art in the Ann Arbor community? Join us for a Japanese comedy film about food and love at the State Theatre in Downtown Ann Arbor! \n\nThis film is part of a free film series sponsored by the University of Michigan's Center for Japanese Studies. More information on the film can be found here: https://marquee-arts.org/event-page/?showingId=970705&eventId=658649 UID:142935-21891826@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art Meetups,Artsrx LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T163612 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:CJS Winter 2026 Film Series | *Tampopo (タンポポ)* DESCRIPTION:In this film by acclaimed director Juzo Itami\, truck drivers stop at a small family-run noodle shop and decide to help its fledgling business. This eccentric “ramen western” adventure is intertwined with vignettes about the deep relationships between love\, life\, and food.\n \n Attendance is free and open to the public\, and no prior registration is required. Seating is first-come\, first-served\, and doors open at 6:30 PM.\n \n Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film\, including ratings\, at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092048/\n \n Learn more about the CJS Winter 2026 Film Series at: https://myumi.ch/AZ8Ep\n This film series is in partnership with Marquee Arts.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142672-21891282@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142672 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Film Series,Free,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T180342 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Crochet For Causes - Learn to Crochet Night! DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Learn to Crochet Night designed just for beginners! We’ll go over the basics step-by-step\, and experienced members will be there to help along the way. No experience needed—just come ready to learn and have fun! UID:145098-21896665@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145098 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T100640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dancing with the Dragon | Songs of the Dragon\, Images of Fantasy: Music and Visual Arts Re-imagined DESCRIPTION:*Presented as part of the Dancing with the Dragon Inititative. Learn more: https://myumi.ch/JPVp8*\n\nA musical and visual arts evening that celebrates how a mythical creature--the Asian-inspired dragon--is muse to art and melody. A visual storytelling of artist-in-residence Zhen Guo's career trajectory interspersed with music selections from the Chinese Music Ensemble and performances on the Korean p'iri with Sunhong Kim together with Clay Conley\, and Xiaodong Wei on Chinese erhu and zither. Just in time to help usher in the Asian Lunar New Year!\n \n This is part of the U-M \"Dancing with the Dragon\" program celebrating the artistry\, tradition\, and collective spirit embodied by the dragon in Asian tradition—an iconic symbol of inclusivity\, strength\, and courage. Students\, faculty\, and volunteers will be co-creating a striking full-body NEW dragon sculpture from recycled materials for use in the traditional \"dragon dance.\" scheduled later in the season.\n\nLink to stream: https://myumi.ch/z98Q9\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*\n\nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement. \n\nAdditional funding was provided by ArtsEngine\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from Asian Languages and Cultures\, International Institute\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, Nam Center for Korean Studies\, Residential College\, School of Kinesiology\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Taubman College\, University of Michigan Library\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, and Women’s and Gender Studies Department. UID:143627-21893534@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,China,Chinese Studies,Music,Performance LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T180252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Other:FOIA Request Night! DESCRIPTION:Did you know that you can request practically anything from the Executive Branch? Join us as we spam the administration with FOIA requests and learn how to use the Freedom of Information Act! UID:144762-21895824@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144762 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Wolverine Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T180308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Vision Board & Game Night! DESCRIPTION:Join Bhakti Club to play board games and make vision boards on Thursday\, February 5th\, from 7-9pm on the Arbor Blu rooftop!! You don't need to be a club member to attend. Feel free to bring your own games and invite your friends! Please RSVP here. UID:144893-21896109@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144893 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sterling Arbor Blu Apartments CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260201T185943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:02/05 Game Night: Superbowl x Bad Bunny Edition DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun night of gaming\, socializing\, food and music!! Enjoy some Bad Bunny x Superbowl fun with fellow Robloxians!! UID:144868-21896102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144868 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Food,Free,Games,Graduate Students,Social,Student Org,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Mason Hall - 2407 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T192053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:02/05 Roblox at UM Game Night: Superbowl x Bad Bunny Edition DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun night of gaming\, socializing\, food and music!! Enjoy some Bad Bunny x Superbowl fun with fellow Robloxians!! UID:144889-21896103@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144889 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Mason Hall / 2407 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121702 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:2026 Faculty Showcase Concerts DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of faculty artistry and musicianship\, featuring performances from faculty instructors across the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. This event is free and open for all to attend. *Seating priority for prospective students.* UID:142156-21890095@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Dance,Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T121628 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:University of Michigan Dance Company 2026 DESCRIPTION:Featuring new works by Marcat Dance (Catherine Coury [BFA ’10\, dance]\, co-artistic director)\, Maleek Washington\, Sean McKnight (BFA ’13\, musical theatre)\, and Professor Amy Chavasse.\n\nArtistic direction by Shannon Gillen and Jillian Hopper\n\nRecommended Ages: 3+\n\n*Buying Tickets\nFlex Series ticket packages available beginning June 10\; Single tickets available beginning August 4.*\n UID:135519-21876919@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135519 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Dance LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T113726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:All The Flowers Festival DESCRIPTION:All The Flowers Festival is a queer and feminist theater festival happening on North Campus from February 4th-7th\, headlined by internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller. Tim Miller is well known for being a member of the “NEA Four\,” a group of artists who sued the National Endowment for the Arts for pulling funding for their projects related to queer identity during the culture wars of the 1990s. \nThe festival consists of 8 performances ranging from new musicals and theater\, to chamber music and dance with all original work made by queer and/or female identifying performing artists. UID:144181-21894799@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144181 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Art,Art Workshop,artists,arts,arts at michigan,Chamber Music,Dance,Drag,drama,Festival,focus on women,In Person,Interdisciplinary,LGBT,Mutotix,North Campus,Performance Art,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Video Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T180159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T210000 SUMMARY:Other:Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Our first mass meeting will serve as an introduction to prospective and new members to the club\, including the goals of the club as well as future plans.  UID:144421-21895338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144421 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T101708 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Laugh of the Medusa DESCRIPTION:The Laugh of The Medusa is a trans coming of age story about a mythological figure and a young writer who meet through the pages of a feminist essay. With the power of writing\, they change each other’s lives and stories forever. UID:142468-21890987@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142468 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Arthur Miller CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251112T132418 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ye Vagabonds DESCRIPTION:“Both timeless and utterly of our times… [Ye Vagabonds] tap into the beating heart of the tradition” –The Irish Times\n\nBrothers Brian and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn grew up playing music together around their hometown of Carlow\, a small town in the southeast of Ireland. After moving to Dublin in 2012\, they quickly became a staple of the live music and session scene in Ireland\, playing their own original songs as well as folk songs from Ireland\, Scotland\, England and America.\n\nAfter a chance meeting at Electric Picnic in September 2015\, the brothers performed onstage with Glen Hansard\, who invited them to open for him on his European tour the following October. \n\nIn October 2017 they launched their debut\, self-titled album to great acclaim. Comprised of harmony rich folk music\, influenced by Irish traditional music\, Appalachian singing\, and the 1960’s folk revival\, it included ten mellow tracks weaved with thoughtful lyrics\, thickly layered with strings and droning harmonium.\n\nTheir newest album Nine Waves was released on Rough Trade’s River Lea label on May 13th. Nine Waves was recorded in the Dublin Mountains at Hellfire Studios\, produced by John ‘Spud’ Murphy (whose previous work includes records by black midi\, Lankum and caroline). The album features 11 tracks of both traditional and original songs and tunes. The brotherly harmonies and multi-instrumental abilities of Diarmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn were joined on Nine Waves by Kate Ellis (cello) and Caimin Gilmore (double bass)\, both members of the Irish contemporary classical group Crash Ensemble\, and Ryan Hargadon (Anna Mieke\, Rachael Lavelle\, Kojaque) on piano and saxophone. The record also features concertina from Cormac Begley and harmonium from regular touring member of Ye Vagabonds\, Alain McFadden. UID:141762-21889328@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141762 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T180257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T213000 SUMMARY:Other:Cereal Club Game Night!!! DESCRIPTION:The next cereal club meeting is game night themed! We will be playing cereal themed games such as bingo\, poker\, and blackjack. Feel free to bring any other board or card games to add to the excitement. As always\, the club will provide cereal\, bowls\, milk\, and spoons. However\, BYOC\, BYOB\, BYOS\, and BYOM are always encouraged and appreciated.\nSee everyone on Thursday! UID:144819-21895977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144819 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T060143 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ToC Midwest Section Championship DESCRIPTION:The Club Tennis Team will travel to Madison\, WI to compete at the regional championship!  UID:144078-21894620@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144078 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Madison, WI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260201T120008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T235959 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey vs. GVSU DESCRIPTION:Home game UID:137369-21880174@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137369 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892986@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T060241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:TSCHL Playoffs DESCRIPTION:TSCHL Playoffs  UID:144737-21895793@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Goggin Ice Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893500@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:134855-21895915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894175@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T123843 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interdisciplinary Innovation for Critical Supply Chain Resilience DESCRIPTION:Faculty researchers are invited to join Interdisciplinary Innovation for Critical Supply Chain Resilience\, the Bold Challenges program’s new theme for Pollination. Designed to spark novel ideas and scientific collaborations\, Bold Challenges’ Pollination events convene faculty from across campuses to share their work and uncover potential new interdisciplinary research directions. In anticipation of federal funding interest in strengthening supply chain resilience\, Bold Challenges invites faculty researchers to explore the complex challenges to national preparedness – from cybersecurity to natural disasters to the need for reshoring production and transportation of raw materials and bio-based products.\n\nThis interactive Pollination event will enable researchers from diverse disciplines to share ideas\, gauge research synergies\, and lay the groundwork for competitive research projects around supply chain resilience and adaptiveness. Possible areas of interest may include risk management\; national security and cybersecurity\; sustainability and ethics\; digital transformation and technology\, such as AI/ML\, semiconductors and microelectronics\; advanced manufacturing and biomanufacturing\; pharmaceuticals\; resource utilization\; transportation\; and critical minerals and materials.\n\nBold Challenges also presents opportunities for seed funding to catalyze innovative\, high-impact projects. These opportunities range from $10\,000 (Pollination Awards\, available only to event participants) to $75\,000 (Boost program) to $50\,000-$125\,000 (Accelerate)\; each of these opportunities includes staff support for project management and strategic planning.\n\nEvent Highlights:\n\nExternal funding landscape in supply chain topic areas\nOpportunities to combine strengths for transformative research\nSeeding interdisciplinary teams for critical supply chain research\nSeed funding opportunities to jumpstart collaborative projects\; for Pollination awards\, event participation is required in order to be eligible.\nThe event will be held in the Vandenberg Room in the Michigan League on Friday February 6th from 9:00am to 12:00 pm. This is an in-person event with no hybrid option available. Light breakfast and boxed lunches will be provided. Please register by January 23rd.\n\nIf you have any questions about this form or event details\, please reach out to Kathryn Hendrickson at kathendr@umich.edu. UID:143484-21893283@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143484 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Research LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891442@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890850@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894918@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891355@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21890615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891561@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T212428 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T163000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:GISC Conference. Nature & Islamic Creative Expressions DESCRIPTION:Nature & Islamic Creative Expressions\nFebruary 6-7\, 2026\nCahoots\, 206 E Huron St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104\nVisit https://myumi.ch/9p8xx for full conference details.\n\nThe Nature and Islamic Creative Expressions conference\, organized jointly by Aliyah Khan\, Director of the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and Associate Professor\, and Christiane Gruber\, Professor in the Department of the History of Art and founder of Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online\, will be held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on February 6-7\, 2026. A dozen scholars and practitioners of global Islamic art and narratives will examine Islam’s relationship to the natural world over the centuries and consider how Islamic thought and Muslim traditions offer alternative solutions to today’s ecological challenges.\n \n We study and leverage the intersections of ecology and spirituality by drawing on the deep knowledge of diverse fields\, including art history\, Islamic philosophy and theology\, Muslim cultural studies\, literary studies\, architecture\, and community activism in locales from the Ottoman Empire to Iran\, Pakistan\, Saudi Arabia\, Nigeria\, and Trinidad. Our aim is to identify what historical and contemporary Islamic perspectives on nature offer to unfolding global conversations about the earth and our shared and symbiotic human\, animal\, and plant futures\, thus building sustainable futures and potentially interrupting the Anthropocene.\n \n Featuring the work of:\n Christiane Gruber | University of Michigan\, Organizer\n Aliyah Khan | University of Michigan\, Organizer\n Omolade Adunbi | University of Michigan\n Katherine Bartsch | University of Adelaide\, Australia\n Patricia Blessing | Stanford University\n Gohar Dashti | Visual Artist\n Anna M. Gade | University of Wisconsin\, Madison\n Sune Haugbølle | Roskilde University\, Denmark\n Charlotte Maury | Louvre Museum\, Paris\n Mohamed Amer Meziane | Brown University\n Amanda Phillips | University of Virginia\n Elizabeth Rauh | The American University in Cairo\n Saleema Waraich | Skidmore College\n\n*Friday\, February 6\, 2026: Past and Present*\n\nWelcome (9:30AM-10AM): Christiane Gruber and Aliyah Khan \n\nMorning Panel 1 (10:00AM-12:00PM): Collecting\, Draining\, and Drowning in Water\nPatricia Blessing\, “Indoor\, Outdoor\, and in Between: Water in Ottoman Mosques”\nElizabeth Rauh\, “Draining Eden: The Ecocide of the Iraqi Wetlands”\nAliyah Khan\, “Muharram in the Caribbean: Drowned Model Tombs and the Oceanic Return to Karbala”\nModerator: Charlotte Karem Albrecht\, Director\, Arab and Muslim American Studies Program\n\nLunch (12:00PM-1:30PM) \n\nAfternoon Panel 2 (1:30PM-3:30PM): Plant Vitalities\nAmanda Phillips\, “Perfection in Bloom: Ottoman Writing About Flowers\, 1650-1750 CE”\nChristiane Gruber\, “God's Greenhouses: Agricultural Mosques and Phyto-Aesthetics in Rural Anatolia”\nCharlotte Maury\, “Visual Representations of the Vital Force of Plants in Islamic Art and its Relation to Animality”\nModerator: Paroma Chatterjee\, Chair\, Department of the History of Art \n\n*Saturday\, February 7\, 2026: Futurities*\n\nMorning Panel 3 (10:00AM-12:00PM): Green Futures\nSaleema Waraich\, “From the ‘City of Gardens’ to ‘Smog Capital of the World’: Ecological Dystopias and Imaginaries in Lahore\, Pakistan”\nMohamed Amer Meziane\, “Who Makes the Anthropocene: Islam\, Ecology\, and the Environmental History of *Orientalism”*\nGohar Dashti\, “Geometries of Belonging: A New Look at Nature Through an Eastern Perspective”\nModerator: Aseman Talebi\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Department of the History of Art \n\nLunch (12:00PM-1:30PM)\n\nAfternoon Panel 4 (1:30PM-3:30PM): Oil and Desert Ecologies\nOmolade Adunbi\, “The Art of Oil Resistance in the Niger Delta”\nKatherine Bartsch\, “Ephemeral Mosques: Mapping a Network of Faith in Australia’s Unforgiving Desert Interior”\nSune Haugbølle\, “Neom/Nature: Regreening and Sociotechnical Imaginaries in Saudi Arabia”\nModerator: Sena Duran\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Department of American Culture \n\nBreak (3:30PM-3:45PM)\n\nClosing Remarks (3:45PM-4:30PM): Anna Gade\n\nTo read about the papers being presented\, speaker bios\, & to register to attend\, please visit: https://myumi.ch/9p8xx \n The Nature and Islamic Creative Expressions conference is free and open to all University of Michigan students\, faculty\, staff\, and the public. All sessions will be held at the Cahoots Ann Arbor Event Space\, 206 E. Huron St.\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan 48104.\n \n This conference is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and the Department of the History of Art\, and cosponsored by: the Institute for the Humanities\, the College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\, the Department of American Culture\, the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program\, the Program in the Environment\, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies and the Islamophobia Working Group.\n \n\nAccommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email: -- islamicstudies@umich.edu UID:144462-21895388@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144462 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:african diaspora,African Studies,Arab And Muslim American Studies,Area Studies,Art,Art History,Arts of Islam,Global Islamic Studies,Visual Arts LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250731T161854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MORE Committee Workshop (FACULTY): Getting Your Mentoring Relationship Off to a Good Start DESCRIPTION:Developed by the MORE Committee\, this workshop helps enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and faculty mentor by facilitating the development of shared expectations. Mentors and mentees work independently in separate sessions to identify their own objectives and styles\, and consider strategies for dealing with possible challenges. Then\, student-faculty pairs work together to develop a written mentoring plan as a means of codifying some of the most important elements (needs\, goals\, mutual expectations) of a two-way mentoring relationship. Among Rackham doctoral students who have written mentoring plans\, 83 percent find those plans useful. Registration and attendance at the same workshop are required of both the faculty and the student. Separate registration for students is available at: https://myumi.ch/6167J. UID:136862-21879247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136862 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:VIRTUAL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250801T100140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MORE Committee Workshop (STUDENT): Getting Your Mentoring Relationship Off to a Good Start DESCRIPTION:Developed by the MORE Committee\, this workshop helps enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and faculty mentor by facilitating the development of shared expectations. Mentors and mentees work independently in separate sessions to identify their own objectives and styles\, and consider strategies for dealing with possible challenges. Then\, student-faculty pairs work together to develop a written mentoring plan as a means of codifying some of the most important elements (needs\, goals\, mutual expectations) of a two-way mentoring relationship. Among Rackham doctoral students who have written mentoring plans\, 83 percent find those plans useful. Registration and attendance at the same workshop are required of both the faculty and the student. Separate registration for faculty is available at: https://myumi.ch/2r6kn. UID:136863-21879253@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136863 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:VIRTUAL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T104922 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Advanced Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster DESCRIPTION:This workshop will cover some more advanced topics in computing on the U-M Great Lakes Cluster. Topics to be covered include a brief review of common parallel programming models and basic use of Great Lakes\; dependent and array scheduling\; workflow scripting\; high-throughput computing using launcher\; parallel processing in one or more of Python\, R\, and MATLAB\; and profiling of parallel code.\n\nPrerequisites: This course assumes familiarity with the Linux command line as might be got from the ARC-TS workshop Introduction to the Linux Command Line. In particular\, participants should understand how files and folders work\, be able to create text files using the nano editor\, be able to create and remove files and folders\, and understand what input and output redirection are and how to use them.\n\nFor more information on instructors and course preparation materials\, please visit: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/advanced-research-computing-on-the-great-lakes-cluster-38-2-2/ UID:126742-21857846@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126742 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Applications,Arc,Arc-ts,Computational Science,computer science,computing,Data Science,engineering,Faculty,Free,Generative Ai,Great Lakes Cluster,High Performance Computing,Hpc,interdisciplinary,Research,Science,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T093408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\, stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Julie Harrell at (harrelju@umich.edu). UID:143170-21892361@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,Intercultural,International,Language,Languages,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T125956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Ann Lee\, Professor\, Department of Statistics & Data Science\, Carnegie Mellon University DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Scientific inference often involves inferring internal key parameters that determine the outcome of a complex physical phenomenon. The data themselves may come in the form of a labeled set that implicitly encodes the likelihood function\; for example\, in the form of (i) pairs of parameters and observable data according to a mechanistic (simulator) model\, or as (ii) observed data and parameters 'measured' with high precision via an auxiliary experiment. We refer to inference in both intractable likelihood settings as \"Likelihood-Free Inference'\" (LFI). The application of neural density estimators and generative models to scientific LFI settings is becoming increasingly widespread. However\, high-posterior density (HPD) regions derived from these density estimators do not necessarily have a high probability of including the true parameter of interest\, even if the posterior is well-estimated and the labeled data have the same distribution as the target distribution. Furthermore\, if the prior distribution is poorly specified\, then the HPD regions could severely undercover and/or be biased\, thereby leading to misleading scientific conclusions. In this talk\, I will present new LFI methodology and algorithms for leveraging neural density estimators to produce confidence regions that have (i) nominal frequentist coverage for any value of the (unknown) parameter\, even with just one observation (sample size n=1)\, and (ii) smaller average area (yielding higher constraining power) if the prior is well-specified. I will illustrate our methods on examples from astronomy and high-energy physics\, and discuss where we stand and what challenges still remain. UID:143585-21893425@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143585 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880967@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Stamps School’s annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition is a showcase of outstanding work produced by Stamps undergraduate students\, taking place at Stamps Gallery from January 30-February 21\, 2026. The opening reception will take place on January 30 from 6-8 p.m.\n\nA highly anticipated Stamps School tradition\, the objectives of the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition are: \n\n\n\nEncourage the creation of high-quality\, innovative art and design work.\n\nTeach students how to navigate juried exhibitions.\n\nPromote participation in Stamps’ vibrant cultural community.\nJurors\n\nCarlos Diaz is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow and a Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Photography Department (1995-2000) at the College for Creative Studies\, Detroit\, MI where he taught for 37 years. Diaz received a BFA from College for Creative Studies in 1980 and an MFA from the University of Michigan in 1983.\n\nPatricia Villalobos Echeverría (Nicaragua/USA)\, Professor of Art at Western Michigan University\, engages a transdisciplinary practice encompassing printmaking\, photography\, video\, installation\, and participatory frameworks to interrogate migration\, displacement\, and transformation. Exhibited internationally\, she holds a Doctor of Arts (Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art & Design)\, MFA\, and BFA\, with residencies including MacDowell and Ox-Bow.\n\n\n\nJessica Levy is the Co-Founder of Hourglass Advisory\, a New York-based art advisory firm specializing in curated collections for contemporary spaces. She holds an MFA from NYU and a BFA from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, and serves on the Stamps School’s Dean’s Advisory Council. Levy’s background spans media including ceramics\, fibers\, and industrial design. \nTimeline\n\n\n\nExhibition Opening Reception at Stamps Gallery: January 30\, 6-8pm\n\nWalkthrough with the Artists & Designers: January 31\, 2-4pm\n\nExhibition Dates: January 30-February 21\, 2026\n\nFor more information\, contact sclegg@umich.edu. UID:139627-21885812@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21895000@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T092412 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T124500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and light snacks while improving your Portuguese! All language levels are welcome.\n\n-Meet in the RLL Commons: located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nQuestions? Contact Maria Teresa Mattos at (mtmattos@umich.edu). UID:143753-21893742@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143753 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Brazil,Coffee,Communication,Community,Community Based Learning,Community Engagement,Culture,Discussion,Europe,Faculty,Food,Free,Games,Global,Global Engagement,Humanities,In Person,Media,Mulitcultural,Multilingual,Portuguese,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Storytelling,Talk,Translate,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T181646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays\, musicals\, dance concerts\, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers\, designers\, and technicians.\n\nOpening Reception: January 23\, 2026\, 4:30 to 5:30 pm\n\nOpen January 27 – February 6\, 2026\nGallery Hours:\nTues – Fri\, Noon to 6:00 pm\nSunday\, Noon to 6:00 pm\n(Closed Saturday & Monday) UID:144066-21894605@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144066 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,North Campus,Research,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T060136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Big Dawgs Tournament DESCRIPTION:Georgia tournament 2/6-2/8 UID:143521-21893333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bell Memorial Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T113320 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Virtual Engineering Career Fair DESCRIPTION:The Virtual Engineering Career Fair will be held on Friday\, February 6\, 2026 from 12-5 PM ET. This event is intended to help students connect with employers for full-time\, internship and co-op employment opportunities.\n\nThis event will be held in Career Fair Plus (CF+)\n - Sign ups open on Tuesday\, February 3 at 5:00 PM for all Engineering\, CS\, and DS students and alumni within 1 year\n - Sign ups for 1-on-1 meetings close on February 6 at 12 PM\n\nView more information in Career Fair Plus (CF+) UID:143187-21892402@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143187 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T142109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T124500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Expedition Reef DESCRIPTION:Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems. Expedition Reef immerses you in an undersea adventure. Along the way\, discover how corals grow\, feed\, reproduce\, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth.\n\nThe state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and back in time from the comfort of reclining seats. Tickets $8. Tickets are available on the day of the show at the Museum Store. UID:95986-21892253@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:natural history museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T090622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T123000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Flash Talk | Learning Through Play: Childhood and Textile Craft in Roman Egypt DESCRIPTION:What can a child’s toy teach us about ancient learning? At Karanis\, small tools reveal how children in Roman Egypt practiced real skills through play.\n\nIn this Flash Talk\, Heidi Hilliker (PhD candidate in U-M’s Department of Middle East Studies) will provide an overview of the Kelsey in Focus case she curated exploring how craft knowledge was passed down within Karanis households.\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/LhmCEg5EoU2FbVSk7. 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:143995-21894382@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143995 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Archaeology,Children,Free,Graduate Students,History,Lecture,Middle East Studies,Research,Talk,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T093432 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Heartfulness Meditation DESCRIPTION:Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly\, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being. \n\nAll U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required. \n\n*What will you learn?*\n\nThe guided meditation practice involves three simple steps: relaxation\, rejuvenation\, and meditation.\n\nRelaxation brings your body to a calm\, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level\, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow this with a rejuvenation method to detox the mind to let go of stress and complex emotions\, and will leave you feeling light and refreshed. Lastly\, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice. \n\n*Why Meditate?*\n\nWhile physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape\, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically\, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony. \n\n*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708\n\n*Event Details*\n\nHeartfulness Guided Meditation \nFridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)\nJoin Via Zoom Meeting\nRegister to receive Passcode (see “Related links”\n\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org. UID:143758-21893933@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T110427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kreativwerkstatt DESCRIPTION:Chat in German and express yourself creatively. Crafting\, coloring\, painting\, drawing\, knitting\, sewing\, crochet\, embroidery\, origami? You will combine speaking German\, any level welcome\, beginners included\, and creatively expressing yourself. You are encouraged to bring your own materials or (ongoing) projects\, but we will also provide some materials and prompts each week. Contact Laura Okkema (lokkema@umich.edu) or Iris Zapf-Garcia (iriszaga@umich.edu.) with questions. UID:144358-21895205@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3117 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T120328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:LSA Internship Scholarship Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Do you have questions about the LSA Internship Scholarship? Drop in during our virtual office hours! Whether you need help with your application or have any other questions\, we’re here to help. Pop into our Zoom session at a time that works for you. These drop-in style office hours are designed for students who have questions regarding the LSA Internship Scholarship Application or internship eligibility requirements.\n\nClick the link in the side bar for your timeslot today! Be sure to toggle to 1/9/2026.\nThe final deadline for the scholarship is April 15!\n\nCan't make it? Check out our other dates below: \nJanuary 23rd\nFebruary 6th\nFebruary 27th\nMarch 13th\nMarch 27th\nApril 10th UID:142414-21891731@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142414 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Internship,Lsa Opportunity Hub LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T141433 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Membrane Protein Folding: What Lipids Do? DESCRIPTION:My talk addresses two questions regarding how the lipid bilayer environment in cells mediates folding and function of membrane proteins: 1) Is the lipid bilayer a good solvent for the denatured states of membrane proteins? 2) What is the role of lipid solvation in the stability and cooperativity of membrane proteins? We have developed an array of “steric trapping”-based methods to delineate the thermodynamic stability\, conformational features of the denatured states\, and residue interaction network of membrane proteins. Using the intramembrane protease GlpG of E. coli as a model\, we find that the bilayer environment 1) induces contraction but not collapse of the denatured state of GlpG\, 2) enhances the stability of the protein by facilitating the residue burial in the protein interior\, and 3) strengthens the residue-interaction network such that the whole residue-packed regions can act as a single cooperative unit. I will discuss how these properties shed light and cast shadows on the folding\, quality control\, and function of membrane proteins. UID:144264-21895048@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biophysics LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T173930 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Museum Studies Program Virtual Open House for Prospective Students DESCRIPTION:The Museum Studies Program invites students enrolled in any graduate program at the University of Michigan to apply for the Fall 2026 cohort. This multidisciplinary graduate certificate program draws on ideas from the arts\, humanities\, natural and social sciences\, and technology and provides countless opportunities to apply theories in a vast array of museums and cultural institutions on campus\, in the region\, nationally and around the world.\n\nThe MSP curriculum examines the role of museums in society as sites of memory\, learning\, research\, cultural production\, public scholarship\, civic engagement\, and entertainment. The 12-credit certificate program consists of the Museum Studies Seminar (Fall and Winter terms\, 6 credits)\, approved electives (6 credits)\, and a funded internship. It prepares students for academic and professional careers in museums\, heritage sites\, arboretums\, botanical gardens\, zoos and other living collections\, and universities.\n\nApplication Deadline: February 27\, 2026\n\nApplication information can be found here: https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/virtual-open-house-for-prospective-students-3/ UID:143231-21892532@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143231 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Culture,Art History,Classical Studies,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,Museum LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T104411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:NERS Colloquium: The Impact of U-M’s First Observation of DT Fusion DESCRIPTION:Bio:\nMark Chadwick is the Associate Laboratory Director for Los Alamos’ Simulation\, Computing & Theory (ALDSCT) directorate\, advancing the high-performance computing\, algorithms\, and theoretical science that underpin stockpile modernization and broader national security missions and AI and quantum discovery science. He previously served as interim Los Alamos Deputy Director for Science\, Technology & Engineering and as chief scientist/operating officer for Weapons Physics. He also served as program director for National Nuclear Security Administration experimental science programs and as division leader for simulation codes in ALDX. Chadwick has led the US nuclear data evaluation collaboration Evaluated Nuclear Data Files (ENDF) for almost three decades\, creating the world’s highest-fidelity databases used worldwide in radiation transport codes\, including the Laboratory’s Monte Carlo N-Particle code. Chadwick is an APS\, ANS and LANL Fellow. He has published articles on technical fission and fusion history as well as in nuclear science.\n\nAbstract :\nI describe the history of fusion\, from a crucial breakthrough at Michigan in 1938 (that had been forgotten) through Los Alamos’s pioneering fusion measurements in the 1940s-1950s\, to the modern quest for controlled fusion energy. I will describe how UM’s first observation of DT fusion helped launch Oppenheimer and Teller’s drive for harnessing fusion. I will also explain how DT fusion created 10^67 J of energy 13.8 billion years ago. \n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field. UID:142957-21891851@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142957 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 220 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T060024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Nittany Lion Invitational 2026 DESCRIPTION:We are so excited for our first travel meet of the season! Also the first meet where both our men's and women's team will be competing! UID:142342-21890572@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142342 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Penn State Campus Recreation CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894413@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T164943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Settlement Organization and Interaction in the Upper Belize River Valley: The View from Ek Tzul DESCRIPTION:Decades of settlement survey in the upper Belize River Valley of western Belize have revealed a multi-tier site hierarchy of ruling elites\, intermediate elites\, and commoners of varying status. The large temples at the polity capitals have drawn archaeological attention since the early 20th century resulting in a wealth of knowledge on how the ruling elites of ancient Maya society lived. Yet comparatively little work has examined how intermediate elites\, those who occupy the middle zone between the rulers and the commoners\, functioned and the strategies they employed to retain favor with both their overlords and supporters. Excavations and survey over the last four years at the previously unrecorded secondary center of Ek Tzul attempt to answer these questions. The result is a better understanding of how the ancient Maya of the upper Belize Valley interacted at both the local and regional level and how the intermediate elites of Ek Tzul mediated these interactions. UID:144997-21896259@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144997 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Archaeology LOCATION:School of Education - 1322 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T133709 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T124500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Study Abroad in Sorrento\, Italy - Fall/AY 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join CGIS Advisor\, Joy Richardson\, and Sant'Anna Institute staff to learn more about the CGIS: Humanities and Social Sciences in Sorrento (Italy) program\, the application process\, the academics\, and life in Sorrento.Please note that both of these sessions will be virtual over Zoom. Both sessions will contain the same info\, so students have the option to choose either one to attend.To learn more\, visit the M-Compass brochure:https://mcompass.umich.edu/_portal/tds-program-brochure?programid=12125 and the Sant'Anna Institute website: https://www.santannainstitute.com/. UID:144921-21896152@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144921 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,global,global opportunities,international,International Education,Italian,Italian Studies,Sessions,study abroad,Travel LOCATION:Vritual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T101212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T140000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Take a Survey\, Take a Slice DESCRIPTION:Join us on the 8th floor of Weiser Hall from 12–2 PM on Wednesday\, February 4th\, and Friday\, February 6th for FREE PIZZA in exchange for completing a leadership survey.\n\nYour input helps the Barger Leadership Institute and other campus organizations better understand how to offer meaningful leadership opportunities. The survey is run by CELO (Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunities)\, one of the world’s largest and longest-running youth leadership research programs\, and your data is fully anonymous and securely stored.\n\nCheck your email from MSL (Jan 12) for the survey link\nNo email? We will share a link with you to use at the event!\n\nWhat you’ll be asked about:\n-> Leadership experiences in and out of the classroom\n-> Campus involvement & sense of belonging\n-> Skills\, values\, and perspectives you’ve developed at U-M\n\nThe details:\n-> An online survey that takes about 20 minutes\n-> Participation is completely voluntary\n-> Must be a current U-M undergraduate and 18+ to participate UID:143504-21896128@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Barger Leadership Institute,Bli,Food,Free,Leadership,Undergraduate LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 8th Floor, BLI Open Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T112053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Take a Survey\, Take a Slice DESCRIPTION:Free pizza offered to current undergrad students aged 18+ ONLY in exchange for completing a leadership-focused survey. UID:143958-21894324@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143958 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall, 8th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T181708 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Vinson Lam\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Vinson Lam performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144332-21895175@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144332 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays\, 12-5 pm\nFridays\, 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884334@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T111402 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:LSA Opportunity Hub Pop-Up Coaching 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! UID:136450-21894793@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Early Career Exploration,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Studentcaregiversweek2025,Studentcaregiversweek25,Undergraduate LOCATION:LSA Building - Opportunity Hub suite CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T145217 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T134500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshops Focus Groups DESCRIPTION:This focus group is intended for graduate faculty to share their experiences serving as faculty advisors for Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshops.\n\nGraduate faculty are encouraged to attend one of the two scheduled sessions. If you have already registered for one session but are unable to attend and would like to participate in the other session\, please contact rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu for assistance. UID:143017-21891949@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143017 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260221T123148 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894061Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab. We will discuss and educate you on…- Design and format- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resume for specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Student or Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on theHappening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:144204-21894839@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T134500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21892199@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T100809 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Type theory seminar: Natural numbers DESCRIPTION:This is a learning seminar on dependent type theory\, following Egbert Rijke's book \"Introduction to Homotopy Type Theory.\" This talk will cover chapter 3 of Rijke's book\, on the natural number type. UID:144681-21895687@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144681 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T121700 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jenna Moon & Sarah Penrose\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Jenna Moon & Sarah Penrose perform on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:144366-21895236@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144366 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T103027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Realizing the potential of community-led\, science-driven participatory modeling: A case in green infrastructure planning DESCRIPTION:Participatory modeling (PM) is particularly well-suited to address complex socio-environmental problems like climate hazards and their implications on sustainable resource management and landscape planning. Despite its potential to inform planning and policy\, particularly in conflictive contexts\, PM has yet to become a mainstream practice for decision-making. While most of the PM research and development has focused on modeling tools and engagement techniques\, multiple other dimensions must be recognized and articulated for impactful planning support. I present a PM platform\, Fora.ai\, that is supportive of the iterative steps in PM: problem definition and goal setting\, preference elicitation\, collaborative scenario-building\, simulation\, tradeoff deliberation\, and solution-building. I demonstrate the platform’s effectiveness when embedded in a stakeholder-led process that integrates diverse knowledge\, data sources\, and values in pursuit of impactful green infrastructure (GI) planning to address flooding. I show how the combination of specific facilitation practices and platform features leveraged the power of data\, computational modeling\, and social complexity to contribute to collaborative learning\, creative and convergent solution-building for urban sustainability and climate resilience. UID:141748-21889269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data Collection,Discussion,Environment,Free,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Natural Sciences,Org Studies,Org. Studies,Organizational Studies,Presentation,Science,seminar,Sociology,Speaker,Talk LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T145159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Frequency Fridays DESCRIPTION:Explore video editing with Cap Cut this week!\n\nFrequency Fridays is a weekly media workshop series\, every Friday from 2-3pm in the Design Lab PIE Space on the first floor of Shapiro. Workshops will feature instruction in music production\, video editing\, sound design\, motion graphics\, and more. All skill levels welcome.\n\nIf you have questions about Frequency Fridays\, please reach out to alvin hill\, the library's Media Production Specialist\, at munk@umich.edu. UID:144712-21895753@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260221T123148 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894091Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas\, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about search strategy!! Get real-time\, personalized support by checking out the in person Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who hasdesigned this experience to provide you strategies\, tools\, and motivation to get on the right track with searching for internships. Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake\,the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy. **If you're not sure what you're interested in\, consider making an \"Exploring Major/Career Option\" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting. Recent Grads: If you are an alumni\, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line“Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or tobe set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.#UCC UID:144207-21894842@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144207 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T144500 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:136347-21892280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T235530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Ehrhart h*-polynomials of positroid polytopes (combinatorics seminar) DESCRIPTION:A positroid is a matroid realized by a matrix such that all maximal minors are non-negative. Positroid polytopes are matroid polytopes of positroids. In particular\, they are lattice polytopes. The Ehrhart polynomial of a lattice polytope counts the number of integer points in the dilation of that polytope. The Ehrhart series is the generating function of the Ehrhart polynomial\, which is a rational function with the numerator called the h^*-polynomial. We compute the h^*-polynomials of an arbitrary positroid polytope by a family of shelling orders of it. We also compute the h^*-polynomial of any positroid polytope with some facets removed\, and we relate it to the descents of permutations. Our result generalizes that of Early\, Kim\, and Li for hypersimplices. UID:139434-21885541@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139434 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T120723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Discrete Ricci Curvatures for Hypernetworks DESCRIPTION:Abstract: We present a brief overview of some notions of discrete curvatures for hypernetworks. In particular\, we focus on the adaptation of the Forman-Ricci curvature to the hypernetworks setting\, and its applications to genetic networks\, more specifically to the understanding of dynamics pluripotent stem cells and cancer cells. We next concentrate on Ollivier-Ricci curvature based hypernetworks curvatures\, and in particular on a newly proposed Ricci curvature for hypernetworks stemming from the generalized Wasserstein distance of Piccoli and Rossi and motivated\, again\, by biological networks.\n\nContact: Indika Rajapakse UID:141896-21889611@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T142055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dr. Margaret Price\, Exploring the Politics of Disability\, Accompaniment\, and Collective Accountability DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Dr. Margaret Price (Professor of English and Director of the Disability Studies Program at The Ohio State University) argues for a turn toward collective accountability in order to make academe more accessible for all marginalized persons\, including those with disabilities. Drawing upon her award-winning books Mad at School and Crip Spacetime: Access\, Failure\, and Accountability in Academic Life\, Price shares findings based on a survey and interview study conducted with more than 300 disabled faculty and staff members. Their talk focuses particularly on the concept of “accompaniment\,” which refers to relations between humans\, objects\, technologies\, spaces\, and animals. She closes with a discussion of accountability and gathering\, emphasizing the need for collectivity in order to find more sustainable and restorative ways of moving together.\nBio: Dr. Margaret Price (she/they) is Professor of English (Writing\, Rhetoric & Literacy) at The Ohio State University\, where she also serves as Director of the Disability Studies Program. She is the author of the award-winning books Crip Spacetime (Duke University Press\, 2024) and Mad at School (University of Michigan Press\, 2011). In 2022\, they traveled to Gothenburg\, Sweden on a Fulbright Grant focusing on critical interpretations of universal design. Margaret is now at work on a project focused on cognitive disability\, gathering\, and collective access. Their personal website can be found at http://margaretprice.wordpress.com.We want to make our event accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you need additional accommodations to participate\, please contact Ann Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Emmalon Davis (davisemm@umich.edu)Funding for this talk was generously provided by the Provost's Disability Scholarship Initiative UID:144639-21895620@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144639 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Forum Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T114645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Exploring the Politics of Disability\, Accompaniment\, and Collective Accountability DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Dr. Margaret Price argues for a turn toward collective accountability to make the academe more accessible for all marginalized persons\, including those with disabilities. Drawing upon her award-winning books Mad at School and Crip Spacetime: Access\, Failure\, and Accountability in Academic Life\, Price shares findings based on a survey and interview study conducted with more than 300 disabled faculty and staff members. Their talk focuses particularly on the concept of “accompaniment\,” which refers to relations between humans\, objects\, technologies\, spaces\, and animals. She closes with a discussion of accountability and gathering\, emphasizing the need for collectivity to find more sustainable and restorative ways of moving together.\n\nDr. Margaret Price (she/they) is Professor of English (Writing\, Rhetoric & Literacy) at The Ohio State University\, where she also serves as Director of the Disability Studies Program. She is the author of the award-winning books Crip Spacetime (Duke University Press\, 2024) and Mad at School (University of Michigan Press\, 2011). In 2022\, they traveled to Gothenburg\, Sweden\, on a Fulbright Grant focusing on critical interpretations of universal design. Margaret is now at work on a project focused on cognitive disability\, gathering\, and collective access.\n\nRegister to attend: https://myumi.ch/D8DGG\n\nWe want to make our event accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you need other accommodations\, please include this info in your registration or contact Ann Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Emmalon Davis (davisemm@umich.edu).\n\nThis event is part of the (Doing) Disability research from the (Disabled Margins) project. Funding for this event was provided by the Provost's Disability Scholarship Initiative. UID:144642-21895626@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144642 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135735 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:History of Soul Food at Stockwell DESCRIPTION:Join the Stockwell Diversity Peer Educator in celebrating Black History Month by exploring the history of soul food while enjoying a few classic dishes (available while supplies last)! All are welcome to join the festivities! UID:144852-21896021@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Community Engagement,Free Food LOCATION:Stockwell Hall - Rosa Parks Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T144347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T160000 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:95236-21895062@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:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T154500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21892208@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T000439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Algebraic Geometry: The Cone Theorem and the Classification of Threefold Contractions DESCRIPTION:The Cone Theorem describes the cone of effective curves on a projective variety by showing that all K_X-negative directions are generated by extremal rays spanned by rational curves. We will discuss how these rays correspond to specific geometric contractions—divisorial contractions\, fiber spaces\, and flips—which drive the Minimal Model Program. Finally\, we use a projective threefold example to show how rational curves explicitly determine the possible contractions. UID:144894-21896110@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 2866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T110419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation! DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us! Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p and Rooting for Change Cafe (3rd Floor Palmer Commons) every other Wednesday from 5-6p UID:138091-21891106@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:20260128T101142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: Broxton Bird DESCRIPTION:Increased midcontinental United States flooding in recent decades has been attributed to increasing annual precipitation and more frequent extreme rainfall events. But whether or not these trends reflect natural climate flood dynamics is difficult to determine because the modern landscape has been fundamentally altered by human activities and instrumental climate and stream discharge records typically span less than 100 years. In this talk I will present data from midcontinental kettle and floodplain lake sediment archives that respectively preserve long-term information about past climate and flooding regimes. The data show that climate-flood relationships prior to Euro-American settlement were dependent on a stream’s watershed size. Specifically\, medium to small watersheds (10\,000s km2 to 100s km2) were sensitive to the frequency of rainstorm events\, whereas large watersheds (>100\,000’s km2) were sensitive to spring snowmelt intensity. The current trend toward increased flooding on streams of all sizes reflects a departure from “natural” climate-flood dynamics that is driven in large part by human landscape modifications. Continued increases annual precipitation and extreme rainfall events are\, therefore\, likely further exacerbate flooding in the midcontinental US. UID:144678-21895680@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144678 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T093133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Anthro-History Returns DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Anthro-History Symposium includes three panels reflecting the state of the field(s) across three conceptual problems in Anthropology and History. Each panel is organized by current Anthro-History students and will feature three Anthro-History alumni presenting on their research. We hope to provide an opportunity for lively discussion across generations of Anthro-Historians and with the broader U-M community\, and would welcome your participation. This year’s symposium is generously endowed by Professor Sally C. Humphreys\, who advocated for critical interdisciplinary scholarship throughout her academic career as an ancient historian.\n\nProgram\n\nFriday\, February 6\n5:00 pm: Opening Remarks\nPamela Ballinger (University of Michigan) and Edward Murphy (Michigan State University\, '07)\n\nSaturday\, February 7\n\n9:30-11:30 am: Value: Money Moves: Labor\, Migration\, and Financial Technologies\nOrganizers: Amelia Burke\, Colin Garon\, Simon Rakei (University of Michigan)\nPanelists: Kevin Donovan (University of Edinburgh\, '19)\, David E. Pedersen (University of California\, San Diego\, '04)\, Andrea Wright (William & Mary\, '15)\n\n12:30-2:30 pm: Authority: Contesting Religious/Secular Temporalities & Authorities\nOrganizers: Amir Marshi\, Kai Ngu (University of Michigan)\nPanelists: Ismail Fajrie Alatas (New York University\, '16)\, Roxana Aras (New York University\, ‘24)\, Amir Syed (University of Virginia\, ‘17)\n\n2:45 PM-4:45 PM: Temporality: The Archive is Not Enough: Oral Histories and Embodied Memory \nOrganizers: Oto Gulbani\, Talitha Pam\, Daniel Varela (University of Michigan)\nPanelists: Paul K. Eiss (Carnegie Mellon University\, ‘00)\, Bruno Renero-Hannan (State University of New York at Geneseo\, ‘19)\, Emanuela Grama (Carnegie Mellon University\, ‘10) UID:144992-21896249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144992 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,History LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T120250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Design Your Valentine DESCRIPTION:The Figma Ambassador team at UMich is excited to host a Design Your Valentine event!\n🎁 Candy Grams\nDesign and print custom stickers in Figma for your loved ones + build your own candy bags 🍬\n😍 Pitch & Pair\nGot a (shy) friend that would make a great partner? Come pitch your friend to potential investors and sell why you think your friend deserves a chance with them! Participants will be entered into a raffle for exclusive Figma swag 👀✨\nRSVP via this link\nBring your friends + spread the love 💕\n📍 \nFriday\, Feb 6 \nCCCB 0420 5:00–8:30 PM UID:144807-21895976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144807 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:CCCB 0420 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T140100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) UID:138768-21883838@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T120307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Star Wars Game Nights DESCRIPTION:Come join some fellow Star Wars fans as we play Star Wars themed board games\, card games\, video games\, or dive into the lore of the franchise through debates! UID:144956-21896200@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144956 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T113726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:All The Flowers Festival DESCRIPTION:All The Flowers Festival is a queer and feminist theater festival happening on North Campus from February 4th-7th\, headlined by internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller. Tim Miller is well known for being a member of the “NEA Four\,” a group of artists who sued the National Endowment for the Arts for pulling funding for their projects related to queer identity during the culture wars of the 1990s. \nThe festival consists of 8 performances ranging from new musicals and theater\, to chamber music and dance with all original work made by queer and/or female identifying performing artists. UID:144181-21894796@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144181 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Art,Art Workshop,artists,arts,arts at michigan,Chamber Music,Dance,Drag,drama,Festival,focus on women,In Person,Interdisciplinary,LGBT,Mutotix,North Campus,Performance Art,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T142705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Exploring The Black Action Movement at West Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the West Quad Diversity Peer Educators for a brief discussion and celebration of the history and legacy of the Black Action Movement! All are welcome to join! UID:144857-21896052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144857 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Community Engagement,Discussion,Free Food LOCATION:West Quadrangle - Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T101627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lauren Blair Smith Dance Company DESCRIPTION:Lauren Blair Smith Dance Company is a multidisciplinary\, coming-of-age contemporary dance company established in Singapore in 2020. Our performances inspire and motivate audiences to spring up and take bold steps towards embracing one’s full potential in the arts and in life. Our motto\, “let’s break standards” epitomizes our goal to revolutionize and destabilize typical approaches towards the conventional modern dance industry\, both on stage and in the studios. UID:142507-21891053@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142507 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Festival,Mutotix LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T181517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251130T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Wrestling vs Penn State DESCRIPTION:Wrestling vs Penn State UID:142250-21890270@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Wrestling LOCATION:Cliff Keen Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T180129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T210000 SUMMARY:Other:Family Time DESCRIPTION:Once a month all together at 1001 Green Rd at 6:30pm with dinner. Jan. 9\, Feb. 6 & Mar. 13 UID:143438-21893171@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143438 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Local Church in Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T121638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Takeshi Nagayasu\, piano DESCRIPTION:DMA candidate in piano performance Takeshi Nagayasu performs a dissertation recital. UID:143344-21892933@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T180252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T210000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:Christian Campus Devotional (Games) DESCRIPTION:Christian Campus Devotional (Games) is a fun time when we get to know more people and hang out playing games. There will be a large group game and smaller games as well. We would love to have you there!! We have people from the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. Come\, have fun\, and kick it with us!! UID:144884-21896092@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144884 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T105503 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:El Laberinto del Coco: Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion Ensemble live concert and dance party DESCRIPTION:Groove to the irresistible\, rhythmic beats of Puerto Rico!\n\nEl Laberinto del Coco is a groundbreaking Puerto Rican Bomba fusion ensemble dedicated to preserving\, expanding\, and reimagining one of the island’s oldest Afro–Puerto Rican musical traditions. Rooted in Bomba’s deep African diasporic heritage\, the project fuses traditional rhythms\, dance\, and call-and-response with jazz\, funk\, Afro-Caribbean\, and contemporary global sounds\, creating an electrifying and immersive live experience. Led by percussionist and composer Héctor “Coco” Bárez\, the ensemble brings together 14 musicians committed to cultural continuity\, innovation\, and collective expression.\n\nFuel up with tasty treats and sips – desserts and beverages will be provided!\n\nPresented by the Center for World Performance Studies in collaboration with the U-M Department of American Culture and Latina/o Studies Program.\n\n*If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies at cwps.information@umich.edu at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.* UID:143537-21893364@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143537 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Culture,Dance,Diversity,Free,Music LOCATION:Michigan League - League Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T105226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T083000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Friends of the UMMP Fossil Club Meeting DESCRIPTION:The monthly Friends of the UMMP meeting will be hybrid with an in person component at the Research Museum Center and a Zoom option. The doors will open around 7:00pm\, and the Zoom room will open around 7:15pm. The meeting will start at 7:30pm.\n\nContact bauerjen@umich.edu to request access to the Zoom link.\n\nThis month we have the pleasure of hosting Rich Bacolor\, the Assistant Director of Education at the Museum of Natural History. Rich will help us understand where the education team stands with programming and other needs under his leadership. And hopefully on how we can work together in the future! UID:144837-21896002@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum Of Paleontology,Paleontology,Research Museums Center LOCATION:Research Museums Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251130T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Michigan State DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Michigan State UID:142251-21890271@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142251 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T230000 SUMMARY:Tours:Telescope Observing DESCRIPTION:Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments.\n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThe Observatory will be open for exploration even if the weather does not permit telescope observing. We strive to always have interesting things for you to do!\n\nLast visitors admitted 30 minutes prior to closing. UID:143097-21892074@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,Family,free,Museum,museums,observing,Science,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T133459 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Wynton Marsalis's \"The Jungle\" DESCRIPTION:In October 2022\, UMS hosted an intensive weeklong residency with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra that included two concerts\, a School Day Performance\, multiple residency activities on and off campus\, and a halftime performance at the Michigan football game. While a February residency precludes an appearance on the 50-yard line\, we’re thrilled that Wynton and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will return for another distinctive UMS residency this year.\n\nMarsalis’s Symphony No. 4\, “The Jungle\,” was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and premiered in December 2016\; it has only been performed three times in the US since it was written. The six-movement symphony for jazz band and orchestra takes the dense mosaic of New York City as its inspiration. Marsalis’s masterwork highlights the paradoxes that define New York City\, where wealth and poverty\, grit and romance\, and unlimited growth and stagnation all coexist. But it’s also a meditation on what being human means today — a wide-scale attempt to understand the maelstrom of modern life and remind us all what brings us together. UID:137165-21879835@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137165 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Classical,classical music,concert,hill auditorium,Jazz,Trumpet,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T113726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:All The Flowers Festival DESCRIPTION:All The Flowers Festival is a queer and feminist theater festival happening on North Campus from February 4th-7th\, headlined by internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller. Tim Miller is well known for being a member of the “NEA Four\,” a group of artists who sued the National Endowment for the Arts for pulling funding for their projects related to queer identity during the culture wars of the 1990s. \nThe festival consists of 8 performances ranging from new musicals and theater\, to chamber music and dance with all original work made by queer and/or female identifying performing artists. UID:144181-21894800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144181 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Art,Art Workshop,artists,arts,arts at michigan,Chamber Music,Dance,Drag,drama,Festival,focus on women,In Person,Interdisciplinary,LGBT,Mutotix,North Campus,Performance Art,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Video Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T121714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Katherine Kenworthy & Rebekah Tupper\, French horn DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate students Katherine Kenworthy & Rebekah Tupper perform a recital. UID:143612-21893465@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143612 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T132627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ronnie Baker Brooks DESCRIPTION:“Soul never sounded so delicious. And the blues never sounded so profound…one of today’s top live performers.” –Blues Music Magazine\n\nChicago guitarist\, vocalist\, songwriter and multiple Blues Music Award-winner Ronnie Baker Brooks is one of the city’s—and the world’s—most undeniably talented and electrifying bluesmen. Ronnie was born into Chicago blues royalty as the son of legendary multiple GRAMMY Award nominee\, Hall Of Famer\, and longtime Alligator Records recording star Lonnie Brooks. He is among the few contemporary blues artists who learned his craft directly from many of the genre’s icons\, including Albert Collins\, B.B. King\, Willie Dixon\, Koko Taylor and\, most significantly\, his father. “I’m blessed to have played with and learned from the best. I’m carrying them within me\,” he says of all the legends he knew growing up and the journey he’s been on. UID:138258-21882681@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138258 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T101640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tim Miller\, A Body in the O DESCRIPTION:Climb along with performer Tim Miller inside the giant O of the Hollywood sign—or as Shakespeare conjured it “the wooden O” of all theatre and performance—where we try to take on the big themes of our time. Miller performs a new work created from his brand new book of performances and stories A BODY IN THE O. UID:142469-21890988@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142469 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Arthur Miller CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T121629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:University of Michigan Dance Company 2026 DESCRIPTION:Featuring new works by Marcat Dance (Catherine Coury [BFA ’10\, dance]\, co-artistic director)\, Maleek Washington\, Sean McKnight (BFA ’13\, musical theatre)\, and Professor Amy Chavasse.\n\nArtistic direction by Shannon Gillen and Jillian Hopper\n\nRecommended Ages: 3+\n\n*Buying Tickets\nFlex Series ticket packages available beginning June 10\; Single tickets available beginning August 4.*\n UID:135520-21876920@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Dance LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T180008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T234500 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:2026 Tri-State Synchronized Skating Competition DESCRIPTION:The fourth competition of the University of Michigan's Synchronized Skating Team's 2025-2026 season\, located in Dearborn\, Michigan. It is the final competition for our Open Collegiate team.  UID:138312-21882756@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138312 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Dearborn Ice Skating Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T060136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Big Dawgs Tournament DESCRIPTION:Georgia tournament 2/6-2/8 UID:143521-21893334@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bell Memorial Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T060024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Nittany Lion Invitational 2026 DESCRIPTION:We are so excited for our first travel meet of the season! Also the first meet where both our men's and women's team will be competing! UID:142342-21890573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142342 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Penn State Campus Recreation CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T060143 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ToC Midwest Section Championship DESCRIPTION:The Club Tennis Team will travel to Madison\, WI to compete at the regional championship!  UID:144078-21894621@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144078 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Madison, WI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T060241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:TSCHL Playoffs DESCRIPTION:TSCHL Playoffs  UID:144737-21895794@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Goggin Ice Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T235900 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ Adrian DESCRIPTION:1 Game vs Adrian UID:136311-21878491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136311 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Arrington Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260201T120008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T235959 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey vs. GVSU DESCRIPTION:Home game UID:137369-21880175@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137369 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892987@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893501@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260207T060012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Jessica C. Beck Memorial Invite @OSU DESCRIPTION:Artistic swimming meet at OSU. UID:143159-21892338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143159 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890851@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21890616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T093133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T164500 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Anthro-History Returns DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Anthro-History Symposium includes three panels reflecting the state of the field(s) across three conceptual problems in Anthropology and History. Each panel is organized by current Anthro-History students and will feature three Anthro-History alumni presenting on their research. We hope to provide an opportunity for lively discussion across generations of Anthro-Historians and with the broader U-M community\, and would welcome your participation. This year’s symposium is generously endowed by Professor Sally C. Humphreys\, who advocated for critical interdisciplinary scholarship throughout her academic career as an ancient historian.\n\nProgram\n\nFriday\, February 6\n5:00 pm: Opening Remarks\nPamela Ballinger (University of Michigan) and Edward Murphy (Michigan State University\, '07)\n\nSaturday\, February 7\n\n9:30-11:30 am: Value: Money Moves: Labor\, Migration\, and Financial Technologies\nOrganizers: Amelia Burke\, Colin Garon\, Simon Rakei (University of Michigan)\nPanelists: Kevin Donovan (University of Edinburgh\, '19)\, David E. Pedersen (University of California\, San Diego\, '04)\, Andrea Wright (William & Mary\, '15)\n\n12:30-2:30 pm: Authority: Contesting Religious/Secular Temporalities & Authorities\nOrganizers: Amir Marshi\, Kai Ngu (University of Michigan)\nPanelists: Ismail Fajrie Alatas (New York University\, '16)\, Roxana Aras (New York University\, ‘24)\, Amir Syed (University of Virginia\, ‘17)\n\n2:45 PM-4:45 PM: Temporality: The Archive is Not Enough: Oral Histories and Embodied Memory \nOrganizers: Oto Gulbani\, Talitha Pam\, Daniel Varela (University of Michigan)\nPanelists: Paul K. Eiss (Carnegie Mellon University\, ‘00)\, Bruno Renero-Hannan (State University of New York at Geneseo\, ‘19)\, Emanuela Grama (Carnegie Mellon University\, ‘10) UID:144992-21896250@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144992 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,History LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T155300 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T130000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Livingston County Community Connect Day DESCRIPTION:U-M College of Pharmacy Community Health and Engagement\nFrom hosting flu vaccine clinics to administering safe medication disposal events\, our students actively participate in community service.\n\nEvent Information:\n\nLivingston County Community Connect Day\n10:00am – 1:00pm\n2I42 Community Church\n7526 Grand River Ave.\nBrighton\, MI.\n\nUniversity of Michigan College of Pharmacy student volunteers will provide:\n\nInformation about the Student Run Free Clinic’s services\nOffer blood sugar screening and education\nProvide vaccine education\nDiscuss safe medication storage\, disposal\, and donation.\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:144865-21896062@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144865 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Education,Free,Health & Wellness,Pharmacy,Public Health,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260207T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Track & Field vs Michigan Invitational DESCRIPTION:Men's Track & Field vs Michigan Invitational UID:145089-21896656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145089 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260207T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T130000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Track & Field vs Michigan Invitational DESCRIPTION:Women's Track & Field vs Michigan Invitational UID:145110-21896679@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145110 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T111026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T113000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | An Introduction to Quantum Computing DESCRIPTION:Quantum computers do not think faster - they think differently. They replace ordinary bits with quantum bits that can be more than just 0 or 1. This presentation explains what that really means\, what quantum computers might be useful for\, and how close—or far—we are from making them work.\n\nPlease join us for a Hybrid Lecture and Q&A. Both will also be live-streamed on: https://myumi.ch/mR5p3 UID:143968-21894341@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143968 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,aerospace engineering,biophysics,Biosciences,Complex Systems,Free,Mathematics,Natural Sciences,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science,Science,Smoke-free,Undergrad Physics Events,Undergraduate LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Stamps School’s annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition is a showcase of outstanding work produced by Stamps undergraduate students\, taking place at Stamps Gallery from January 30-February 21\, 2026. The opening reception will take place on January 30 from 6-8 p.m.\n\nA highly anticipated Stamps School tradition\, the objectives of the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition are: \n\n\n\nEncourage the creation of high-quality\, innovative art and design work.\n\nTeach students how to navigate juried exhibitions.\n\nPromote participation in Stamps’ vibrant cultural community.\nJurors\n\nCarlos Diaz is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow and a Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Photography Department (1995-2000) at the College for Creative Studies\, Detroit\, MI where he taught for 37 years. Diaz received a BFA from College for Creative Studies in 1980 and an MFA from the University of Michigan in 1983.\n\nPatricia Villalobos Echeverría (Nicaragua/USA)\, Professor of Art at Western Michigan University\, engages a transdisciplinary practice encompassing printmaking\, photography\, video\, installation\, and participatory frameworks to interrogate migration\, displacement\, and transformation. Exhibited internationally\, she holds a Doctor of Arts (Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art & Design)\, MFA\, and BFA\, with residencies including MacDowell and Ox-Bow.\n\n\n\nJessica Levy is the Co-Founder of Hourglass Advisory\, a New York-based art advisory firm specializing in curated collections for contemporary spaces. She holds an MFA from NYU and a BFA from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, and serves on the Stamps School’s Dean’s Advisory Council. Levy’s background spans media including ceramics\, fibers\, and industrial design. \nTimeline\n\n\n\nExhibition Opening Reception at Stamps Gallery: January 30\, 6-8pm\n\nWalkthrough with the Artists & Designers: January 31\, 2-4pm\n\nExhibition Dates: January 30-February 21\, 2026\n\nFor more information\, contact sclegg@umich.edu. UID:139627-21885813@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T083307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Climb & Connect: A GradSWE Bouldering Social DESCRIPTION:Join GradSWE for a bouldering social! We'll provide a day pass and shoe rental\, along with snacks and drinks. Email Allison (grimsted@umich.edu) if you need a ride. UID:144900-21896116@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144900 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Graduate,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881290@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T124143 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Read and Look | *The Ancient World in 100 Words* DESCRIPTION:How do you sum up the ancient world in just 100 words? Today’s “Read and Look” selection takes on the challenge! With 100 carefully chosen terms\, each explained in just 100 words\, Clive Gifford’s book provides a quick and fun insight into the characters\, events\, and inventions of the ancient world. \n\nThe Kelsey’s Read and Look program is geared toward our younger visitors\, ages 4–8. \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:144019-21894535@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Books,Children,Family,Free,History,Museum,Storytelling,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Creating the Future of Medicine for 175 Years DESCRIPTION:As the Medical School celebrates the anniversary of its opening in the fall of 1850\, and Michigan Medicine marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the \"Old Main\" University Hospital that served as its flagship from 1925 to 1986\, a free museum exhibit explores 175 years of medical education\, research and clinical care. \n\nOpen to the public at the Museum on Main Street operated by the Washtenaw County Historical Society\, the exhibit includes artifacts\, photos and facts about how U-M's medical community grew from humble beginnings on the Diag to become one of the nation's largest and most respected academic medical centers. It also asks visitors to ponder their own attitudes and experiences\, and to submit memories and photos of their time working\, studying\, volunteering or receiving care at U-M's medical campus and beyond. There are also activities for young visitors.\n\nThe museum is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.\n\nFull details about the exhibit\, including parking instructions and how to book a free private group tour on a weekday\, are available at http://michmed.org/museum\n\nThe museum has an accessible entrance at the rear of the building. UID:139428-21885495@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Life Science,Medicine,Museum,Nursing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T142109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T124500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Expedition Reef DESCRIPTION:Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems. Expedition Reef immerses you in an undersea adventure. Along the way\, discover how corals grow\, feed\, reproduce\, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth.\n\nThe state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and back in time from the comfort of reclining seats. Tickets $8. Tickets are available on the day of the show at the Museum Store. UID:95986-21892262@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:natural history museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T061542 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251207T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Columbia DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Columbia UID:142433-21890949@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142433 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260207T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260122T130000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Columbia DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Columbia UID:144302-21895134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144302 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T161824 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:National Send a Letter to a Friend Day at The Connector DESCRIPTION:Stop by The Connector and decorate a card to show a friend your appreciation for them! Hosted by the Connector Community Assistants. UID:140283-21886870@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140283 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Holiday,Social LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260207T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T143000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Beginner Friendly Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Training DESCRIPTION:Our weekly beginner-friendly sessions are designed for students who are new to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or looking for a structured\, low-pressure environment to build strong fundamentals.\nEach session focuses on core movements\, positional awareness\, and high-percentage techniques used in real sparring\, with an emphasis on safety\, clarity\, and progressive learning. Instruction is step-by-step\, with plenty of time for drilling\, questions\, and guided practice.\nNo prior martial arts experience is required. These classes are ideal if you are:\n• Trying BJJ for the first time\n• Looking to improve fundamentals before live sparring\n• Returning after time away from training\n• Interested in grappling for fitness\, confidence\, or competition\nTraining partners are supportive\, instruction is detailed\, and the pace is intentionally beginner-friendly while still preparing you for more advanced classes over time.\nCome learn how to move efficiently\, control positions\, and build confidence on the mats - one class at a time. UID:144468-21895395@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144468 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T153619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T144600 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Korean Cinema NOW | Concerning My Daughter | 딸에 대하여 DESCRIPTION:2023 ‧ Drama ‧ 1h 46 min ‧ PG-13\n\nView the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuDzXwTuzoE\n \n Concerning My Daughter is a powerful 2023 drama directed by Lee Mi-rang and based on the best-selling novel by Kim Hye-jin. The film offers a nuanced look at generational conflict\, societal prejudice\, and unconditional love through the eyes of a deeply conflicted single mother (Oh Min-ae) who works as a caregiver in a nursing home. Her already precarious life is further complicated when her lesbian daughter (Ha Yoon-kyung)\, recently unemployed\, moves back home with her partner\, forcing the mother to confront her conservative views on family and identity. The film has been highly praised on the festival circuit\, winning multiple awards\, including the CGV Award and the Actor of the Year Award for lead actress Oh Min-ae at the 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)\, and the Audience Award at the 49th Seoul Independent Film Festival.\n \n Directed by Lee Mi-rang\n Presented in Korean with English subtitles\n \n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at outreachkorea@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142640-21891248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142640 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Film Series,Free,Korea,korean cinema LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T134500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21892217@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T144500 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:136347-21892289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T110336 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UU Weekly: Self-Care and Stuff-a-Bear DESCRIPTION:Come practice self-love and enjoy stuff-a-plush\, bouquet making\, and hear from wellness organizations! UID:144917-21896146@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144917 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Free,Wellness LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendelton Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260207T120225 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T180000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:FREE and fun 🏀 basketball game this Saturday at 3:00 PM DESCRIPTION:\nCalling all U-M faculty\, students\, and community members! 🎉\nJoin us for a FREE and fun 🏀 basketball game this Saturday at 3:00 PM at St. Luke Ann Arbor 4205 Washtenaw Ave\, Ann Arbor. \nPlenty of free parkingMeet new peopleGet some exerciseBoost your mental health\nCome shoot some hoops\, break a sweat\, and enjoy a great time with the community. We hope to see you there! UID:144654-21895655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144654 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:St Luke Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T181634 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T160000 SUMMARY:Performance:HyunJee Jung\, piano DESCRIPTION:Graduate student HyunJee Jung performs a recital. UID:144950-21896182@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T154500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21892226@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251110T145627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260207T170000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Judo Training DESCRIPTION:Judo Team Training at the Michigan League\nKoessler Room\, 3rd Floor. Before showing up\, please email hazoum@umich.edu. We want to be prepared for new members. UID:138019-21881192@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Athletics - Wrestling,Fitness,In Person,Leadership,Rec Sports LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR