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:20250421T140629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T160000 SUMMARY:Other:KidSport Summer Camp DESCRIPTION:KidSport Summer Camps offers children ages 4-11 the opportunity to learn and play a variety of team sports\, individual sports\, team building games\, and other physical education activities in a non-competitive and fun sports environment. All children will have time in the pool on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and each afternoon\, Monday through Friday\, to work on water comfort. skills and safety. KidSport Inclusive is for all kids who do not require a high degree of personalized support to participate in large group activities. For more information and to register\, visit our website listed below. UID:135145-21876391@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135145 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Camp,Children LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250708T194743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T220000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Michigan League: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Another location for the AADL Summer Game is the Michigan League\, home to cool study spaces\, Maizie's Kitchen & Market\, water-bottle refill stations\, Campus Information Desk (Main Floor)\, and historic displays (see Floor 3). It's also the primary office space for the Resource Navigator team\, a group of students who help undergrads & grads find the spaces\, places\, and people they need on the Ann Arbor campus.\n\n*Stop by and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game\; (1) first location by the Main Floor Lobby\, on the bulletin board near the Info Desk\; (2) second location right inside the South Entrance doors near the accessibility door panel! (This is the entrance for the Mendelssohn Theater. nearest Rackham.)* Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\n\nKnow before you go\, especially over holiday weekends and during Art Fair! Check the League's building hours at uunions.umich.edu/league/ or use the Related Links on this page. UID:136138-21877926@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136138 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Games,Outdoors LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250408T135629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color DESCRIPTION:We have many significant books from the history of our understanding of rainbows and color theory\, from the writings of scholar Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham to Isaac Newton’s 1704 Opticks. Rainbows appear across the spectrum of our collections\, and this exhibit includes a handwritten illuminated manuscript\, practical color manuals of the industrial age\, contemporary artists’ and children’s books\, and more from our vast holdings. \n\nRainbows have captivated people for all of recorded history. It’s hard not to think of them as physical objects\, but they are really just distorted images of the sun\, positioned around the viewer’s head. They require someone to perceive them to exist\, and thus have much in common with colors and color theory in general. And\, like colors\, they are about relationships: of one color next to another\, and of colors and the people who see them. The rainbow has had many different cultural interpretations over the years\, and most recently has become synonymous with gay pride\, appearing all over each June.\n\nHatcher Gallery Exhibit Room Hours:\nSunday\, 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday\, 9am-8pm\nFriday\, 9am-4pm\nSaturday\, 11am-5pm UID:134798-21875207@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250407T111911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Carlo Vitale Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Carlo Vitale is a distinguished Michigan-based artist whose vibrant contributions to the Detroit art scene have flourished since the 1970s. A native of Detroit\, Vitale's work is celebrated as part of the second generation of the Cass Corridor Art Movement\, Detroit’s first avante garde. His art draws inspiration from the sweeping vistas of farmland seen from above\, the intricate patterns of quilt-making\, the dynamic energy of cityscapes\, and the rich tapestry of daily life. Vitale eloquently characterizes his mesmerizing oil paintings and prints as “kinetic\, metaphysical abstractions\,” inviting viewers to engage with the depth and vitality of his creative vision.\n\nVitale received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters of Fine Arts from Wayne State University in Detroit. His work can be found in many collections including The Whitney Museum of Fine Art in New York\, The Detroit Institute of Art\, Cranbrook Art Museum\, Wayne State University Collection\, University of Michigan Museum of Art and corporate\, hospital\, and private collections throughout the country. UID:134757-21874939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - NCRC Galleries CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T100000 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:134855-21875440@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:20250211T122734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Redefining the Crown DESCRIPTION:In Winter 2025\, the Lane Hall exhibit space will feature a portraiture series titled Redefining the Crown showcasing the powerful stories of six Black breast cancer survivors.\n\nBased on a photo essay by U-M Faculty Versha Pleasant (MD/MPH) and Ava Purkiss (PhD) in Medicine at Michigan\, this exhibition examines the cultural and personal significance of hair within Black communities\, particularly through the lens of breast cancer treatment and recovery. The term \"crown\" is deeply symbolic in Black culture\, signifying beauty\, strength\, and identity. The featured photo essay by photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks.\n\nThrough their narratives and portraits\, the exhibit examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy\, inviting the audience to witness their stories with radical empathy. It explores the cultural pride and personal identity intricately tied to their hair\, and how these elements are redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThe exhibit will be on view from January 21\, 2025 to August 8\, 2025. This exhibition is presented with support from IRWG\, the Department of Women's and Gender Studies\, and Michigan Medicine. \n\nLocated on the first floor of Lane Hall (204 S. State Street)\, the Exhibit Space is free and open to the public\, M-F\, 9am-4pm. UID:129602-21864195@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:african american,Art,institute for research on women and gender,women,Women's And Gender Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250529T110505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Beyond Survival DESCRIPTION:Join us for Beyond Survival\, an exhibition of works by incarcerated artists in Michigan presented by PCAP co-founder Janie Paul and the Flint Institute of the Arts. The exhibit opens May 30th and runs through September 14th. \n\nThe pieces span nearly 30 years\, many of them having been featured in our Annual Exhibition.\n\n\"Through drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures made with simple materials\, artists expose the harsh realities of incarceration while imagining life beyond prison. These works reveal a longing for home and family\, joy and beauty\, connections to nature\, flights of the imagination\, and journeys toward freedom—acts of creation made despite and in direct response to carceral conditions.\" UID:135894-21877428@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Exhibition,Incarceration LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Graphics Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250627T145134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Communication Styles in the Workplace DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:136267-21878343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Discussion,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240130T121551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n  UID:84303-21621649@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,European,Exhibition,History,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250714T181505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2025 DESCRIPTION:Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative showcases the depth of artistic excellence and merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan and recognizes the creativity\, rigor and innovation of artists and collaboratives working in the region\, inspiring the next generations of artists in our state.\nIn the of fall of 2024\, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork\, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. \nA shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Juana Williams\, art curator and writer based in Detroit\, Michigan\; Melinda Zacher Ronayne\, former director of visual arts at the Interlochen Center for the Arts\; and Parisa Ghaderi\, assistant professor of graphic design at Shoreline Community College and winner of the 2023 Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award. \nMeet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2025:\nConor Fagan obtained his Master of Fine Arts degree at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in the spring of 2014. Among his many numerous awards and grants\, he has been one of twelve international artists selected to participate in The 31st annual International Symposium of Contemporary Art in Baie – Saint Paul\, Quebec\; a year-long artist in Residence at the Roswell artist-in-Residency in Roswell\, New Mexico\; and a featured artist at the 2020 Spring Break Art Show\, in New York\, New York. He has had solo shows with My Pet Ram and Gitler &\; in NYC\, and most recently has been featured and won an award at The 2025 Regional Show at the Dennos Museum and Cultural Center. He has works in numerous public collections including the Waterton - Global corporate collection\, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art\, and the Museum of Modern Art in Baei St Paul. His work has been collected privately both nationally and internationally. Currently\, he teaches and lives outside of Traverse City at Interlochen Arts Academy\, nestled among the trees\, rivers\, and lakes of northern Michigan.Katie Mongoven/上秋莲 is a Chinese American fiber artist from Washington\, DC\, based in Detroit\, MI. Her work investigates and fortifies the space between cultural dichotomies through multiple fiber processes. She received her BFA from the University of Michigan and MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art\, with the Surface Design Association’s Outstanding Student Award. She was a Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist at the University of Michigan\, a Windgate University Fellow at Arrowmont School of Arts &\; Crafts\, and the 2024 Barstow Artist-in-Residence at Central Michigan University. Other residencies attended include the California Institute of the Arts\, the University of Michigan\, Vermont Studio Center\, and forthcoming Stove Works (TN) in 2025. Solo and group exhibitions include Central Michigan University (MI)\, Playground Detroit (MI)\, Riffe Gallery (OH)\, and ROY G BIV Gallery (OH). She has public and corporate commissions at the Cranbrook Art Museum\, PayTile\, and Cross River Bank. Her work is held in public collections at Central Michigan University\, Summa Health\, and MetroHealth\, and in numerous private collections throughout the United States.Sara Nickleson is an artist\, curator\, and gallery director based in Detroit\, Michigan. She held the position of Senior Director at Library Street Collective gallery from 2016 to 2022. Prior to moving to Detroit\, Nickleson was the Head Curator and Director of Collections at the Design Exchange (DX) in Toronto\, Canada\, where she curated a number of internationally acclaimed exhibitions\, including This is Not a Toy\, The Politics of Fashion\, and 3DXL. Nickleson has written for a number of arts publications\, including exhibition catalogs (José Parlá: Polarities\; This is Not a Toy\; Coping Mechanisms\, Sam Durant: Iconoclasm) and artist monographs (Sam Friedman\, Tyrrell Winston). She has been a visiting curator and critic\, and was invited by the British Council to take part in their Design Connections symposium as part of London Design Week in 2015. Exhibitions of her artwork include a solo show at Louis Buhl &\; Co. (Detroit) as well as a number of group presentations. Nickleson received her BFA from the University of Windsor (Windsor\, Canada)\; a BID from the College for Creative Studies (Detroit\, MI)\; and an MFA in Painting from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills\, Michigan.\nFrom June 26 through August 2\, 2025\, Fagan\, Mongoven\, and Nickleson will present their work in a group exhibition at Stamps Gallery\, with logistical and curatorial support from the Gallery's professional staff.\n2025 Envision Awardee Named\nAt the exhibition's opening reception on June 26\, the jury reconvened to select the Envision 2025 Award recipient\, awarding Sara Nickleson a $5\,000 prize.\nIn a statement about Nickleson's work\, the jury noted: “Sara Nickleson’s ambitious paintings boldly invite us to explore our relationship with the unknown. At a time when the world is deeply divided\, when diverse perspectives and experiences are being weaponized by fear\, Nickleson’s paintings meticulously build another world - one mark\, one brush stroke at a time. Layering colors and mark-making that draw on prehistoric forms and symbols\, Nickleson seeks a new futurity that acknowledges the losses\, and co-existence that build on our differences and commonalities. Sara has been consistently building her visual vocabulary and we are excited to see where she will go next.” \nEnvision: The 2025 Michigan Artist Initiative is curated by Srimoyee Mitra with the assistance of Joe Rohrer. UID:129134-21862267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129134 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250708T113639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T120000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Informational Webinar: Michigan Engineering Online Graduate Degrees DESCRIPTION:Thinking about earning a master's degree in engineering? Join us on Thursday\, July 17\, at 11 am for an informational webinar!\n\nYou will explore Michigan Engineering's online and in-person graduate programs\, including ME's graduate degrees in automotive engineering\, manufacturing\, and global automotive and manufacturing engineering.\n\nThis session will guide you through each program's offerings\, showcase what sets them apart\, and help you decide what path best meets your career goals. Whether you're looking to advance your technical skills\, make a career change\, or step into a leadership role\, there's a Michigan Engineering program for you!\n\nDon't miss out on this opportunity — register today! UID:136376-21878599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136376 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Prospective Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250605T121507 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T170000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Stamps Gallery: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Stop by Stamps Gallery to enjoy the Envision: The 2025 Michigan Artist Initiative exhibition and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game! Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\nPlease note: Stamps Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday\, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.\, and until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Our exhibition is open June 26 through August 2\, 2025. UID:136016-21877683@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T113230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775 DESCRIPTION:The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce a forthcoming exhibition in recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the military hostilities that began the American Revolutionary War. The Battles of Lexington and Concord are firmly established in American memory as the culmination of a range of governmental\, political\, economic\, and social tensions that amplified in the decade leading up to 1775. In this exhibit\, visitors will have the opportunity to see original historical manuscript letters\, documents\, newspapers\, and artwork that reveal aspects of the bloody work of Empire and individual alike in April 1775.\n\nAmong the items on display will be Commander in Chief of the British Army\, General Thomas Gage's draft orders for the Concord Expedition\, April 18\, 1775\; a bundle of letters collected by former Sons of Liberty supporter Dr. Benjamin Church\, which he secretly turned over to British Army intelligence\; letters by Silas Deane\, John Hancock\, and Rachel Revere\; and much more.\n\nOpen weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:134875-21875595@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Ann Arbor,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250707T151858 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:Coping with Grad Student Pressures During Summer DESCRIPTION:Summer has unique stressors for grad students like time management\, balancing various workloads\, finding community over the summer\, and managing relationships in academic and personal life. Join us to learn strategies to cope with these stressors and hear from other grad students who can relate!\n\nLive virtual wellness group from 12:00 - 12:45pm for graduate and professional students\nZoom link will be accessible in your registration confirmation email the day of the event\nRegistration is required on the Campus Mind Works website\n\nThese mental health education and support groups are a service of the U-M Eisenberg Family Depression Center\, in partnership with the U-M Engineering’s C.A.R.E. Center and the Newnan Academic Advising Center. UID:135982-21877610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135982 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,mental health,Virtual,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250630T134335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Dear Colleagues: Anti-DEI policies and practices are detrimental to the future of our scientific community. Here’s what you can do to help. DESCRIPTION:Research shows that diverse teams foster more innovative solutions\, and those from underrepresented groups often engage in interdisciplinary and applied work—crucial for tackling the complex problems facing society today.\n\nYet efforts to diversify and address historical biases in the scientific community have become a political target which can have critical consequences for innovative scientific research and its applications to protect the lives and future of our society.\n\nJoin our upcoming webinar to discuss strategies scientists can use to navigate this challenging political and academic climate. We will explore ways to continue dismantling barriers and increasing opportunities for all. Panelists will discuss how to effectively respond and move forward.\n\nModerator: \nElizabeth R. Cole\, Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity and University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Women's and Gender Studies\; Psychology\; and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan\n\nPanelists:\nC. Brandon Ogbunu\, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University \n\nSean Johnson\, Assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan \n\nKaren G. Martínez\, Associate professor and chair of the department of psychiatry\; director at the Center for the Study and Treatment of Fear and Anxiety at the University of Puerto Rico UID:136274-21878380@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136274 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Diversity Equity and Inclusion LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T162329 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T123000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:121866-21878372@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,museums,natural history museum LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250908T080307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T170000 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. They are currently collaborating with a museum design firm on the final version of the exhibit\, which will debut in fall 2025. We invite you to check out what they've done so far.\n\nPresented 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:135958-21877549@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135958 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:20250908T080307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T170000 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. They are currently collaborating with a museum design firm on the final version of the exhibit\, which will debut in fall 2025. We invite you to check out what they've done so far.\n\nPresented 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:135958-21877647@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135958 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:20250717T122022 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Online Arabic Placement test_July 17\, 2025 (1:00pm-3:30pm EST) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Arabic Placement TestAbout the testThe test takes approximately three hours in length\, and it is composed of three portions:a. The writing portion is completed via Zoom and it is worth a total of 100 points.b. The reading portion is completed online through Canvas site\, and it is worth a total of 48 points.c. Right after finishing with the reading portion\, each student will have a follow-up interview with a proctor. The interviews last approximately 15 minutes and it is worth a total of 20 points.Important: The interview portion will be weighted most heavily as it will be used to validate performance on the other two portions. The final result/score/rating will thus be based on the student’s performance on the interview above all. Rating of performance on the writing or reading portions is secondary.How is the result calculated?Students who receive 60% or above will be placed in Arabic 401 and thus placed out of the LSA Language Requirement.Where can I view my results? Placement results are posted within 7 business days after taking the test. You will not be notified of your score automatically. You may view your placements via: Wolverine Access > Student Business > Academic Records > View Placement Exam Results.\nImportant information about the test* Please note that only students who are participating in the Spring/Summer orientations are eligible to take the online placement test. If you are an existing UM student\, please sign up to take the in-person placement test that is taking place in August.* Placements are valid for only one year. If you fail to register in the course that you are placed in\, you will be required to retake the test.* Retaking the placement test is only permitted after the placement results expire.* Students who are currently taking an Arabic course will not be allowed to take the placement test. * The test assesses students’ proficiency in Standard Arabic (fuSHa)\, NOT colloquial Arabic.* If you speak an Arabic dialect but you do not know how to read or write or have little knowledge\, feel free to register in Arabic 101.* Students who know some Arabic because they came from an Arabic-speaking household or have studied Arabic before\, must take the Arabic proficiency test in order to determine their placement.* Students who have taken Arabic at other institutions and wish to continue their Arabic study at UM must take the placement test to determine their level. Credits for Arabic study undertaken at another institution prior to joining UM or in a summer program while attending UM\, transfer in as generic departmental credits and students must take the placement test to determine credit equivalencies to UM courses.* If you place in or beyond the 401 level\, you will have satisfied the LSA language requirement.* Students are encouraged to take a placement test as early as possible in their studies in order to determine the level they should enroll in\, or if they test out of the language requirement. This is extremely important to avoid delays in graduation and complications with placement.* Arabic 101\, 201\, 401\, 501 or 504 are offered ONLY in the Fall semester\, and Arabic 102\, 202\, 402\, 511 are ONLY offered in the Winter semester.* Arabic 103 (the equivalent of Arabic 101 & 102\, combined) AND Arabic 203 (the equivalent of Arabic 201 & 202\, combined) are offered in the Spring-Summer terms.UM’s Arabic curriculum is a dual register curriculum in which students learn to speak and understand the Levantine dialect (the dialect of Jordan\, Syria\, Palestine and Lebanon) in addition to developing the four language skills of formal Arabic (fuSHa). If you have questions regarding the placement test\, please contact the Arabic program director at\, mesarabicprogram@umich.edu UID:136284-21878393@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136284 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Zoom/Canvas CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T143000 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:136347-21878543@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:20250711T125201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T190000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Snake Week: Live Encounters and Exploration DESCRIPTION:Get up close and personal with some live snakes and examine a variety of 3D-printed snake body parts\, skins\, and more. July 17th\, 4:00 - 7:00 pm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Free and open to all. UID:136427-21878654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136427 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Ecology,Family,Free LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250530T114035 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250717T190000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Undergraduate Info Session DESCRIPTION:Please join us in person to learn more about the LEAPS and Undergraduate Teacher Education program and how Marsal Education can help you reach your educational goals!\n\nDuring this information session\, our staff will provide an overview of what makes us a top ranked education program! The session will cover details about the application process\, academic program schedule\, courses\, funding\, and will conclude with time for questions.\n\nRegister here: https://umforms.tfaforms.net/219170 UID:135912-21877503@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135912 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Teacher,Teacher Education,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Marsal Family School of Education - Education Building Room 1315 - Whitney CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T140629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T160000 SUMMARY:Other:KidSport Summer Camp DESCRIPTION:KidSport Summer Camps offers children ages 4-11 the opportunity to learn and play a variety of team sports\, individual sports\, team building games\, and other physical education activities in a non-competitive and fun sports environment. All children will have time in the pool on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and each afternoon\, Monday through Friday\, to work on water comfort. skills and safety. KidSport Inclusive is for all kids who do not require a high degree of personalized support to participate in large group activities. For more information and to register\, visit our website listed below. UID:135145-21876392@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135145 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Camp,Children LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250708T194743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T220000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Michigan League: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Another location for the AADL Summer Game is the Michigan League\, home to cool study spaces\, Maizie's Kitchen & Market\, water-bottle refill stations\, Campus Information Desk (Main Floor)\, and historic displays (see Floor 3). It's also the primary office space for the Resource Navigator team\, a group of students who help undergrads & grads find the spaces\, places\, and people they need on the Ann Arbor campus.\n\n*Stop by and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game\; (1) first location by the Main Floor Lobby\, on the bulletin board near the Info Desk\; (2) second location right inside the South Entrance doors near the accessibility door panel! (This is the entrance for the Mendelssohn Theater. nearest Rackham.)* Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\n\nKnow before you go\, especially over holiday weekends and during Art Fair! Check the League's building hours at uunions.umich.edu/league/ or use the Related Links on this page. UID:136138-21877927@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136138 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Games,Outdoors LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250408T135629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color DESCRIPTION:We have many significant books from the history of our understanding of rainbows and color theory\, from the writings of scholar Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham to Isaac Newton’s 1704 Opticks. Rainbows appear across the spectrum of our collections\, and this exhibit includes a handwritten illuminated manuscript\, practical color manuals of the industrial age\, contemporary artists’ and children’s books\, and more from our vast holdings. \n\nRainbows have captivated people for all of recorded history. It’s hard not to think of them as physical objects\, but they are really just distorted images of the sun\, positioned around the viewer’s head. They require someone to perceive them to exist\, and thus have much in common with colors and color theory in general. And\, like colors\, they are about relationships: of one color next to another\, and of colors and the people who see them. The rainbow has had many different cultural interpretations over the years\, and most recently has become synonymous with gay pride\, appearing all over each June.\n\nHatcher Gallery Exhibit Room Hours:\nSunday\, 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday\, 9am-8pm\nFriday\, 9am-4pm\nSaturday\, 11am-5pm UID:134798-21875208@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250407T111911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Carlo Vitale Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Carlo Vitale is a distinguished Michigan-based artist whose vibrant contributions to the Detroit art scene have flourished since the 1970s. A native of Detroit\, Vitale's work is celebrated as part of the second generation of the Cass Corridor Art Movement\, Detroit’s first avante garde. His art draws inspiration from the sweeping vistas of farmland seen from above\, the intricate patterns of quilt-making\, the dynamic energy of cityscapes\, and the rich tapestry of daily life. Vitale eloquently characterizes his mesmerizing oil paintings and prints as “kinetic\, metaphysical abstractions\,” inviting viewers to engage with the depth and vitality of his creative vision.\n\nVitale received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters of Fine Arts from Wayne State University in Detroit. His work can be found in many collections including The Whitney Museum of Fine Art in New York\, The Detroit Institute of Art\, Cranbrook Art Museum\, Wayne State University Collection\, University of Michigan Museum of Art and corporate\, hospital\, and private collections throughout the country. UID:134757-21874940@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - NCRC Galleries CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T100000 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:134855-21875441@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:20250211T122734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Redefining the Crown DESCRIPTION:In Winter 2025\, the Lane Hall exhibit space will feature a portraiture series titled Redefining the Crown showcasing the powerful stories of six Black breast cancer survivors.\n\nBased on a photo essay by U-M Faculty Versha Pleasant (MD/MPH) and Ava Purkiss (PhD) in Medicine at Michigan\, this exhibition examines the cultural and personal significance of hair within Black communities\, particularly through the lens of breast cancer treatment and recovery. The term \"crown\" is deeply symbolic in Black culture\, signifying beauty\, strength\, and identity. The featured photo essay by photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks.\n\nThrough their narratives and portraits\, the exhibit examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy\, inviting the audience to witness their stories with radical empathy. It explores the cultural pride and personal identity intricately tied to their hair\, and how these elements are redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThe exhibit will be on view from January 21\, 2025 to August 8\, 2025. This exhibition is presented with support from IRWG\, the Department of Women's and Gender Studies\, and Michigan Medicine. \n\nLocated on the first floor of Lane Hall (204 S. State Street)\, the Exhibit Space is free and open to the public\, M-F\, 9am-4pm. UID:129602-21864196@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:african american,Art,institute for research on women and gender,women,Women's And Gender Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250529T110505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Beyond Survival DESCRIPTION:Join us for Beyond Survival\, an exhibition of works by incarcerated artists in Michigan presented by PCAP co-founder Janie Paul and the Flint Institute of the Arts. The exhibit opens May 30th and runs through September 14th. \n\nThe pieces span nearly 30 years\, many of them having been featured in our Annual Exhibition.\n\n\"Through drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures made with simple materials\, artists expose the harsh realities of incarceration while imagining life beyond prison. These works reveal a longing for home and family\, joy and beauty\, connections to nature\, flights of the imagination\, and journeys toward freedom—acts of creation made despite and in direct response to carceral conditions.\" UID:135894-21877429@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Exhibition,Incarceration LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Graphics Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250530T115130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T120000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Clements Bookworm #81: Author Conversation with Jason Cherry DESCRIPTION:Independent historian Jason A. Cherry delves into the life of William Trent\, a prominent yet often overlooked figure in colonial American history\, in his biography\, William Trent: Factor of Ambition.\n\nAs a fur trader\, military officer\, and land speculator\, Trent played a significant role in the economic and political dynamics of the 18th-century American frontier. Heavily researched at the Clements\, this book explores his interactions with Native American communities\, his involvement in key historical events like the French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion\, and his complex relationships with figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. UID:135914-21877505@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135914 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Ann Arbor,Book Talk,Books,Free,history,libraries,Library,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250707T151527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T120000 SUMMARY:Other:In-Person Tour & Info Session DESCRIPTION:Visit Stamps and join us for a tour of our facilities\, info session\, and Q&A panel on undergraduate programs at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design.\nEvents take place monthly on Fridays and last two hours. Listed start times are in Eastern US time.\nVisit our Admissions Events page to learn more about additional upcoming events. UID:135998-21877639@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135998 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240130T121551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n  UID:84303-21621650@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,European,Exhibition,History,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250714T181505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2025 DESCRIPTION:Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative showcases the depth of artistic excellence and merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan and recognizes the creativity\, rigor and innovation of artists and collaboratives working in the region\, inspiring the next generations of artists in our state.\nIn the of fall of 2024\, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork\, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. \nA shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Juana Williams\, art curator and writer based in Detroit\, Michigan\; Melinda Zacher Ronayne\, former director of visual arts at the Interlochen Center for the Arts\; and Parisa Ghaderi\, assistant professor of graphic design at Shoreline Community College and winner of the 2023 Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award. \nMeet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2025:\nConor Fagan obtained his Master of Fine Arts degree at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in the spring of 2014. Among his many numerous awards and grants\, he has been one of twelve international artists selected to participate in The 31st annual International Symposium of Contemporary Art in Baie – Saint Paul\, Quebec\; a year-long artist in Residence at the Roswell artist-in-Residency in Roswell\, New Mexico\; and a featured artist at the 2020 Spring Break Art Show\, in New York\, New York. He has had solo shows with My Pet Ram and Gitler &\; in NYC\, and most recently has been featured and won an award at The 2025 Regional Show at the Dennos Museum and Cultural Center. He has works in numerous public collections including the Waterton - Global corporate collection\, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art\, and the Museum of Modern Art in Baei St Paul. His work has been collected privately both nationally and internationally. Currently\, he teaches and lives outside of Traverse City at Interlochen Arts Academy\, nestled among the trees\, rivers\, and lakes of northern Michigan.Katie Mongoven/上秋莲 is a Chinese American fiber artist from Washington\, DC\, based in Detroit\, MI. Her work investigates and fortifies the space between cultural dichotomies through multiple fiber processes. She received her BFA from the University of Michigan and MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art\, with the Surface Design Association’s Outstanding Student Award. She was a Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist at the University of Michigan\, a Windgate University Fellow at Arrowmont School of Arts &\; Crafts\, and the 2024 Barstow Artist-in-Residence at Central Michigan University. Other residencies attended include the California Institute of the Arts\, the University of Michigan\, Vermont Studio Center\, and forthcoming Stove Works (TN) in 2025. Solo and group exhibitions include Central Michigan University (MI)\, Playground Detroit (MI)\, Riffe Gallery (OH)\, and ROY G BIV Gallery (OH). She has public and corporate commissions at the Cranbrook Art Museum\, PayTile\, and Cross River Bank. Her work is held in public collections at Central Michigan University\, Summa Health\, and MetroHealth\, and in numerous private collections throughout the United States.Sara Nickleson is an artist\, curator\, and gallery director based in Detroit\, Michigan. She held the position of Senior Director at Library Street Collective gallery from 2016 to 2022. Prior to moving to Detroit\, Nickleson was the Head Curator and Director of Collections at the Design Exchange (DX) in Toronto\, Canada\, where she curated a number of internationally acclaimed exhibitions\, including This is Not a Toy\, The Politics of Fashion\, and 3DXL. Nickleson has written for a number of arts publications\, including exhibition catalogs (José Parlá: Polarities\; This is Not a Toy\; Coping Mechanisms\, Sam Durant: Iconoclasm) and artist monographs (Sam Friedman\, Tyrrell Winston). She has been a visiting curator and critic\, and was invited by the British Council to take part in their Design Connections symposium as part of London Design Week in 2015. Exhibitions of her artwork include a solo show at Louis Buhl &\; Co. (Detroit) as well as a number of group presentations. Nickleson received her BFA from the University of Windsor (Windsor\, Canada)\; a BID from the College for Creative Studies (Detroit\, MI)\; and an MFA in Painting from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills\, Michigan.\nFrom June 26 through August 2\, 2025\, Fagan\, Mongoven\, and Nickleson will present their work in a group exhibition at Stamps Gallery\, with logistical and curatorial support from the Gallery's professional staff.\n2025 Envision Awardee Named\nAt the exhibition's opening reception on June 26\, the jury reconvened to select the Envision 2025 Award recipient\, awarding Sara Nickleson a $5\,000 prize.\nIn a statement about Nickleson's work\, the jury noted: “Sara Nickleson’s ambitious paintings boldly invite us to explore our relationship with the unknown. At a time when the world is deeply divided\, when diverse perspectives and experiences are being weaponized by fear\, Nickleson’s paintings meticulously build another world - one mark\, one brush stroke at a time. Layering colors and mark-making that draw on prehistoric forms and symbols\, Nickleson seeks a new futurity that acknowledges the losses\, and co-existence that build on our differences and commonalities. Sara has been consistently building her visual vocabulary and we are excited to see where she will go next.” \nEnvision: The 2025 Michigan Artist Initiative is curated by Srimoyee Mitra with the assistance of Joe Rohrer. UID:129134-21862268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129134 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250605T121507 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T170000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Stamps Gallery: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Stop by Stamps Gallery to enjoy the Envision: The 2025 Michigan Artist Initiative exhibition and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game! Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\nPlease note: Stamps Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday\, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.\, and until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Our exhibition is open June 26 through August 2\, 2025. UID:136016-21877684@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T113230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775 DESCRIPTION:The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce a forthcoming exhibition in recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the military hostilities that began the American Revolutionary War. The Battles of Lexington and Concord are firmly established in American memory as the culmination of a range of governmental\, political\, economic\, and social tensions that amplified in the decade leading up to 1775. In this exhibit\, visitors will have the opportunity to see original historical manuscript letters\, documents\, newspapers\, and artwork that reveal aspects of the bloody work of Empire and individual alike in April 1775.\n\nAmong the items on display will be Commander in Chief of the British Army\, General Thomas Gage's draft orders for the Concord Expedition\, April 18\, 1775\; a bundle of letters collected by former Sons of Liberty supporter Dr. Benjamin Church\, which he secretly turned over to British Army intelligence\; letters by Silas Deane\, John Hancock\, and Rachel Revere\; and much more.\n\nOpen weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:134875-21875596@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Ann Arbor,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250624T102322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T124500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Deutschtisch DESCRIPTION:German Faculty Mary Gell and Silvia Grzeskowiak will offer \"Deutschtisch\" to students of German 232 (Summer 2025) and to all interested German speakers on campus. \"Deutschtisch\" will take place on Fridays from 12-12:45 p.m. in the Michigan League Courtyard Garden. \n\nIn case of rain\, the meeting will convene in Maizies. UID:136207-21878023@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136207 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany,Humanities,International,Language LOCATION:Michigan League - Courtyard Garden CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T144046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Heartfulness Guided 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:88544-21865098@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/88544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T162329 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T123000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:121866-21878373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,museums,natural history museum LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250908T080307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T170000 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. They are currently collaborating with a museum design firm on the final version of the exhibit\, which will debut in fall 2025. We invite you to check out what they've done so far.\n\nPresented 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:135958-21877566@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135958 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:20250908T080307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T170000 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. They are currently collaborating with a museum design firm on the final version of the exhibit\, which will debut in fall 2025. We invite you to check out what they've done so far.\n\nPresented 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:135958-21877655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135958 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:20250707T100846 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Andrew Cruz - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Andrew Cruz for their dissertation defense titled \"Outcompeting and Suppressing the Intramolecular Heck Arylation in Bimolecular Palladium-Catalyzed Alkene Difunctionalization Reactions\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, July 18\, 2025\n*Time:* 1:00 p.m.\n*Where:* Room 1640\, Chemistry Building\n\nZoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97176576228\nPasscode: Heck UID:136349-21878575@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136349 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250707T102346 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T160000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Andrew Bennett - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Andrew Bennett for their dissertation defense titled \"Ionic Cocrystals as Green Oxidizers\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, July 18\, 2025\n*Time:* 2:00 p.m.\n*Where:* Room A505\, Chemistry Building\n\nZoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91648734806\nPasscode: crystal UID:136350-21878576@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136350 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - A505 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T143000 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:136347-21878551@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:20250410T101420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T193000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Beach Tennis - Learn to Play DESCRIPTION:Jump into the exciting world of beach tennis! Learn the basics of gameplay\, key techniques\, and winning strategies before putting your skills to test in fun matches with fellow participants. This is a one day class. Open to anyone 21 years of age or older. All equipment is provided.\nMain Topics Covered:\n- Rules and Scoring\n- Equipment and Court\n- Techniques and Strategy\n- Gameplay Practice UID:134851-21875354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134851 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,Rec Sports,Social LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250409T114534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T193000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Bocce Ball - Learn to Play DESCRIPTION:Get rolling with the basics of bocce ball! Learn gameplay\, tips\, and strategies\, then put your skills to the test in games with fellow participants. All equipment is included. UID:134828-21875316@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134828 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rec Sports,Social LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250630T121621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Student Recital: MPulse Clarinet Institute DESCRIPTION:Join us for a student performance by MPulse Clarinet Institute participants.\n\nThe MPulse Clarinet Institute is one of SMTD’s performing arts summer programs for high school aged youth\, led by Ellen Breakfield-Glick (Associate Professor\, Western Michigan University) and SMTD Professor Chad Burrow (University of Michigan). UID:135942-21877533@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135942 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250908T080337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250718T230000 SUMMARY:Tours:Observing Night DESCRIPTION:Explore the historic Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, view its history and astronomy exhibits\, and observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope! \n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThis event will take place 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:136023-21877701@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136023 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,free,Museum,museums,observing,Science,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250708T194743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T220000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Michigan League: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Another location for the AADL Summer Game is the Michigan League\, home to cool study spaces\, Maizie's Kitchen & Market\, water-bottle refill stations\, Campus Information Desk (Main Floor)\, and historic displays (see Floor 3). It's also the primary office space for the Resource Navigator team\, a group of students who help undergrads & grads find the spaces\, places\, and people they need on the Ann Arbor campus.\n\n*Stop by and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game\; (1) first location by the Main Floor Lobby\, on the bulletin board near the Info Desk\; (2) second location right inside the South Entrance doors near the accessibility door panel! (This is the entrance for the Mendelssohn Theater. nearest Rackham.)* Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\n\nKnow before you go\, especially over holiday weekends and during Art Fair! Check the League's building hours at uunions.umich.edu/league/ or use the Related Links on this page. UID:136138-21877928@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136138 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Games,Outdoors LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250408T135629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color DESCRIPTION:We have many significant books from the history of our understanding of rainbows and color theory\, from the writings of scholar Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham to Isaac Newton’s 1704 Opticks. Rainbows appear across the spectrum of our collections\, and this exhibit includes a handwritten illuminated manuscript\, practical color manuals of the industrial age\, contemporary artists’ and children’s books\, and more from our vast holdings. \n\nRainbows have captivated people for all of recorded history. It’s hard not to think of them as physical objects\, but they are really just distorted images of the sun\, positioned around the viewer’s head. They require someone to perceive them to exist\, and thus have much in common with colors and color theory in general. And\, like colors\, they are about relationships: of one color next to another\, and of colors and the people who see them. The rainbow has had many different cultural interpretations over the years\, and most recently has become synonymous with gay pride\, appearing all over each June.\n\nHatcher Gallery Exhibit Room Hours:\nSunday\, 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday\, 9am-8pm\nFriday\, 9am-4pm\nSaturday\, 11am-5pm UID:134798-21875209@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250529T110505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Beyond Survival DESCRIPTION:Join us for Beyond Survival\, an exhibition of works by incarcerated artists in Michigan presented by PCAP co-founder Janie Paul and the Flint Institute of the Arts. The exhibit opens May 30th and runs through September 14th. \n\nThe pieces span nearly 30 years\, many of them having been featured in our Annual Exhibition.\n\n\"Through drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures made with simple materials\, artists expose the harsh realities of incarceration while imagining life beyond prison. These works reveal a longing for home and family\, joy and beauty\, connections to nature\, flights of the imagination\, and journeys toward freedom—acts of creation made despite and in direct response to carceral conditions.\" UID:135894-21877430@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Exhibition,Incarceration LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Graphics Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250714T181505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2025 DESCRIPTION:Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative showcases the depth of artistic excellence and merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan and recognizes the creativity\, rigor and innovation of artists and collaboratives working in the region\, inspiring the next generations of artists in our state.\nIn the of fall of 2024\, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork\, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. \nA shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Juana Williams\, art curator and writer based in Detroit\, Michigan\; Melinda Zacher Ronayne\, former director of visual arts at the Interlochen Center for the Arts\; and Parisa Ghaderi\, assistant professor of graphic design at Shoreline Community College and winner of the 2023 Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award. \nMeet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2025:\nConor Fagan obtained his Master of Fine Arts degree at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in the spring of 2014. Among his many numerous awards and grants\, he has been one of twelve international artists selected to participate in The 31st annual International Symposium of Contemporary Art in Baie – Saint Paul\, Quebec\; a year-long artist in Residence at the Roswell artist-in-Residency in Roswell\, New Mexico\; and a featured artist at the 2020 Spring Break Art Show\, in New York\, New York. He has had solo shows with My Pet Ram and Gitler &\; in NYC\, and most recently has been featured and won an award at The 2025 Regional Show at the Dennos Museum and Cultural Center. He has works in numerous public collections including the Waterton - Global corporate collection\, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art\, and the Museum of Modern Art in Baei St Paul. His work has been collected privately both nationally and internationally. Currently\, he teaches and lives outside of Traverse City at Interlochen Arts Academy\, nestled among the trees\, rivers\, and lakes of northern Michigan.Katie Mongoven/上秋莲 is a Chinese American fiber artist from Washington\, DC\, based in Detroit\, MI. Her work investigates and fortifies the space between cultural dichotomies through multiple fiber processes. She received her BFA from the University of Michigan and MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art\, with the Surface Design Association’s Outstanding Student Award. She was a Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist at the University of Michigan\, a Windgate University Fellow at Arrowmont School of Arts &\; Crafts\, and the 2024 Barstow Artist-in-Residence at Central Michigan University. Other residencies attended include the California Institute of the Arts\, the University of Michigan\, Vermont Studio Center\, and forthcoming Stove Works (TN) in 2025. Solo and group exhibitions include Central Michigan University (MI)\, Playground Detroit (MI)\, Riffe Gallery (OH)\, and ROY G BIV Gallery (OH). She has public and corporate commissions at the Cranbrook Art Museum\, PayTile\, and Cross River Bank. Her work is held in public collections at Central Michigan University\, Summa Health\, and MetroHealth\, and in numerous private collections throughout the United States.Sara Nickleson is an artist\, curator\, and gallery director based in Detroit\, Michigan. She held the position of Senior Director at Library Street Collective gallery from 2016 to 2022. Prior to moving to Detroit\, Nickleson was the Head Curator and Director of Collections at the Design Exchange (DX) in Toronto\, Canada\, where she curated a number of internationally acclaimed exhibitions\, including This is Not a Toy\, The Politics of Fashion\, and 3DXL. Nickleson has written for a number of arts publications\, including exhibition catalogs (José Parlá: Polarities\; This is Not a Toy\; Coping Mechanisms\, Sam Durant: Iconoclasm) and artist monographs (Sam Friedman\, Tyrrell Winston). She has been a visiting curator and critic\, and was invited by the British Council to take part in their Design Connections symposium as part of London Design Week in 2015. Exhibitions of her artwork include a solo show at Louis Buhl &\; Co. (Detroit) as well as a number of group presentations. Nickleson received her BFA from the University of Windsor (Windsor\, Canada)\; a BID from the College for Creative Studies (Detroit\, MI)\; and an MFA in Painting from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills\, Michigan.\nFrom June 26 through August 2\, 2025\, Fagan\, Mongoven\, and Nickleson will present their work in a group exhibition at Stamps Gallery\, with logistical and curatorial support from the Gallery's professional staff.\n2025 Envision Awardee Named\nAt the exhibition's opening reception on June 26\, the jury reconvened to select the Envision 2025 Award recipient\, awarding Sara Nickleson a $5\,000 prize.\nIn a statement about Nickleson's work\, the jury noted: “Sara Nickleson’s ambitious paintings boldly invite us to explore our relationship with the unknown. At a time when the world is deeply divided\, when diverse perspectives and experiences are being weaponized by fear\, Nickleson’s paintings meticulously build another world - one mark\, one brush stroke at a time. Layering colors and mark-making that draw on prehistoric forms and symbols\, Nickleson seeks a new futurity that acknowledges the losses\, and co-existence that build on our differences and commonalities. Sara has been consistently building her visual vocabulary and we are excited to see where she will go next.” \nEnvision: The 2025 Michigan Artist Initiative is curated by Srimoyee Mitra with the assistance of Joe Rohrer. UID:129134-21862269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129134 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250605T121507 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T170000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Stamps Gallery: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Stop by Stamps Gallery to enjoy the Envision: The 2025 Michigan Artist Initiative exhibition and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game! Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\nPlease note: Stamps Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday\, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.\, and until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Our exhibition is open June 26 through August 2\, 2025. UID:136016-21877685@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240130T121551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n  UID:84303-21621651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,European,Exhibition,History,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T162329 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T123000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:121866-21878374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,museums,natural history museum LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T143000 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:136347-21878559@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:20250530T151501 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250719T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:MCSPlay DESCRIPTION:Join MCSP incoming students and student leaders for a variety of online games and get acquainted activities. UID:135917-21877508@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135917 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Games LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250708T194743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T220000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Michigan League: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Another location for the AADL Summer Game is the Michigan League\, home to cool study spaces\, Maizie's Kitchen & Market\, water-bottle refill stations\, Campus Information Desk (Main Floor)\, and historic displays (see Floor 3). It's also the primary office space for the Resource Navigator team\, a group of students who help undergrads & grads find the spaces\, places\, and people they need on the Ann Arbor campus.\n\n*Stop by and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game\; (1) first location by the Main Floor Lobby\, on the bulletin board near the Info Desk\; (2) second location right inside the South Entrance doors near the accessibility door panel! (This is the entrance for the Mendelssohn Theater. nearest Rackham.)* Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\n\nKnow before you go\, especially over holiday weekends and during Art Fair! Check the League's building hours at uunions.umich.edu/league/ or use the Related Links on this page. UID:136138-21877929@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136138 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Games,Outdoors LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250408T135629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color DESCRIPTION:We have many significant books from the history of our understanding of rainbows and color theory\, from the writings of scholar Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham to Isaac Newton’s 1704 Opticks. Rainbows appear across the spectrum of our collections\, and this exhibit includes a handwritten illuminated manuscript\, practical color manuals of the industrial age\, contemporary artists’ and children’s books\, and more from our vast holdings. \n\nRainbows have captivated people for all of recorded history. It’s hard not to think of them as physical objects\, but they are really just distorted images of the sun\, positioned around the viewer’s head. They require someone to perceive them to exist\, and thus have much in common with colors and color theory in general. And\, like colors\, they are about relationships: of one color next to another\, and of colors and the people who see them. The rainbow has had many different cultural interpretations over the years\, and most recently has become synonymous with gay pride\, appearing all over each June.\n\nHatcher Gallery Exhibit Room Hours:\nSunday\, 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday\, 9am-8pm\nFriday\, 9am-4pm\nSaturday\, 11am-5pm UID:134798-21875210@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250529T110505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Beyond Survival DESCRIPTION:Join us for Beyond Survival\, an exhibition of works by incarcerated artists in Michigan presented by PCAP co-founder Janie Paul and the Flint Institute of the Arts. The exhibit opens May 30th and runs through September 14th. \n\nThe pieces span nearly 30 years\, many of them having been featured in our Annual Exhibition.\n\n\"Through drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures made with simple materials\, artists expose the harsh realities of incarceration while imagining life beyond prison. These works reveal a longing for home and family\, joy and beauty\, connections to nature\, flights of the imagination\, and journeys toward freedom—acts of creation made despite and in direct response to carceral conditions.\" UID:135894-21877431@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Exhibition,Incarceration LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Graphics Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240130T121551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n  UID:84303-21621652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,European,Exhibition,History,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T162329 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T123000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:121866-21878375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,museums,natural history museum LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250622T121633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T150000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Young Scientist Spotlight 2025 DESCRIPTION:Meet the next generation of scientists! Join us for a special Scientist Spotlight on Sunday\, July 20\, 2025 from 1:00–3:00 p.m. featuring hands-on-activities and research by high school scholars from the Aspirnaut Program and the Kamcev Research Lab.\n\nThese students have spent the summer working alongside U-M students and faculty in the Life Sciences Institute and Michigan Engineering. Through fun\, interactive activities you can learn about their cutting-edge science and their experiences working in a lab. Find this Spotlight in the BSB West Atrium. UID:136184-21877997@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136184 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - West (Quetzalcoatlus) Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250720T181508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Exhibition Tour: La Raza Art and Media Collective with curator Félix Zamora Gómez DESCRIPTION:Join exhibition co-curator Félix Zamora Gómez for a look at “La Raza Art and Media Collective\, 1975-Today.” This exhibition revisits the 50th anniversary of the RAM Collective—formed by a pioneering group of Latina/o students to voice the cultural and political expression of Chicano\, Hispanic\, and Latin American communities—by presenting the four original issues of its multimedia journal produced between 1976 and 1977. The journals are exhibited here for the first time\, framed by original art commissions from three generations of Latinx alumni artists —George Vargas\, Nicole Marroquin\, and Michelle Hinojosa.\n \nFree and open to the public. Pre-registration required\n UID:135972-21877591@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135972 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Media,Museum,Tour,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250610T120134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Calling on the Ancient Gods of the Kelsey DESCRIPTION:The hopes and fears of people long dead played out in relation to their gods. For this Sunday Drop-In Tour\, we will visit representations of seven of these gods and goddesses in the Kelsey Museum—including Isis\, Aphrodite\, Bacchus\, and others—and see if we feel a connection.\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:136056-21877799@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136056 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,Museum,Mythology,Religion,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T143000 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:136347-21878568@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:20250521T103604 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250720T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Katie Geddes DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor’s songstress\n\nKatie Geddes sings traditional and contemporary folk\, country-folk\, and folk-pop tunes. A deft interpreter of beloved songs\, her captivating voice and velvety-smooth delivery bring new life to the compositions of writers such as John Prine\, Michael Nesmith and Lennon and McCartney. When not doing her own gigs\, Katie has been known to \"moonlight\" singing harmony for folk-rock legend Melanie and local favorite Matt Watroba\, and is part of the female vocal trio All About Eve. UID:135747-21877219@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135747 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T140629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T160000 SUMMARY:Other:KidSport Summer Camp DESCRIPTION:KidSport Summer Camps offers children ages 4-11 the opportunity to learn and play a variety of team sports\, individual sports\, team building games\, and other physical education activities in a non-competitive and fun sports environment. All children will have time in the pool on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and each afternoon\, Monday through Friday\, to work on water comfort. skills and safety. KidSport Inclusive is for all kids who do not require a high degree of personalized support to participate in large group activities. For more information and to register\, visit our website listed below. UID:135145-21876395@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135145 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Camp,Children LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250708T194743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T220000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Michigan League: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Another location for the AADL Summer Game is the Michigan League\, home to cool study spaces\, Maizie's Kitchen & Market\, water-bottle refill stations\, Campus Information Desk (Main Floor)\, and historic displays (see Floor 3). It's also the primary office space for the Resource Navigator team\, a group of students who help undergrads & grads find the spaces\, places\, and people they need on the Ann Arbor campus.\n\n*Stop by and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game\; (1) first location by the Main Floor Lobby\, on the bulletin board near the Info Desk\; (2) second location right inside the South Entrance doors near the accessibility door panel! (This is the entrance for the Mendelssohn Theater. nearest Rackham.)* Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\n\nKnow before you go\, especially over holiday weekends and during Art Fair! Check the League's building hours at uunions.umich.edu/league/ or use the Related Links on this page. UID:136138-21877930@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136138 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Games,Outdoors LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250408T135629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color DESCRIPTION:We have many significant books from the history of our understanding of rainbows and color theory\, from the writings of scholar Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham to Isaac Newton’s 1704 Opticks. Rainbows appear across the spectrum of our collections\, and this exhibit includes a handwritten illuminated manuscript\, practical color manuals of the industrial age\, contemporary artists’ and children’s books\, and more from our vast holdings. \n\nRainbows have captivated people for all of recorded history. It’s hard not to think of them as physical objects\, but they are really just distorted images of the sun\, positioned around the viewer’s head. They require someone to perceive them to exist\, and thus have much in common with colors and color theory in general. And\, like colors\, they are about relationships: of one color next to another\, and of colors and the people who see them. The rainbow has had many different cultural interpretations over the years\, and most recently has become synonymous with gay pride\, appearing all over each June.\n\nHatcher Gallery Exhibit Room Hours:\nSunday\, 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday\, 9am-8pm\nFriday\, 9am-4pm\nSaturday\, 11am-5pm UID:134798-21875211@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250407T111911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Carlo Vitale Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Carlo Vitale is a distinguished Michigan-based artist whose vibrant contributions to the Detroit art scene have flourished since the 1970s. A native of Detroit\, Vitale's work is celebrated as part of the second generation of the Cass Corridor Art Movement\, Detroit’s first avante garde. His art draws inspiration from the sweeping vistas of farmland seen from above\, the intricate patterns of quilt-making\, the dynamic energy of cityscapes\, and the rich tapestry of daily life. Vitale eloquently characterizes his mesmerizing oil paintings and prints as “kinetic\, metaphysical abstractions\,” inviting viewers to engage with the depth and vitality of his creative vision.\n\nVitale received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters of Fine Arts from Wayne State University in Detroit. His work can be found in many collections including The Whitney Museum of Fine Art in New York\, The Detroit Institute of Art\, Cranbrook Art Museum\, Wayne State University Collection\, University of Michigan Museum of Art and corporate\, hospital\, and private collections throughout the country. UID:134757-21874943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - NCRC Galleries CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T100000 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:134855-21875444@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:20250529T110505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Beyond Survival DESCRIPTION:Join us for Beyond Survival\, an exhibition of works by incarcerated artists in Michigan presented by PCAP co-founder Janie Paul and the Flint Institute of the Arts. The exhibit opens May 30th and runs through September 14th. \n\nThe pieces span nearly 30 years\, many of them having been featured in our Annual Exhibition.\n\n\"Through drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures made with simple materials\, artists expose the harsh realities of incarceration while imagining life beyond prison. These works reveal a longing for home and family\, joy and beauty\, connections to nature\, flights of the imagination\, and journeys toward freedom—acts of creation made despite and in direct response to carceral conditions.\" UID:135894-21877432@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Exhibition,Incarceration LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Graphics Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250528T124611 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Accommodation Suggestions for Common Conditions and Limitations DESCRIPTION:Have you found yourself facing disability-related limitations and barriers in the workplace but are unsure what would help? Join the accessibility specialists of the Disability Equity Office as they guide you through several types of reasonable workplace accommodations that may provide support for a variety of different limitations. Many of the resources are readily available at the University of Michigan!\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:135875-21877353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Disability,Faculty,Graduate Students,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T113230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775 DESCRIPTION:The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce a forthcoming exhibition in recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the military hostilities that began the American Revolutionary War. The Battles of Lexington and Concord are firmly established in American memory as the culmination of a range of governmental\, political\, economic\, and social tensions that amplified in the decade leading up to 1775. In this exhibit\, visitors will have the opportunity to see original historical manuscript letters\, documents\, newspapers\, and artwork that reveal aspects of the bloody work of Empire and individual alike in April 1775.\n\nAmong the items on display will be Commander in Chief of the British Army\, General Thomas Gage's draft orders for the Concord Expedition\, April 18\, 1775\; a bundle of letters collected by former Sons of Liberty supporter Dr. Benjamin Church\, which he secretly turned over to British Army intelligence\; letters by Silas Deane\, John Hancock\, and Rachel Revere\; and much more.\n\nOpen weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:134875-21875599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Ann Arbor,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250611T152234 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Summer Institute Course - Intermediate Questionnaire Design DESCRIPTION:Intermediate Questionnaire Design\nJuly 21-24\, 2025\n12:00pm-4:00pm EDT\nLive Online via Zoom\n\nParticipants should have prior knowledge of questionnaire design before attending.\n\nThis course is designed to follow on from Introduction to Questionnaire Design or Designing and Writing Questions for Surveys: Guidelines and Recommendations. Now instead of looking at question comprehension from a cognitive side\, the linguistic side will be explored including online tools. Factual questions will be revisited but with the goal of exploring different types of respondent memory problems. Solutions include basic aids to improve memory and alternative methods: decomposition\, calendars\, event history calendars\, internet enabled devices\, wearables\, apps and sensors\, and additional tasks on mobile phones. Also covered are the effects of telescoping and quasi-facts. Subjective questions will be revisited to understand attitude consistency and inconsistency and to cover the popular topic of satisfaction and other customer experience metrics. Alternatives methods to attitude measurement will also be covered: factorial surveys and multi-item scales. The course concludes with multi-cultural issues raised by Rincón and a mini appendix on ways to translate survey questions and evaluate the translation. The course will be interactive with the goal of making it as close to in-person training as possible. There also will be workshops throughout. Pamela is happy to chat with participants about their own questionnaires.\n\nPamela Campanelli is a survey methods specialist\, chartered statistician\, fellow of the academy of social sciences and an international trainer\, researcher and consultant who runs her own business (http://www.thesurveycoach.com/). Her background is in social statistics\, survey methodology\, and psychology with a special interest in the study of survey error and data quality focusing on questionnaire design\, question testing strategies\, interviewing techniques\, sampling and weighting\, survey analysis\, and mixed-mode designs. In addition to providing consultancy\, conducting research\, writing papers\, reviewing for journals\, advising committees\, Dr. Campanelli’s focuses on providing training courses. She is committed to high quality learning. She believes in delivering courses that are lively and engaging\, foster an informal and interactive atmosphere\, communicate concepts in a straightforward and accessible way\, illustrate the material through the use of ‘real life’ examples\, and provide workshops to put theory into practice.\n\nThe Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques provides rigorous and high quality graduate level training in all phases of survey research. The noncredit courses are open to all. The courses are live online via Zoom. Registration and payment are required. Course fees are based on the total number of hours assigned to each course\, the hours are listed on the course description. The 2025 schedule lists additional courses. If you have any questions regarding the application process\, please use the online contact form or email the Summer Institute at isr-summer@umich.edu .\n\nThe program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design\, implementation\, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948\, and has offered such courses every summer since. The Summer Institute uses the sample survey as the basic instrument for the scientific measurement of human activity. It presents sample survey methods in courses designed to meet the educational needs of those specializing in social and behavioral research such as professionals in business\, public health\, natural resources\, law\, medicine\, nursing\, social work\, and many other domains of study. UID:136085-21877818@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136085 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Online,Science,Statistics,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250709T153909 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Yang Li Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Seismic hazards present significant risks to urban areas\, especially those built on soft sediments that amplify ground motion. Accurate assessment and mitigation of these risks require dense\, high-resolution imaging and continuous monitoring of the shallow subsurface. However\, conventional seismic networks are often limited in urban settings due to high costs\, sparse coverage\, and logistical constraints. These limitations hinder our ability to characterize site effects\, monitor subsurface changes\, and develop effective mitigation strategies. Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) has emerged as a transformative solution\, repurposing existing fiber-optic telecom cables into dense arrays of seismic sensors. DAS enables scalable\, cost-effective\, and non-invasive seismic data acquisition with meter-scale spatial resolution\, making it well-suited for dense urban environments. Despite its potential\, DAS presents distinct challenges for urban seismic applications. Because telecom cables are not designed with geophysical monitoring in mind\, researchers often lack detailed information about the fiber layout\, coupling conditions\, and burial depth. These unknowns can degrade data quality and introduce uncertainty in the spatial accuracy of seismic measurements. Additionally\, DAS generally exhibits lower signal-to-noise ratios compared to traditional geophones\, particularly in noisy urban settings. Another fundamental limitation is DAS’s directional sensitivity: DAS measures axial strain along fiber\, making it less responsive to seismic waves arriving at angles not aligned with the fiber\, which can result in incomplete wavefield capture. This thesis addresses these challenges through three targeted investigations aimed at enhancing the utility of DAS for urban seismic imaging and monitoring. These investigations bridge the gap between theoretical DAS capabilities and practical urban applications\, offering a framework for using telecom fiber networks as long-term\, distributed seismic observatories in cities.\n\nIn Chapter 2\, we investigate the shallow shear-wave velocity (Vs) structure of Granada\, Spain\, a region of moderate seismicity but high hazard due to shallow soft sediments amplifying ground motion. Using a two-day DAS deployment (August 26-27\, 2020) along a telecom fiber with complex geometry\, we address challenges such as urban noise and limited recording duration. An ad-hoc processing scheme incorporating frequency-wavenumber filtering enhances virtual shot gathers and multi-mode dispersion images from ambient seismic noise interferometry. We are able to employ this dataset to generate several Vs profiles for different sections of the cable. The resulting Vs profiles show a shallow low-velocity layer (150-300 m/s) corresponding to alluvial deposits\, transitioning to weathered metamorphic bedrock (>800 m/s) at depth. These profiles align with local geological conditions\, demonstrating DAS’s capability for soil characterization and seismic microzonation in urban areas.\n\nIn Chapter 3\, we examine the near-surface Vs structure in the hill zone of Mexico City through a joint inversion of Rayleigh and Love wave dispersion curves extracted from DAS ambient noise data. We first perform angular response analysis to identify channel pairs with optimal sensitivity to both Rayleigh and Love waves. We then extract phase and group velocity dispersion curves using DAS recorded ambient seismic noise\, and jointly invert them using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo framework to constrain Vs structure to 300 m depth. Notably\, the joint inversion approach enhances the resolution of subsurface interfaces around 25-m depth\, which are poorly resolved in inversions using Rayleigh or Love waves only. Rayleigh and Love wave dispersion data contribute complementary sensitivity to the model: Love waves constrain the shallow structure (0-100 m)\, while Rayleigh waves provide information on deeper layers (up to ∼300 m). This combined sensitivity results in a more robust and stable velocity model. Our results demonstrate the potential of DAS-enabled joint inversion in capturing fine-scale subsurface structure\, particularly in complex urban environments with challenging wavefield conditions. UID:136405-21878626@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136405 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 2520 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250523T121558 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Summer Carillon Concert Series: Trevor Workman (UK) DESCRIPTION:Trevor Workman was appointed Carillonneur by Bournville Village Trust in 1965. Now in his 60th year as Carillonneur\, Trevor continues to give twice weekly recitals on Bournville Carillon throughout the year. He has completed extensive recital tours of Europe and the United States and regularly plays in the Netherlands\, Belgium\, and France.\n\nIn 2018\, Trevor was recognised by the late Queen - HM Queen Elizabeth II when he received the British Empire Medal in the Birthday Honours list for “Services to the British Carillon Society and to the Community of Bournville.”\n\nIn 2019\, Trevor was honoured and privileged to be invited to be a member of the jury for the ‘International Queen Fabiola Carillon Competition’ in Mechelen\, Belgium. He is currently serving a second term in office as President of the Carillon Society of Britain and Ireland (CSBI) and is active in promoting the carillon and the carillon art in England.\n\nSummer carillon concerts are free and open to all\, including to families and their pets. The music happens rain or shine. Please note that concerts are scheduled on both Central and North Campus\, so plan your commute accordingly. When you arrive\, take a program from the stand near the tower and have a seat outdoors wherever you like\, or bring your own lawn chair or blanket (even your own picnic!). Concert staff wearing nametags will be available to answer questions or direct you to accessible restrooms and other facilities. For best acoustics\, sit far enough away from the tower to have a direct line of sight to the bells.\n\nThe nearest municipal parking structures to the Burton Memorial Tower are at 324 Maynard and at 510 E Washington. UID:135823-21877305@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250702T181621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250721T204500 SUMMARY:Performance:MPulse Organ Institute Faculty and Current Student Recital I DESCRIPTION:Faculty and current students in the Department of Organ present a recital on the Baroque-style Fisk organ in Blanche Anderson Moore Recital Hall as part of the MPulse Organ Institute. \n\nThe MPulse Organ Institute is a one-week intensive for high school\, undergraduate\, and graduate students seeking to sharpen\, expand\, and reinvigorate their musical and technical skills at the organ\, led by University of Michigan Organ faculty and guest clinicians. UID:136323-21878498@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136323 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Blanche Anderson Moore Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T140629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T160000 SUMMARY:Other:KidSport Summer Camp DESCRIPTION:KidSport Summer Camps offers children ages 4-11 the opportunity to learn and play a variety of team sports\, individual sports\, team building games\, and other physical education activities in a non-competitive and fun sports environment. All children will have time in the pool on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and each afternoon\, Monday through Friday\, to work on water comfort. skills and safety. KidSport Inclusive is for all kids who do not require a high degree of personalized support to participate in large group activities. For more information and to register\, visit our website listed below. UID:135145-21876396@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135145 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Camp,Children LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250708T194743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T220000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Michigan League: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Another location for the AADL Summer Game is the Michigan League\, home to cool study spaces\, Maizie's Kitchen & Market\, water-bottle refill stations\, Campus Information Desk (Main Floor)\, and historic displays (see Floor 3). It's also the primary office space for the Resource Navigator team\, a group of students who help undergrads & grads find the spaces\, places\, and people they need on the Ann Arbor campus.\n\n*Stop by and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game\; (1) first location by the Main Floor Lobby\, on the bulletin board near the Info Desk\; (2) second location right inside the South Entrance doors near the accessibility door panel! (This is the entrance for the Mendelssohn Theater. nearest Rackham.)* Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\n\nKnow before you go\, especially over holiday weekends and during Art Fair! Check the League's building hours at uunions.umich.edu/league/ or use the Related Links on this page. UID:136138-21877931@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136138 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Games,Outdoors LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250311T165835 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Applied Methods for Studying Structural Racism\, Sexism\, and Other Systems of Oppression: Data\, Measurement\, and Modeling DESCRIPTION:This workshop provides practical\, theory-driven guidance on methods for studying structural oppression\, with a focus on structural racism\, structural sexism\, and intersecting systems of inequality. Despite growing interest in this research\, substantial challenges remain\, including fragmented data ecosystems and limited adoption of theoretically grounded\, empirically rigorous methodologies.\n\nWorkshop instructors will offer conceptual and analytical clarity\, showcasing diverse data sources on structural oppression\, with guidance on accessing\, linking\, and analyzing these data. The workshop will also highlight best practices for the scientific study of structural oppression by operationalizing structural oppression in ways that reflect its multifaceted\, multilevel\, and systemic nature\, alongside its other core dimensions\, including relational power dynamics\, institutionalized structures\, sociohistorical contexts\, oppressive schemas and logics\, the roles of specific actors\, the inactions and omissions that sustain these systems\, and intersections among forms of oppression.\n\nWorkshop Format:\n\nMorning Sessions: Interactive lectures on cutting-edge methodological approaches\, with real-world examples.\n\nAfternoon Sessions: Hands-on exercises and individualized consultations to support participants' research interests. These sessions will feature practical examples and applications\, primarily using STATA and R\, to demonstrate key methodological techniques and best practices in data analysis\, measurement\, and modeling of structural oppression.\n\nPrerequisites: This workshop is particularly suited for early-career scholars\, though all researchers are welcome. Participants should bring their own laptops.\n\nApplication: Enrollment is limited to 25 participants. To apply for this workshop\, select the \"Registration\" link on this event page\, fill out the Summer Program registration form\, select this workshop\, and then upload the following application materials:\n\n- Current curriculum vitae\n- Cover letter summarizing research interest in this course and related research experiences\n\nApplication Deadline: May 26\, 2025\n\nRegistration Fee: There is no registration fee for accepted participants. UID:133672-21873372@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133672 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Social Sciences LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250408T135629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color DESCRIPTION:We have many significant books from the history of our understanding of rainbows and color theory\, from the writings of scholar Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham to Isaac Newton’s 1704 Opticks. Rainbows appear across the spectrum of our collections\, and this exhibit includes a handwritten illuminated manuscript\, practical color manuals of the industrial age\, contemporary artists’ and children’s books\, and more from our vast holdings. \n\nRainbows have captivated people for all of recorded history. It’s hard not to think of them as physical objects\, but they are really just distorted images of the sun\, positioned around the viewer’s head. They require someone to perceive them to exist\, and thus have much in common with colors and color theory in general. And\, like colors\, they are about relationships: of one color next to another\, and of colors and the people who see them. The rainbow has had many different cultural interpretations over the years\, and most recently has become synonymous with gay pride\, appearing all over each June.\n\nHatcher Gallery Exhibit Room Hours:\nSunday\, 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday\, 9am-8pm\nFriday\, 9am-4pm\nSaturday\, 11am-5pm UID:134798-21875212@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250407T111911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Carlo Vitale Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Carlo Vitale is a distinguished Michigan-based artist whose vibrant contributions to the Detroit art scene have flourished since the 1970s. A native of Detroit\, Vitale's work is celebrated as part of the second generation of the Cass Corridor Art Movement\, Detroit’s first avante garde. His art draws inspiration from the sweeping vistas of farmland seen from above\, the intricate patterns of quilt-making\, the dynamic energy of cityscapes\, and the rich tapestry of daily life. Vitale eloquently characterizes his mesmerizing oil paintings and prints as “kinetic\, metaphysical abstractions\,” inviting viewers to engage with the depth and vitality of his creative vision.\n\nVitale received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters of Fine Arts from Wayne State University in Detroit. His work can be found in many collections including The Whitney Museum of Fine Art in New York\, The Detroit Institute of Art\, Cranbrook Art Museum\, Wayne State University Collection\, University of Michigan Museum of Art and corporate\, hospital\, and private collections throughout the country. UID:134757-21874944@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - NCRC Galleries CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T100000 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:134855-21875445@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:20250714T144159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Theoretical Advances in Reinforcement Learning: Online Average-Reward and Offline Constrained Settings DESCRIPTION:This dissertation presents theoretical advancements in reinforcement learning (RL)\, focusing on two key settings: online RL under the infinite-horizon average-reward criterion and offline constrained RL under partial data coverage.\nThe first part addresses the online setting\, where the objective is to optimize long-run average rewards through interaction with the environment. A family of value-iteration-based algorithms is proposed by approximating the average-reward objective using a carefully tuned discounted surrogate. This part resolves an open problem by establishing a computationally efficient algorithm for linear Markov decision processes under a weak structural assumption. The proposed algorithm employs span-constrained value clipping and a decoupled planning strategy that mitigates statistical inefficiencies arising from the complexity of the function class.\nThe second part is motivated by safety-critical applications and studies the offline setting\, where the agent must learn a policy from a fixed dataset without further interaction. Primal-dual algorithms are developed for both linear MDPs and general function-approximation regimes\, based on the linear programming formulation of RL. These methods are oracle-efficient and provably sample-efficient under partial data coverage. Moreover\, they extend to the constrained RL setting\, where the policy must satisfy additional safety constraints defined by auxiliary reward signals and threshold levels.\nTogether\, the contributions of this dissertation advance the theoretical foundations of reinforcement learning in settings that prioritize safety and long-term performance. UID:136447-21878712@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136447 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250513T122307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CoderSpaces - Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Are you grappling with a piece of code\, trying to compute on a cluster\, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.\n\nAll members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.\n\nTuesdays\, 9:30-11 a.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID:94181215786)\nWednesdays\, 1:30-3 p.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 98659357324) UID:117253-21865840@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Machine Learning,Social Science,Social Sciences LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250529T110505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Beyond Survival DESCRIPTION:Join us for Beyond Survival\, an exhibition of works by incarcerated artists in Michigan presented by PCAP co-founder Janie Paul and the Flint Institute of the Arts. The exhibit opens May 30th and runs through September 14th. \n\nThe pieces span nearly 30 years\, many of them having been featured in our Annual Exhibition.\n\n\"Through drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures made with simple materials\, artists expose the harsh realities of incarceration while imagining life beyond prison. These works reveal a longing for home and family\, joy and beauty\, connections to nature\, flights of the imagination\, and journeys toward freedom—acts of creation made despite and in direct response to carceral conditions.\" UID:135894-21877433@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Exhibition,Incarceration LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Graphics Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250722T102024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Research Administrators Key Professional Development Organizations DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informative webinar exploring key professional organizations that empower research administrators\, including the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) and the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA). Discover how these organizations can elevate your career and expand your professional network.Presenters: Heather Offhaus\, Office of Research U-M Medical School and Melissa Karby\, U-M Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)Audience: Research administrators at all career stages\, individuals looking to grow their professional network in the research administration community\, and professionals interested in expanding their research administration knowledge. UID:135741-21877214@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135741 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240130T121551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n  UID:84303-21621653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,European,Exhibition,History,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T113230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775 DESCRIPTION:The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce a forthcoming exhibition in recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the military hostilities that began the American Revolutionary War. The Battles of Lexington and Concord are firmly established in American memory as the culmination of a range of governmental\, political\, economic\, and social tensions that amplified in the decade leading up to 1775. In this exhibit\, visitors will have the opportunity to see original historical manuscript letters\, documents\, newspapers\, and artwork that reveal aspects of the bloody work of Empire and individual alike in April 1775.\n\nAmong the items on display will be Commander in Chief of the British Army\, General Thomas Gage's draft orders for the Concord Expedition\, April 18\, 1775\; a bundle of letters collected by former Sons of Liberty supporter Dr. Benjamin Church\, which he secretly turned over to British Army intelligence\; letters by Silas Deane\, John Hancock\, and Rachel Revere\; and much more.\n\nOpen weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:134875-21875600@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Ann Arbor,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T162329 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T123000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:121866-21878377@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,museums,natural history museum LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250611T152234 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Summer Institute Course - Intermediate Questionnaire Design DESCRIPTION:Intermediate Questionnaire Design\nJuly 21-24\, 2025\n12:00pm-4:00pm EDT\nLive Online via Zoom\n\nParticipants should have prior knowledge of questionnaire design before attending.\n\nThis course is designed to follow on from Introduction to Questionnaire Design or Designing and Writing Questions for Surveys: Guidelines and Recommendations. Now instead of looking at question comprehension from a cognitive side\, the linguistic side will be explored including online tools. Factual questions will be revisited but with the goal of exploring different types of respondent memory problems. Solutions include basic aids to improve memory and alternative methods: decomposition\, calendars\, event history calendars\, internet enabled devices\, wearables\, apps and sensors\, and additional tasks on mobile phones. Also covered are the effects of telescoping and quasi-facts. Subjective questions will be revisited to understand attitude consistency and inconsistency and to cover the popular topic of satisfaction and other customer experience metrics. Alternatives methods to attitude measurement will also be covered: factorial surveys and multi-item scales. The course concludes with multi-cultural issues raised by Rincón and a mini appendix on ways to translate survey questions and evaluate the translation. The course will be interactive with the goal of making it as close to in-person training as possible. There also will be workshops throughout. Pamela is happy to chat with participants about their own questionnaires.\n\nPamela Campanelli is a survey methods specialist\, chartered statistician\, fellow of the academy of social sciences and an international trainer\, researcher and consultant who runs her own business (http://www.thesurveycoach.com/). Her background is in social statistics\, survey methodology\, and psychology with a special interest in the study of survey error and data quality focusing on questionnaire design\, question testing strategies\, interviewing techniques\, sampling and weighting\, survey analysis\, and mixed-mode designs. In addition to providing consultancy\, conducting research\, writing papers\, reviewing for journals\, advising committees\, Dr. Campanelli’s focuses on providing training courses. She is committed to high quality learning. She believes in delivering courses that are lively and engaging\, foster an informal and interactive atmosphere\, communicate concepts in a straightforward and accessible way\, illustrate the material through the use of ‘real life’ examples\, and provide workshops to put theory into practice.\n\nThe Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques provides rigorous and high quality graduate level training in all phases of survey research. The noncredit courses are open to all. The courses are live online via Zoom. Registration and payment are required. Course fees are based on the total number of hours assigned to each course\, the hours are listed on the course description. The 2025 schedule lists additional courses. If you have any questions regarding the application process\, please use the online contact form or email the Summer Institute at isr-summer@umich.edu .\n\nThe program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design\, implementation\, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948\, and has offered such courses every summer since. The Summer Institute uses the sample survey as the basic instrument for the scientific measurement of human activity. It presents sample survey methods in courses designed to meet the educational needs of those specializing in social and behavioral research such as professionals in business\, public health\, natural resources\, law\, medicine\, nursing\, social work\, and many other domains of study. UID:136085-21877819@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136085 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Online,Science,Statistics,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250627T160446 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Giving and Receiving Feedback DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:136269-21878349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136269 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Discussion,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250717T121449 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Honors Summer Fellowship 2025 - Poster Session DESCRIPTION:Join the 2025 cohort of Honors Summer Fellows for a Poster Showcase featuring original research in support of their diverse theses! All 24 fellows will be present to share the unique research they conducted throughout the summer and respond to attendee questions. Palm Palace will be catering and this event is free and open to the public--no need to RSVP. We hope to see you there!\n\nRSVP: None needed!\nWhen: Tuesday\, July 22nd\nFrom: 2:00pm - 4:00pm\nWhere: Multipurpose Rooms 1 & 2\, Trotter Multicultural Center\,\n428 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109 UID:136486-21878775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136486 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:#Honors Program,All Majors Welcome,Fellowships,honors,Research LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Multipurpose Rooms 1 and 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250722T122022 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T153000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:OGPS Resilient Scientist Series DESCRIPTION: UID:135703-21877117@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135703 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:THSL 2994 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T143000 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:136347-21878528@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:20250714T103322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:19700101T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Simulating Quantum Chemical Dynamics in Condensed Phases: Methodological Developments and Applications DESCRIPTION:Quantum effects play a critical role in many problems of chemical dynamics in condensed phases. In this presentation\, I will introduce recent progress from our group on the development and application of the hierarchical equations of motion (HEOM) method\, a non-perturbative framework for accurately capturing the influence of environmental degrees of freedom on quantum systems. I will first highlight recent algorithmic advances that extend the method’s applicability to more complex systems. These include efficient treatments of the exponential decomposition of bath correlation functions for general spectral densities and low-temperature conditions\, as well as the integration of tensor network techniques to enable HEOM propagation involving thousands of effective modes. Several applications of the HEOM method will then be presented\, including charge transport and separation dynamics in organic semiconductors\; quantum coherence in excitation energy transfer in photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes and related ultrafast spectroscopic phenomena\; and the dynamics of systems under strong light-matter interactions. UID:136441-21878684@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biosciences,Chemistry,Physical Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250630T121622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Danny Mui & Rene Ulloa\, clarinet: MPulse Clarinet Institute Guest Recital DESCRIPTION:All are welcome as SMTD alum Danny Mui and current SMTD DMA candidate Rene Ulloa present a guest artist recital for the MPulse Clarinet Institute participants.\n\nThe MPulse Clarinet Institute is one of SMTD’s performing arts summer programs for high school aged youth\, led by Ellen Breakfield-Glick (Associate Professor\, Western Michigan University) and SMTD Professor Chad Burrow (University of Michigan). UID:135943-21877534@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135943 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250702T181622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T201500 SUMMARY:Performance:MPulse Organ Institute Faculty and Current Student Recital II DESCRIPTION:Faculty and current students in the Department of Organ present a recital on the Aeolian-Skinner organ in Hill Auditorium as part of the MPulse Organ Institute. \n\nThe MPulse Organ Institute is a one-week intensive for high school\, undergraduate\, and graduate students seeking to sharpen\, expand\, and reinvigorate their musical and technical skills at the organ\, led by University of Michigan Organ faculty and guest clinicians. UID:136324-21878499@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136324 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250722T192023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250702T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Munger Graduate Residences (2024-2025) (Housing) DESCRIPTION:Come Join the Munger Community by attending events hosted by our RA's! Feel free to select and attend as many events as you would like! UID:122924-21878496@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/122924 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Media Room (Munger Basement) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T140629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T160000 SUMMARY:Other:KidSport Summer Camp DESCRIPTION:KidSport Summer Camps offers children ages 4-11 the opportunity to learn and play a variety of team sports\, individual sports\, team building games\, and other physical education activities in a non-competitive and fun sports environment. All children will have time in the pool on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and each afternoon\, Monday through Friday\, to work on water comfort. skills and safety. KidSport Inclusive is for all kids who do not require a high degree of personalized support to participate in large group activities. For more information and to register\, visit our website listed below. UID:135145-21876397@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135145 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Camp,Children LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250708T194743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T220000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Michigan League: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Another location for the AADL Summer Game is the Michigan League\, home to cool study spaces\, Maizie's Kitchen & Market\, water-bottle refill stations\, Campus Information Desk (Main Floor)\, and historic displays (see Floor 3). It's also the primary office space for the Resource Navigator team\, a group of students who help undergrads & grads find the spaces\, places\, and people they need on the Ann Arbor campus.\n\n*Stop by and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game\; (1) first location by the Main Floor Lobby\, on the bulletin board near the Info Desk\; (2) second location right inside the South Entrance doors near the accessibility door panel! (This is the entrance for the Mendelssohn Theater. nearest Rackham.)* Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\n\nKnow before you go\, especially over holiday weekends and during Art Fair! Check the League's building hours at uunions.umich.edu/league/ or use the Related Links on this page. UID:136138-21877932@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136138 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Games,Outdoors LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250311T165835 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Applied Methods for Studying Structural Racism\, Sexism\, and Other Systems of Oppression: Data\, Measurement\, and Modeling DESCRIPTION:This workshop provides practical\, theory-driven guidance on methods for studying structural oppression\, with a focus on structural racism\, structural sexism\, and intersecting systems of inequality. Despite growing interest in this research\, substantial challenges remain\, including fragmented data ecosystems and limited adoption of theoretically grounded\, empirically rigorous methodologies.\n\nWorkshop instructors will offer conceptual and analytical clarity\, showcasing diverse data sources on structural oppression\, with guidance on accessing\, linking\, and analyzing these data. The workshop will also highlight best practices for the scientific study of structural oppression by operationalizing structural oppression in ways that reflect its multifaceted\, multilevel\, and systemic nature\, alongside its other core dimensions\, including relational power dynamics\, institutionalized structures\, sociohistorical contexts\, oppressive schemas and logics\, the roles of specific actors\, the inactions and omissions that sustain these systems\, and intersections among forms of oppression.\n\nWorkshop Format:\n\nMorning Sessions: Interactive lectures on cutting-edge methodological approaches\, with real-world examples.\n\nAfternoon Sessions: Hands-on exercises and individualized consultations to support participants' research interests. These sessions will feature practical examples and applications\, primarily using STATA and R\, to demonstrate key methodological techniques and best practices in data analysis\, measurement\, and modeling of structural oppression.\n\nPrerequisites: This workshop is particularly suited for early-career scholars\, though all researchers are welcome. Participants should bring their own laptops.\n\nApplication: Enrollment is limited to 25 participants. To apply for this workshop\, select the \"Registration\" link on this event page\, fill out the Summer Program registration form\, select this workshop\, and then upload the following application materials:\n\n- Current curriculum vitae\n- Cover letter summarizing research interest in this course and related research experiences\n\nApplication Deadline: May 26\, 2025\n\nRegistration Fee: There is no registration fee for accepted participants. UID:133672-21873373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133672 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Social Sciences LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250408T135629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color DESCRIPTION:We have many significant books from the history of our understanding of rainbows and color theory\, from the writings of scholar Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham to Isaac Newton’s 1704 Opticks. Rainbows appear across the spectrum of our collections\, and this exhibit includes a handwritten illuminated manuscript\, practical color manuals of the industrial age\, contemporary artists’ and children’s books\, and more from our vast holdings. \n\nRainbows have captivated people for all of recorded history. It’s hard not to think of them as physical objects\, but they are really just distorted images of the sun\, positioned around the viewer’s head. They require someone to perceive them to exist\, and thus have much in common with colors and color theory in general. And\, like colors\, they are about relationships: of one color next to another\, and of colors and the people who see them. The rainbow has had many different cultural interpretations over the years\, and most recently has become synonymous with gay pride\, appearing all over each June.\n\nHatcher Gallery Exhibit Room Hours:\nSunday\, 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday\, 9am-8pm\nFriday\, 9am-4pm\nSaturday\, 11am-5pm UID:134798-21875213@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250407T111911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Carlo Vitale Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Carlo Vitale is a distinguished Michigan-based artist whose vibrant contributions to the Detroit art scene have flourished since the 1970s. A native of Detroit\, Vitale's work is celebrated as part of the second generation of the Cass Corridor Art Movement\, Detroit’s first avante garde. His art draws inspiration from the sweeping vistas of farmland seen from above\, the intricate patterns of quilt-making\, the dynamic energy of cityscapes\, and the rich tapestry of daily life. Vitale eloquently characterizes his mesmerizing oil paintings and prints as “kinetic\, metaphysical abstractions\,” inviting viewers to engage with the depth and vitality of his creative vision.\n\nVitale received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters of Fine Arts from Wayne State University in Detroit. His work can be found in many collections including The Whitney Museum of Fine Art in New York\, The Detroit Institute of Art\, Cranbrook Art Museum\, Wayne State University Collection\, University of Michigan Museum of Art and corporate\, hospital\, and private collections throughout the country. UID:134757-21874945@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - NCRC Galleries CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T100000 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:134855-21875446@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:20250529T110505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Beyond Survival DESCRIPTION:Join us for Beyond Survival\, an exhibition of works by incarcerated artists in Michigan presented by PCAP co-founder Janie Paul and the Flint Institute of the Arts. The exhibit opens May 30th and runs through September 14th. \n\nThe pieces span nearly 30 years\, many of them having been featured in our Annual Exhibition.\n\n\"Through drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures made with simple materials\, artists expose the harsh realities of incarceration while imagining life beyond prison. These works reveal a longing for home and family\, joy and beauty\, connections to nature\, flights of the imagination\, and journeys toward freedom—acts of creation made despite and in direct response to carceral conditions.\" UID:135894-21877434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Exhibition,Incarceration LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Graphics Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250512T090208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BME Summer Workshops @ Michigan DESCRIPTION:This two-day session will highlight novel physical devices for recording and manipulating neural activity\, AI/ML algorithms for brain decoding and control\, neuroprosthetic applications\, and where the field is heading in pioneering the future of brain innovation. This event is co-sponsored by BME\, Neurosurgery and the Neural Engineering Training Program. UID:135584-21876970@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135584 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Research,seminar LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Dining Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250723T092024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:TeamDynamix 101: Student Life’s New Student Hiring & Job Change Processes DESCRIPTION:Student Life is transitioning student hire & job change requests to TeamDynamix\, our new request management system. This training will walk hiring managers through the updated process for submitting student hire requests\, highlight key changes\, and provide tips to ensure a smooth transition. Attendance is strongly encouraged for anyone involved in student hiring. UID:136352-21878580@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136352 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Remote CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250121T123127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T113000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:U.S. EPA Regions 8\, 9\, and 10 Federal Careers Virtual Workshop DESCRIPTION:Come learn about Federal Employment at Region 8 (Denver)\, Region 9 (San Francisco)\, and Region 10 (Seattle) of the EPA! Entry level\, early and mid-career professionals are all welcome to attend. Our work at EPA has purpose and impact. From tackling the climate crisis to advancing environmental justice\, what happens here changes our world. Our mission is to protect human health and safeguard the environment – theair\, water\, and land upon which life depends.At EPA\, you can make a real difference for the environment and the lives of others.Participants have the opportunity to learn about EPA’s mission\, how to navigate USAJOBS and creating a federal resume. There will be panel discussion to provide a glimpse into variety of careers within the EPA.Thisevent begins at 10:00 AM Mountain Time (11:00 AM CentralTime\, 12:00 PM Eastern Time\, 9:00 AM Pacific Time.)No pre-registration required!  Just click on the linka few minutes before the event and you’ll be directed to the MS Teams site.For more information or to request accommodations\, please contact mutter.andrew@epa.gov\, verges.michelle@epa.gov\, weber.camille@epa.gov\, or drummond.shawn@epa.gov. UID:126478-21857182@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126478 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250714T181505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2025 DESCRIPTION:Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative showcases the depth of artistic excellence and merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan and recognizes the creativity\, rigor and innovation of artists and collaboratives working in the region\, inspiring the next generations of artists in our state.\nIn the of fall of 2024\, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork\, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. \nA shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Juana Williams\, art curator and writer based in Detroit\, Michigan\; Melinda Zacher Ronayne\, former director of visual arts at the Interlochen Center for the Arts\; and Parisa Ghaderi\, assistant professor of graphic design at Shoreline Community College and winner of the 2023 Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award. \nMeet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2025:\nConor Fagan obtained his Master of Fine Arts degree at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in the spring of 2014. Among his many numerous awards and grants\, he has been one of twelve international artists selected to participate in The 31st annual International Symposium of Contemporary Art in Baie – Saint Paul\, Quebec\; a year-long artist in Residence at the Roswell artist-in-Residency in Roswell\, New Mexico\; and a featured artist at the 2020 Spring Break Art Show\, in New York\, New York. He has had solo shows with My Pet Ram and Gitler &\; in NYC\, and most recently has been featured and won an award at The 2025 Regional Show at the Dennos Museum and Cultural Center. He has works in numerous public collections including the Waterton - Global corporate collection\, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art\, and the Museum of Modern Art in Baei St Paul. His work has been collected privately both nationally and internationally. Currently\, he teaches and lives outside of Traverse City at Interlochen Arts Academy\, nestled among the trees\, rivers\, and lakes of northern Michigan.Katie Mongoven/上秋莲 is a Chinese American fiber artist from Washington\, DC\, based in Detroit\, MI. Her work investigates and fortifies the space between cultural dichotomies through multiple fiber processes. She received her BFA from the University of Michigan and MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art\, with the Surface Design Association’s Outstanding Student Award. She was a Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist at the University of Michigan\, a Windgate University Fellow at Arrowmont School of Arts &\; Crafts\, and the 2024 Barstow Artist-in-Residence at Central Michigan University. Other residencies attended include the California Institute of the Arts\, the University of Michigan\, Vermont Studio Center\, and forthcoming Stove Works (TN) in 2025. Solo and group exhibitions include Central Michigan University (MI)\, Playground Detroit (MI)\, Riffe Gallery (OH)\, and ROY G BIV Gallery (OH). She has public and corporate commissions at the Cranbrook Art Museum\, PayTile\, and Cross River Bank. Her work is held in public collections at Central Michigan University\, Summa Health\, and MetroHealth\, and in numerous private collections throughout the United States.Sara Nickleson is an artist\, curator\, and gallery director based in Detroit\, Michigan. She held the position of Senior Director at Library Street Collective gallery from 2016 to 2022. Prior to moving to Detroit\, Nickleson was the Head Curator and Director of Collections at the Design Exchange (DX) in Toronto\, Canada\, where she curated a number of internationally acclaimed exhibitions\, including This is Not a Toy\, The Politics of Fashion\, and 3DXL. Nickleson has written for a number of arts publications\, including exhibition catalogs (José Parlá: Polarities\; This is Not a Toy\; Coping Mechanisms\, Sam Durant: Iconoclasm) and artist monographs (Sam Friedman\, Tyrrell Winston). She has been a visiting curator and critic\, and was invited by the British Council to take part in their Design Connections symposium as part of London Design Week in 2015. Exhibitions of her artwork include a solo show at Louis Buhl &\; Co. (Detroit) as well as a number of group presentations. Nickleson received her BFA from the University of Windsor (Windsor\, Canada)\; a BID from the College for Creative Studies (Detroit\, MI)\; and an MFA in Painting from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills\, Michigan.\nFrom June 26 through August 2\, 2025\, Fagan\, Mongoven\, and Nickleson will present their work in a group exhibition at Stamps Gallery\, with logistical and curatorial support from the Gallery's professional staff.\n2025 Envision Awardee Named\nAt the exhibition's opening reception on June 26\, the jury reconvened to select the Envision 2025 Award recipient\, awarding Sara Nickleson a $5\,000 prize.\nIn a statement about Nickleson's work\, the jury noted: “Sara Nickleson’s ambitious paintings boldly invite us to explore our relationship with the unknown. At a time when the world is deeply divided\, when diverse perspectives and experiences are being weaponized by fear\, Nickleson’s paintings meticulously build another world - one mark\, one brush stroke at a time. Layering colors and mark-making that draw on prehistoric forms and symbols\, Nickleson seeks a new futurity that acknowledges the losses\, and co-existence that build on our differences and commonalities. Sara has been consistently building her visual vocabulary and we are excited to see where she will go next.” \nEnvision: The 2025 Michigan Artist Initiative is curated by Srimoyee Mitra with the assistance of Joe Rohrer. UID:129134-21862270@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129134 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250605T121507 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T170000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Stamps Gallery: AADL Summer Game DESCRIPTION:Stop by Stamps Gallery to enjoy the Envision: The 2025 Michigan Artist Initiative exhibition and find the code for the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game! Participants enrolled in the Summer Game can redeem those codes for points\, badges\, and prizes awarded by the AADL. For Summer Game information and registration\, visit play.aadl.org.\nPlease note: Stamps Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday\, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.\, and until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Our exhibition is open June 26 through August 2\, 2025. UID:136016-21877686@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240130T121551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n  UID:84303-21621654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,European,Exhibition,History,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T113230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775 DESCRIPTION:The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce a forthcoming exhibition in recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the military hostilities that began the American Revolutionary War. The Battles of Lexington and Concord are firmly established in American memory as the culmination of a range of governmental\, political\, economic\, and social tensions that amplified in the decade leading up to 1775. In this exhibit\, visitors will have the opportunity to see original historical manuscript letters\, documents\, newspapers\, and artwork that reveal aspects of the bloody work of Empire and individual alike in April 1775.\n\nAmong the items on display will be Commander in Chief of the British Army\, General Thomas Gage's draft orders for the Concord Expedition\, April 18\, 1775\; a bundle of letters collected by former Sons of Liberty supporter Dr. Benjamin Church\, which he secretly turned over to British Army intelligence\; letters by Silas Deane\, John Hancock\, and Rachel Revere\; and much more.\n\nOpen weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:134875-21875601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Ann Arbor,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T162329 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T123000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:121866-21878378@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,museums,natural history museum LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250611T152234 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Summer Institute Course - Intermediate Questionnaire Design DESCRIPTION:Intermediate Questionnaire Design\nJuly 21-24\, 2025\n12:00pm-4:00pm EDT\nLive Online via Zoom\n\nParticipants should have prior knowledge of questionnaire design before attending.\n\nThis course is designed to follow on from Introduction to Questionnaire Design or Designing and Writing Questions for Surveys: Guidelines and Recommendations. Now instead of looking at question comprehension from a cognitive side\, the linguistic side will be explored including online tools. Factual questions will be revisited but with the goal of exploring different types of respondent memory problems. Solutions include basic aids to improve memory and alternative methods: decomposition\, calendars\, event history calendars\, internet enabled devices\, wearables\, apps and sensors\, and additional tasks on mobile phones. Also covered are the effects of telescoping and quasi-facts. Subjective questions will be revisited to understand attitude consistency and inconsistency and to cover the popular topic of satisfaction and other customer experience metrics. Alternatives methods to attitude measurement will also be covered: factorial surveys and multi-item scales. The course concludes with multi-cultural issues raised by Rincón and a mini appendix on ways to translate survey questions and evaluate the translation. The course will be interactive with the goal of making it as close to in-person training as possible. There also will be workshops throughout. Pamela is happy to chat with participants about their own questionnaires.\n\nPamela Campanelli is a survey methods specialist\, chartered statistician\, fellow of the academy of social sciences and an international trainer\, researcher and consultant who runs her own business (http://www.thesurveycoach.com/). Her background is in social statistics\, survey methodology\, and psychology with a special interest in the study of survey error and data quality focusing on questionnaire design\, question testing strategies\, interviewing techniques\, sampling and weighting\, survey analysis\, and mixed-mode designs. In addition to providing consultancy\, conducting research\, writing papers\, reviewing for journals\, advising committees\, Dr. Campanelli’s focuses on providing training courses. She is committed to high quality learning. She believes in delivering courses that are lively and engaging\, foster an informal and interactive atmosphere\, communicate concepts in a straightforward and accessible way\, illustrate the material through the use of ‘real life’ examples\, and provide workshops to put theory into practice.\n\nThe Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques provides rigorous and high quality graduate level training in all phases of survey research. The noncredit courses are open to all. The courses are live online via Zoom. Registration and payment are required. Course fees are based on the total number of hours assigned to each course\, the hours are listed on the course description. The 2025 schedule lists additional courses. If you have any questions regarding the application process\, please use the online contact form or email the Summer Institute at isr-summer@umich.edu .\n\nThe program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design\, implementation\, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948\, and has offered such courses every summer since. The Summer Institute uses the sample survey as the basic instrument for the scientific measurement of human activity. It presents sample survey methods in courses designed to meet the educational needs of those specializing in social and behavioral research such as professionals in business\, public health\, natural resources\, law\, medicine\, nursing\, social work\, and many other domains of study. UID:136085-21877820@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136085 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Online,Science,Statistics,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250516T144950 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Grad School 101: Rackham Resources and Emergency Funding DESCRIPTION:In this program you will learn more about the work of the Graduate Student and Program Consultation Services Office\, including resources for addressing concerns and conflicts that may arise while in graduate school and information about the Rackham Graduate Student Emergency Fund. UID:135679-21877083@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250102T120705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CoderSpaces - Wednesday DESCRIPTION:Are you grappling with a piece of code\, trying to compute on a cluster\, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.\n\nAll members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.\n\nTuesdays\, 9:30-11 a.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID:94181215786)\nWednesdays\, 1:30-3 p.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 98659357324) UID:117252-21865893@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117252 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Information and Technology,Machine Learning LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250617T121010 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building and Leveraging Your Network for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:Building a network and connecting with others is critical to your professional development in graduate school and job/internship searches. Join this discussion to learn strategies for building your network (including tips on using LinkedIn and the University Career Alumni Network) and how to leverage this network for career exploration and job/internship searching. There will be plenty of time for your questions! \n\nThis event is intended to be interactive\, and therefore a recording will not be available. \n\nBrought to you by the University Career Center in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:135680-21877084@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135680 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T143000 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:136347-21878536@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:20250604T181141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Webinar: Partnering Science and Practice: Using Genomics to Guide Resilient Eelgrass Restoration DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, rising summer temperatures have caused large-scale diebacks of eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows in parts of the lower Chesapeake Bay\, shifting these once-stable habitats toward lower-density\, ephemeral states. These losses threaten the vital ecosystem services that eelgrass provides\, from supporting fisheries to stabilizing shorelines. With climate change accelerating\, coastal managers and restoration practitioners increasingly recognize that long-term eelgrass restoration success must account for the species’ resilience to thermal stress. However\, critical knowledge gaps remain about which eelgrass populations may be best suited for future restoration under warming conditions.\n\nTo help fill these gaps\, this project compared eelgrass populations in Virginia and North Carolina to identify traits and genetic markers associated with thermal resilience. The team conducted genomic analyses and reciprocal transplant experiments to evaluate how different populations respond to heat stress and to test which seed sources might perform better under future climate scenarios. In this webinar\, project collaborators will share key findings from this work and introduce several practical products developed through the project\, including an eelgrass restoration decision-making framework\, a standard operating procedure (SOP) for seed-based restoration\, and guidance for integrating genomic data into management decisions. UID:136011-21877667@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136011 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T110339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T193000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Stuttering Support Group DESCRIPTION:This Stuttering Support Group is open to any teens and adults who stutter. It provides a safe space to connect\, share experiences\, and navigate challenges with one another.\n\nDate: Fourth Wednesday of every month\nTime: 6:00p.m.–7:30p.m.\nLocation: 3rd Floor Freespace\, Ann Arbor District Library - Downtown\n\nAttendees can also join virtually if they prefer. Please email cwsbrains@umich.edu to request the link to join.\n\n*This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month at the same time and place.*\n\nHosted by the Ann Arbor Stuttering Awareness and Research Club (A2STAR) in collaboration with the U-M Speech Neurophysiology Lab. The group is facilitated by students from the University of Michigan who stutter. UID:121370-21876046@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,In Person,Inclusion,Social,Student Org,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 3rd Floor Freespace CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250723T180008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T210000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Bujinkan Budo Training Session DESCRIPTION:During the Spring/Summer 2025 semester\, Bujinkan Budo Club training will be held on Wednesdays from 19:00 - 21:00 (7-9pm) at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB) in Room MPR B. If you are interested in trying out a class\, please send a message through Maize Pages or an email to michiganbujinkan@gmail.com. \n--\nFor more information\, email us at michiganbujinkan@gmail.com or checkout our website\, which also includes a training schedule! UID:135725-21877180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135725 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250321T103854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Cascades in Corn Cover Crops and Milkweeds that Make Migrating Monarchs: Chemical Ecology at the Intersection of Pest Management and Conservation DESCRIPTION:Agricultural and natural landscapes are shaped by plant-insect interactions\, with cascading effects on ecosystem function.\n\nAs part of the 2025 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Jared Ali will give a free\, public talk exploring how cover cropping influences multitrophic interactions\, soil traits\, and pest suppression through plant chemical signaling. At the same time\, we investigate how different milkweed species impact monarch butterfly flight\, shedding light on the chemical cues that shape migration. By integrating chemical ecology across these systems\, we bridge applied pest management strategies with conservation efforts\, uncovering novel ways to support both agricultural sustainability and insect biodiversity.\n \nAli is the director of the Center for Chemical Ecology\, acting director of Penn State’s Ecology Research Institute and associate chair of the Ecology Graduate Program at Penn State. His research explores plant-insect-microbe interactions\, plant defense chemistry\, and the ecological factors driving insect behavior. With a strong interdisciplinary focus\, his work connects fundamental chemical ecology to real-world applications in pest management and conservation.\n\nThe U-M Biological Station — the largest of U-M's campuses at more than 10\,000 forested acres surrounded by lakes — is one of the nation's largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.\n\nFounded in 1909\, the Biological Station supports long-term research and education. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so our community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:134175-21873966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134175 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250630T121623 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Chamber Music Recital: MPulse Clarinet Institute DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to a chamber music recital performed by MPulse Clarinet Institute faculty and guest artists. Featuring: Chad Burrow\, Ellen Breakfield-Glick\, SMTD alum Danny Mui and current DMA candidate Rene Ulloa.\n\nThe MPulse Clarinet Institute is one of SMTD’s performing arts summer programs for high school aged youth\, led by Ellen Breakfield-Glick (Associate Professor\, Western Michigan University) and SMTD Professor Chad Burrow (University of Michigan). UID:135944-21877535@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135944 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250721T211123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Study Tables in East Quad DESCRIPTION:East Quad residents are invited to stop by the Abeng Multicultural Lounge for a study break from summer courses. All are welcome to join for eats and beats! UID:136566-21878860@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Mindfulness,Summer Classes,Well-being LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250702T181623 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T204500 SUMMARY:Performance:MPulse Organ Institute Faculty and Current Student Recital III DESCRIPTION:Faculty and current students in the Department of Organ present a recital on the Richards\, Fowkes organ at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church as part of the MPulse Organ Institute. \n\nThe MPulse Organ Institute is a one-week intensive for high school\, undergraduate\, and graduate students seeking to sharpen\, expand\, and reinvigorate their musical and technical skills at the organ\, led by University of Michigan Organ faculty and guest clinicians. UID:136325-21878500@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250521T102927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250723T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Breabach DESCRIPTION:“Exhilarating\, energetic and accomplished.\" –Songlines\n\nTwenty years on from winning the Danny Kyle Open Stage Award at Celtic Connections\, Breabach remain securely ranked amongst Scotland’s most skilled & imaginative contemporary-folk acts and at the forefront of the burgeoning traditional music scene. The band unite deep roots in Highland and Island Gaelic tradition alongside progressive musical influences and have cultivated a unique sound\, anchoring double bagpipes\, fiddle\, whistle\, step-dance and song with energetic double bass and guitar accompaniment.\n\nVersatility\, love of experimentation and a willingness to push the boundaries of Scottish roots music have endured as the core values of the band over the past two decades. They have embraced and pioneered many cross-genre collaborations\, linking up with artists including Quebec’s Le Vent du Nord\, BAFTA award-winning animator Cat Bruce\, indigenous Australasian artist Moana & the Tribe\, video game composer Big Giant Circles\, Cape Breton powerhouse Beòlach and most recently the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra.\n\nWith 8 critically acclaimed studio releases to date\, an extensive global touring schedule and having received recognition with 6 BBC ALBA Traditional Music Awards\, a 2023 German Record Critic’s Award and as European Folk Group of the year finalists in the prestigious Songlines Awards\, Breabach’s journey shows no sign of slowing. They continue their adventures throughout this special anniversary year with performances and festivals across the UK\, USA and Europe. UID:135748-21877220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250816T181527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250816T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Maize and Blue Scrimmage DESCRIPTION:Volleyball vs Maize and Blue Scrimmage UID:136589-21878889@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136589 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Volleyball LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250902T181539 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250902T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Eastern Michigan DESCRIPTION:Volleyball vs Eastern Michigan UID:136590-21878890@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136590 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Volleyball LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250905T181534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250905T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Florida Atlantic DESCRIPTION:Volleyball vs Florida Atlantic UID:136591-21878891@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136591 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Volleyball LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250906T181539 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250906T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Marshall DESCRIPTION:Volleyball vs Marshall UID:136592-21878892@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136592 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Volleyball LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250907T181540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250907T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Southern Indiana DESCRIPTION:Volleyball vs Southern Indiana UID:136593-21878893@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136593 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Volleyball LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250917T181539 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Central Michigan DESCRIPTION:Volleyball vs Central Michigan UID:136594-21878894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136594 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Volleyball LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250728T181522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250921T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Notre Dame DESCRIPTION:Volleyball vs Notre Dame UID:136595-21878895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136595 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Volleyball LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250722T102725 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251008T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lori McKenna DESCRIPTION:“One of Music City’s most in-demand songwriters” –Paste\n\nFrom her home base in Boston\, Lori McKenna has carved out an enviable niche for herself as one of Nashville's most in-demand songwriters\, all while maintaining a prolific and remarkably consistent career as a solo artist. The release of her anticipated album\, 1988\, adds to a series of landmark years for McKenna and follows three widely acclaimed albums: 2016’s The Bird & The Rifle\, 2018’s The Tree and 2020’s The Balladeer\, of which the Associated Press praised\, “McKenna has by now long established herself as one of the best songwriters working in any genre. And she does it again and again\,” while The Tennessean asserted\, “one of the sharpest pens in modern country and folk songwriting.” \n\nIn addition to her career as a solo artist\, McKenna continues to enjoy success as one of the music industry’s most in-demand songwriters. In 2023\, she was nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Song for co-writing “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)\,” performed by Taylor Swift. In 2017\, McKenna became the first woman to win the Academy of Country Music’s Songwriter of the Year award and the first woman to win the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year award two years in a row. She also won back-to-back Grammys for Best Country Song: for “Girl Crush\,” performed by Little Big Town\, in 2016 and “Humble and Kind\,” performed by Tim McGraw\, in 2017. In 2021\, McKenna won her third Best Country Song Grammy for co-writing “Crowded Table\,” performed by the Highwomen\, with Brandi Carlile and Natalie Hemby. In addition to writing songs for a multitude of award-winning artists — including Hunter Hayes\, Faith Hill\, Miranda Lambert\, Little Big Town\, Reba McEntire\, Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood — McKenna also co-wrote “Always Remember Us This Way\,” which was featured in the Oscar-winning 2018 film “A Star Is Born.” UID:136567-21878861@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136567 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T113502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251015T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Cole Chaney DESCRIPTION:“Cole’s music transcends boundaries\, captivating audiences across the country with his soulful voice and electrifying stage presence.” –Melodic Magazine\n\nWhen it comes to his latest album\, In the Shadow of the Mountain\, 25-year-old singer-songwriter Cole Chaney is pretty candid and blunt about who he is and what kind of music he wants to make — the result of which\, this stunning offering from an artist wise beyond his age.\n\n“I’m not concerned with being labeled as ‘country\,’ whatever that means. And I’m kind of fed up with the scene\, it’s not what I’m into right now\,” Chaney says. Pointing to his lifelong admiration for 1990s rock as a vital influence on the sonic landscape of the album\, Chaney aimed to find a melodic balance between that raw and real rock sound and the bluegrass and folk music of his native Kentucky.\n\n“I wanted to make something that sounded like Ralph Stanley went in and got backed up by Soundgarden\,” Chaney notes. “I write what I listen to. And whatever I listen to is going to come out in my music.”\n\nFor Chaney\, even though he’s only in his mid-twenties\, his journey has been long and bountiful already. From growing up in rural Appalachia to going to welding school\, only to leave it behind and take a leap of faith when an opportunity to pursue music emerged. That life-changing decision led to Chaney hitting the road and finding work at The Burl\, a storied Lexington music venue. Chaney has come full circle with The Burl\, by selling out the space on multiple occasions to fervent crowds\, including the large outdoor stage.\n \nWith In the Shadow of the Mountain being the latest milestone for Chaney\, what remains is this driven musician in search of not only himself and his sound\, but also an audience just as hungry — for something new\, something different\, and yet something so familiar. UID:136569-21878863@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136569 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250722T101943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251016T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lindsay Lou DESCRIPTION:“...an artist who has been deftly weaving bluegrass into ethereal\, indie-folk explorations since moving to Nashville from Michigan” –Rolling Stone\n\nLindsay Lou is a siren songbird who made her way into the world of music with groups like The Flatbellys and The Sweet Water Warblers. Adopted by the jamgrass scene\, frequently sitting in with bands like Greensky Bluegrass and writing and performing with Billy Strings\, she has toured all the world with her sweet and powerful sound.\n\nHot off over a year of touring with a folk-rock-quartet to deliver her newest album\, Queen of Time\, Lindsay Lou has returned to a more intimate sound with what she’s calling her Honey Moon Trio. Featuring Wila Frank on guitar\, fiddle and harmonies\, Emma Rose on upright bass and harmonies\, and Lou herself on lead vocals\, guitar and banjo. The trio will be wrapping up a summer of playing music festivals around the country and making Lou’s annual autumn loop around Lake Michigan. They’ll be performing songs from Lou’s extensive discography as well as new arrangements of covers and trad songs. Expect three part harmony fit to sooth the soul\, soulful lead singing\, and flavors of bluegrass and americana. UID:136568-21878862@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136568 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250922T121542 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250722T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Western Michigan DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Western Michigan UID:136596-21878896@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136596 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250722T144353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:An Intimate Evening with Shovels & Rope DESCRIPTION:New Music!\n\nShovels & Rope is the Charleston\, South Carolina–based duo of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent. They perform as an energetic two-piece band\, stirring up a righteous racket with two old guitars\, a handful of harmonicas\, the occasional keyboard\, and a junkyard drum kit harvested from an actual garbage heap and adorned with tambourines\, flowers and kitchen rags. But the songs are the deadliest arrows in this duo’s quiver. Since 2010\, Shovels & Rope has been traveling the highways and back roads of North America\, logging hundreds of shows and performing for crowds large and small. If you enjoy the tough new strain of Southern songwriting exemplified by Justin Townes Earle\, Jason Isbell\, the Felice Brothers\, Hayes Carll\, and Butch Walker\, Shovels & Rope are not to be missed. \n\nShovels & Rope come to The Ark with their latest album\, Something is Working Up Above My Head. UID:136571-21878865@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136571 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250728T120944 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Great Lake Swimmers DESCRIPTION:“A stunning variety of tones and textures… nothing less than both cerebral and sublime” –American Songwriter\n\nFeaturing a blend of acoustic instruments\, rural soundscapes\, and wistful vocals\, Great Lake Swimmers are a critically acclaimed indie-folk group led by Tony Dekker. Based in Southern Ontario\, the group emerged in the early 2000s with a succession of heavily atmospheric albums recorded in old silos and rural country churches. The music developed in that pastoral warmth\, performed and recorded in acoustically resonant and historical locales with a revolving cast of personnel. They are renowned for homespun folk and lush\, intimate Americana in their live shows.\n\nTheir newest album\, Caught Light\, out Oct 10\, 2025\, is their most immediate and instinctive album to date. Recorded in just five days in Ontario’s Ganaraska Forest with producer Darcy Yates (Bahamas) and engineer Jimmy Bowskill (Blue Rodeo)\, it draws warmth from early ’70s folk-pop while embracing a new spontaneity and directness in Dekker’s songwriting.\n\nGreat Lake Swimmers have been shortlisted for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize and nominated twice for Canada’s Juno Awards\, with the CBC calling them “a national treasure.” UID:136570-21878864@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136570 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR