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:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889272@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889283@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889303@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889293@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T104107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Consequence - Group Art Exhibition - Art as Environmental Activism DESCRIPTION:This group exhibition is an in-depth exploration of the role of art as a powerful catalyst for environmental activism. At first glance\, these works each possess striking beauty. However\, a closer inspection reveals a profound and often unsettling depth that challenges one’s perceptions. \n\nThe artworks are imbued with many layers of meaning\, inviting us to engage critically with the themes presented and encouraging us to reflect on our often-fraught relationship with the natural world. Through a variety of mediums and techniques\, these works prompt us to confront uncomfortable truths about climate change\, habitat loss\, and the disappearing biodiversity around us. \n\nCampbell’s captivating “Heatscape” series transforms what is often an intangible concept into the tangible realm by visually translating heat distribution data to depict the impact of urban design on climate. This series offers a profound exploration of the intriguing phenomenon known as \"urban heat islands”\, a term that describes urban areas that absorb and radiate significantly more heat than their surrounding rural landscapes due to human activities and infrastructure.\n\n“Heatscape” invites us to engage in a deeper reflection about the profound impact that human ingenuity has wielded over the natural world\, serving as a visual reminder of our responsibility to urban design that is considerate to the environment and communities it impacts. This work challenges us to recognize the interplay between our lifestyles and the environment\, urging a dialogue about sustainable practices that could mitigate the effects of these heat islands.\n\nSnider’s work powerfully illustrates the remnants of industrialization\, capturing the unsettling essence of its aftermath. In his art\, we encounter an urban landscape that is strikingly devoid of human presence\, creating an almost haunting atmosphere. This absence of people amplifies the eerie feeling and serves as a warning about the enduring consequences of industrial progress. It prompts viewers to reflect on the environmental impact and the transformations that society has undergone\, urging us to consider what aspects of our world will persist in the wake of such change. Ultimately\, Snider’s poignant depictions challenge us to confront the stark reality of a landscape altered by human activity\, inviting contemplation on both the beauty and the desolation that can coexist in our modern environments.\n\nSandra Osip’s sculptures delve deeply into the juxtaposition of decay and destruction alongside the concepts of life and growth. Through her abstract structures\, she illustrates the profound effects climate change has on our urban landscapes and the planet as a whole. These pieces serve as a poignant reminder of the delicate balance between nature and human impact\, while Osip’s imaginative flowers evoke a sense of nostalgia and loss\, symbolizing the beauty of what has been irretrievably diminished in our world. By celebrating these natural forms\, she not only honors the richness of biodiversity but also raises awareness about the environmental crisis we face.\n\nCassells’ work not only celebrates a profound connection to nature and sustainable practices but also serves to illuminate the significant impact that climate change has on vulnerable communities. Through her art\, she investigates the intricate relationships between different environmental systems\, emphasizing how they are all interconnected. \n\nBy delving into these themes\, Cassells sheds light on the challenges faced by communities that often bear the brunt of climate change despite contributing the least to the problem. Her exploration encourages a deeper understanding of how environmental changes affect social structures and the lives of people in marginalized areas. In doing so\, she advocates for greater awareness and action to address these issues\, ultimately promoting a more sustainable and equitable future for all. \n\nShanna Merola’s photo-collages are informed by the stories of environmental justice struggles past and present. Shanna Merola and Halima Afi Cassells collaborated on collage and interactive installations for over five years. Researching\, wandering\, photographing\, and creating together while interrogating the interconnectedness of environmental degradation\, and global corporatism\, and community response.\n\nSobel takes a more straightforward approach by helping us begin to grasp the reality of living in a world affected by climate change. Her work described as “wilderness-based\, science-inspired”\, serves as a bridge\, connecting viewers to experiences that might seem too distant or unfolding too slowly for most people to comprehend firsthand. In doing so\, she not only raises awareness but also encourages dialogue about the pressing challenges our planet faces. Through her work\, Sobel facilitates a deeper understanding of the interconnection between humanity and the environment\, compelling us to reflect on our role in addressing these urgent issues.\n\nThese diverse approaches to creating art serve as powerful connections to the most critical and pressing environmental issues of our time. This engagement serves to deepen our understanding of these challenges from multiple perspectives\, including cultural\, social\, and scientific viewpoints. \nFurthermore\, these approaches are not only meant to inform but also to inspire. They challenge us to reconsider our relationship with the planet and encourage us to take actionable steps toward sustainability. UID:138082-21881905@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138082 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Detroit,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,Festival,Free,Humanities,Natural Sciences,Nature,Science,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest Exhibit DESCRIPTION:The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all students affiliated with the II and/or its centers and programs\, either through funding or study.\n\nSubmission categories include:\nGo Blue! - Showing U-M pride abroad\nThe World Is Your Classroom - Showing a facet of the student’s research\, work\, or study abroad\nEncounters & Vistas - Discovering cultural differences\, encountering the unfamiliar\, and finding unexpected moments abroad\n\nOn display through January 30\, 2026.\nLocation: Room 547 Weiser Hall\, 5th Floor Gallery Space UID:143218-21892455@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,International Education,international institute,Photo Exhibit,photography,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T143931 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Best Used By DESCRIPTION:Narsiso Martinez’s art practice\, drawing upon his own experience as a farmworker\, honors the people performing the essential labor required to fill produce sections and restaurant kitchens around the country through portraiture on discarded materials\, such as cardboard boxes and paper grocery bags. Best Used By highlights timely issues regarding worker invisibility and anonymity. As part of his project\, Martinez will be researching archives related to regional agricultural history and engaging with local food service workers. UID:137200-21879932@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,History,Humanities,Immigration,Multicultural,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250908T171134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Brothers and Uncles\, Kings and Typecutters DESCRIPTION:Explore the evolution of the printed page through the prism of one remarkable family of scholar-printers. \n\nPrinting changed the speed and scale at which information circulated. Over a century\, scholarly printers competed to produce carefully edited editions. As they produced more and more\, they developed methods\, such as page-layout and indices\, to make their books easy to read\, and they created dictionaries and reference books so a reader could get more from their books.\n\nThe Estienne family of printers are among the most renowned and long-lasting printing houses of the era. Family links and investment in scholarly training helped them to sustain a business in the print trade for six generations in France and Switzerland.\n\nThe Special Collections Research Center holds nearly 80 imprints dating from the first years of the sixteenth century into the reign of Louis XIV. View nineteen examples chosen to show the breadth of the Michigan Estienne collection in an era of amazing change.\n\nImage: Detail from \"Polemōnos\, Himeriou\, kai allōn tinōn meletai\,\" by Henri Estienne\, Paris 1567. The Olive tree device is the best-known emblem of the Estienne house\, surviving in over a dozen forms. First used by Robert I in 1526\, it refers to a passage in Romans 11 that praises humility in the face of divine will. UID:139020-21884650@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Exhibit Space, Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T103904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cathy Barry Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Cathy Barry has a profound connection to the natural world\, which has shaped her artistic journey. She focuses on expressing gratitude\, compassion\, and a sense of responsibility towards environmental protection. After years of working with traditional media such as oil\, acrylic\, and watercolor\, her art is transitioning to more sustainable materials. The pigments she uses in her collages are sourced entirely from plants\, all collected and processed by Cathy herself from various locations throughout Michigan. This natural paint has become a vital part of her expressive palette\, driving her to approach her work with a renewed sense of integrity and awareness of our interconnected ecosystem.\n\nIn her collages\, Cathy skillfully combines paper painted with her homemade botanical pigments and intricately punched shapes\, creating a distinctive micro-scale vocabulary. These miniature worlds are thoughtfully assembled within larger contexts\, challenging our perceptions of the universe and our place within it.\n\nRecently\, Cathy has embarked on a new adventure: creating art directly from plant materials. By collecting\, drying\, and weaving leaves\, she has developed an exciting rhythm in her process. Through simple weaving\, twining\, and basketry techniques\, she has deepened her enthusiasm for and connection to the plants surrounding her in her yard and neighborhood. This integration of materials with form and subject in her work evokes a serene wholeness that reflects nature's inherent wisdom. Additionally\, her journey has sparked a curiosity to explore the historical uses and roles of plants throughout history.\n\nCathy Barry is an artist and instructor living and working in Ann Arbor\, Mi. She is a Lecturer in the University of Michigan (UM) Stamps School of Art and Design\, the UM Program in the Environment and the UM Biological Station. UID:138080-21881822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138080 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Exhibition,Festival,Free,Natural Sciences,Nature,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connection Gallery lower level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T100000 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:134855-21887844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:ICE in the Heartland: Community Impacts of Worksite Immigration Raids DESCRIPTION:ICE in the Heartland showcases a multifaceted project that gathers and disseminates the stories of communities impacted by immigration worksite raids with the aim of bringing underrepresented narratives to news media\, classroom\, and public discourse. This project comprises qualitative public health research conducted in impacted communities and visual arts generated from the research outcomes. Research teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Michigan\, led by Professor William Lopez\, and the University of Iowa\, led by Professor Nicole Novak\, collaborated with a range of community members and organizers at sites of six large-scale immigration worksite raids that occurred in 2018 in Iowa\, Nebraska\, Ohio\, Tennessee\, and Texas. The researchers visited these sites\, spoke to advocates\, detainees\, their families\, and other community members. In conversation with the seventy-seven interviews\, artists Dalia Harris and Carolina Jones Ortiz generated ten images that comprise ICE in the Heartland. On display with the artworks are community member testimonies\, analysis on the public health detriments to immigration worksite raids and deportation\, insights to the artists’ methods\, and the curricular materials used in public outreach programs. \n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. UID:139065-21884804@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Education,Exhibition,free,Human Rights,immigration,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,irwg,public health,research,social inequality,social justice,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:Lane Hall - Lane Hall Exhibit Space--First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T172347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suave Mechanicals: A Celebration of Nine Volumes on the Art and History of Bookbinding (2013–2025) DESCRIPTION:Explore the art of judging books by their covers! This exhibit highlights a selection of rare books from the University of Michigan's collections\, each of them representing binding topics featured in \"Suave Mechanicals\,\" the acclaimed nine-volume series dedicated to the study of the art and history of bookbinding. \n\nSpanning from 2013 to 2025\, \"Suave Mechanicals\" contains 85 essays\, 27 of which examine the same type of binding as the artifacts on display. Edited by Julia Miller and published by Cathleen A. Baker of The Legacy Press\, the series was conceived as a platform for fresh\, in-depth scholarship on bookbinding\, from its earliest origins to contemporary practice.  \n\nContributors include first-time authors and established experts — bookbinders\, conservators\, librarians\, curators\, catalogers\, book artists\, collectors\, and historians — offering a vibrant array of voices and insights into the craftsmanship\, culture\, and enduring fascination of bookbinding.\n\nJoin us for Coffee with the Curator on October 1\, 10am-12pm. UID:137103-21879643@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21883041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21888864@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21889882@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge and First Floor Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:GalleryDAAS Presents: Archives of Resistance: Visuals and Voices from Carceral State Project Research DESCRIPTION:Opening December 8\, 2025 and running through January 2026\nGalleryDAAS| Haven Hall| G648| Monday - Friday 10-4pm\n\nThis exhibit showcases stories of resistance\, resilience\, and hope\, in the face of mass incarceration\, police violence\, immigrant detention\, and systematic racial criminalization. Archives of Resistance presents art\, prisoner correspondence\, research publications\, and archival documentation produced by the component projects of the Carceral State Project. These include: The Reckoning Project\, Immigrant Justice Lab\, Black & Pink at SPH\, ICE in the Heartland\, Critical Carceral Visualities\, Policing & Social Justice HistoryLab\, and Confronting Conditions of Confinement and Resistance. Artwork made by people in prison through Prison Creative Arts Project workshops is also on display. \n\nThe U-M Carceral State Project\, housed within the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, brings impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the University of Michigan. The CSP was first organized in 2018 and has since grown to involve over a dozen community and campus partners\, many graduate students\, and more than 400 undergraduate researchers. \n\nThrough public scholarship\, creative expression\, multimedia storytelling\, and archival documentation\, we highlight the lived experiences and persistent resistance of those impacted by criminalization\, policing\, incarceration\, immigrant detention\, and other forms of carceral control in the state of Michigan and beyond. The work presented in this exhibit represents only a sliver of the extensive research\, art\, advocacy\, public engagement\, and other products generated by the Carceral State Project over the years. UID:142351-21890656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african and afroamerican studies,Art,Exhibition,History,Law,Local Issues,Political Science,Race,Racism LOCATION:Haven Hall - GalleryDAAS, G648 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251205T094831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Statistical Modeling for Structured Network and Functional Data DESCRIPTION:The rapid growth of complex modern datasets involves structured dependencies. These structures introduce new challenges for statistical learning and require statistical frameworks which can capture higher-order interactions\, relational patterns\, and temporal dynamics. Motivated by these challenges\, this dissertation consists of three parts for modeling structured network and functional data. \n\nThe first chapter focuses on modeling higher-order interactions in complex networks. Most statistical models for networks focus on pairwise interactions between nodes. However\, many real-world networks involve higher-order interactions among multiple nodes\, such as co-authors collaborating on a paper. Hypergraphs provide a natural representation for these networks\, with each hyperedge representing a set of nodes. The majority of existing hypergraph models assume uniform hyperedges (i.e.\, edges of the same size) or rely on diversity among nodes. In this work\, we propose a new hypergraph model based on non-symmetric determinantal point processes. The proposed model naturally accommodates non-uniform hyperedges\, has tractable probability mass functions\, and accounts for both node similarity and diversity in hyperedges. For model estimation\, we maximize the likelihood function under constraints using a computationally efficient projected adaptive gradient descent algorithm. We establish the consistency and asymptotic normality of the estimator.\n\nThe second chapter presents a probabilistic model for community detection in signed networks. Community detection\, discovering the underlying communities within a network from observed connections\, is a fundamental problem in network analysis\, yet it remains underexplored for signed networks. In signed networks\, both edge connection patterns and edge signs are informative\, and structural balance theory (e.g.\, triangles aligned with ``the enemy of my enemy is my friend'' and ``the friend of my friend is my friend'' are more prevalent) provides a global higher-order principle that guides community formation. We propose a Balanced Stochastic Block Model (BSBM)\, which incorporates balance theory into the network generating process such that balanced triangles are more likely to occur. We develop a fast profile pseudo-likelihood estimation algorithm with provable convergence and establish that our estimator achieves strong consistency under weaker signal conditions than methods for the binary SBM that rely solely on edge connectivity. \n\nThe third chapter develops a generative modeling framework for functional data\, where each sample is observed over a continuum of time or space. Classical functional data analysis mainly relies on low-rank representations such as functional principal component analysis (FPCA) or spline bases\, and focuses on developing discriminative models such as regression and classification. They do not characterize the probability distribution of functional observations. To directly learn the distribution of functional data\, we propose a generative model defined on a separable Hilbert space. The generator is formulated as a latent neural ordinary differential equation (ODE) which captures temporal dynamics for functional data\, combined with a decoder incorporating Fourier features and learned time embeddings for flexible function representation. The target distribution is estimated via a generalized energy-score loss\, which is well-defined for arbitrary measures on separable Hilbert spaces without requiring the existence of Radon–Nikodym derivatives. Furthermore\, we establish the error bounds comparing the learned and true functional distributions. UID:142410-21890806@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - 438 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251125T121517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T190000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Path Forward DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: December 3-13Opening Reception: Friday\, December 5\, 6-8 p.m.\nPath Forward\, the 2025 Stamps BA Senior Studio Exhibition\, weaves meditations on nature\, the inner and outer workings of our human bodies from the functional to the phenomenal\, the paces of daily lives whether reading or rushing\, in friendship or in family and exploring memories of real and imagined pasts as they intersect with the here and now. Featuring work in experimental video\, fashion\, painting\, illustration and sculpture\, Path Forward postulates stepping stones for near and possible futures.\nThe Bachelor of Arts (BA) Senior Studio (ARTDES 401) is offered for Stamps BA students in their final year of study. The BA Senior Studio Exhibition offers these students the opportunity to build on the particular characteristics of the BA degree\, and focus on creating and exhibiting a culminating\, self-directed project. Students work independently or collaboratively to define a project plan with goals\, benchmarks\, and a timeline. \nThe BA Senior Studio Exhibition is a new tradition for Stamps. These students and instructors have worked collaboratively to produce a fully self-directed show from start to finish\, emphasizing the skills and practices associated with producing professional exhibitions\, in addition to their studio work. \nFaculty\nNick Tobier\, ProfessorMichaela Nichelle\, GSI\nBA Student Artists &\; Designers\nJulia BonannoLina HashimotoMargherita HillAnna HowellRiley HuhtaLaura JhiradUrvi JoshiAmanda KubitzGreta LeishearStella MooreEmma OstermeyerJaime SalmonsonMeredith SouleAna SwansonSam Weinfield UID:137211-21879966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137211 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251003T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Untold Stories\, Part II: A Stamps Faculty Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: September 12 - December 13Opening Reception: September 18\, 6:30-8:30 p.m.\nUntold Stories: Part II is the second in a series of three exhibitions featuring the work of faculty members from the Stamps School of Art &\; Design. Organized thematically\, Part II explores timely and resonant themes related to the freedom of expression\, movement\, and civic rights. Drawing on personal narratives and public archives\, the artists offer inspiring ways of storytelling that make latent ideas visible and experiential - expanding the boundaries of their artistic research.\nUntold Stories: Part II is curated by Srimoyee Mitra\, and features work by Stamps faculty Ebitenyefa Baralaye\, Annica Cuppetelli\, Quinn A. Hunter\, Carol Jacobsen\, Andy Kirshner\, Rebekah Modrak\, and Ricky Weaver. UID:137113-21879760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137113 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251015T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T110100 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 1): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:Phase 1 Opening Reception: September 18\, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they've curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA '23) and Erin McKenna (MFA '20)Phase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA '20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA '20)Phase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA '20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA '21)\nPhase 1 Curatorial Statement\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Amelia Burns (entry pillar)Curated by CYNK Studios: Erin McKenna (courtyard pillar)\nArtists Amelia Burns and Erin McKenna reimagine the Division Street pillars through digital collages rooted in memory\, landscape and shared environments. Burns arranges fragments of her own photographs into airy compositions where these pictorial remnants become enshrined by the artist’s vision of the sacred. McKenna draws from the language of quilting\, organizing her photos of mushrooms\, moss and lichen into vibrant geometric patterns which echo Ohio textile traditions. Both artists\, Midwestern women attentive to the nuances of place\, weave personal imagery into collective meaning. Together\, their works create spaces of reverence and connection.\nAmelia Burns: GODSPROMISESRISINGHIGHGODSPROMISESRISINGHIGH contains fragments of photographs I have made over years in various locations in the United States. Each fragment holds personal meaning for me. The exalted pieces of environments float together and create a visual smorgasbord of symbols\, denoting a capitalist world\, filled with tender moments and connections\, where all objects are made holy.\nErin McKenna: Mushroom TrailMushroom Trail reimagines the Ohio Star quilt block through a collage of photographs of mushrooms\, lichen\, and moss gathered during walks in my Appalachian forest home. I created small blocks of repeating patterns to build texture and color. Inspired by the Barn Quilt Trail\, the work honors Ohio’s yard art traditions. Like other local expressions\, from chainsaw-carved bears to the front porch goose\, it fosters a shared sense of pride of place\, and community.\nArtist Statements/Bios\nAmelia BurnsThrough my travels across nearly every U.S. state\, I document not only the natural world but also its entanglement with human influence. My work speaks to the loneliness\, humor\, beauty\, pain\, and joy that coexist within these spaces. The landscapes I create—whether photographic or collage-based—are imbued with a visceral connection to the physical environments I’ve passed through. They are a reprocessing of the cultural detritus that surrounds me\, transforming fragments into vignettes that explore both the darkness and resilience of humanity.\nAt its core\, my work explores the underworld of human experience\, grappling with the visceral tension between authenticity and artifice in contemporary Americana. It reflects the disgusting horror of capitalism\, the mysticism of my Irish Catholic upbringing\, and the profound solitude that fuels my process. The resulting images are landscapes of seeking\, filled with the pain\, glory\, and quiet resistance of life.\nAmelia Burns is a photographer\, collage artist\, curator and educator exploring the cultural and physical landscapes of the U.S.\, capturing the nuances of shared environments. She earned her BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2005 and later completed her MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2023. Website / Instagram\nErin McKenna Erin McKenna is an interdisciplinary artist with a background in sculpture. Her practice embraces humor\, playful misuse\, and celebration as strategies to dismantle stereotypes and complicate binaries of construction and embellishment. With a feminist lens\, she explores the space where necessity meets excess\, highlighting the subversive potential of both. Her sculptures often pair gritty building materials with tactile fabrics\, generating tension between utility and ornament. Growing up in a perpetually unfinished home—a place of sawdust\, chop saws\, and improvisation—instilled in her a respect for visible labor\, inventive problem-solving\, and imperfection. Her process follows personal rules:\nno hierarchy of materialssubvert expected usecomplicate binaries\, stereotypes and associationsmisuse\, misapplyallow for variable arrangementsrepeat\, reiterate\, reuseconsider the subversive possibilities of the excessive\, fantastic\, and necessaryalways let the labor be visible\nMcKenna earned her BFA from Columbus College of Art &\; Design in 2012 and later completed her MFA at Stamps School of Art &\; Design at the University of Michigan. She recently moved back to the forest she calls home in Southeastern Ohio\, where she serves as Exhibitions Director at The Dairy Barn Arts Center\, hunts for mushrooms with her toddler\, and makes quilts. Website / Instagram UID:138031-21881273@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138031 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T112027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CMW Grad: Learn to Stress Less Series DESCRIPTION:Calling all stressed graduate students to join our monthly wellness group series to learn about the impacts of stress\, strategies to cope and enjoy a free lunch!  This FREE in-person educational wellness group is for graduate students only. Each month we will focus on different stress management techniques and provide a safe space for graduate students to share their stressors. Students are welcome to attend one wellness group or all four.These wellness groups are facilitated by staff from the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and is a collaborative service with U-M Engineering's C.A.R.E. Center and the Newnan Academic Advising Center.Registration is not required for in-person wellness groups\, but is recommended so there is enough lunch for all attendees. UID:140599-21887882@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140599 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251015T141939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:For All Ages Exhibit DESCRIPTION:In the 19th century\, new ideas about childhood and education\, along with advances in printing like chromolithography\, made it possible to mass-produce games and toys. These were not only fun to play with but also taught practical skills and moral lessons. Learn about familiar and unique toys and board games throughout American history in the William L. Clements Library’s new exhibit\, “For All Ages” on view weekdays from 12-4 pm between October 3-January 5.\n\nEven though the objects are behind glass\, the co-curators have created an interactive way to explore the display. Visit the exhibit to participate in a scavenger hunt and win a prize! UID:138977-21884458@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138977 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Exhibit,Free,Fun,Games,In Person,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251021T115328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Grad Students: Learn to Stress Less | Workshop 4 DESCRIPTION:Calling all stressed graduate students to join our monthly wellness group series to learn about the impacts of stress\, strategies to cope and enjoy a free lunch!  This FREE in-person educational wellness group is for graduate students only. Each month we will focus on different stress management techniques and provide a safe space for graduate students to share their stressors. Students are welcome to attend one wellness group or all four. \n\nThese wellness groups are facilitated by staff from the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and is a collaborative service with U-M Engineering's C.A.R.E. Center and the Newnan Academic Advising Center.\n\nRegistration is not required for in-person wellness groups\, but is recommended so there is enough lunch for all attendees. UID:138061-21881613@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138061 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Campus Mind Works,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,In Person,Michigan Engineering,north campus,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 265 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251204T141201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T124500 SUMMARY:Other:Spring and Summer Study Abroad Information Session (Virtual) DESCRIPTION:This session will provide BSI students with general information regarding UMSI's undergraduate-level May study abroad programs. Information on program options\, the application process\, and more will be covered. Time will be allotted for Q&A. UID:142389-21890785@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142389 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Study Abroad LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T150935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:The Reactor Around the Corner: Understanding Advanced Nuclear Energy Futures DESCRIPTION:Governments\, industries\, and publics have shown increasing interest in advanced nuclear energy technologies as central to solving the world’s energy and climate crisis. However\, the potential expansion of the global nuclear industry introduces—and in some cases reinforces—problems that technological solutions alone will not be able to fix. Our new research shows that the widespread adoption of advanced nuclear reactors is likely to entrench global disparities\, privilege markets over the public good\, overlook local and Indigenous knowledge\, intensify environmental injustices\, and abandon promises of local development and empowerment. Building on these insights\, we provide policy guidance to maximize the potential benefits and minimize the likely harms of adopting these new nuclear energy technologies.\n\nJoin us for a live conversation with the authors—Nora Lewis\, Txai Sibley\, Nicholas Stubblefield\, Michael Redmond\, Molly Kleinman\, Shobita Parthasarathy\, and Denia Djokić—to discuss research findings\, as well as policy recommendations for the governance of SMRs and the uranium supply chain. UID:141989-21889785@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141989 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Climate Change,Energy,Fastest Path To Zero,Lifelong Learning,Nuclear Engineering And Radiological Sciences,Public Policy,Social Impact,Sustainability,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T092828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Walter J. Weber\, Jr. 
Distinguished Lecture in Environmental and Energy Sustainability DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey McCutcheon is the General Electric Professor of Advanced Manufacturing in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Yale University. For nearly 20 years\, he has pioneered work in membrane based separations\, notably in the areas of osmotic processes and membrane formation. He has published over 120 refereed publications and has several patents on membrane technology. He has served the separations community as a Director for both the AIChE Separations Division and the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) and served as President of NAMS. He recently concluded a 5-year term as the Deputy Topic Area lead for Materials & Manufacturing Topic Area in the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI)\, the Department of Energy’s $100M “Water Hub” dedicated to supporting the development of desalination technology in the United States. He has received numerous awards including the FRI/John G. Kunesh Award from the AIChE Separations Division\, the AIChE Separation Division FRI/Neil Yeoman Innovation Award\, the North American Membrane Society Permeance Prize and the Global Water Summit Water Technology Idol. In 2024 he won the Paul L. Busch Award from the Water Research Foundation\, and he was inducted into the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in 2021. In 2017\, he was named the Executive Director of Fraunhofer USA Center for Energy Innovation and served for 3 years before taking the Center to its now independent status as the Connecticut Center for Applied Separations Technologies (CCAST). CCAST is dedicated to identifying opportunities to implement membrane and other advanced separation technology into various industrial processes in order to lower energy use\, reduce carbon footprint\, limit waste\, and prevent adverse environmental and health impacts. He is also the Founder and CEO of membraneX\, a UConn spinout dedicated to commercializing a new membrane manufacturing technology. \n\nCustomized Membranes for Water Treatment and Desalination\n\nThe thin film composite (TFC) membrane is a versatile membrane design platform that enables the use of ultra-thin membranes with both high selectivity and productivity. The ultra-thin nature of these fragile membranes necessitates the use of a porous\, non-selective and low resistance support layer that provides mechanical strength. The TFC membrane is defined by these two layers being chemically distinct and therefore customizable based on desired characteristics (e.g. cost\, processability\, selectivity). The most commonly manufactured TFC membrane is the reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membrane. These membranes are made through interfacial polymerization\, which is a process developed over 40 years ago by John Cadotte. This process was a major innovation in membrane manufacturing as it allowed for the formation of the thin selective layer to be formed in-situ directly onto the supporting membrane. The process is scalable and enables the mass production of high performance RO membranes. The process and these membranes are not without their drawbacks\, however. The process is relatively uncontrollable\, is limited to a small subset of polymer material chemistries\, and can lead to membranes with some undesirable properties (e.g. roughness). Despite these limitations\, this manufacturing process has not changed in over 40 years and instead the community has engineered around these weaknesses through increasingly complex and expensive process system design. In this talk\, we provide context for why this has happened and offer a new manufacturing innovation\, electrohydrodynamic spray\, that may enable the expansion of TFC membrane chemistries to well beyond those currently offered commercially. This expanded library of chemistries will enable emergent “clever” reverse osmosis processes to perform with low specific energy consumption. We demonstrate our ability to make membranes with a range of predictable performance and articulate a value proposition for commercial use cases. UID:141199-21888358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141199 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate,Lecture,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays\, 12-5 pm\nFridays\, 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884293@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T112027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Winter Holidays Party DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon of delicious treats\, cookie decorating\, and fun!  Click here to enter the cookie decorating contest for the chance at a 1st\, 2nd\, or 3rd place prize!\n\n UID:142191-21890193@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142191 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:OGPS Lounge THSL 2960 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251124T101035 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T124500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Accessibility Specialist Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Spend a few minutes to a half hour with the Disability Equity Office Accessibility Specialists to ask any questions related to reasonable accommodations\, the interactive process\, general accessibility at U-M\, and more! Break-out rooms will be available for those who wish to ask their questions privately. If you need accommodations to participate in this drop-in session\, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:122847-21862639@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/122847 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Disability,Faculty,Graduate Students,Office Hours,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251121T121651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:J.S. Bach's vibrant cantata for Advent\, *Nun komm der Heiden Heiland*\, BWV 61\, will be performed along with organ chorales for the Advent season. Led by director Joseph Gascho\, the instrumentalists and singers will be members of the Baroque Chamber Orchestra\, Basso Continuo Class\, and Organ Studios.\n\nThe University of Michigan Organ Department presents Division Street Pipes - the organ recital series at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church that brought weekly joy to attendees during its first season earlier this year - returns and will continue through early December.\n\nDivision Street Pipes concerts take place on Thursdays at 12:15 pm. Each recital features talented students and faculty of the U-M Organ Department. These performances are free and open to the public\, and audience members are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening. The series is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Organ Department and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in an effort to bring organ music to local audiences while connecting U-M organ students with the wider community. Concerts offer attendees the opportunity to hear the versatility of the pipe organ beyond a worship setting. UID:142092-21889998@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142092 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251119T113331 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Leading at All Levels DESCRIPTION:Interested in developing your equity-minded leadership skills but don’t know where to start? Not sure you consider yourself a leader? Join the CASCaDE team for a conversation on how higher education practitioners can lead at all levels\, and what tools they need to make effective change. Hear from some of the expert practitioners who collaborated with NCID to create the Change Agent Empowerment Toolkit and learn about how they understand leadership\, who can make change on campus\, and what tools and resources they would use to solve specific problems.\n\nCASCaDE (Change Agents Shaping Campus Diversity and Equity) is an initiative from the National Center for Institutional Diversity\, committed to improving outcomes for students of color\, first-generation\, and low-income students. The Change Agent Empowerment Toolkit is a free resource that provides learning\, reflection\, and action-planning tools\, and activities for practitioners who want to gain leadership skills and confidence to make change in higher education.\n\n\nPANEL\n\nDr. Leslie D. Gonzales\, Professor of Higher Education\, Department Head of Educational Policy Studies & Practice (EPSP)\, and Director of Center for the Study of Higher Education in the College of Education at the University of Arizona\n\nDr. Eugene (Gene) T. Parker\, III\, Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Kansas\n\nAmber N. Williams\, M.A.\, MSW\, NCID Research Associate\, School of Education Doctoral Candidate\, and School of Social Work Lecturer at the University of Michigan\n\nModerator: Dr. Sheridan Wigginton\, Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at California Lutheran University UID:142018-21889829@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T205929 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Finals Fuel Station at South Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the South Quad Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for a warm drink and a snack to fuel up for finals exams and projects! UID:142009-21889817@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142009 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:housing,Study Night LOCATION:South Quad - Yuri Kochiyama Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250902T120339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ChE SEMINAR: Jeff McCutcheon\, University of Connecticut DESCRIPTION:A reception with light refreshments will be held in the B10 lobby before each seminar from 1-1:30 p.m.\n\nMore details to come. UID:138631-21883510@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138631 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:chemical engineering,Free,Graduate,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251226T123107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1862720Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas\, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about search strategy!! Get real-time\, personalized support by checking out the in person Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who hasdesigned this experience to provide you strategies\, tools\, and motivation to get on the right track with searching for internships. Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake\,the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy. **If you're not sure what you're interested in\, consider making an \"Exploring Major/Career Option\" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting. Recent Grads: If you are an alumni\, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line“Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or tobe set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.#UCC UID:141887-21889596@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141887 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251008T092718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Power of Singing\, the Power of Song DESCRIPTION:Join us and enjoy a demonstration of the healing and unifying power of community singing. Inspired by the work of Pete Seeger\, Watroba will use a variety of song genres and techniques to create an experience that is as entertaining as it is uplifting and healing. Many know Matt Watroba as the voice of folk music in Michigan for his work producing and hosting shows for public radio. He has devoted his life and career to being a custodian of American folk and roots music. This has shaped a repertoire and presentation that is unique on stages across the state and country. He is committed to inspiring the world to sing—one town at a time. In 2019\, Matt\, along with his life-long musical partner Robert Jones\, co-founded the Detroit non-profit\, Common Chords. Also in 2019\, Matt was inducted into the Folk DJ Hall of Fame at the Folk Alliance International Conference in Montreal. UID:140428-21887074@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:music LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251203T204253 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RTG NT: Construction via relative cohomology DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:142372-21890767@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142372 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115857 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dissertation Defense Seminar: Cassandra Zuckerman DESCRIPTION:Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes at chromosome termini that are vital for the preservation of genome integrity. Telomeric DNA consists of hexad repeats (GGTTAG in mammals) that are mostly double-stranded (ds)\, ending in a short\, single-stranded (ss) 3′ overhang. In dividing cells\, telomeric DNA shortens with each round of DNA replication\, causing the “end replication problem.” A specialized ribonucleoprotein (RNP) enzyme\, telomerase\, replenishes telomeric DNA repeats to aid in resolving this problem. \nNatural chromosome ends resemble dsDNA breaks\, creating the “end protection problem\,” the necessity to protect natural ends from the DNA damage response/repair machinery. The six-protein mammalian shelterin complex binds telomeric repeats to protect chromosome ends from unwanted repair. Shelterin dysfunction results in end deprotection and mouse embryonic lethality. POT1 is a critical shelterin component that protects the telomeric ssDNA overhang and the ds–ss junction\, and helps facilitate telomerase action. Thus\, a single POT1 orchestrates multiple telomeric functions\, complicating the dissection of its functions individually. Studying the shelterin complex in in toto is even more challenging\, as POT1 is separated from the dsDNA-binding shelterin proteins by two additional shelterin subunits. \n\nIn contrast to humans\, C. elegans (Ce) has four putative POT1 homologs (Ce POT-1\, POT-2\, POT-3\, and MRT-1)\, leading us to hypothesize that POT1 functions are separated on different polypeptides\, making it feasible to study each POT1 function individually. The dsDNA-binding proteins of C. elegans have also been discovered\, and they bind directly to CePOT-1\, greatly simplifying the composition of the shelterin complex. However\, how the other CePOT1 homologs integrate into shelterin to protect and replicate chromosome ends is not known. Through my doctoral studies\, I discovered a novel interaction of CePOT-1 with CePOT-2 and Ce-MRT-1 via a CePOT-1 binding site shared by CePOT-2 and CeMRT-1. My studies revealed that CePOT-1 acts as a bridge to connect these single-stranded DNA-binding proteins with CeTEBP-1 and ceTEBP-2\, C. elegans’ telomeric dsDNA-binding proteins. Taken together\, my findings shed light on how C. elegans shelterin assembles at chromosome ends.\n\nThe second part of my thesis involves MEICEN\, a testis-specific protein essential for male fertility. Centrosomes are organelles that play several major roles during mitosis and meiosis\, including the formation of the bipolar spindle during mitosis and the formation of cilia and flagella. In sperm\, remodeled centrosomes\, called basal bodies\, anchor the sperm flagellum to the sperm head. Centrins are proteins fundamental to centrosome assembly and duplication. Of the four mammalian centrins\, centrin 1 is specifically expressed in testes and is essential for male fertility. \n\nOur collaborators\, the Shibuya lab\, identified MEICEN as a novel\, testes-specific regulator of centrosome dynamics and sperm tail maturation that binds centrin and is essential for male fertility. Meicen knockout mice display irregular centrin 1 localization\, which results in sperm tail defects. Yet how MEICEN binds centrin during meiosis was unknown. As part of my doctoral studies\, I used SEC-MALS to reveal that MEICEN homodimerizes to bind a total of sixteen centrin molecules. I then solved the crystal structure of the MEICEN-centrin 1 complex to provide the structural basis of an interaction critical for spermatogenesis. Finally\, I introduced mutations at the MEICEN-centrin interface to demonstrate that it abrogates the MEICEN-centrin interaction. Overall\, our findings inspire a model in which MEICEN acts as a storage system for centrin to limit its over-accumulation at meiotic centrosomes\, preventing their overduplication. UID:142316-21890509@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142316 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Dissertation,Dissertation Defense LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T120023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T173000 SUMMARY:Other:Crafting Meeting DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us every Thursday from 4:30-5:30p for our crafting meeting! All skills are welcome with plenty of teachers and projects to start each week. If you have more questions\, please DM us on Instagram or email our Monday meeting lead Calli:callil@umich.edu\nTime: 4:30-5:30 pm\nLocation: North Campus Duderstadt Design Lab 1\nNonprofit Website: vipsfund.org\nInstagram: @vipsfund UID:137853-21880916@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137853 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Design Lab 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T121738 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:December WISE Night In DESCRIPTION:Join UM WISE for a winter wonderland themed WISE Night In! We will have cookie decoration and make snowflake decorations as well as a hot chocolate bar to go with our Jerusalem Garden dinner. Come celebrate the season (and the end of classes) and make some new friends in STEM. UID:139557-21885738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139557 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Sessions,Social,Undergraduate Students,Women In Stem LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 3236 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T120043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ratio Christi Weekly Meeting: Textual transmission and reliability of Scripture DESCRIPTION:This week's topic is: Was the Bible gradually changed over time?\n \nRatio Christi is a student and faculty led apologetics club at the University of Michigan. The club is open to students of all faiths\, and it seeks to provide a forum for respectful and thoughtful dialog about the Christian faith. UID:142375-21890770@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142375 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Michigan Christian Study Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251208T085139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Children’s Psychiatric Hospital at U-M: A History DESCRIPTION:When the University of Michigan first opened its Children’s Psychiatric Hospital it was a revolutionary creation. Join us to hear from Professor Laura Hirshbein as she traces U-M's efforts to provide care for children by creating this groundbreaking program\, focusing not just on psychoanalysis but also all aspects of children's illnesses\, from the emotional to the physical.\n\nRefreshments will be provided.\n\nProfessor Laura Hirshbein is the George E Wantz M.D. Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan Medicine. She received her M.D. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins\, and her research interests focus on the history of psychiatry\, health policy\, and diagnosis with a particular focus on children’s healthcare services. UID:139938-21886379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139938 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,free,history,lecture,Making Michigan,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,umich200,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T105216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Chamber Orchestra of Europe DESCRIPTION:Over the course of the next four years\, the omnipresent conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at Carnegie Hall in an overview of the orchestral works of Johannes Brahms\, including all of his concertos\, overtures\, and symphonies. UMS is proud to present the first of these concert offerings\, which features the first and final works that Brahms composed for orchestra — his Symphony No. 1 and his Double Concerto for Violin\, Cello\, and Orchestra — performed by the 60-member Chamber Orchestra of Europe.\n\nThe COE was originally founded in 1981 by a group of young musicians who were part of the European Community Youth Orchestra\, and its members now pursue parallel careers as principals or section leaders of other prestigious orchestras in Europe. Originally mentored by the esteemed conductors Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt\, the group now works closely with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and will be joined for this limited tour by violinist Veronika Eberle and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras\, both making their UMS debuts. UID:137152-21879816@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:chamber orchestra,Classical,classical music,European,orchestra,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251007T113534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ebird & Friends Holiday Show DESCRIPTION:For 18 years Erin Zindle has been curating an epic annual musical celebration inspired by the themes of the holiday season. Each December\, this event is a warm hearted lift-off to the holidays that has become an indispensable tradition for families in the greater Ann Arbor area and far beyond. Zindle\, The Ragbirds’ songwriter\, lead singer and multi-instrumentalist\, produces this gala event with the intention of joyfully interconnecting the performers and audiences of the Michigan music community. A star-studded “house band” along with a horn section\, string section and backup singers\, lays the foundation for guest vocalists to shine. \n\nThis year’s featured artists include avant-garde\, folk-soul cellist Jordan Hamilton\, gutsy garage-rock singer-songwriter Elisabeth Pixley-Fink\, beloved Ann Arbor folk-bender Billy King\, looper\, multi-instrumentalist\, and producer Ki-5\, indie folk-rock singer-songwriter Dylan Charles and incendiary Outlaw-Americana duo Ember & Ash (Erin Zindle and Alex Holycross\, of The Native Howl)\n\nThe show’s strength is its diversity\, with a wide range of song styles highlighting the incredibly talented instrumentalists and vocalists within the group. Creative arrangements of original songs\, new modern hits\, and traditional carols make this show unlike any other - it’s truly “not your mama’s Christmas show”. Master of Ceremonies comedienne Shelly Smith guides listeners through the experience with laughter and good cheer. UID:140203-21886830@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889273@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889284@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889294@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T104107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Consequence - Group Art Exhibition - Art as Environmental Activism DESCRIPTION:This group exhibition is an in-depth exploration of the role of art as a powerful catalyst for environmental activism. At first glance\, these works each possess striking beauty. However\, a closer inspection reveals a profound and often unsettling depth that challenges one’s perceptions. \n\nThe artworks are imbued with many layers of meaning\, inviting us to engage critically with the themes presented and encouraging us to reflect on our often-fraught relationship with the natural world. Through a variety of mediums and techniques\, these works prompt us to confront uncomfortable truths about climate change\, habitat loss\, and the disappearing biodiversity around us. \n\nCampbell’s captivating “Heatscape” series transforms what is often an intangible concept into the tangible realm by visually translating heat distribution data to depict the impact of urban design on climate. This series offers a profound exploration of the intriguing phenomenon known as \"urban heat islands”\, a term that describes urban areas that absorb and radiate significantly more heat than their surrounding rural landscapes due to human activities and infrastructure.\n\n“Heatscape” invites us to engage in a deeper reflection about the profound impact that human ingenuity has wielded over the natural world\, serving as a visual reminder of our responsibility to urban design that is considerate to the environment and communities it impacts. This work challenges us to recognize the interplay between our lifestyles and the environment\, urging a dialogue about sustainable practices that could mitigate the effects of these heat islands.\n\nSnider’s work powerfully illustrates the remnants of industrialization\, capturing the unsettling essence of its aftermath. In his art\, we encounter an urban landscape that is strikingly devoid of human presence\, creating an almost haunting atmosphere. This absence of people amplifies the eerie feeling and serves as a warning about the enduring consequences of industrial progress. It prompts viewers to reflect on the environmental impact and the transformations that society has undergone\, urging us to consider what aspects of our world will persist in the wake of such change. Ultimately\, Snider’s poignant depictions challenge us to confront the stark reality of a landscape altered by human activity\, inviting contemplation on both the beauty and the desolation that can coexist in our modern environments.\n\nSandra Osip’s sculptures delve deeply into the juxtaposition of decay and destruction alongside the concepts of life and growth. Through her abstract structures\, she illustrates the profound effects climate change has on our urban landscapes and the planet as a whole. These pieces serve as a poignant reminder of the delicate balance between nature and human impact\, while Osip’s imaginative flowers evoke a sense of nostalgia and loss\, symbolizing the beauty of what has been irretrievably diminished in our world. By celebrating these natural forms\, she not only honors the richness of biodiversity but also raises awareness about the environmental crisis we face.\n\nCassells’ work not only celebrates a profound connection to nature and sustainable practices but also serves to illuminate the significant impact that climate change has on vulnerable communities. Through her art\, she investigates the intricate relationships between different environmental systems\, emphasizing how they are all interconnected. \n\nBy delving into these themes\, Cassells sheds light on the challenges faced by communities that often bear the brunt of climate change despite contributing the least to the problem. Her exploration encourages a deeper understanding of how environmental changes affect social structures and the lives of people in marginalized areas. In doing so\, she advocates for greater awareness and action to address these issues\, ultimately promoting a more sustainable and equitable future for all. \n\nShanna Merola’s photo-collages are informed by the stories of environmental justice struggles past and present. Shanna Merola and Halima Afi Cassells collaborated on collage and interactive installations for over five years. Researching\, wandering\, photographing\, and creating together while interrogating the interconnectedness of environmental degradation\, and global corporatism\, and community response.\n\nSobel takes a more straightforward approach by helping us begin to grasp the reality of living in a world affected by climate change. Her work described as “wilderness-based\, science-inspired”\, serves as a bridge\, connecting viewers to experiences that might seem too distant or unfolding too slowly for most people to comprehend firsthand. In doing so\, she not only raises awareness but also encourages dialogue about the pressing challenges our planet faces. Through her work\, Sobel facilitates a deeper understanding of the interconnection between humanity and the environment\, compelling us to reflect on our role in addressing these urgent issues.\n\nThese diverse approaches to creating art serve as powerful connections to the most critical and pressing environmental issues of our time. This engagement serves to deepen our understanding of these challenges from multiple perspectives\, including cultural\, social\, and scientific viewpoints. \nFurthermore\, these approaches are not only meant to inform but also to inspire. They challenge us to reconsider our relationship with the planet and encourage us to take actionable steps toward sustainability. UID:138082-21881906@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138082 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Detroit,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,Festival,Free,Humanities,Natural Sciences,Nature,Science,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest Exhibit DESCRIPTION:The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all students affiliated with the II and/or its centers and programs\, either through funding or study.\n\nSubmission categories include:\nGo Blue! - Showing U-M pride abroad\nThe World Is Your Classroom - Showing a facet of the student’s research\, work\, or study abroad\nEncounters & Vistas - Discovering cultural differences\, encountering the unfamiliar\, and finding unexpected moments abroad\n\nOn display through January 30\, 2026.\nLocation: Room 547 Weiser Hall\, 5th Floor Gallery Space UID:143218-21892456@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,International Education,international institute,Photo Exhibit,photography,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T143931 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Best Used By DESCRIPTION:Narsiso Martinez’s art practice\, drawing upon his own experience as a farmworker\, honors the people performing the essential labor required to fill produce sections and restaurant kitchens around the country through portraiture on discarded materials\, such as cardboard boxes and paper grocery bags. Best Used By highlights timely issues regarding worker invisibility and anonymity. As part of his project\, Martinez will be researching archives related to regional agricultural history and engaging with local food service workers. UID:137200-21879933@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,History,Humanities,Immigration,Multicultural,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250908T171134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Brothers and Uncles\, Kings and Typecutters DESCRIPTION:Explore the evolution of the printed page through the prism of one remarkable family of scholar-printers. \n\nPrinting changed the speed and scale at which information circulated. Over a century\, scholarly printers competed to produce carefully edited editions. As they produced more and more\, they developed methods\, such as page-layout and indices\, to make their books easy to read\, and they created dictionaries and reference books so a reader could get more from their books.\n\nThe Estienne family of printers are among the most renowned and long-lasting printing houses of the era. Family links and investment in scholarly training helped them to sustain a business in the print trade for six generations in France and Switzerland.\n\nThe Special Collections Research Center holds nearly 80 imprints dating from the first years of the sixteenth century into the reign of Louis XIV. View nineteen examples chosen to show the breadth of the Michigan Estienne collection in an era of amazing change.\n\nImage: Detail from \"Polemōnos\, Himeriou\, kai allōn tinōn meletai\,\" by Henri Estienne\, Paris 1567. The Olive tree device is the best-known emblem of the Estienne house\, surviving in over a dozen forms. First used by Robert I in 1526\, it refers to a passage in Romans 11 that praises humility in the face of divine will. UID:139020-21884651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Exhibit Space, Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T103904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cathy Barry Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Cathy Barry has a profound connection to the natural world\, which has shaped her artistic journey. She focuses on expressing gratitude\, compassion\, and a sense of responsibility towards environmental protection. After years of working with traditional media such as oil\, acrylic\, and watercolor\, her art is transitioning to more sustainable materials. The pigments she uses in her collages are sourced entirely from plants\, all collected and processed by Cathy herself from various locations throughout Michigan. This natural paint has become a vital part of her expressive palette\, driving her to approach her work with a renewed sense of integrity and awareness of our interconnected ecosystem.\n\nIn her collages\, Cathy skillfully combines paper painted with her homemade botanical pigments and intricately punched shapes\, creating a distinctive micro-scale vocabulary. These miniature worlds are thoughtfully assembled within larger contexts\, challenging our perceptions of the universe and our place within it.\n\nRecently\, Cathy has embarked on a new adventure: creating art directly from plant materials. By collecting\, drying\, and weaving leaves\, she has developed an exciting rhythm in her process. Through simple weaving\, twining\, and basketry techniques\, she has deepened her enthusiasm for and connection to the plants surrounding her in her yard and neighborhood. This integration of materials with form and subject in her work evokes a serene wholeness that reflects nature's inherent wisdom. Additionally\, her journey has sparked a curiosity to explore the historical uses and roles of plants throughout history.\n\nCathy Barry is an artist and instructor living and working in Ann Arbor\, Mi. She is a Lecturer in the University of Michigan (UM) Stamps School of Art and Design\, the UM Program in the Environment and the UM Biological Station. UID:138080-21881823@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138080 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Exhibition,Festival,Free,Natural Sciences,Nature,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connection Gallery lower level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T100000 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:134855-21887845@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:ICE in the Heartland: Community Impacts of Worksite Immigration Raids DESCRIPTION:ICE in the Heartland showcases a multifaceted project that gathers and disseminates the stories of communities impacted by immigration worksite raids with the aim of bringing underrepresented narratives to news media\, classroom\, and public discourse. This project comprises qualitative public health research conducted in impacted communities and visual arts generated from the research outcomes. Research teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Michigan\, led by Professor William Lopez\, and the University of Iowa\, led by Professor Nicole Novak\, collaborated with a range of community members and organizers at sites of six large-scale immigration worksite raids that occurred in 2018 in Iowa\, Nebraska\, Ohio\, Tennessee\, and Texas. The researchers visited these sites\, spoke to advocates\, detainees\, their families\, and other community members. In conversation with the seventy-seven interviews\, artists Dalia Harris and Carolina Jones Ortiz generated ten images that comprise ICE in the Heartland. On display with the artworks are community member testimonies\, analysis on the public health detriments to immigration worksite raids and deportation\, insights to the artists’ methods\, and the curricular materials used in public outreach programs. \n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. UID:139065-21884805@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Education,Exhibition,free,Human Rights,immigration,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,irwg,public health,research,social inequality,social justice,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:Lane Hall - Lane Hall Exhibit Space--First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T172347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suave Mechanicals: A Celebration of Nine Volumes on the Art and History of Bookbinding (2013–2025) DESCRIPTION:Explore the art of judging books by their covers! This exhibit highlights a selection of rare books from the University of Michigan's collections\, each of them representing binding topics featured in \"Suave Mechanicals\,\" the acclaimed nine-volume series dedicated to the study of the art and history of bookbinding. \n\nSpanning from 2013 to 2025\, \"Suave Mechanicals\" contains 85 essays\, 27 of which examine the same type of binding as the artifacts on display. Edited by Julia Miller and published by Cathleen A. Baker of The Legacy Press\, the series was conceived as a platform for fresh\, in-depth scholarship on bookbinding\, from its earliest origins to contemporary practice.  \n\nContributors include first-time authors and established experts — bookbinders\, conservators\, librarians\, curators\, catalogers\, book artists\, collectors\, and historians — offering a vibrant array of voices and insights into the craftsmanship\, culture\, and enduring fascination of bookbinding.\n\nJoin us for Coffee with the Curator on October 1\, 10am-12pm. UID:137103-21879644@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21883042@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21888865@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251107T125811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Rackham Reparative Justice Research Group: Student Research Showcase in Support of the Washtenaw County Advisory Council on Reparations DESCRIPTION:The Reparative Justice Research Group (RJRG) is currently partnering with the Washtenaw County Advisory Council on Reparations to undertake research and document the role of county government in racial injustice\, as well as the historic and ongoing harms experienced by African Americans in Washtenaw County from multiple disciplinary perspectives.\n\nJoin University of Michigan students and faculty from the RJRG as they showcase research projects in history\, political science\, education\, climate science\, public policy\, and social work. The projects collectively offer a more complex and wide-ranging view of historical and present-day systemic harms to Black residents in Washtenaw County and point the way to potential pathways for repair\, justice\, and opportunity today and in the future. UID:141504-21888947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:East Conference Room, Fourth Floor, Rackham Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T120000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21889883@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge and First Floor Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T092024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BSI Information Sessions- Current UM Freshmen DESCRIPTION:We encourage every student interested in or contemplating an undergraduate degree at the School of Information to attend an information session. You will receive an engaging and comprehensive overview of the program\, as well as guidance for the application process. Sessions are hosted on different days and times to accommodate as many students as possible\, and you only need to attend one session before you apply. These information sessions are for Current (Fall 2026) University of Michigan Freshmen. UID:138565-21883395@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138565 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:GalleryDAAS Presents: Archives of Resistance: Visuals and Voices from Carceral State Project Research DESCRIPTION:Opening December 8\, 2025 and running through January 2026\nGalleryDAAS| Haven Hall| G648| Monday - Friday 10-4pm\n\nThis exhibit showcases stories of resistance\, resilience\, and hope\, in the face of mass incarceration\, police violence\, immigrant detention\, and systematic racial criminalization. Archives of Resistance presents art\, prisoner correspondence\, research publications\, and archival documentation produced by the component projects of the Carceral State Project. These include: The Reckoning Project\, Immigrant Justice Lab\, Black & Pink at SPH\, ICE in the Heartland\, Critical Carceral Visualities\, Policing & Social Justice HistoryLab\, and Confronting Conditions of Confinement and Resistance. Artwork made by people in prison through Prison Creative Arts Project workshops is also on display. \n\nThe U-M Carceral State Project\, housed within the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, brings impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the University of Michigan. The CSP was first organized in 2018 and has since grown to involve over a dozen community and campus partners\, many graduate students\, and more than 400 undergraduate researchers. \n\nThrough public scholarship\, creative expression\, multimedia storytelling\, and archival documentation\, we highlight the lived experiences and persistent resistance of those impacted by criminalization\, policing\, incarceration\, immigrant detention\, and other forms of carceral control in the state of Michigan and beyond. The work presented in this exhibit represents only a sliver of the extensive research\, art\, advocacy\, public engagement\, and other products generated by the Carceral State Project over the years. UID:142351-21890657@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african and afroamerican studies,Art,Exhibition,History,Law,Local Issues,Political Science,Race,Racism LOCATION:Haven Hall - GalleryDAAS, G648 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251114T102101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:UM Structure Seminar: Analysis of the First Cytochrome P450 7B1 Structure Provides Structural Context for Mutations that Cause Spastic Paraplegia Type 5 DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Candidate\nEmily Scott Lab UID:141869-21889551@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141869 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Structural Biology LOCATION:Life Sciences Institute - LSI Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880959@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251010T125633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T113000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Drop-In Sessions on Panorama and Course Accessibility DESCRIPTION:Drop in during ITS-Accessibility office hours to learn more about course accessibility and discover how to use Panorama to improve the accessibility of your Canvas course site. Panorama is a powerful tool within Canvas that allows instructors and instructional support staff to create\, scan\, and fix digital content for accessibility directly within the platform. Additionally\, Panorama enables students to automatically generate alternative formats of Canvas content and attached files\, supporting a range of learning needs and preferences. Office hours provide a flexible opportunity for you to ask questions\, receive practical guidance\, and explore strategies for making your Canvas courses more inclusive and accessible for everyone. UID:140537-21887332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140537 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:accessibility,assistive technology,Canvas,Digital Accessibility,digital technology,Disability,Faculty LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251203T155213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T120000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Natasha Perry - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Natasha Perry for their dissertation defense titled \"The total synthesis and medicinal chemistry exploration of oleandrin & the enantioselective total synthesis of (–)-tronocarpine\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, December 12th\n*Time:* 11:00 AM EST\n*Where:* Room 1706\, Chemistry Building\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 695 478 0391 UID:142361-21890749@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142361 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251125T121517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T190000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Path Forward DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: December 3-13Opening Reception: Friday\, December 5\, 6-8 p.m.\nPath Forward\, the 2025 Stamps BA Senior Studio Exhibition\, weaves meditations on nature\, the inner and outer workings of our human bodies from the functional to the phenomenal\, the paces of daily lives whether reading or rushing\, in friendship or in family and exploring memories of real and imagined pasts as they intersect with the here and now. Featuring work in experimental video\, fashion\, painting\, illustration and sculpture\, Path Forward postulates stepping stones for near and possible futures.\nThe Bachelor of Arts (BA) Senior Studio (ARTDES 401) is offered for Stamps BA students in their final year of study. The BA Senior Studio Exhibition offers these students the opportunity to build on the particular characteristics of the BA degree\, and focus on creating and exhibiting a culminating\, self-directed project. Students work independently or collaboratively to define a project plan with goals\, benchmarks\, and a timeline. \nThe BA Senior Studio Exhibition is a new tradition for Stamps. These students and instructors have worked collaboratively to produce a fully self-directed show from start to finish\, emphasizing the skills and practices associated with producing professional exhibitions\, in addition to their studio work. \nFaculty\nNick Tobier\, ProfessorMichaela Nichelle\, GSI\nBA Student Artists &\; Designers\nJulia BonannoLina HashimotoMargherita HillAnna HowellRiley HuhtaLaura JhiradUrvi JoshiAmanda KubitzGreta LeishearStella MooreEmma OstermeyerJaime SalmonsonMeredith SouleAna SwansonSam Weinfield UID:137211-21879967@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137211 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251003T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Untold Stories\, Part II: A Stamps Faculty Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: September 12 - December 13Opening Reception: September 18\, 6:30-8:30 p.m.\nUntold Stories: Part II is the second in a series of three exhibitions featuring the work of faculty members from the Stamps School of Art &\; Design. Organized thematically\, Part II explores timely and resonant themes related to the freedom of expression\, movement\, and civic rights. Drawing on personal narratives and public archives\, the artists offer inspiring ways of storytelling that make latent ideas visible and experiential - expanding the boundaries of their artistic research.\nUntold Stories: Part II is curated by Srimoyee Mitra\, and features work by Stamps faculty Ebitenyefa Baralaye\, Annica Cuppetelli\, Quinn A. Hunter\, Carol Jacobsen\, Andy Kirshner\, Rebekah Modrak\, and Ricky Weaver. UID:137113-21879761@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137113 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251015T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T110100 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 1): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:Phase 1 Opening Reception: September 18\, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they've curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA '23) and Erin McKenna (MFA '20)Phase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA '20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA '20)Phase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA '20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA '21)\nPhase 1 Curatorial Statement\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Amelia Burns (entry pillar)Curated by CYNK Studios: Erin McKenna (courtyard pillar)\nArtists Amelia Burns and Erin McKenna reimagine the Division Street pillars through digital collages rooted in memory\, landscape and shared environments. Burns arranges fragments of her own photographs into airy compositions where these pictorial remnants become enshrined by the artist’s vision of the sacred. McKenna draws from the language of quilting\, organizing her photos of mushrooms\, moss and lichen into vibrant geometric patterns which echo Ohio textile traditions. Both artists\, Midwestern women attentive to the nuances of place\, weave personal imagery into collective meaning. Together\, their works create spaces of reverence and connection.\nAmelia Burns: GODSPROMISESRISINGHIGHGODSPROMISESRISINGHIGH contains fragments of photographs I have made over years in various locations in the United States. Each fragment holds personal meaning for me. The exalted pieces of environments float together and create a visual smorgasbord of symbols\, denoting a capitalist world\, filled with tender moments and connections\, where all objects are made holy.\nErin McKenna: Mushroom TrailMushroom Trail reimagines the Ohio Star quilt block through a collage of photographs of mushrooms\, lichen\, and moss gathered during walks in my Appalachian forest home. I created small blocks of repeating patterns to build texture and color. Inspired by the Barn Quilt Trail\, the work honors Ohio’s yard art traditions. Like other local expressions\, from chainsaw-carved bears to the front porch goose\, it fosters a shared sense of pride of place\, and community.\nArtist Statements/Bios\nAmelia BurnsThrough my travels across nearly every U.S. state\, I document not only the natural world but also its entanglement with human influence. My work speaks to the loneliness\, humor\, beauty\, pain\, and joy that coexist within these spaces. The landscapes I create—whether photographic or collage-based—are imbued with a visceral connection to the physical environments I’ve passed through. They are a reprocessing of the cultural detritus that surrounds me\, transforming fragments into vignettes that explore both the darkness and resilience of humanity.\nAt its core\, my work explores the underworld of human experience\, grappling with the visceral tension between authenticity and artifice in contemporary Americana. It reflects the disgusting horror of capitalism\, the mysticism of my Irish Catholic upbringing\, and the profound solitude that fuels my process. The resulting images are landscapes of seeking\, filled with the pain\, glory\, and quiet resistance of life.\nAmelia Burns is a photographer\, collage artist\, curator and educator exploring the cultural and physical landscapes of the U.S.\, capturing the nuances of shared environments. She earned her BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2005 and later completed her MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2023. Website / Instagram\nErin McKenna Erin McKenna is an interdisciplinary artist with a background in sculpture. Her practice embraces humor\, playful misuse\, and celebration as strategies to dismantle stereotypes and complicate binaries of construction and embellishment. With a feminist lens\, she explores the space where necessity meets excess\, highlighting the subversive potential of both. Her sculptures often pair gritty building materials with tactile fabrics\, generating tension between utility and ornament. Growing up in a perpetually unfinished home—a place of sawdust\, chop saws\, and improvisation—instilled in her a respect for visible labor\, inventive problem-solving\, and imperfection. Her process follows personal rules:\nno hierarchy of materialssubvert expected usecomplicate binaries\, stereotypes and associationsmisuse\, misapplyallow for variable arrangementsrepeat\, reiterate\, reuseconsider the subversive possibilities of the excessive\, fantastic\, and necessaryalways let the labor be visible\nMcKenna earned her BFA from Columbus College of Art &\; Design in 2012 and later completed her MFA at Stamps School of Art &\; Design at the University of Michigan. She recently moved back to the forest she calls home in Southeastern Ohio\, where she serves as Exhibitions Director at The Dairy Barn Arts Center\, hunts for mushrooms with her toddler\, and makes quilts. Website / Instagram UID:138031-21881274@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138031 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251121T142528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T123000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Flash Talk | Through the Lens: Examining Colorful Objects from Karanis DESCRIPTION:Since 2021\, IPAMAA PhD candidate Laurel Fricker has worked with Kelsey Museum conservators on *Investigating Color in Roman Egypt*\, a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. During this time\, she has studied pigments and dyes on artifacts from Karanis—mainly terracotta figurines and textiles—using various analytical techniques\, allowing her to reconstruct the colorful world that ancient people created and inhabited.\n\nThis research forms the basis of the Kelsey Museum’s newest Kelsey in Focus case\, which opened in mid-October. Curated by Laurel\, “Through the Lens: Examining Colorful Objects from Karanis” takes a close look at three figurines uncovered from domestic contexts at Karanis\, exploring how pigments—often invisible to the naked eye—can be investigated using digital microscopy and multispectral imaging. \n\nJoin us at this Flash Talk to learn more about Laurel’s research and exhibition. To register for this lecture\, fill out the form at https://forms.gle/jGTJinBfv3fsnTH37. Zoom log-in information will be provided upon registration. Please sign up by 9:30 AM the day of the event to ensure you receive a confirmation email containing the access code. UID:142120-21890030@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142120 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,conservation,Exhibition,Free,Graduate Students,Lecture,Museum,Research,Talk,technology,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251015T141939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:For All Ages Exhibit DESCRIPTION:In the 19th century\, new ideas about childhood and education\, along with advances in printing like chromolithography\, made it possible to mass-produce games and toys. These were not only fun to play with but also taught practical skills and moral lessons. Learn about familiar and unique toys and board games throughout American history in the William L. Clements Library’s new exhibit\, “For All Ages” on view weekdays from 12-4 pm between October 3-January 5.\n\nEven though the objects are behind glass\, the co-curators have created an interactive way to explore the display. Visit the exhibit to participate in a scavenger hunt and win a prize! UID:138977-21884459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138977 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Exhibit,Free,Fun,Games,In Person,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T144046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T123000 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:88544-21865119@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:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays\, 12-5 pm\nFridays\, 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884326@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251030T111431 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T124500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:We Are Stars DESCRIPTION:What are we made of? Where did it all come from? Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins. Connect life on Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of hydrogen atoms to the synthesis of carbon\, and the molecules for life. UID:124092-21876271@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124092 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251121T144524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T130000 SUMMARY:Tours:Mid-Day Morsel Tour | Highlights of the Kelsey Museum DESCRIPTION:Looking for something to feed your brain on your lunch hour? The Mid-Day Morsel tour at the Kelsey Museum is a 30-minute taste of ancient Mediterranean history and artifact highlights in the Kelsey collection. Mid-Day Morsel tours begin at 12:30 PM. No registration is needed. Tour participants should gather at our Maynard Street entrance a few minutes before the tour is scheduled to start.\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:142121-21890031@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,History,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251204T101544 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Daeun Lee Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Africa’s hydroclimate and environments from the Miocene (~23–5 million years ago) to present-day have been shaped by dynamic interactions among ocean circulation\, tectonic evolution\, atmospheric chemistry\, and hydroclimatic processes. Understanding these shifts offers vital context for reconstructing ancient environments and the evolution of tropical ecosystems. However\, persisting challenges remain in explaining the decoupling of global climate signals from regional hydrology\, especially in Africa\, a continent central to human evolution and biodiversity.\n\nThis dissertation integrates climate modeling\, proxy analyses\, and novel isotope measurements to investigate: (1) how multiple equilibrium states in ocean circulation\, particularly the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)\, contribute to the decoupling of atmospheric CO₂ and regional climate signals during the Middle Miocene Climate Transition (MMCT)\; (2) the impact of tectonic uplift and valley formation within the East African Rift System (EARS) on Miocene rainfall patterns\, moisture transport\, and water-isotope signals\, and the influence of AMOC on African hydroclimate\; and (3) the seasonal and spatial controls on modern rainwater isotopic composition across tropical Africa\, improving proxy calibration for paleoclimate reconstructions.\n\nChapter 2 focuses on the global perspective\, investigating how multiple equilibrium states in ocean circulation\, particularly the AMOC\, contribute to the decoupling of atmospheric CO₂ and regional climate signals during the MMCT. MMCT simulations\, using the isotope-enabled Community Earth System Model (iCESM)\, reveal that initial ocean conditions induce divergent equilibrium states that modulate AMOC strength\, sea surface temperature gradients\, and precipitation. These findings provide a mechanistic explanation for the frequent asynchrony observed between global pCO₂ and regional SST proxies (UK'37) during the Miocene.\n\nChapter 3 zooms into Africa to identify the driving mechanisms of flora and faunal changes during the Late Cenozoic (23–15 million years ago)\, by examining the impact of tectonic uplift and valley formation within the EARS on Miocene rainfall patterns\, moisture transport\, and water-isotope signals. High-resolution paleoclimate modeling demonstrates how sequential tectonic uplift amplifies orographic precipitation\, intensifies low-level jets\, generates rain-shadow effects\, and modulates water-isotope signatures\; these simulated results can be validated against regional proxy archives (e.g.\, leaf-wax δD\, paleosol carbonates δ18O\, tooth enamel δ18O)\, which are very limited for this time interval in eastern Africa. Sensitivity experiments in this chapter also explore the additional influence of AMOC state in controlling continental climate variance.\n\nChapter 4 then shifts the focus to modern hydroclimate\, presenting new stable water isotope datasets from tropical Africa collected at multiple sites. By analyzing biweekly rainwater isotope records\, this chapter disentangles the seasonal and spatial controls on meteoric water isotopes and challenges canonical interpretations of the “amount effect.” The data emphasize the significance of shifts in moisture source\, convective activity\, and dynamic atmospheric boundaries as primary drivers of isotopic variability. This new observation could help refine proxy calibration for hydroclimate reconstructions.\n\nBy synthesizing isotope-enabled Earth System Modeling\, proxy archives\, and modern stable isotope datasets\, this work advances understanding of global to regional climate driving mechanisms\, tectonic-hydroclimate feedbacks\, and controls on African rainwater isotope variability. Africa’s dynamic tectonics and climatic transitions during the Miocene uniquely shaped rainfall patterns and water isotope signals\, offering key insights into the evolving climate system we are facing today. UID:142379-21890775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142379 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 2540 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251227T123054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1862645Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab. We will discuss and educate you on…- Design and format- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resume for specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Student or Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on theHappening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:141878-21889587@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141878 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T134500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21888630@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T132416 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Digital Accessibility Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Got questions about digital accessibility\, Title II compliance\, or how to make digital content accessible? \n\n-Come to virtual drop-in office hours!\n-Every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month\n-1:30 - 3:00pm \n-Zoom Meeting ID 935 9909 5960\n-Digital accessibility experts available to help you\n\nOpen to everyone from all U-M campuses (Ann Arbor\, Dearborn\, Flint\, Michigan Medicine).\n\nCan’t make it to Office Hours but have a question? Contact us (https://accessibility.umich.edu/contact-services)!\n\nIf you need accommodations to participate in office hours\, let us know by emailing ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:132601-21871415@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132601 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Communication,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Faculty,Graduate Students,Office Hours,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T132026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Giving and Receiving Feedback DESCRIPTION: UID:140160-21886686@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140160 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T144500 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:136347-21883366@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T154500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21888639@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251119T213105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Studies with Plushies at South Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the South Quad Diversity Peer Educators for plushie-making\, chill study time\, and free snacks! Craft your own furry friend to take home. UID:142060-21889956@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Crafts,Free Food,Study Night LOCATION:South Quad - Ambatana - the Afro American Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T170226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:he aggregate-then-evaluate approach to model uncertainty. DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we will discuss a new framework for incorporating model uncertainty into decision-making under uncertainty. To develop a mathematical formalism for decision-making\, one usually studies functionals on the space of random variables\, where the interpretation of the functional depends on the problem's context. For example\, functionals can be used to calculate capital requirements in quantitative risk management or to calculate premiums for insurable losses in actuarial science. In practice\, one usually begins by estimating a probabilistic model and using law-invariant functionals. This approach is convenient because the calculation of law-invariant functionals is tractable and leverages the extensive literature on statistical model building. However\, there is often considerable uncertainty about the probabilistic model estimated from the data. To address this model uncertainty\, one often resorts to distributionally robust optimization. This is done by fixing a collection of competing probabilistic models and computing the worst-case value of the law-invariant functional under them. As we will see\, distributionally robust optimization can be seen as an evaluate-then-aggregate (ETA) approach to model uncertainty. This will then motivate us to discuss an aggregate-then-evaluate (ATE) approach. After defining the ATE approach\, we will discuss ways to ensure that the decisions made through it respect normatively appealing properties\, e.g.\, the preference for diversification. Finally\, we will conclude this talk by showing that the ATE approach better supports decision-making when the statistician is a Bayesian. To do this\, we will show why the ETA approach is not the right way to go about decision-making under uncertainty as a Bayesian\, and how the ATE approach does not run into the same issue. UID:142341-21890571@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142341 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251204T133737 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 SUMMARY:Tours:Public Tour DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about the history of the Clements Library\, its programs\, and collections. Highlights include Benjamin West's iconic painting \"Death of General Wolfe\,\" a Revolutionary War-era trunk that once housed General Thomas Gage's papers\, and the current exhibit\, “For All Ages.”\nArrive at our North Entrance to check-in for your tour. This entrance is accessible and an elevator is available to move between floors.\nWe want to ensure full participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote that\, please let us know. UID:142383-21890780@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142383 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,Fun,In Person,Tour LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T110147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T183000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Craft Night at the Transfer Student Center DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Transfer Student Center for our annual Winter Craft Night on Friday\, December 12th\, with music\, hot chocolate\, and crafts! We’ll be providing air-dry modeling clay and snacks for anybody looking for a stress-relieving activity before the semester ends. No registration needed\; just stop by. UID:141975-21889707@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T120032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T190000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Star Wars Game Nights DESCRIPTION:Come join some fellow Star Wars fans as we play Star Wars themed board games\, card games\, video games\, or dive into the lore of the franchise through debates! UID:141922-21889637@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141922 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T121528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251025T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Gymnastics vs Wolverine Intrasquad Night DESCRIPTION:Women's Gymnastics vs Wolverine Intrasquad Night UID:141151-21888186@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Gymnastics LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T131308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Waltz of the Saltines DESCRIPTION:Join Salto Dance Company for a night at the ballet! Featuring student choreographed works in a range of styles and guest performances. UID:142229-21890247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142229 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Mendelssohn CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251007T113534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ebird & Friends Holiday Show DESCRIPTION:For 18 years Erin Zindle has been curating an epic annual musical celebration inspired by the themes of the holiday season. Each December\, this event is a warm hearted lift-off to the holidays that has become an indispensable tradition for families in the greater Ann Arbor area and far beyond. Zindle\, The Ragbirds’ songwriter\, lead singer and multi-instrumentalist\, produces this gala event with the intention of joyfully interconnecting the performers and audiences of the Michigan music community. A star-studded “house band” along with a horn section\, string section and backup singers\, lays the foundation for guest vocalists to shine. \n\nThis year’s featured artists include avant-garde\, folk-soul cellist Jordan Hamilton\, gutsy garage-rock singer-songwriter Elisabeth Pixley-Fink\, beloved Ann Arbor folk-bender Billy King\, looper\, multi-instrumentalist\, and producer Ki-5\, indie folk-rock singer-songwriter Dylan Charles and incendiary Outlaw-Americana duo Ember & Ash (Erin Zindle and Alex Holycross\, of The Native Howl)\n\nThe show’s strength is its diversity\, with a wide range of song styles highlighting the incredibly talented instrumentalists and vocalists within the group. Creative arrangements of original songs\, new modern hits\, and traditional carols make this show unlike any other - it’s truly “not your mama’s Christmas show”. Master of Ceremonies comedienne Shelly Smith guides listeners through the experience with laughter and good cheer. UID:140203-21886831@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250910T110528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251212T230000 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:139169-21884995@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139169 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Family,free,Museum,museums,observing,Science,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes,tour LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889274@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889285@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889305@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889295@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T172347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suave Mechanicals: A Celebration of Nine Volumes on the Art and History of Bookbinding (2013–2025) DESCRIPTION:Explore the art of judging books by their covers! This exhibit highlights a selection of rare books from the University of Michigan's collections\, each of them representing binding topics featured in \"Suave Mechanicals\,\" the acclaimed nine-volume series dedicated to the study of the art and history of bookbinding. \n\nSpanning from 2013 to 2025\, \"Suave Mechanicals\" contains 85 essays\, 27 of which examine the same type of binding as the artifacts on display. Edited by Julia Miller and published by Cathleen A. Baker of The Legacy Press\, the series was conceived as a platform for fresh\, in-depth scholarship on bookbinding\, from its earliest origins to contemporary practice.  \n\nContributors include first-time authors and established experts — bookbinders\, conservators\, librarians\, curators\, catalogers\, book artists\, collectors\, and historians — offering a vibrant array of voices and insights into the craftsmanship\, culture\, and enduring fascination of bookbinding.\n\nJoin us for Coffee with the Curator on October 1\, 10am-12pm. UID:137103-21879645@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21883043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21888866@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T120000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21889884@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge and First Floor Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250930T125646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T160000 SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Open House DESCRIPTION:Make the Observatory part of your weekend! Tour the historic building\, view our exhibits\, participate in astronomy activities\, and view the sun with our solar telescope (weather dependent). Families welcome\, admission is always free. Registration not required. UID:140070-21886580@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140070 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,Education,educational,Exhibition,Family,free,Museum,museums,Science,Telescope Observation,Telescopes,tour LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays\, 12-5 pm\nFridays\, 12-5 pm UID:138950-21886554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251125T121517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T190000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Path Forward DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: December 3-13Opening Reception: Friday\, December 5\, 6-8 p.m.\nPath Forward\, the 2025 Stamps BA Senior Studio Exhibition\, weaves meditations on nature\, the inner and outer workings of our human bodies from the functional to the phenomenal\, the paces of daily lives whether reading or rushing\, in friendship or in family and exploring memories of real and imagined pasts as they intersect with the here and now. Featuring work in experimental video\, fashion\, painting\, illustration and sculpture\, Path Forward postulates stepping stones for near and possible futures.\nThe Bachelor of Arts (BA) Senior Studio (ARTDES 401) is offered for Stamps BA students in their final year of study. The BA Senior Studio Exhibition offers these students the opportunity to build on the particular characteristics of the BA degree\, and focus on creating and exhibiting a culminating\, self-directed project. Students work independently or collaboratively to define a project plan with goals\, benchmarks\, and a timeline. \nThe BA Senior Studio Exhibition is a new tradition for Stamps. These students and instructors have worked collaboratively to produce a fully self-directed show from start to finish\, emphasizing the skills and practices associated with producing professional exhibitions\, in addition to their studio work. \nFaculty\nNick Tobier\, ProfessorMichaela Nichelle\, GSI\nBA Student Artists &\; Designers\nJulia BonannoLina HashimotoMargherita HillAnna HowellRiley HuhtaLaura JhiradUrvi JoshiAmanda KubitzGreta LeishearStella MooreEmma OstermeyerJaime SalmonsonMeredith SouleAna SwansonSam Weinfield UID:137211-21879968@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137211 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251003T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Untold Stories\, Part II: A Stamps Faculty Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: September 12 - December 13Opening Reception: September 18\, 6:30-8:30 p.m.\nUntold Stories: Part II is the second in a series of three exhibitions featuring the work of faculty members from the Stamps School of Art &\; Design. Organized thematically\, Part II explores timely and resonant themes related to the freedom of expression\, movement\, and civic rights. Drawing on personal narratives and public archives\, the artists offer inspiring ways of storytelling that make latent ideas visible and experiential - expanding the boundaries of their artistic research.\nUntold Stories: Part II is curated by Srimoyee Mitra\, and features work by Stamps faculty Ebitenyefa Baralaye\, Annica Cuppetelli\, Quinn A. Hunter\, Carol Jacobsen\, Andy Kirshner\, Rebekah Modrak\, and Ricky Weaver. UID:137113-21879762@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137113 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Creating the Future of Medicine for 175 Years DESCRIPTION:As the Medical School celebrates the anniversary of its opening in the fall of 1850\, and Michigan Medicine marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the \"Old Main\" University Hospital that served as its flagship from 1925 to 1986\, a free museum exhibit explores 175 years of medical education\, research and clinical care. \n\nOpen to the public at the Museum on Main Street operated by the Washtenaw County Historical Society\, the exhibit includes artifacts\, photos and facts about how U-M's medical community grew from humble beginnings on the Diag to become one of the nation's largest and most respected academic medical centers. It also asks visitors to ponder their own attitudes and experiences\, and to submit memories and photos of their time working\, studying\, volunteering or receiving care at U-M's medical campus and beyond. There are also activities for young visitors.\n\nThe museum is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.\n\nFull details about the exhibit\, including parking instructions and how to book a free private group tour on a weekday\, are available at http://michmed.org/museum\n\nThe museum has an accessible entrance at the rear of the building. UID:139428-21885487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Life Science,Medicine,Museum,Nursing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Study Break at UMMA DESCRIPTION:Need a break from finals stress? Come recharge at UMMA! Be welcomed by Micro Moments of Magic\, then dive into whatever helps you reset: hang with therapy dogs\, practice your flow with Tiny Buddha Yoga\, or head to the Play Room for [Art]breakers and some playful creativity. Challenge friends to giant Chess or Connect Four\, grab free snacks\, and give your brain the break it deserves.\n \nIt's all free\, totally low-pressure\, and designed to help you feel refreshed and ready.\n UID:141700-21889201@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251030T111431 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T124500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:We Are Stars DESCRIPTION:What are we made of? Where did it all come from? Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins. Connect life on Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of hydrogen atoms to the synthesis of carbon\, and the molecules for life. UID:124092-21876279@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124092 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T121528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251025T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs Akron DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs Akron UID:141152-21888187@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T134500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21888612@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251001T155258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T143000 SUMMARY:Tours:Walking Tour: Creating Michigan: Key Moments in U-M’s Early History DESCRIPTION:Explore the first 70 years of U-M history\, from the university’s Native American land accession and its origins in Detroit in 1817 to its move to Ann Arbor and emergence as a research university after 1837. We’ll traverse the original 40-acre campus\, learning about the professors\, presidents\, and students who walked the Diag nearly two centuries ago. \n\nGuided walking tour led by student docents from the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory. Duration: 1.5 hours\; 0.6 miles.\n\nMeet at the steps of Angell Hall facing State Street. \n\nTour will take place in rain or snow\, but will be cancelled for severe weather (registrants will be notified via email).\n\nRegistration required. UID:140164-21886691@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140164 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,educational,free,history,tour,U-m History,umich200,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251007T113534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T140000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ebird & Friends Holiday Show DESCRIPTION:For 18 years Erin Zindle has been curating an epic annual musical celebration inspired by the themes of the holiday season. Each December\, this event is a warm hearted lift-off to the holidays that has become an indispensable tradition for families in the greater Ann Arbor area and far beyond. Zindle\, The Ragbirds’ songwriter\, lead singer and multi-instrumentalist\, produces this gala event with the intention of joyfully interconnecting the performers and audiences of the Michigan music community. A star-studded “house band” along with a horn section\, string section and backup singers\, lays the foundation for guest vocalists to shine. \n\nThis year’s featured artists include avant-garde\, folk-soul cellist Jordan Hamilton\, gutsy garage-rock singer-songwriter Elisabeth Pixley-Fink\, beloved Ann Arbor folk-bender Billy King\, looper\, multi-instrumentalist\, and producer Ki-5\, indie folk-rock singer-songwriter Dylan Charles and incendiary Outlaw-Americana duo Ember & Ash (Erin Zindle and Alex Holycross\, of The Native Howl)\n\nThe show’s strength is its diversity\, with a wide range of song styles highlighting the incredibly talented instrumentalists and vocalists within the group. Creative arrangements of original songs\, new modern hits\, and traditional carols make this show unlike any other - it’s truly “not your mama’s Christmas show”. Master of Ceremonies comedienne Shelly Smith guides listeners through the experience with laughter and good cheer. UID:140203-21886732@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK EBird Map CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251121T144911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Centaurs and Sirens and Satyrs\, Oh My! DESCRIPTION:While we mainly focus on the gods and goddesses\, Greek and Roman mythology is filled with many divine creatures. Some were deadly to humans while others liked to play tricks. In this tour\, we’ll look at a range of mythological creatures—including centaurs\, satyrs\, sirens\, and Medusa—as they were featured on such artifacts as vases\, funerary equipment\, and wall paintings. Along the way\, we’ll think about what role they played in the daily lives of ancient Greeks and Romans.\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:142122-21890032@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Greece,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,History,Museum,Mythology,Religion,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T154500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21888621@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251110T145627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T170000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Judo Training DESCRIPTION:Judo Team Training at the Michigan League\nKoessler Room\, 3rd Floor. Before showing up\, please email hazoum@umich.edu. We want to be prepared for new members. UID:138019-21881184@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Athletics - Wrestling,Fitness,In Person,Leadership,Rec Sports LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ice Guys DESCRIPTION:Join us for a production of Ice Guys\, put on by students in the RC Drama Program. UID:141663-21889151@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Drama,Theater LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251007T113534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ebird & Friends Holiday Show DESCRIPTION:For 18 years Erin Zindle has been curating an epic annual musical celebration inspired by the themes of the holiday season. Each December\, this event is a warm hearted lift-off to the holidays that has become an indispensable tradition for families in the greater Ann Arbor area and far beyond. Zindle\, The Ragbirds’ songwriter\, lead singer and multi-instrumentalist\, produces this gala event with the intention of joyfully interconnecting the performers and audiences of the Michigan music community. A star-studded “house band” along with a horn section\, string section and backup singers\, lays the foundation for guest vocalists to shine. \n\nThis year’s featured artists include avant-garde\, folk-soul cellist Jordan Hamilton\, gutsy garage-rock singer-songwriter Elisabeth Pixley-Fink\, beloved Ann Arbor folk-bender Billy King\, looper\, multi-instrumentalist\, and producer Ki-5\, indie folk-rock singer-songwriter Dylan Charles and incendiary Outlaw-Americana duo Ember & Ash (Erin Zindle and Alex Holycross\, of The Native Howl)\n\nThe show’s strength is its diversity\, with a wide range of song styles highlighting the incredibly talented instrumentalists and vocalists within the group. Creative arrangements of original songs\, new modern hits\, and traditional carols make this show unlike any other - it’s truly “not your mama’s Christmas show”. Master of Ceremonies comedienne Shelly Smith guides listeners through the experience with laughter and good cheer. UID:140203-21886832@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889275@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889286@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889306@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T172347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suave Mechanicals: A Celebration of Nine Volumes on the Art and History of Bookbinding (2013–2025) DESCRIPTION:Explore the art of judging books by their covers! This exhibit highlights a selection of rare books from the University of Michigan's collections\, each of them representing binding topics featured in \"Suave Mechanicals\,\" the acclaimed nine-volume series dedicated to the study of the art and history of bookbinding. \n\nSpanning from 2013 to 2025\, \"Suave Mechanicals\" contains 85 essays\, 27 of which examine the same type of binding as the artifacts on display. Edited by Julia Miller and published by Cathleen A. Baker of The Legacy Press\, the series was conceived as a platform for fresh\, in-depth scholarship on bookbinding\, from its earliest origins to contemporary practice.  \n\nContributors include first-time authors and established experts — bookbinders\, conservators\, librarians\, curators\, catalogers\, book artists\, collectors\, and historians — offering a vibrant array of voices and insights into the craftsmanship\, culture\, and enduring fascination of bookbinding.\n\nJoin us for Coffee with the Curator on October 1\, 10am-12pm. UID:137103-21879646@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21883044@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21888867@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T120000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21889885@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge and First Floor Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Creating the Future of Medicine for 175 Years DESCRIPTION:As the Medical School celebrates the anniversary of its opening in the fall of 1850\, and Michigan Medicine marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the \"Old Main\" University Hospital that served as its flagship from 1925 to 1986\, a free museum exhibit explores 175 years of medical education\, research and clinical care. \n\nOpen to the public at the Museum on Main Street operated by the Washtenaw County Historical Society\, the exhibit includes artifacts\, photos and facts about how U-M's medical community grew from humble beginnings on the Diag to become one of the nation's largest and most respected academic medical centers. It also asks visitors to ponder their own attitudes and experiences\, and to submit memories and photos of their time working\, studying\, volunteering or receiving care at U-M's medical campus and beyond. There are also activities for young visitors.\n\nThe museum is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.\n\nFull details about the exhibit\, including parking instructions and how to book a free private group tour on a weekday\, are available at http://michmed.org/museum\n\nThe museum has an accessible entrance at the rear of the building. UID:139428-21885519@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Life Science,Medicine,Museum,Nursing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251030T111431 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T124500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:We Are Stars DESCRIPTION:What are we made of? Where did it all come from? Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins. Connect life on Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of hydrogen atoms to the synthesis of carbon\, and the molecules for life. UID:124092-21876287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124092 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090710 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T134500 SUMMARY:Other:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:138554-21883340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,natural history museum,Science,Space LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T134500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21888593@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251110T181710 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T170000 SUMMARY:Performance:MYPAP Student Solo Recital DESCRIPTION:The Michigan Youth Performing Arts Pre-College presents its fall semester student solo recital. Please join us to hear our students perform solo works and works with piano at Stamps Auditorium!\n\nPart of SMTD Engagement & Outreach\, the Michigan Youth Performing Arts Pre-College Program (MYPAP) provides world class instruction for elementary through high school violin\, viola\, cello and bass students. Learn more:\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/engagement-outreach/youth-programs/pre-college-program/ UID:141723-21889228@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090710 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T154500 SUMMARY:Other:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:138554-21883358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,natural history museum,Science,Space LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T154500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21888603@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251205T135816 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faith Healer DESCRIPTION:A free staged reading about the stories we tell ourselves to survive\, the unreliability of memory\, and the healing power of art? The Fantastic Francis Hardy Faith Healer.\n\nFree and open to the public.\n\nSunday\, December 14th\, 2025\, in the Keene Theater in East Quad.\n\n“Faith Healer” is presented by arrangement\nwith Concord Theatricals on behalf of\nSamuel French\, Inc.\nwww.concordtheatricals.com UID:142420-21890936@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142420 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Ann Arbor,Art,Artists,Arts At Michigan,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Drama,Faculty,Free,In Person,Live Performance,Performance,Theater,Theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251208T090118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Skate and Sip DESCRIPTION:Join GradSWE for a festive night of ice skating at Yost Ice Arena\, home of the Michigan Wolverine hockey team! All are invited to take a break from finals season and enjoy an evening of fun\, community\, and winter cheer. Warm up with hot chocolate and winter treats before hitting the ice - don't miss this great opportunity!\n\nContact: Caroline Harms at cfharms@umich.edu UID:142438-21890957@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142438 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Graduate,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251203T181632 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251214T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ye Mee Kim\, organ DESCRIPTION:Doctoral student in sacred music Ye Mee Kim performs a dissertation recital. UID:139520-21885686@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889276@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889307@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest Exhibit DESCRIPTION:The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all students affiliated with the II and/or its centers and programs\, either through funding or study.\n\nSubmission categories include:\nGo Blue! - Showing U-M pride abroad\nThe World Is Your Classroom - Showing a facet of the student’s research\, work\, or study abroad\nEncounters & Vistas - Discovering cultural differences\, encountering the unfamiliar\, and finding unexpected moments abroad\n\nOn display through January 30\, 2026.\nLocation: Room 547 Weiser Hall\, 5th Floor Gallery Space UID:143218-21892459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,International Education,international institute,Photo Exhibit,photography,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T143931 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Best Used By DESCRIPTION:Narsiso Martinez’s art practice\, drawing upon his own experience as a farmworker\, honors the people performing the essential labor required to fill produce sections and restaurant kitchens around the country through portraiture on discarded materials\, such as cardboard boxes and paper grocery bags. Best Used By highlights timely issues regarding worker invisibility and anonymity. As part of his project\, Martinez will be researching archives related to regional agricultural history and engaging with local food service workers. UID:137200-21879936@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,History,Humanities,Immigration,Multicultural,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:ICE in the Heartland: Community Impacts of Worksite Immigration Raids DESCRIPTION:ICE in the Heartland showcases a multifaceted project that gathers and disseminates the stories of communities impacted by immigration worksite raids with the aim of bringing underrepresented narratives to news media\, classroom\, and public discourse. This project comprises qualitative public health research conducted in impacted communities and visual arts generated from the research outcomes. Research teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Michigan\, led by Professor William Lopez\, and the University of Iowa\, led by Professor Nicole Novak\, collaborated with a range of community members and organizers at sites of six large-scale immigration worksite raids that occurred in 2018 in Iowa\, Nebraska\, Ohio\, Tennessee\, and Texas. The researchers visited these sites\, spoke to advocates\, detainees\, their families\, and other community members. In conversation with the seventy-seven interviews\, artists Dalia Harris and Carolina Jones Ortiz generated ten images that comprise ICE in the Heartland. On display with the artworks are community member testimonies\, analysis on the public health detriments to immigration worksite raids and deportation\, insights to the artists’ methods\, and the curricular materials used in public outreach programs. \n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. UID:139065-21889741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Education,Exhibition,free,Human Rights,immigration,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,irwg,public health,research,social inequality,social justice,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:Lane Hall - Lane Hall Exhibit Space--First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T172347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suave Mechanicals: A Celebration of Nine Volumes on the Art and History of Bookbinding (2013–2025) DESCRIPTION:Explore the art of judging books by their covers! This exhibit highlights a selection of rare books from the University of Michigan's collections\, each of them representing binding topics featured in \"Suave Mechanicals\,\" the acclaimed nine-volume series dedicated to the study of the art and history of bookbinding. \n\nSpanning from 2013 to 2025\, \"Suave Mechanicals\" contains 85 essays\, 27 of which examine the same type of binding as the artifacts on display. Edited by Julia Miller and published by Cathleen A. Baker of The Legacy Press\, the series was conceived as a platform for fresh\, in-depth scholarship on bookbinding\, from its earliest origins to contemporary practice.  \n\nContributors include first-time authors and established experts — bookbinders\, conservators\, librarians\, curators\, catalogers\, book artists\, collectors\, and historians — offering a vibrant array of voices and insights into the craftsmanship\, culture\, and enduring fascination of bookbinding.\n\nJoin us for Coffee with the Curator on October 1\, 10am-12pm. UID:137103-21879647@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21883045@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21888868@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T120000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21889886@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge and First Floor Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:GalleryDAAS Presents: Archives of Resistance: Visuals and Voices from Carceral State Project Research DESCRIPTION:Opening December 8\, 2025 and running through January 2026\nGalleryDAAS| Haven Hall| G648| Monday - Friday 10-4pm\n\nThis exhibit showcases stories of resistance\, resilience\, and hope\, in the face of mass incarceration\, police violence\, immigrant detention\, and systematic racial criminalization. Archives of Resistance presents art\, prisoner correspondence\, research publications\, and archival documentation produced by the component projects of the Carceral State Project. These include: The Reckoning Project\, Immigrant Justice Lab\, Black & Pink at SPH\, ICE in the Heartland\, Critical Carceral Visualities\, Policing & Social Justice HistoryLab\, and Confronting Conditions of Confinement and Resistance. Artwork made by people in prison through Prison Creative Arts Project workshops is also on display. \n\nThe U-M Carceral State Project\, housed within the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, brings impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the University of Michigan. The CSP was first organized in 2018 and has since grown to involve over a dozen community and campus partners\, many graduate students\, and more than 400 undergraduate researchers. \n\nThrough public scholarship\, creative expression\, multimedia storytelling\, and archival documentation\, we highlight the lived experiences and persistent resistance of those impacted by criminalization\, policing\, incarceration\, immigrant detention\, and other forms of carceral control in the state of Michigan and beyond. The work presented in this exhibit represents only a sliver of the extensive research\, art\, advocacy\, public engagement\, and other products generated by the Carceral State Project over the years. UID:142351-21890660@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african and afroamerican studies,Art,Exhibition,History,Law,Local Issues,Political Science,Race,Racism LOCATION:Haven Hall - GalleryDAAS, G648 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251015T141939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:For All Ages Exhibit DESCRIPTION:In the 19th century\, new ideas about childhood and education\, along with advances in printing like chromolithography\, made it possible to mass-produce games and toys. These were not only fun to play with but also taught practical skills and moral lessons. Learn about familiar and unique toys and board games throughout American history in the William L. Clements Library’s new exhibit\, “For All Ages” on view weekdays from 12-4 pm between October 3-January 5.\n\nEven though the objects are behind glass\, the co-curators have created an interactive way to explore the display. Visit the exhibit to participate in a scavenger hunt and win a prize! UID:138977-21884462@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138977 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Exhibit,Free,Fun,Games,In Person,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251230T123103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1862685Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas\, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about search strategy!! Get real-time\, personalized support by checking out the in person Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who hasdesigned this experience to provide you strategies\, tools\, and motivation to get on the right track with searching for internships. Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake\,the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy. **If you're not sure what you're interested in\, consider making an \"Exploring Major/Career Option\" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting. Recent Grads: If you are an alumni\, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line“Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or tobe set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.#UCC UID:141885-21889594@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141885 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251205T173748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251215T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A New Approach for the Continuous Time Kyle-Back Strategic Insider Equilibrium Problem DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we consider a continuous-time Kyle-Back model which is a game between an insider and a market maker. The existing literature typically focuses on constructing equilibria with a PDE approach\, which requires certain Markovian structures. We characterize all equilibria through a coupled system of forward-backward SDEs. In particular\, when the time duration is small\, we show that the FBSDE is well-posed\, and therefore the game has a unique equilibrium. Moreover\, this unique equilibrium may be non-Markovian and thus not attainable via the PDE approach. We next study the set value of the game\, which roughly speaking is the set of insider's values over all equilibria and thus is by nature unique. Finally\, we characterize the set value through a level set of a certain standard HJB equation.\nIn the second part of the talk\, we apply the new approach to the Kyle-Back model with dynamic legal risk. In the presence of an active regulator and large numbers of noise traders\, the insider chooses a strategy that conceals his identity within a large volume of surrounding trades and concentrates on medium-sized trades. We establish an intensity-based mathematical framework for explaining the interconnections between insider trading and stealth trading. It turns out that when the number of noise traders becomes large\, the price impact of the insider asymptotically vanishes\, and consequently the stochastic game becomes deterministic optimizations\, which also carry implications for regulatory investigations and sanctions.\nThe results above include the joint work with Weixuan Xia and with Jianfeng Zhang. UID:142427-21890943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142427 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889277@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889288@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889308@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest Exhibit DESCRIPTION:The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all students affiliated with the II and/or its centers and programs\, either through funding or study.\n\nSubmission categories include:\nGo Blue! - Showing U-M pride abroad\nThe World Is Your Classroom - Showing a facet of the student’s research\, work\, or study abroad\nEncounters & Vistas - Discovering cultural differences\, encountering the unfamiliar\, and finding unexpected moments abroad\n\nOn display through January 30\, 2026.\nLocation: Room 547 Weiser Hall\, 5th Floor Gallery Space UID:143218-21892460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,International Education,international institute,Photo Exhibit,photography,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T143931 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Best Used By DESCRIPTION:Narsiso Martinez’s art practice\, drawing upon his own experience as a farmworker\, honors the people performing the essential labor required to fill produce sections and restaurant kitchens around the country through portraiture on discarded materials\, such as cardboard boxes and paper grocery bags. Best Used By highlights timely issues regarding worker invisibility and anonymity. As part of his project\, Martinez will be researching archives related to regional agricultural history and engaging with local food service workers. UID:137200-21879937@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,History,Humanities,Immigration,Multicultural,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:ICE in the Heartland: Community Impacts of Worksite Immigration Raids DESCRIPTION:ICE in the Heartland showcases a multifaceted project that gathers and disseminates the stories of communities impacted by immigration worksite raids with the aim of bringing underrepresented narratives to news media\, classroom\, and public discourse. This project comprises qualitative public health research conducted in impacted communities and visual arts generated from the research outcomes. Research teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Michigan\, led by Professor William Lopez\, and the University of Iowa\, led by Professor Nicole Novak\, collaborated with a range of community members and organizers at sites of six large-scale immigration worksite raids that occurred in 2018 in Iowa\, Nebraska\, Ohio\, Tennessee\, and Texas. The researchers visited these sites\, spoke to advocates\, detainees\, their families\, and other community members. In conversation with the seventy-seven interviews\, artists Dalia Harris and Carolina Jones Ortiz generated ten images that comprise ICE in the Heartland. On display with the artworks are community member testimonies\, analysis on the public health detriments to immigration worksite raids and deportation\, insights to the artists’ methods\, and the curricular materials used in public outreach programs. \n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. UID:139065-21889743@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Education,Exhibition,free,Human Rights,immigration,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,irwg,public health,research,social inequality,social justice,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:Lane Hall - Lane Hall Exhibit Space--First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21883046@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21888869@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250513T122307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T110000 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:117253-21865861@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:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T120000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21889887@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge and First Floor Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:GalleryDAAS Presents: Archives of Resistance: Visuals and Voices from Carceral State Project Research DESCRIPTION:Opening December 8\, 2025 and running through January 2026\nGalleryDAAS| Haven Hall| G648| Monday - Friday 10-4pm\n\nThis exhibit showcases stories of resistance\, resilience\, and hope\, in the face of mass incarceration\, police violence\, immigrant detention\, and systematic racial criminalization. Archives of Resistance presents art\, prisoner correspondence\, research publications\, and archival documentation produced by the component projects of the Carceral State Project. These include: The Reckoning Project\, Immigrant Justice Lab\, Black & Pink at SPH\, ICE in the Heartland\, Critical Carceral Visualities\, Policing & Social Justice HistoryLab\, and Confronting Conditions of Confinement and Resistance. Artwork made by people in prison through Prison Creative Arts Project workshops is also on display. \n\nThe U-M Carceral State Project\, housed within the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, brings impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the University of Michigan. The CSP was first organized in 2018 and has since grown to involve over a dozen community and campus partners\, many graduate students\, and more than 400 undergraduate researchers. \n\nThrough public scholarship\, creative expression\, multimedia storytelling\, and archival documentation\, we highlight the lived experiences and persistent resistance of those impacted by criminalization\, policing\, incarceration\, immigrant detention\, and other forms of carceral control in the state of Michigan and beyond. The work presented in this exhibit represents only a sliver of the extensive research\, art\, advocacy\, public engagement\, and other products generated by the Carceral State Project over the years. UID:142351-21890661@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african and afroamerican studies,Art,Exhibition,History,Law,Local Issues,Political Science,Race,Racism LOCATION:Haven Hall - GalleryDAAS, G648 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251121T113309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Housing Production and the Structural Transformation of China’s Real Estate Development Industry DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host Lan Deng\, professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Michigan. She has been studying housing and real estate development in both China and the U.S. Her research examines the different types of interventions the two countries have developed to provide decent housing and quality neighborhoods for their residents. Professor Deng is the North American editor for the international journal Housing Studies. She is also a co-founder of the Collective for Equitable Housing initiative at the University of Michigan. Professor Deng holds a PhD in city and regional planning from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and a master’s and bachelor’s of science from Peking University\, China.\n\nAbstract: “Housing is a major source of inequality. While extensive research exists on housing market outcomes like affordability and wealth disparities\, studies on how housing is produced are limited. Much of the existing work focuses on regulatory barriers to development. Few have examined the role of the homebuilding industry in shaping housing market outcomes. This gap largely stems from a long-held assumption in housing economics: that homebuilding is a highly competitive sector that\, if left alone\, will produce whatever the market demands. As a result\, the industry is often viewed as a passive actor in urban development process.\n\nThis study challenges this assumption. We argue that the structure and behaviors of the real estate development industry play important roles in shaping housing market outcomes. This is especially salient in China\, where the industry has become highly concentrated\, with major developers controlling an increasing share of national housing production. Using mixed methods\, this study examines the dynamics driving these structural changes in the Chinese real estate development industry\, with a particular focus on how these changes have affected local housing production. Our findings reveal the changing nature of real estate development\, how it has amplified risks in Chinese housing markets and contributed to the widening of regional inequality.” UID:142107-21890014@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142107 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Inequality,International,Sociology,Urban Planning LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 BD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251015T141939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:For All Ages Exhibit DESCRIPTION:In the 19th century\, new ideas about childhood and education\, along with advances in printing like chromolithography\, made it possible to mass-produce games and toys. These were not only fun to play with but also taught practical skills and moral lessons. Learn about familiar and unique toys and board games throughout American history in the William L. Clements Library’s new exhibit\, “For All Ages” on view weekdays from 12-4 pm between October 3-January 5.\n\nEven though the objects are behind glass\, the co-curators have created an interactive way to explore the display. Visit the exhibit to participate in a scavenger hunt and win a prize! UID:138977-21884463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138977 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Exhibit,Free,Fun,Games,In Person,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T131222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:The Body and Michelangelo DESCRIPTION:What happens when art becomes an act of anatomy? When the human body\, flesh\, muscle\, and bone\, becomes the canvas through which the divine is revealed? The Renaissance marked this turning point: after centuries of ethereal figures floating in abstract space\, artists rediscovered the incarnate human form. Some\, like Leonardo da Vinci\, sought truth through dissection\, while Michelangelo saw in anatomy a path to transcendence. This talk explores how he fused science\, beauty\, and spirit (from the tenderness of the Pietà to the grandeur of the Sistine Chapel) and how the Catholic Church received his daring vision of the human body as a vessel of meaning.\n\nElizabeth Lev\, an acclaimed art historian who teaches in Rome at the University of Mary and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas\, has served as a consultant to the Vatican Museums and written for publications such as The Washington Post and First Things. Author of The Tigress of Forlì and How Catholic Art Saved the Faith\, she has appeared on The Today Show\, Nightline\, and 60 Minutes\, and her TED Talk on the Sistine Chapel has reached over 1.9 million viewers! She is a well-known tour guide and has served as a consultant to the Vatican Museums for their art and faith itineraries\, projects with the Vatican Patrons of the Arts and wrote “Vatican Treasures: The Via Pulchritudinis\,” a film presented to Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. She lives in Rome with her husband\, Thomas Williams\, and their son Joshua and is a certified sommelier. Her insight brings the Renaissance alive. You will not want to miss this.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by CHHASSEM-The Center for History\, Humanities\, Arts\, Social Sciences and Arts in Medicine. UID:141491-21888918@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141491 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,History,Humanities,Life Science,Medicine,Museum,Psychology,Religion,Religious,Science,Social Sciences,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T164944 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GLNT: Higher p-adic modular forms\; Frobenius lifting and a geometric theory of companion forms DESCRIPTION:George Boxer's talk:\nTitle: Higher p-adic modular forms\n\nAbstract: The goal of the theory of higher p-adic modular forms is to study the p-adic properties of higher coherent cohomology of Shimura varieties\, just as usual p-adic modular forms are used to study classical modular forms (or coherent H^0). In this talk I will try to motivate why we should study higher coherent cohomology of Shimura varieties and then give an introduction to higher p-adic modular forms and in particular some generalizations of the works of Hida and Coleman on classicality and families. All this is joint with Vincent Pilloni.\n\nVincent Pilloni's talk:\nTitle : Frobenius lifting and a geometric theory of companion forms\n\nAbstract : We describe the obstruction to lift Frobenius on Siegel Shimura varieties modulo p^2. We give an application to the theory of companion forms on the modular curve (originally due to Gross\, Coleman-Voloch\, Faltings-Jordan) and on Siegel threefolds. UID:142297-21890431@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142297 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Number Theory LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251214T141444 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T154000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Particle Systems with Local Interactions via Hitting Times and Cascades on Graphs DESCRIPTION:We study particle systems interacting via hitting times on sparsely connected graphs\, following the framework of Lacker\, Ramanan and Wu (2023). We provide general robustness conditions that guarantee the well-posedness of physical solutions to the dynamics\, and demonstrate their connections to the dynamic percolation theory. We then study the limiting behavior of the particle systems\, establishing the continuous dependence of the joint law of the physical solution on the underlying graph structure with respect to local convergence and showing the convergence of the global empirical measure\, which extends the general results by Lacker et al. to systems with singular interaction. The model proposed provides a general framework for analyzing systemic risks in large sparsely connected financial networks with a focus on local interactions\, featuring instantaneous default cascades. This work is done jointly with Qinxin Yan. UID:142739-21891318@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142739 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T160833 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quadratically Regularized Optimal Transport DESCRIPTION:The quadratically regularized optimal transport problem (QOT) has emerged in the literature as a sparse alternative to the celebrated entropically regularized transport problem (EOT). Unlike EOT\, whose solutions always have full support—even for small regularization parameters—QOT solutions\, or QOT plans\, tend to approximate the support of the unregularized transport problem\, which concentrates on the graph of a function under mild conditions. This gives way to some natural questions that I will intend to answer in this talk\, such as: Why do we care about sparsity? How does this sparsity manifest\, and is it monotone? Can we efficiently approximate QOT? This is joint work with my co-advisor Marcel Nutz and Dr. Alberto González-Sanz. UID:142665-21891276@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142665 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T095602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T183000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Virtual Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Group for Adults DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to gain better control of your thoughts and emotions? Our Psychological Clinic invites adults 18 and older to participate in our weekly Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group sessions\, held virtually for your convenience. Learn practical skills for managing anxiety\, depression\, and challenging situations with the support of experienced clinicians and peers.\n\nWhy Choose DBT Group Therapy?\nGroup sessions offer unique benefits\, including opportunities to learn new techniques\, share experiences\, and build supportive connections. You’ll develop practical skills in mindfulness\, emotion regulation\, interpersonal effectiveness\, and distress tolerance—essential tools for managing strong emotions and handling stress. Research shows that connecting with peers in a supportive group environment encourages real-world growth\, accountability\, and lasting change.\n\nProgram Details:\n- Who: Adults 18+ interested in building coping skills\, managing emotions\, and improving relationships.\n- When: Tuesdays from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. (via Zoom).\n- Structure: The program runs in ongoing 4-month cycles\, each focusing on a different theme.\n- Flexible Start: New participants can join at the first Tuesday session of any month.\n- Cost: $45 per session (insurance may help cover costs). UID:139870-21886233@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:anxiety,Depression,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,mental health,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889278@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T235900 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889309@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251111T103912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUnion's Study Days DESCRIPTION:We've opened up spaces for you to study! Stop by the Info Desk in any of the three Union Buildings (Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons) and ask for a space to study. Available during Building Hours\, please confirm hours at the building you wish to study in. UID:141745-21889299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central Campus,michigan union,north campus,university unions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T072026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T090000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2025 MPSDS Master's Program Information Session DESCRIPTION:The Michigan Program of Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) trains future generations of survey and data scientists at the intersection of social research and data science. Join us for our virtual information session to learn more about our master's program and the admissions process. Find out additional information about the program and our admissions process on our website or contact the program at MPSDS.isr@umich.edu. This session will be recorded and posted on the department's website following the conclusion of the event.  UID:140998-21887946@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140998 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251125T103618 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T210000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:2025 MPSDS Master's Program Information Session DESCRIPTION:December 17\, 2025\n8:00AM - 9:00AM (EST)\nRegistration Required\n\nThe Michigan Program of Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) trains future generations of survey and data scientists at the intersection of social research and data science. Join us for our virtual information session to learn more about our master's program and the admissions process.\n\nThe Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science curriculum is concerned with a broad set of data sources\, including survey data\, social media posts\, sensor data\, and administrative records\, as well as analytic methods for working with these new data sources. We bring a strong focus on data quality — something often missing in traditional data science programs.\n\nFind out additional information about the program and our admissions process on our website or contact the program at MPSDS.isr@umich.edu.\n\nThis session will be recorded and posted on the department's website following the conclusion of the event. UID:142190-21890191@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142190 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applications,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Livestream,Online,Prospective Graduate Students,Research,seminar,Social Science,Social Sciences,Statistics,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research,symposium,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Webinar LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest Exhibit DESCRIPTION:The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all students affiliated with the II and/or its centers and programs\, either through funding or study.\n\nSubmission categories include:\nGo Blue! - Showing U-M pride abroad\nThe World Is Your Classroom - Showing a facet of the student’s research\, work\, or study abroad\nEncounters & Vistas - Discovering cultural differences\, encountering the unfamiliar\, and finding unexpected moments abroad\n\nOn display through January 30\, 2026.\nLocation: Room 547 Weiser Hall\, 5th Floor Gallery Space UID:143218-21892461@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,International Education,international institute,Photo Exhibit,photography,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T143931 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Best Used By DESCRIPTION:Narsiso Martinez’s art practice\, drawing upon his own experience as a farmworker\, honors the people performing the essential labor required to fill produce sections and restaurant kitchens around the country through portraiture on discarded materials\, such as cardboard boxes and paper grocery bags. Best Used By highlights timely issues regarding worker invisibility and anonymity. As part of his project\, Martinez will be researching archives related to regional agricultural history and engaging with local food service workers. UID:137200-21879938@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,History,Humanities,Immigration,Multicultural,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:ICE in the Heartland: Community Impacts of Worksite Immigration Raids DESCRIPTION:ICE in the Heartland showcases a multifaceted project that gathers and disseminates the stories of communities impacted by immigration worksite raids with the aim of bringing underrepresented narratives to news media\, classroom\, and public discourse. This project comprises qualitative public health research conducted in impacted communities and visual arts generated from the research outcomes. Research teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Michigan\, led by Professor William Lopez\, and the University of Iowa\, led by Professor Nicole Novak\, collaborated with a range of community members and organizers at sites of six large-scale immigration worksite raids that occurred in 2018 in Iowa\, Nebraska\, Ohio\, Tennessee\, and Texas. The researchers visited these sites\, spoke to advocates\, detainees\, their families\, and other community members. In conversation with the seventy-seven interviews\, artists Dalia Harris and Carolina Jones Ortiz generated ten images that comprise ICE in the Heartland. On display with the artworks are community member testimonies\, analysis on the public health detriments to immigration worksite raids and deportation\, insights to the artists’ methods\, and the curricular materials used in public outreach programs. \n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. UID:139065-21889745@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Education,Exhibition,free,Human Rights,immigration,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,irwg,public health,research,social inequality,social justice,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:Lane Hall - Lane Hall Exhibit Space--First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21883047@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21888870@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T100746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T120000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Visual History of the Unions DESCRIPTION:Fourteen artists—alumni and current Stamps students graduating between 1982 and 2026—reinterpret the layered history of the Michigan Unions with original artworks. The exhibition explores stories both celebrated and overlooked:\n• The hidden labor of campus workers\n• Student protests and activism\n• The integration of women into the men’s club\n• Generations of student artmaking\n• Performances by female impersonators \n\nArtists:\nMartyna Alexander – BFA ‘12\nNick Azzaro – BFA ‘04\, MFA ‘22\nLiz Barick Fall – BFA ‘88\nSally Clegg – MFA ‘20\nMary Hafeli – BFA ‘82\nKatie Hammond – BFA ‘04\nEllie Lee – BFA ‘26\nMellisa Lee – BFA ‘22\nAbigail Lowe – MFA ‘24\nMelanie Manos – MFA ‘08\nAngel Manson – BFA ‘22\nToby Millman – MFA ‘07\nAlison Rivett – MFA ‘07\nKatie Shulman – BFA ‘10 UID:141295-21889888@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,LGBT,Michigan Arts,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Opera Lounge and First Floor Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:GalleryDAAS Presents: Archives of Resistance: Visuals and Voices from Carceral State Project Research DESCRIPTION:Opening December 8\, 2025 and running through January 2026\nGalleryDAAS| Haven Hall| G648| Monday - Friday 10-4pm\n\nThis exhibit showcases stories of resistance\, resilience\, and hope\, in the face of mass incarceration\, police violence\, immigrant detention\, and systematic racial criminalization. Archives of Resistance presents art\, prisoner correspondence\, research publications\, and archival documentation produced by the component projects of the Carceral State Project. These include: The Reckoning Project\, Immigrant Justice Lab\, Black & Pink at SPH\, ICE in the Heartland\, Critical Carceral Visualities\, Policing & Social Justice HistoryLab\, and Confronting Conditions of Confinement and Resistance. Artwork made by people in prison through Prison Creative Arts Project workshops is also on display. \n\nThe U-M Carceral State Project\, housed within the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, brings impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the University of Michigan. The CSP was first organized in 2018 and has since grown to involve over a dozen community and campus partners\, many graduate students\, and more than 400 undergraduate researchers. \n\nThrough public scholarship\, creative expression\, multimedia storytelling\, and archival documentation\, we highlight the lived experiences and persistent resistance of those impacted by criminalization\, policing\, incarceration\, immigrant detention\, and other forms of carceral control in the state of Michigan and beyond. The work presented in this exhibit represents only a sliver of the extensive research\, art\, advocacy\, public engagement\, and other products generated by the Carceral State Project over the years. UID:142351-21890662@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african and afroamerican studies,Art,Exhibition,History,Law,Local Issues,Political Science,Race,Racism LOCATION:Haven Hall - GalleryDAAS, G648 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260101T063055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1862652Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab. We will discuss and educate you on…- Design and format- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resume for specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Student or Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on theHappening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:141880-21889589@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251015T141939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:For All Ages Exhibit DESCRIPTION:In the 19th century\, new ideas about childhood and education\, along with advances in printing like chromolithography\, made it possible to mass-produce games and toys. These were not only fun to play with but also taught practical skills and moral lessons. Learn about familiar and unique toys and board games throughout American history in the William L. Clements Library’s new exhibit\, “For All Ages” on view weekdays from 12-4 pm between October 3-January 5.\n\nEven though the objects are behind glass\, the co-curators have created an interactive way to explore the display. Visit the exhibit to participate in a scavenger hunt and win a prize! UID:138977-21884464@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138977 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Exhibit,Free,Fun,Games,In Person,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T094501 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar | Higher-derivative Kerr-Sen black holes DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will discuss recent developments in the use of solution-generating techniques for computing higher-derivative corrections. In particular\, I will show how to use an O(2\,1) boost to obtain the four-derivative corrections to the Kerr-Sen solution for two choices of higher-derivative action. The resulting solution\, much like the case for Kerr\, is perturbative in the spin parameter\, but I will show how to get the exact thermodynamics and discuss a\nconjectural BPS limit. Time allowing\, I will also discuss ongoing work on the extremal non-supersymmetric Kerr-Sen black hole. UID:142625-21891233@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142625 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Physics,Science LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251119T115136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Thinking About Quitting Tobacco Workshop DESCRIPTION:If you’re thinking about quitting but aren’t sure how or where to start\, sign up for a Thinking About Quitting Tobacco: Where to Start with MHealthy Tobacco Consultation Service Workshop. This free\, 30-minute virtual (Zoom) session from the Tobacco Consultation Service (TCS) is for individuals that are considering quitting tobacco (including e-cigarettes and vapes). You'll meet a tobacco treatment specialist and learn about tools and resources available when you are ready to take the first step. UID:142016-21889825@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:employees,Faculty,faculty and staff,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,mhealthy,smoke-free,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Wellness,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T122030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:December Staff Craft - Felt DESCRIPTION:Join Arts Initiative for a Winter Staff Craft on Dec. 17\, 12:30–1:30 p.m. in Ruthven Building 2180 for a relaxing beginner felt craft session open to all U-M staff and faculty. No experience needed and all materials provided. Space is limited to the first 18 registrants. UID:142048-21889944@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142048 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Ruthven Building (1109 Geddes Ave) Room 2180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250102T120705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T150000 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:117252-21865914@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:20251217T132029 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Scholarships and Fellowships: Fall Semester Kick-off Sessions! DESCRIPTION:Join the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships for our semester kick-off sessions! Come learn about the Truman Scholarship\, STEM award opportunities\, and more! UID:138160-21882422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138160 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T162029 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T171200 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T173500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CSG AirBus - Outbound (DTW to Campus) Winter Break 2025 DESCRIPTION:We're looking forward to having you onboard! This is for trips from campus to DTW before Winter Break. Trips cost $11\, and will be billed to your student account.\nIf your plans change\, please make sure to cancel 36 hours before departure to avoid charges.\nLooking for a trip back? Just show up at our airport stops! We don't take reservations for trips back. Check out the schedules on our website.\nBy booking\, you agree to the terms of our Contract of Carriage\, including our cancellation policy. UID:142337-21890564@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142337 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Bursley, Alice Lloyd, and State + Monroe CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T163624 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T183000 SUMMARY:Other:Wonder Walk: Flavors of Celebration DESCRIPTION:Presented as part of EAT!\, our exhibition about food and the stories it carries. Celebrations and food go hand in hand. Wherever home may be\, we gather around dishes tied to deep memories—of family\, friends\, the land\, and the experiences that shape our lives. Celebrate with us as we explore foods that tell stories of cultural connections and celebrations old and new. Taste ingredients from the types of plants growing in our conservatory\, learn the stories and traditions associated with them and take home a few recipes to try at home! Create your own celebration story to record and share with loved ones. \n\nThis program is free and open to all ages. UID:142295-21890430@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Nature LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T110339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T193000 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:121370-21876051@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:20251126T112537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T203000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:University of Michigan Reception - AGU25 DESCRIPTION:A University of Michigan Reception with CLaSP and EARTH will be held on Wednesday\, December 17\, 2025\, at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting in New Orleans\, Louisiana. We are excited to partner with the Audubon Aquarium along the Mississippi River adjacent to the French Quarter for this event. \n\nUniversity of Michigan Reception\nAmerican Geophysical Union Meeting 2025\n6:30-8:30pm\, December 17\, 2025\nAudubon Aquarium\n1 Canal Street\nNew Orleans\, LA 70130\n504.861.2537 UID:142235-21890253@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250910T092920 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Mike Cooley DESCRIPTION:“...one of the best American songwriters alive. The man is a documentarian of the casually overlooked\, the ruefully funny\, the unvarnished machinations of the human beast.” –PopMatters\n\nMike Cooley is an American guitarist\, singer\, and songwriter\, best known as a member of the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers. The Alabama musical style blends elements of rock\, country\, and Americana\, and he is recognized for his sharp\, evocative lyrics and distinctive guitar work. As one of the band's primary songwriters\, Cooley has written numerous iconic tracks for Drive-By Truckers\, with his songs often exploring themes of personal introspection\, Southern identity\, and social commentary. Alongside bandmate Patterson Hood\, Cooley has been a driving force behind the band's evolution since their formation in the late 1990s\, contributing to their gritty\, honest sound and critical success.\n\nIn addition to his work with the band\, Cooley has pursued a solo career\, releasing his debut solo album The Fool on Every Corner in December 2012. The album showcases his storytelling prowess and ability to create poignant\, introspective songs with a more stripped-down\, intimate sound compared to his work with Drive-By Truckers. Known for his wit and keen observational style\, Cooley's solo work highlights his versatility as an artist\, cementing his place as an influential figure in contemporary American roots music. UID:138925-21884248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138925 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T202024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251217T220000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BSI Information Sessions- Current High School Students DESCRIPTION:We encourage every student interested in or contemplating an undergraduate degree at the School of Information to attend an information session. You will receive an engaging and comprehensive overview of the program\, as well as guidance for the application process. Sessions are hosted on different days and times to accommodate as many students as possible\, and you only need to attend one session before you apply. These information sessions are for students currently in their junior or senior year of high school. UID:138566-21883399@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T133917 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260123T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Rupple Brothers DESCRIPTION:Traversing the entire spectrum of sound and space\n\nThe Rupple Brothers are a psychedelic folk ensemble who combine a love for family\, music\, life\, and improvisation to create a musical space unlike any other. Born unto song\, brothers Evan and Cole\, and an ever expanding cast of soul brothers\, traverse the entire spectrum of sound and space\; each being proficient in multiple ways of musical strangeness\, while bringing a positive and powerful family message with their brand of wild folk. They have carved themselves out a respected place amongst the Michigan music scene\, throwing their own annual grassroots festival Handmade Music Festival in their home of Chesaning\, opening for bands like The Way Down Wanderers\, Chirp\, The Mallett Brothers Band\, Tejon Street Corner Thieves\, Good Old War\, opening up for White Denim at Ann Arbor's Sonic Lunch\, winning the Review Award for \"Best Duo\"\, and playing top tier venues and festivals across the state. They plan to carry their stories of song to the furthest reaches of the universe. UID:142821-21891713@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142821 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - The Ark CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T110840 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Folk Fest Kickoff: A Tribute to Todd Snider DESCRIPTION:This special show will kick off the 2026 Ann Arbor Folk Festival and will feature 14 Michigan artists each performing their version of a song by Todd Snider. Featured artists include: Ani Mari\, Chris Buhalis\, Dave & Kristi\, Jetty Rae\, Jill Jack\, The Lucky Nows\, Michael Robertson\, The Minor Pieces\, Misty Lyn\, The RFD Boys\, Wilson Thicket\, and more to be announced! UID:142822-21891714@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142822 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved + Gold Circle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T131534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260330T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Le Vent Du Nord DESCRIPTION:Once again\, Le Vent du Nord rises to the occasion with a new concert directed by Michel Faubert\nStill inspired by its international “20 Printemps” tour (200\,000 tickets sold\, awarded “Best Traditional Album of the year” with FELIX 2022\, OPUS 2023 & Songlines Music Awards 2023 - Americas)\, the legendary Quebec quintet of singers and multi-instrumentalists is always on the move\, committed to the present. \n\nWith the release of their 13th album\, they tackle the theme of neighborhoods\, sources of universal inspiration. \n\nHe opens his door to good neighbors.\nHe hopes that ideas of sharing will flourish\, and the best for the common good.\n\nFrom those who are musical and enrich their repertoire: Irish and Scottish Celts\, American folk\, songs from Acadia and French-speaking America. \n\nFrom those with their neighbors\, the rivers\, to those that bear witness to history: battles won or lost\, abuses\, losses\, friendships and\, above all\, loves.\n\nFive voices in harmony\, podorythmy\, hurdy-gurdy\, bouzouki\, bombarde québé-coise and tunes of violin and accordion tell us that traditional music from here is rich\, lively and inventive. \n\nIt's a show where you can let yourself dance\, be moved by the words spoken orally\, and recharge your batteries with the energy of these eternal travellers with deep-rooted roots. \n\nAn invitation to discover a world of humanities! UID:142841-21891734@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142841 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T133353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:John Gorka DESCRIPTION:“Gorka is widely heralded for the sophisticated intelligence and provocative originality of his songs.” –The Boston Globe\n\nJohn Gorka is one of the most well-loved singer/songwriters in the folk community. With a career spanning 40 years and a discography of 17 solo releases\, he embodies the best of folk music with his eclectic blend of folk\, blues and bluegrass influences\, insightful lyrics and engaging delivery. John’s career was launched in the mid-80s when he won the prestigious New Folk award at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1984. \n\nSeveral years later he signed to Red House records for the release of his debut album I Know. He migrated to Windham Hill/High Street for his subsequent three releases\, earning extensive critical acclaim from a variety of publications including Rolling Stone which dubbed him the preeminent male singer-songwriter of the New Folk Movement. He returned to Red House in 1998 and has since released a string of albums that have achieved folk chart-topping success.\n\nHailing from New Jersey\, but forged in the Greenwich Village Fast Folk scene\, John has honed his craft and persona into an unmistakable image. The shy\, wry\, insightful\, and yes\, sensitive singer-songwriter has been copied and parodied. But the old coat he wove still fits\, and still suits him well. The old songs ring as true as they ever did\, and the new ones are just as good. UID:142823-21891715@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T133648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260423T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ana Popovic DESCRIPTION:\"one helluva guitar player.\" –Bruce Springsteen\n\nLos Angeles-based and critically acclaimed guitarist and singer Ana Popovic released her highly anticipated album Dance To The Rhythm (Electric Heel Records) in September 2025. Produced by Popovic and Buthel\, the album showcases a groundbreaking fusion of groove\, blues\, funk\, and soul. Building on the success of her previous work\, Dance To The Rhythm pushes boundaries\, seamlessly blending infectious dance grooves with raw blues guitar and powerful lyrics.\n\nFor Ana\, blues guitar is the foundation of everything in her music. Yet\, she masterfully blends genres\, effortlessly shifting from blues to dance\, jam band\, funk\, pop\, and even gospel—it's all part of her evolving sound. A true pioneer\, Ana combines her blues guitar roots with bold experimentation\, redefining the intersection of blues and dance music.\n\nA multi-award-winning artist\, Popovic has earned recognition from major outlets and industry figures\, including Bruce Springsteen\, who called her \"one helluva guitar player.\" She’s been nominated for seven Blues Music Awards\, and her latest album POWER hit #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart. Ana has shared stages with legends such as B.B. King\, Joe Bonamassa\, Warren Haynes\, Robert Plant\, and Gary Clark Jr.\, and is an endorsee of Fender\, D'Angelico\, Jim Dunlop\, and DR Strings. Popovic's commitment to her craft and fearless boundary-pushing ensures she remains one of the most dynamic forces in contemporary blues and beyond. UID:142824-21891716@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142824 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T132009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260509T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Howley DESCRIPTION:The next chapter from the brothers who redefined Irish folk music.\n\nFor over a decade\, David and Martin Howley have been at the heart of a musical revolution. As founding members of We Banjo 3\, the Galway-born brothers brought Irish traditional music to new heights — blending it with Americana\, bluegrass\, and contemporary songcraft to create a sound beloved across the world. Their electrifying live shows\, virtuosic playing\, and brotherly chemistry made We Banjo 3 one of the most celebrated acts on the international folk scene.\n\nNow\, the brothers return with a brand-new project: Howley — a re-imagining of that signature sound for a new era. With Martin’s dazzling mastery on banjo and mandolin and David’s unmistakable voice and rhythmic guitar\, Howley is both a continuation and a renewal — rooted in tradition but reaching fearlessly toward the future.\n\nJoined by two world-class artists\, Kiana June (fiddle\, vocals) and Caitlin Leahy (percussion\, flute\, vocals)\, Howley expands the brothers’ trademark sound with lush harmonies\, fiery fiddle\, and rhythmic flair. The result is warm\, vibrant\, and deeply human — a band that feels both comfortingly familiar and thrillingly new.\n\nMartin Howley\, a seven-time All-Ireland champion and the first Irish banjoist to perform on the Grand Ole Opry\, brings dazzling precision and playful charisma to every performance.\n\nDavid Howley\, known for his soulful voice and magnetic stage presence\, fuses the sensitivity of a songwriter with the power of a rock frontman.\n\nKiana June\, the “fiddle-fueled” virtuoso of Gaelic Storm and Come From Away\, infuses the music with both elegance and fire.\n\nCaitlin Leahy\, an accomplished multi-instrumentalist from the celebrated Leahy’s Luck family\, provides rhythmic heartbeat and shimmering vocal textures.​\n\nTogether\, they form a sound built on connection — the pulse of family\, the spark of shared history\, and the joy of collaboration.\n\nWith Howley\, the brothers have created something new: music that celebrates their past but looks ahead with open arms. Their live show is full of laughter\, harmony\, and heart — the kind of energy that reminds audiences why they fell in love with folk music in the first place.\n​\n“Fans of We Banjo 3 will recognize the spirit — but Howley brings it into a new light: deeper\, braver\, and bursting with soul.” UID:142828-21891720@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142828 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T132338 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Suzy Bogguss DESCRIPTION:“Radiant and transportive” –No Depression\n\nDuring the creative explosion that was country music in the 1990s Suzy Bogguss sold 4 million records with sparkling radio hits like “Outbound Plane\,” “Someday Soon\,” “Letting Go\,” “Drive South\,” and “Hey Cinderella.\" But you can’t peg Suzy that easily… \n\nIn the midst of her country popularity she took time off to make a duets album with the legendary Chet Atkins. In 2003 she made an album of modern swing music with Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel. An album of original music in 2007 landed her at number 4 on the jazz charts. Her folk music roots show through in her frequent appearances on public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion\, in the Grammy she earned for her work on Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster\, and in her critically acclaimed album and book project from 2011\, American Folk Songbook. In 2014 she released Lucky\, a collection of songs written by Merle Haggard and interpreted through Suzy’s crystal vocals from the female point of view. Her latest offering\, Prayin’ For Sunshine\, is an Americana tour de force with all songs written by Bogguss. \n\nShe continues to tour the world\, both on her own and with fellow country radio divas Terri Clark and Pam Tills as “Chicks With Hits” and more recently\, with Kathy Mattea on their Together At Last tour. So yes\, you can call her a country singer if you want\, but really that’s just the beginning. UID:142825-21891717@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142825 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T131310 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Seldom Scene DESCRIPTION:Legendary bluegrass\n\nFifty-three years into a legendary career\, much has changed about The Seldom Scene\, starting with the venerable progressive bluegrass quintet’s various lineup iterations over time. But even as band members have stepped in and out of various roles\, what’s most important is what hasn’t changed: an undeniable knack for blending both old and new music and traditions without sacrificing what makes either potent and durable. Their current iteration is a true blue lineup: guitarist mandolin player Lou Reid\, bassist Ronnie Simpkins\, banjoist and fiddler Ron Stewart\, dobro player Fred Travers\, and guitarist Clay Hess.\n\nSince they started up together in 1971\, The Seldom Scene has dexterously performed original and traditional songs while presenting fiery and soulful reinterpretations of material by Merle Haggard\, James Taylor\, and more. The concept of bluegrass unshackling itself from a conservative\, straight-ahead mindset seems like a given now\, when some of its biggest stars fill stadiums and cross over with mainstream audiences\, but the continued presence of the Scene acts as a reminder that it wasn’t always so. Even if their playing style feels more at home in intimate clubs\, where the audience can feel their exuberance radiating from the stage\, the Scene’s elastic relationship to genre established an important precedent that encouraged their contemporaries and allowed bluegrass bands to expand their repertoire in ways that laid the groundwork for today’s bluegrass boom. UID:142826-21891718@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142826 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T101055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260528T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dave & Kristi DESCRIPTION:“Irrepressible verve and joy.” –Daniel Bracken\, Wheatland Music Festival\n\nOne time garage rock troubadour Dave Boutette\, and former Radio City Rockette Kristi Lynn Davis make what could be considered an unexpected musical pairing\, but they have certainly found a way to make it work. Since pairing Dave’s celebrated songwriting with Kristi’s natural gift for harmony\, the duo has delighted audiences at music festivals\, house concerts\, and listening rooms from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the Maryland shore. Their most recent release THE CHICKADEES reached #11 on the Folk DJ Chart in June of 2025.\n\nFor additional spark in the set list that night\, Dave & Kristi will be bringing along Jason Dennie on mandolin and Brad Phillips on fiddle.\n\nDave & Kristi’s songs mix many schools of American roots and popular music including folk\, blues\, swing\, and old time country. The lyrics testify to the power of true love\, rebirth\, Polka bands\, coffee\, and migrating fish. UID:142827-21891719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142827 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR