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:20260109T082048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260109T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:January 2026 Introduction to Motivational Interviewing by Wolverine Wellness DESCRIPTION:In Person: This program is offered twice a year for U-M Student Life staff free of charge. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a terrific tool for helping people change behavior. It's especially helpful for medical staff (lifestyle changes and medication adherence)\, therapists/counselors for behavior change to support mental health\, and wellness coaches. Its use is being expanded to Student Life advisers\, supervisors\, and more. Learn basic\, foundational skills for MI\, including spirit (Compassion\, Acceptance\, Partnership\, Evocation)\, OARS (open questions\, affirmations\, reflections\, summaries)\, identifying and responding to change talk\, and a brief overview of discord (if time permits). There will be plenty of practice in \"real plays\" (you get to work on your own behavior changes that you are ambivalent about--so bring a couple behaviors you'd like to change. While you won't be an expert at MI when you are done\, you will be able to start the practice\, move forward in your skills\, and know how to improve. Please only register if you can attend all of the training dates\, as each day builds on prior sessions. All Fridays\, all in person:\n* Friday\, January 9\, 9-5\, location University Health Service (UHS)\, Meeting Rooms 1&2\n* Friday\, January 16\, 9-12:30\, UHS\, Meeting Rooms 1&2\n* Friday\, January 23\, 9-12:30\,UHS\, Meeting Rooms 1&2\n* Friday\, January 30\, 9-12:30\,UHS\, Meeting Rooms 1&2\n** Please note that there may be a $25 charge to your department if there is no cancellation at least three days before the training begins or if you no-show on the first day** UID:139067-21884817@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139067 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:University Health Service (UHS), 207 Fletcher St, Meeting Rooms 1 & 2, fourth floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T234500 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:2026 Midwestern Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships DESCRIPTION:The third competition of the University of Michigan's Synchronized Skating Team's 2025-2026 season\, located in Plymouth\, Michigan. This is a qualifying event for the collegiate team to attend the national championship in Salt Lake City\, Utah.  UID:138311-21882755@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138311 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:USA Hockey Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T000213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Midwinters DESCRIPTION:2026 MCSA Midwinter Conference UID:143483-21893257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Wisconsin - Madison CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T060223 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T150000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Warrior Open DESCRIPTION:Two day women's tournament hosted by Indiana Tech! UID:143982-21894367@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143982 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Indiana Institute of Technology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T060034 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T230000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Laker Classic 2026 DESCRIPTION:This will be our first meet of the season at GVSU!\nWe can't wait to watch our women's team kill it :) UID:142087-21889993@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142087 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Kids Unlimited Activity Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T060024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T170000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:OSU Zero Waste Invite 2026 DESCRIPTION:Artistic Swim Meet against OSU. UID:143158-21892337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143158 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T210000 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:138431-21890602@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:20260116T170148 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T140000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Community Health and Engagement at The Ypsilanti Farmers Market – Managing Chronic Diseases DESCRIPTION:U-M College of Pharmacy Community Health and Engagement\nFrom hosting flu vaccine clinics to administering safe medication disposal events\, our students actively participate in community service.\n\nEvent Information: Managing Chronic Diseases - Volunteers will be discussing:\n - Basics of diabetes management\, including blood sugar monitoring and insulin use.\n - Hypertension education: blood pressure monitoring and lifestyle strategies.\n - Asthma and COPD: inhaler technique\, triggers\, and medication adherence.\n - Heart disease: cholesterol\, medication\, and lifestyle tips. UID:139255-21894583@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139255 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Free,Health & Wellness,Health Care,Pharmacy,Public Health,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Ypsilanti Farmers Market CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T160000 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:143099-21892089@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143099 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,Family,free,history,Museum,museums,observing,Science,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes,tour LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251116T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs Penn DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs Penn UID:141914-21889629@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141914 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881282@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T160000 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:139428-21885493@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Life Science,Medicine,Museum,Nursing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T142109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T124500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Expedition Reef DESCRIPTION:Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems. Expedition Reef immerses you in an undersea adventure. Along the way\, discover how corals grow\, feed\, reproduce\, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth.\n\nThe state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and back in time from the comfort of reclining seats. Tickets $8. Tickets are available on the day of the show at the Museum Store. UID:95986-21892260@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:natural history museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T215402 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T153000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Thrift Pop-Up! DESCRIPTION:Come to a thrift pop-up event hosted by Alpha Phi Omega! At this event you can either buy clothes between $1-$5 or bring your own clothes to swap!\nWe will be at the Sophia B. Jones Room in the Union from 12:30-3:30! UID:143676-21893632@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143676 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Campus,Community,Community Activism,Community Engagement,Entrepreneurship,Environment,Environmental,In Person,Social,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability LOCATION:Michigan Union - Sophia B Jones Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T153042 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Celebrate 2026 Japanese New Year in the Tadoku room at the Asia Library! DESCRIPTION:Ring in the Year of the Horse with snacks\, fun\, and Japanese New Year traditions! Join us for an afternoon of:\n\n* Tsugaru shamisen performance by a graduate student\n* Origami and festive crafts\n* Traditional games – karuta\, sugoroku\, and more\n* Japanese calligraphy\n* Light refreshments UID:141940-21889659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141940 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Free,Japanese Studies,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Tadoku Room, Asia Library, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T153526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Korean Cinema NOW | Big Deal | 소주전쟁 DESCRIPTION:2025 ‧ Drama ‧ 1h 44 min ‧ Unrated\n\nView the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgjr2KXU67o\n \n Big Deal is a drama that offers a high-stakes\, semi-autobiographical look at the corporate battle waged during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Starring Yoo Hae-jin and Lee Je-hoon\, the story is loosely based on the real-life sale of Jinro soju. It follows Pyo Jong-rok (Yoo Hae-jin)\, the loyal financial director of the nation's number one soju company\, Gukbo Group\, who is desperately trying to save the brand from bankruptcy. He is pitted against Choi In-beom (Lee Je-hoon)\, a young\, ambitious associate from a global investment firm aiming to acquire Gukbo and sell it off for profit. The film is a dramatic clash of corporate ideals and personal loyalties\, where the fate of Korea's most iconic working-class liquor becomes a symbol of the nation's economic identity.\n \n Directed by Choi Yun-jin\n Presented in Korean with English subtitles\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at outreachkorea@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142639-21891247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142639 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Film Series,Free,Korea,korean cinema LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T134500 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:141325-21892215@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:20260124T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Gymnastics vs #1 Oklahoma DESCRIPTION:Men's Gymnastics vs #1 Oklahoma UID:142063-21889959@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142063 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Gymnastics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260106T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Lacrosse vs Robert Morris (ex) DESCRIPTION:Men's Lacrosse vs Robert Morris (ex) UID:143339-21892928@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143339 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:U-M Lacrosse Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T135835 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:MLK Spirit Awards Ceremony DESCRIPTION:The Central Campus Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Awards program honors undergraduates\, graduate students\, and student groups on central campus who best exemplify the leadership and extraordinary vision of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nominees and awardees will be recognized at the Awards Ceremony\, which will highlight the various ways in which our students have worked to carry on the spirit of Dr. King.\n\nRSVP by Friday\, January 16: https://mlkspiritawards.umich.edu/\n(live-streaming option in RSVP) UID:130690-21866519@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130690 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Diversity,Social Justice LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T174551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Goddesses of the Kelsey DESCRIPTION:In this tour\, we will explore some strong women of the ancient world: the goddesses of Egypt\, Greece\, and Rome. Through a variety of artifacts\, we will learn more about the powers and abilities associated with some of the goddesses of the ancient world.\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:142571-21891169@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142571 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,History,Magic,Museum,Mythology,Religion,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T144500 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:136347-21892287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T154500 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:141325-21892224@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:20260124T120222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T180000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:🏀 Basketball Game DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n\nCalling all U-M faculty\, students\, and community members!\nJoin us for a FREE and fun 🏀 basketball game this Saturday at 3 PM at St. Luke Ann Arbor (4205 Washtenaw\, Ann Arbor).\nMeet new people\, get some exercise\, and boost your weekend spirit! We hope to see you there!\n\n UID:144237-21894951@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144237 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:St Luke Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251116T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Gymnastics vs Iowa DESCRIPTION:Women's Gymnastics vs Iowa UID:141915-21889630@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141915 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Gymnastics LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251110T145627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T170000 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:138019-21881190@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:20260107T133641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Julie Ault and Julie Herrada DESCRIPTION:Special Event: 4:00 p.m. on Saturday\, January 24\, 2026 at UMMA's Helmut Stern Auditorium. RSVP Required.\n\nJoin us for a powerful conversation between artist and curator Julie Ault and archivist Julie Herrada as we celebrate the opening of American Sampler: Activating the Archive\, UMMA’s new landmark exhibition. Together\, they’ll discuss how archival research\, curatorial practice\, and artistic vision come together in the exhibition to illuminate histories of dissent that continue to influence the social landscape of the United States.\n\nAmerican Sampler: Activating the Archive is a research-driven\, immersive exhibition curated by MacArthur Fellow Julie Ault in UMMA’s Vertical Gallery\, in collaboration with the Joseph A. Labadie Collection of anarchism\, protest\, and social movements housed in the U-M Library’s Special Collections Research Center. The exhibition centers on 1950s–1970s movements for Black freedom\, civil rights\, and antiwar activism\, clarifying the aspirations and effects as well as the violent opposition these movements encountered. American Sampler invites visitors to examine how legacies of grassroots organizing and protest in U.S. history shape the present. This ambitious project is the inaugural collaboration of the new Labadie Collection and UMMA Fellowship Program. \n\nJulie Ault is an artist and writer whose practice explores how histories are retold and their influence on the present. Working across exhibition-making\, research\, publication\, and archiving\, she examines how cultural production is shaped by and can intervene in social and political systems. Ault’s exhibitions include Paper Mirror: Nancy Spero (Museo Tamayo and MoMA PS1\, 2018–19)\, Afterlife: a constellation (Whitney Biennial\, 2014)\, and Cultural Economies: Histories from the Alternative Arts Movement (The Drawing Center\, 1996). Her publications include Felix Gonzalez-Torres (2006)\, Come Alive: The Spirited Art of Sister Corita (2006)\, and DUETS: Julie Ault &\; David Deitcher in Conversation on William Olander (2021)\, among others. Ault was a founding member of the artists’ collaborative Group Material (1979–1996)\, whose exhibitions addressed critical issues\, including AIDS Timeline (1989). In 2018 she was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship for “redefining the role of the artwork and the artist” through her multi-modal practice.\n\nJulie Herrada is the Curator of the Joseph A. Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan’s Special Collections Research Center\, overseeing materials on international social protest movements. In this role she introduces classes to the study of primary sources\, curates exhibits\, assists global researchers\, and works to preserve and share overlooked histories. Highlights of her outreach include organizing the 50th anniversaries of the Port Huron Statement (2012) and the first Teach-In against the Vietnam War (2015). She has published book reviews and journal articles\, including the widely cited Letters to the Unabomber. Her notable exhibitions include The Whole World Was Watching: Protest and Revolution in 1968\; Soapboxers &\; Saboteurs: 100 Years of Wobbly Solidarity\; and Joseph Labadie and His Gift to Michigan: A Legacy for the Masses.\n\nPresented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art\, on the opening of their new landmark exhibition American Sampler: Activating the Archive.\n\nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public. UID:142695-21891305@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142695 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Protest Archive: A Conversation on Advocacy\, Art\, and Dissent with Julie Ault and Julie Herrada DESCRIPTION:Join us for a powerful conversation between artist and curator Julie Ault and archivist Julie Herrada as we celebrate the opening of \"American Sampler: Activating the Archive\"\, UMMA’s new landmark exhibition. Together they’ll discuss how archival research\, curatorial practice\, and artistic vision come together in the exhibition to illuminate histories of dissent that continue to influence the social landscape of the United States.\n \n\"American Sampler: Activating the Archive\" is a research-driven\, immersive exhibition curated by MacArthur Fellow Julie Ault in UMMA’s Vertical Gallery\, in collaboration with the Joseph A. Labadie Collection of anarchism\, protest\, and social movements housed in the U-M Library’s Special Collections Research Center. The exhibition centers on 1950s–1970s movements for Black freedom\, civil rights\, and antiwar activism\, clarifying the aspirations and effects as well as the violent opposition these movements encountered. American Sampler invites visitors to examine how legacies of grassroots organizing and protest in U.S. history shape the present. This ambitious project is the inaugural collaboration of the new Labadie Collection and UMMA Fellowship Program.\n UID:142397-21890794@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142397 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T154344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:It's TAPpening! DESCRIPTION:RhythM Tap Ensemble was founded at the University of Michigan in the Fall of 2000 with the purpose of promoting tap dance on campus. We are a student-run performance group of passionate\, dedicated\, and advanced tap dancers. We choreograph our own routines that you can see us perform in various shows and events across campus! This year’s annual “It’s TAPpening!” show includes our own performances\, a collaboration with Blue Bop Jazz Orchestra\, and guest performances from Impact\, Outrage\, Michigan Jump Rope\, and VYRL. UID:142539-21891132@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Mendelssohn CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T121543 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Lacrosse vs Robert Morris (ex) DESCRIPTION:Men's Lacrosse vs Robert Morris (ex) UID:142091-21889997@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:U-M Lacrosse Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251110T181715 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:U-M Chamber Choir with New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center DESCRIPTION:The New York Philharmonic\, America’s oldest operating symphony orchestra\, will welcome the University of Michigan Chamber Choir and the chorus EXIGENCE\, both directed by Professor Eugene Rogers\, to the stage of the Wu Tsai Theater in David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. In a January 2026 concert series featuring pianist Yuja Wang\, they will perform *America (A Prophecy)* by conductor and composer Thomas Adès.\n\nMore details: \nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/u-m-chamber-choir-to-perform-with-new-york-philharmonic-at-lincoln-center-in-2026/ UID:141727-21889232@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141727 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location 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:20260124T180010 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T223000 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey vs. EMU DESCRIPTION:Home game UID:137368-21880168@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137368 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T000213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Midwinters DESCRIPTION:2026 MCSA Midwinter Conference UID:143483-21893258@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Wisconsin - Madison CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T060156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T200000 SUMMARY:Other:OSU Indoor Triathlon DESCRIPTION:Indoor Triathlon at Ohio State University UID:143563-21893390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143563 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Recreational and Physical Activity Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890838@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T210000 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:138431-21890603@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:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T160000 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:139428-21885525@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Life Science,Medicine,Museum,Nursing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T142109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T124500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Expedition Reef DESCRIPTION:Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems. Expedition Reef immerses you in an undersea adventure. Along the way\, discover how corals grow\, feed\, reproduce\, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth.\n\nThe state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and back in time from the comfort of reclining seats. Tickets $8. Tickets are available on the day of the show at the Museum Store. UID:95986-21892269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:natural history museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T093706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T130000 SUMMARY:Other:Student Hiking & Hot Chocolate DESCRIPTION:U-M students - Join MBGNA to explore the winter wonderland of Nichols Arboretum! We will take a short hike and end by enjoying some warm hot chocolate together. Come dressed for the weather!\n\nMeet at the Reader Center in Nichols Arboretum -- 1610 Washington Heights UID:144171-21894775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144171 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Nature,Nature Rx,Outdoors LOCATION:Nichols Arboretum - Visitor Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T103725 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 SUMMARY:Other:Chickadee - A Winter Bird Walk with Emily Elderbroo DESCRIPTION:Did you know that a chickadee's brain actually grows in size during the fall to be able to hide and then locate food all winter long? That's a lot of brain power! Take a winter hike to learn about our winter feathered friends and explore the complex food storage and retrieval of local chickadees! \n\nThis program is open to all ages. \n\n-----\nMatthaei Botanical Gardens is hosting free guided nature walks on select Wednesdays and Sundays. These walks are FREE\, no registration is required. Wonder Walks are designed for all ages to inspire curiosity and learning from each other through activities that model curiosity and honor nature. If we have a sizeable mixed-age group\, we may separate into two sets to offer the same content at different levels of engagement. UID:142890-21891770@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142890 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Nature,Outdoors LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T082839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Goldye di Shvartze Khaznte: Black Woman Cantor of the Harlem Renaissance Era DESCRIPTION:Join in a conversation with Shahanna McKinney-Baldon moderated by Professor Bryan Roby\, on the story of Madame Goldye Steiner\, the trailblazing African-American vocalist of the Harlem Renaissance era whose career spanned vaudeville\, Yiddish theater\, early jazz\, and the “golden age” of Jewish cantorial singing\, or khazones. McKinney-Baldon's research uncovers a vital yet almost forgotten African-American and Jewish story\, and uses the lenses of Afrofuturism and Yiddish revivalism to focus a critical and timely discussion on voice\, individual and group identity\, and the role of the artist-philosopher in periods of political upheaval.\n\nHosted by The Network: Jewish People of Color of Greater Ann Arbor UID:142591-21891200@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142591 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Humanities,Jewish Studies,Music,Poetry,Storytelling,Theater LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T134500 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:141325-21892233@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:20260116T104550 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Art Fare Exhibit Closing Reception DESCRIPTION:Join us for a closing reception of Art Fare on Sunday\, January 25\, from 2:00–4:00 p.m. in the West Lobby of Matthaei Botanical Gardens. This informal meet-and-greet is a chance to connect with participating artists\, reflect on the work together\, and enjoy the final day of the exhibition. Free and open to the public - no registration required.\n\nExhibit details:\nFollowing the food chain\, at some point\, everything we humans consume for nourishment comes from plants. Fruit\, shoots\, and roots contribute to our diets and our culture. The food we eat and how we dine has frequently been a topic in artworks\, from still lifes by Flemish artist Clara Peeters to Cezanne's apples to Andy Warhol's \"Campbell's Soup Cans\". Fresh on the vine or served up on the dinner table\, Matthaei Botanical Gardens will host a group exhibition of works inspired by the food we eat and our dining rituals. Free and open to the public at Matthaei Botanical Gardens UID:143998-21894391@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143998 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Artists,Free,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T172859 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T150000 SUMMARY:Community Service:College of Pharmacy Sponsored Medication Safety Education Night DESCRIPTION:Safe Meds. Safer Communities.\n\nEvent Information: Michigan vs. USC\nWhen: 1/25/2026 – Up to 60 minutes before the game starts through halftime\nWhere: Crisler Concourse\nEntry: Tickets to the women’s basketball game are required\n\nGo Blue!\n\n150 Acts of Service\nIn celebration of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy’s 150th Anniversary\, 150 Acts of Service is a Community Health and Engagement (CHE) campaign dedicated to strengthening our communities through meaningful\, hands-on service. UID:144045-21894584@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144045 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Health & Wellness,Medicine,Pharmacy,Public Health,Well-being LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T120131 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Crafting Meeting DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us every Sunday from 2:00-4:00p for our weekly crafting meeting! All skills are welcome with plenty of teachers and projects for knitting and crocheting each week. If you have more questions\, please DM us on Instagram or email vipsclub-admin@umich.edu \nTime: 2:00-4:00 pm\nLocation: Central Campus\, Michigan League (check GCal for specific room)\nVIPs Club GCal: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y183OWUyMmFkNTQ2NDk4NDdmNWZiN2U1NmE4ZDMwNjIzMWUwYTE4MWUyYjY0YTQyNjZkYjIzNzdlMTRlODhlYzczQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20\nVIPs Club Instagram: @vipsclubumich\nNonprofit Website: vipsfund.org\nNonprofit Instagram: @vipsfund UID:143233-21892534@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143233 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Room D CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Exhibition Tour: American Sampler with Curator Julie Ault DESCRIPTION:Guest artist and curator Julie Ault will lead a conversation about her new project American Sampler: Activating the Archive.  This research-driven\, immersive exhibition in UMMA’s Vertical Gallery is a collaboration with the Joseph A. Labadie Collection of anarchism\, protest\, and social movements housed in the U-M Library’s Special Collections Research Center.\n \nThe exhibition centers on 1950s–1970s movements for Black freedom\, civil rights\, and antiwar activism\, clarifying the aspirations and effects as well as the violent opposition these movements encountered. American Sampler invites visitors to examine how legacies of grassroots organizing and protest in U.S. history shape the present. This ambitious project is the inaugural collaboration of the new Labadie Collection and UMMA Fellowship Program.\n \nFree and open to the public\, registration required.\n UID:142615-21891223@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Tour,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Vertical Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T181634 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T160000 SUMMARY:Performance:Michelle Cann\, piano DESCRIPTION:Renowned pianist Michelle Cann will present a recital of music by the Women of Chicago’s Black Renaissance. The performance will include spoken commentary and storytelling about the fascinating lives and journeys of these trailblazing artists. Music of Nora Holt\, Betty Jackson King\, Florence Price\, Irene Britton Smith\, and Margaret Bonds. \n\nGenerously sponsored by the Sally Fleming Master Class Fund.\n\nABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST\n\nLauded as “exquisite” by *The Philadelphia Inquirer* and “a pianist of sterling artistry” by *Gramophone*\, GRAMMY Award winning pianist MICHELLE CANN is one of the most sought-after artists of her generation. Recent engagements include appearances with Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, The Cleveland Orchestra\, The Philadelphia Orchestra\, Los Angeles Philharmonic\, National Symphony Orchestra\, and Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo. She is a recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award\, and she served as the inaugural Christel DeHaan Artistic Partner of the American Piano Awards.\n\nHighlights of Cann’s 2025-26 season include appearances with the Colorado Symphony\, New Jersey Symphony\, Kansas City Symphony\, and Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra. She also performs the world premiere of a new piano concerto by Valerie Coleman with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington\, D.C. Her recital appearances include Stanford Live\, Music Toronto\, Chamber Music Detroit\, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum\, Spivey Hall\, and a recital tour in China.\n\nRecognized as a leading interpreter of the piano music of Florence Price\, Cann performed the New York City premiere of Price’s *Piano Concerto in One Movement* with The Dream Unfinished Orchestra in July 2016 and the Philadelphia premiere with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in February 2021. Her recording of the concerto with the New York Youth Symphony won a GRAMMY Award in 2023 for Best Orchestral Performance. She won a GRAMMY Award in 2025 for *Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price*\, recorded with soprano Karen Slack\, which features 19 unpublished songs composed by Price. Her acclaimed debut solo album *Revival*\, featuring music by Price and Margaret Bonds\, was released in May 2023 on the Curtis Studio label. She has also recorded two Price piano quintets with the Catalyst Quartet as a part of the quartet’s UNCOVERED series. A champion of emerging talent\, Cann and cellist Tommy Mesa recorded *Our Stories*\, an album of new works by five living composers of color\, which was released in November 2023.\n\nA celebrated chamber musician\, Cann has collaborated with leading artists including the Catalyst\, Dover\, and Juilliard string quartets\, Imani Winds\, violinists Timothy and Nikki Chooi\, soprano Karen Slack\, and mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges. She regularly performs duo piano repertoire with her sister\, pianist Kimberly Cann\, as the Cann Duo. She has appeared as co-host and collaborative pianist with NPR’s *From The Top*\, collaborating with actor/conductor Damon Gupton\, violinist Leila Josefowicz\, and violinist and MacArthur Fellow Vijay Gupta. Cann’s numerous media appearances include *Performance Today*\, PBS Great Performances’ *Now Hear This*\, and *Living the Classical Life*.\n\nEmbracing a dual role as performer and pedagogue\, Cann is frequently invited to teach master classes\, give lecture-demonstrations\, and lead teaching residencies. Recent residencies include the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and the National Conference of the Music Teachers National Association. She has recorded lessons for tonebase\, the popular piano lesson platform. She has also served on the juries of the Cleveland International Piano Competition\, the Kauffman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition\, and the piano competition of the Music Academy of the West.\n\nCann holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music\, where she studied with Paul Schenly and Dr. Daniel Shapiro\, and an Artist’s Diploma from Curtis Institute of Music\, where she studied with Robert McDonald. She joined the Curtis piano faculty in 2020 as the inaugural Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies. She is also on the piano faculty of the Manhattan School of Music. UID:139267-21885211@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T174843 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Walk With an Egyptian: A Journey Through Time DESCRIPTION:A journey that transcends millennia begins at the Kelsey Museum as you step into the heart of ancient Egypt and walk with an ancient Egyptian. Unseal the deeper significance of geography\, history\, culture\, and spiritual beliefs by looking at fascinating artifacts as an Egyptian of ancient times would have understood them.\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:142572-21891170@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142572 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Archaeology,egypt,Egyptology,Free,History,Museum,Mythology,Religion,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T144500 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:136347-21892296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs USC DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs USC UID:142095-21890002@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs Vanderbilt DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs Vanderbilt UID:144432-21895348@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144432 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T154500 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:141325-21892242@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:20260107T121621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T170000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Sunny Wilkinson Vocal Jazz Master Class DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Sunny Wilkinson presents a vocal jazz master class\; free and open to the public.\n\nSunny Wilkinson has taken her place in that elite group of jazz vocalists who have stretched the boundaries and found themselves “one of a kind.”\n\nSunny has sung with music icons such as The Count Basie Orchestra\, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass\, Clark Terry\, Mark Murphy\, Milt Hinton\, Curtis Fuller and many more. She has recorded four CDs as leader and numerous guest appearances. “Into the Light\,” her newest CD\, is all about family – not just Wilkinson’s immediate family\, but her extended musical family as well.\n\nThis master class is generously supported by the Don Chisholm Jazz Master Class Series Fund. UID:141823-21889463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Talk,Workshop LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T144409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Quantum Game Night Social DESCRIPTION:Join us in Mason 3302 to play games and meet the members! We will have cards\, board games\, and a Wii. There will also be sweet treats and snacks for you all to enjoy. Looking forward to seeing you there! UID:144428-21895344@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Games,In Person,Social LOCATION:Mason Hall - 3302 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T161004 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Life Sciences Orchestra Concert DESCRIPTION:This event will proceed despite the Winter Weather Advisory\; please allow extra time for travel. A livestream is also available at https://michmed.org/rw2W3\n\nThe U-M orchestra made up of faculty\, staff\, learners\, alumni and retirees from across U-M's biomedical and health science community will play a free concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday\, Jan. 25 at Hill Auditorium.\n\nThe performance will feature these works: \nLili Boulanger - D'un Matin de Printemps\nAaron Copland - The Tender Land Suite \nCarl Nielsen - Symphony No. 4\, Op. 29\, \"The Inextinguishable\"\n\nThe concert is dedicated to the memory of LSO founding member and U-M critical care giant Dr. Robert Bartlett. \n\nMusic director Nicholas Bromilow will give a pre-concert talk at 3:15 p.m. in the lower level of the lobby. He and assistant conductor Michael Roest are students at the U-M School of Music\, Theatre and Dance's nationally renowned conducting program.\n\nNo tickets are required for the performance. The LSO is part of Gifts of Art\, which brings the world of art to Michigan Medicine. \n\nMore information: https://michmed.org/ZxjDq or email orchestra@umich.edu UID:143129-21892187@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143129 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Free,Life Science,Medicine,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T112427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:New Families Welcome Dinner DESCRIPTION:Welcome all new U-M student and scholar families! Join the International Center\, the Center for the Education of Women+ (CEW+)\, Michigan Caregivers and Student Parents (MCaSP)\, the Mary A. Rackham Institute’s University Center for the Child and Family (UCCF)\, U-M’s Children’s Center\, and Northwood Graduate & Family Housing for a welcome dinner at the Northwood Community Center Multipurpose Room (1000 McIntyre Drive).\n\nMeet other families while enjoying dinner & learning about the resources and services offered by the sponsoring offices and organizations! We will also serve kid-friendly snacks\, drinks\, and desserts. This is a great opportunity to meet both international and U.S. families!\n\nRegistration is required so we can order enough food. UID:142747-21891329@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142747 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Caregiver,Caregivers,Community,Family,Food,Free,In Person,International,Sessions,Social LOCATION:Northwood Community Center (1000 McIntyre Drive) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T120033 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T180000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Club Meeting - Wolverines on Wheels (WoW) DESCRIPTION:Join us for our weekly club meeting to discuss campus bike infrastructure and education initiatives! Here\, we plan our group rides\, pop-ups\, grant applications\, and open the floor to ANY ideas related to improving the safety and accessibility of biking on the A2 campus. \nAll campus members are welcome to join our meetings which are led by our programming chairs. \nAll Winter 2026 Semester meetings are to take place in the Sophia B Jones 1st Floor Union room with the exception of academic calendar breaks. UID:142601-21891209@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142601 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sophia B Jones Room - 1st Floor Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251116T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs Vanderbilt or Notre Dame DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs Vanderbilt or Notre Dame UID:141916-21889631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141916 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T132411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Bil Lepp DESCRIPTION:“A cross between Dr. Seuss and film noir” –Charleston Gazette\n\nBil Lepp is an award-winning storyteller\, author\, and recording artist. He’s the host of the History Channel’s Man Vs History series\, the occasional host of NPR’s internationally syndicated Mountain Stage\, and a contributing columnist to the West Virginia Gazette-Mail. Bil’s humorous\, family friendly tall-tales and stories have earned the appreciation of listeners of all ages and from all walks of life. Though a five time champion of the WV Liars’s Contest\, Lepp’s stories often contain morsels of truth which present universal themes in clever and witty ways. Audiences all across the country\, from grade schools to corporate execs to the Comedy Central’s Hudson stage\, have been delighted by Bil’s mirthful tales and delightful insights into everyday life. Bil’s books and audio collections have won awards including the PEN Steven Kroll Award for Children’s Book Writing\, Parents’ Choice Gold awards\, and awards from the National Parenting Publications Assoc.\, and the Public Library Assoc. He is also the recipient of the Vandalia Award\, West Virginia’s highest folk honor. UID:138257-21882680@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138257 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 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:143218-21892501@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:20251219T140515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T210000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Celebrate the life of Robert H. Bartlett\, MD DESCRIPTION:Please join us to celebrate the life and legacy of our dear friend\, mentor and \"Father of ECMO\,\" Dr. Robert H. Bartlett. (RSVP required)\n\nThe celebration will kick off with a free concert at Hill Auditorium given by the Life Sciences Orchestra\, a group near and dear to Bob's heart\, on the evening of Sunday\, Jan. 25\, 2026.\n\nA day of talks and tributes given by Bob's colleagues\, peers\, friends and family will take place at Hill Auditorium the following day\, Monday\, Jan. 26\, 2026. An evening performance by the Pete Siers Jazz Band\, the Michigan Marching Band and Men's Glee Club will follow in the evening. Join the celebration for the whole day or for specific portions of the program. \n\nA virtual event will be available for those who cannot attend in person\; a link will be shared with those who register for this option.\n\nCelebration program overview:\n\nSunday\, January 25: \n\n4:00 pm-6:30pm: Life Sciences Orchestra concert (Hill Auditorium)\n\nMonday\, January 26:\n\n8:30 am-noon: Talks and tributes with the following themes (Hill Auditorium)\n\nThe Renaissance Man\nThe Clinician\nClinical Researcher & Inventor\nECMO Origins\nNoon-1:30 pm: Lunch (Michigan League)\n\n1:30 pm-5 pm: Talks and tributes with the following themes (Hill Auditorium)\n\nMaturation of ECMO\nELSO: Bob's Vision for a Global Community for ECMO\nThe Patients' View\nAdventures With Bob\nClosing remarks \n5 pm-6:30 pm: Dinner (Michigan League)\n\n7 pm-9 pm: Musical performance by the Pete Siers Jazz Band\, the Michigan Marching Band and Men's Glee Club (Hill Auditorium)\n\nRSVP is required. UID:143013-21891946@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Medicine LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T100000 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:134855-21892586@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:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894164@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 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:139065-21889777@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:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890839@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894907@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T210000 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:138431-21890604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891550@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21895056@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 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:142351-21890702@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:20260126T092047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Study Days | Jump Into January DESCRIPTION:Hello College of Engineering Students!This is a come-and-go casual shared working space like a library or office (you can work on homework\, writing\, research reading\, anything!) for only engineering graduate students to build community. Join us on January 26th from 10 AM - 12 PM in the Lurie Engineering Center (LEC) Johnson Rooms. There will be free snacks and swag!Please come by and join us! RSVP is not necessary but is encouraged to give us an approximate number of folks to expect!With care\,Jordan Peyton UID:144397-21895288@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144397 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Lurie Engineering Center | Johnson Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21894989@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T063130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878443Just 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 andformat- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resumefor specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Studentor 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 the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:142998-21891931@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142998 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Tiffany Ng & Kathy Beck\, carillon DESCRIPTION:*This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.*\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143719-21893709@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T091241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T132000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Campus of the Future Student Idea Showcase Kick Off - 2 DESCRIPTION:Reimagine the future of a Michigan Education!\n\nJoin us for the Campus of the Future (COTF) Student Idea Showcase Kick-off Events on January 21\, 23\, and 26.\n\nThese sessions are designed to jumpstart your design journey. You’ll get a deep dive into the competition pathways\, learn exactly what judges are looking for in the final showcase\, and\, most importantly\, meet fellow students from across campus. Whether you have a fully-formed vision or just a curiosity about higher ed innovation\, these events are the perfect place to network and form the interdisciplinary teams needed to bring your ideas to life. UID:144404-21895306@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Workshop LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Blau Colliquem CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T150917 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T180000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Ford Library Blood Drive DESCRIPTION:Every day\, blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims\, heart surgery and organ transplant patients\, and those battling cancer. In fact\, every two seconds\, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Join us to help save lives. UID:142924-21891816@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142924 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Blood Drive LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894402@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T145752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T125000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct DESCRIPTION:Faculty sexual misconduct targeted at students is a widespread problem. The consequences of such incidents include direct harm to victims and may also entail a loss to science if students who encounter misconduct become discouraged from continuing their studies in their chosen field. This study links publicly available information on degree completion by institution\, academic field\, and gender to a database of faculty sexual misconduct incidents verified in the media or court cases. Then\, a stacked event study approach is taken to document the extent to which faculty sexual misconduct decreases in-field degree completion. UID:143326-21892905@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143326 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Education Policy,ford school,ford school of public policy,gerald r. ford school of public policy,Public Policy LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 1110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T085916 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FORMS Professionalization Event: How to Publish Your First Paper DESCRIPTION:Please join FORMS to discuss strategies for early-career medievalists in a variety of fields. The event will be moderated by Wanhan Xing (History) and will feature three panelists: Amada Kubic\, (arecent UM PhD in Comp Lit)\, Zach Berge-Becker (a recent PhD from Columbia in Asian studies) and Brendan McMahon (UM Assistant Professor in Art History).\n\nLunch will be provided so please register via the link if you plan to attend in order to ensure an accurate head count for catering.\n\nhttps://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/20360 UID:144024-21894546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Medieval,Medieval Studies LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:143720-21893710@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143720 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T091436 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T153000 SUMMARY:Other:Critical Conversations on Generative AI and Higher Education DESCRIPTION:Critical Conversations on Generative AI and Higher Education is a monthly\, cross-campus Community of Practice (CoP) for instructors and instructional staff who are navigating the evolving role of AI in their teaching. This community offers space to explore\, question\, and learn alongside colleagues across U-M—helping educators stay grounded in their pedagogical values while adapting to new technological realities.\n\nThe phrase “critical conversations” reflects our balanced approach—rooted in critical pedagogy and intergroup dialogue—that encourages open\, evidence-based exploration of AI’s implications for higher education.\n\nThrough engagement and reflection\, participants share diverse perspectives\, embrace productive tension\, and connect questions of technology to the core values of teaching and learning. Each conversation invites inquiry and shared meaning-making to support reflective innovation. UID:142494-21891024@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Center For Research On Learning And Teaching,Community Of Practice,Faculty,Flint,Genai,Information and Technology,Staff LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T142054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ACUM Presents: Advising Staff Contextualizing the 40th MLK Keynote Lecture DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a 1 hour debrief specifically for advising staff members following the MLK 40th Annual Keynote Memorial Lecture. The open discussion will support advising staff in processing the major themes presented in this year’s MLK Keynote lecture and uncover how those themes relate to our practice as student advisors.\nThe MLK 40th Annual Keynote Memorial Lecture Unbowed and Unbroken – The Enduring Struggle for Justice\, featuring Donzaleigh Abernathy and Derrick Johnson can be live-streamed from 10:00-11:30 on Monday\, January 19th. Please find more information on the MLK Keynote Lecture here: https://oami.umich.edu/mlk-symposium/\nAdvising staff who were unable to attend the Keynote Lecture are still welcome to participate in this event.\nNote: Event is held virtually via zoom. UID:144041-21894571@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T211602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Commutative Algebra Seminar: Subadditivity of Shifts for Monomial Ideals and Shuffle products in Lattices DESCRIPTION:We prove that the maximal shifts in the minimal free resolution of a monomial ideal form a subadditive sequence\, settling a conjecture of Avramov\, Conca and Iyengar. To do so\, we develop explicit chain-level models for the homology of posets and lattices\, introduce an Eilenberg–Zilber–type shuffle product in the lattice setting\, and use it to derive nonvanishing criteria for lattice homology classes that yield the desired subadditivity of maximal shifts. The talk is based on joint work with K. Adiprasito\, A. Björner\, M. Margaritis\, and V. Welker (arXiv:2404.16643).\n\nThis is a hybrid talk. Join on zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92232890782 with password commalg. UID:144429-21895345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144429 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T083220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Seminar Series on Social Connection: Anastaskia Makhanova DESCRIPTION:Anastasia Makhanova\nUniversity of Arkansas\nJan. 26\, 2026\n\nABOUT THE SERIES\n\nThe Winter 2026 RCGD Seminar Series: The Ties that Bond: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Connection\n\nThis seminar series brings together senior and early-career scholars to explore fundamental questions about how we connect\, protect\, and care. Talks will highlight lifespan and comparative approaches to understanding social connection\, physiological implications of social and race-related stressors\, and diverse conceptualizations of what it means to belong—from romantic and parent–child relationships to group and societal dynamics to technology-mediated interactions.\n\nRobin Edelstein\, Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan and an affiliate of the Research Center for Group Dynamics\, has organized this series. She will introduce the series at this kick-off event that doubles as a faculty meeting.\n\nThe first seminar in the series will be Jan. 26. Join us on Mondays to learn about the biological\, social\, and developmental pathways that shape human connection.\n\nThese events are held Mondays from 3:30 to 5.\nIn person: ISR Thompson 1430\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Robin Edelstein\nAs permissions allow\, seminars are later posted to our YouTube playlist. UID:142304-21890442@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142304 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biopsychology\, Cognition\, And Neuroscience,Biosciences,Cognitive Neuroscience,Psychology,Social Science,Social Sciences,Sociology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T121312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GLNT: Ring of Modular forms on certain unitary Shimura Varieties DESCRIPTION:The modular forms on the quotient $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})\backslash \mathcal{H}$ can be viewed as $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$-invariant holomorphic differentials on $\mathcal{H}$. Interpreting $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})\backslash \mathcal{H}$ as the moduli space of elliptic curves\, these forms can equivalently be described as global sections of the Hodge line bundle. A natural question is whether this perspective extends beyond $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$.\n\nIn this talk\, I will introduce modular forms on certain Shimura varieties and illustrate the definitions through a sequence of examples: Hilbert modular surfaces\, unitary Shimura curves\, and finally a unitary Shimura surface arising from a special family of cyclic covers of $\mathbb{P}^1$. I will explain how the geometry of this family makes the Hodge line bundle computable\, and how level structure on the Shimura variety can be interpreted concretely in this setting. UID:143314-21892894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143314 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T231803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Painlevé Universality class for the maximal amplitude solution of the Focusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with randomness DESCRIPTION:In this work\, we establish universality results for the $N$-soliton solution of the focusing NLS equation at maximal amplitude. Specifically\, we choose the associated normalization constants so that the solution achieves its maximal peak\, which\, in the large-$N$ limit\, satisfies a Painlevé-type equation independently of the distribution of the (random) discrete eigenvalues. We identify two distinct universality classes\, determined by the structure of the discrete eigenvalues: the \textit{Painlevé--III} and \textit{Painlevé--V} rogue-wave solutions. In the Painlevé--III case\, the eigenvalues take the form $\lambda_j = v_j + i \mu_j$\, while for Painlevé--V they satisfy $\lambda_j = -\zeta \\, j + v_j + i \mu_j$\, with $0 < \zeta < 1$. In both cases\, $v_j$ and $\mu_j$ are sub-exponential random variables. Universality can then be summarized as follows: regardless of the specific realizations of the amplitudes and velocities\, provided they are sub-exponential random variables and the normalization constants are chosen to maximize the \(N\)-soliton solution\, the resulting maximal peak always corresponds to either a Painlevé--III or Painlevé--V rogue-wave profile in the large-$N$ limit. UID:142833-21891725@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142833 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Seminar,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T101229 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T173000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Artist's Reception and Talk \n-- \n\nCurrently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n\n-- \nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144224-21894926@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144224 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Ann Arbor,Art,art and design,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T122447 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Student Combinatorics: Braid Varieties\, Weaves\, and Splicings: Part II DESCRIPTION:We continue the talk from last semester\, explaining how (Demazure) weaves can be used to provide a cluster structure on braid varieties and how a special method for constructing such weaves may provide a way of understanding the behavior of the cluster variables under the splicing map. UID:142434-21890950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142434 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T111129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:WCEE Lecture. AI for National and International Security: Opportunities Without Losing Control DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping how we understand and address conflict. This talk introduces emerging tools at the intersection of AI and Digital Twin technologies that enhance early-warning systems\, support mediation\, and strengthen peacebuilding efforts. By combining computational modeling with human-centered conflict transformation\, these approaches offer new ways to anticipate risks and design more responsive interventions.\n Drawing on global developments and an example scenario from the Western Balkans\, the lecture underscores both the opportunities and the risks associated with introducing AI into fragile political contexts. It stresses that although AI can strengthen dialogue\, enhance foresight\, and support institutional coordination\, its true value relies on robust human oversight and strong ethical governance.\n \n Driart Elshani is professor of information and communication technologies at the American University in Kosovo. He has contributed to multiple projects focused on leveraging information technology for development across both government and industry sectors. Professor Elshani's areas of expertise include artificial intelligence (AI)\, e-governance\, and cybersecurity. He was educated at the University of Brussels\, where he earned his Bachelor’s\, Master’s\, and PhD in information sciences and technologies. Professor Elshani is visiting U-M in September 2025 to complete research on a project entitled “Impact of AI on conflict transformation and peacebuilding” in collaboration with Thomas Finholt\, professor of information.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at gosiak@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142814-21891694@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142814 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,computing LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T155132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS MLK Day Lecture DESCRIPTION:Huwaida Arraf is a Palestinian American civil and human rights attorney\, activist\, and organizer whose work for more than two decades has focused on legal advocacy\, political education\, and grassroots mobilization for Palestinian freedom. In 2001\, she co-founded the International Solidarity Movement (ISM)\, a Palestinian-led movement for nonviolent resistance that has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She later helped establish one of the first accredited clinical legal education programs in the Arab world at Al-Quds University.\n \n Huwaida has long been a central figure in direct-action efforts to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza. As former chair of the Free Gaza Movement\, she led multiple sea missions to Gaza and helped organize the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla\, surviving Israel’s lethal attack on the flotilla in international waters. She currently serves as an organizer with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition\, coordinating ongoing civilian missions challenging the siege.\n \n Based in Detroit\, Huwaida practices civil rights law\, representing communities targeted by state violence and systemic discrimination. She sits on several organizational boards and continues to educate\, advocate\, and organize for Palestinian liberation and for greater Arab\, Muslim\, and youth engagement in U.S. political life.\n\n RSVP: https://myumi.ch/A1ENe\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n Email: -- warsansa@umich.edu UID:142560-21891155@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142560 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:arab american studies,Arab And Muslim American Studies,center for middle eastern and north african studies,Discussion,Human Rights,international,International Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T154358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Data Download Session 1: Data Cleaning with R DESCRIPTION:The Data Download consists of three workshops designed to strengthen your data analytics skills through a Business+Tech lens. Participants will build the technical foundation needed to succeed in the Datathon Competition and compete for the $3\,000 grand prize. Topics include Data Cleaning with R\, Python & AI\, and PowerExcel.\n\nRegistration for the Data Download closes January 24th at midnight.\n\nPlease note you DO NOT have to participate in the Datathon Competition in order to attend these sessions. They’re open to anyone who would like to learn more about these programs. UID:143329-21892916@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143329 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T141138 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Magnet Making at West Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants to make fun magnets for your fridge! UID:142643-21891250@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142643 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:West Quadrangle - Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T115735 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Career Fair Preparation: Stand Out in the Crowd DESCRIPTION:Attending the Winter Engineering Career Fair? Be prepared and feel confident! Make the most of every recruiter interaction by approaching the career fair with confidence and a plan. Learn how to navigate the career fair strategically\, research companies attending in advance and pitch yourself effectively to stand out from your peers. Pro Tip! Share with the recruiter what excites you about the company or role—employers appreciate candidates who’ve done their research!\n\nThis is a CoE event. Registration is encouraged in Career Forge. UID:142802-21891652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142802 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T120137 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T210000 SUMMARY:Other:January Brazilian Zouk Dance Lessons DESCRIPTION:Hi zoukinis! Join us for Brazilian Zouk Dance Lessons!\nNot sure what Zouk is? Zouk is a Brazilian social partner dance known for its fun-loving and playful style\, often involving close embrace\, body rolls\, and hair whips. Check out our page for example videos! \n6 pm-Beginner Lesson\n7 pm-Practica\n8 pm-Improver Lesson\nAll of our lessons are open level and require no experience\, feel free to drop in and meet our fun-loving and welcoming community. See you soon! UID:143146-21892312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T145738 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:aMplify: (Indoor) Field Day! DESCRIPTION:Hey Transfer community! We hope the start of the semester has been smooth sailing for you. We’re so excited to invite you to our upcoming aMplify: (Indoor) Field Day!\n\nWhether you’re looking to get active or just relax\, there’s something for everyone! Enjoy indoor favorites like corn hole\, jumbo Jenga\, bowling\, and yard pong. If you’d like something more relaxing\, we’ll also have plenty of board and card games. Perfect for sparking conversation and meeting new friends! Sounds like something you'd be interested in? \n\nAnd don’t worry about running out of energy\, we’ve got you covered with complimentary energy drinks to keep you going and push you through the semester! Be sure to RSVP and save your spot! UID:144140-21894718@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144140 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Dinner,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,first-generation,Food,Free,Games,In Person,Inclusion,Meal,Night Game,Social,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,transfer,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 LSA Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Urban Ag Internship: Meet the Farms Meet the Farmers DESCRIPTION:Come learn more about the UM Urban Agriculture Internship Program.\nMeet the Host Farms and Farmers!\nApply for the Internship!\n\nFood Provided! UID:144182-21894808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144182 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,food and the environment,Food Justice,food sustainability,Internship LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 1046 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T171652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Using AI to Enhance Your Writing DESCRIPTION:Everyone is using Generative AI tools like ChatGPT in classwork and in their personal lives. But how do you know if you are using AI tools efficiently\, effectively\, and ethically in your writing? In this workshop\, we will discuss ways to use AI tools that support your learning\, save time on tedious tasks\, but that also adhere to best practices and avoid getting into trouble with issues of intellectual property and plagiarism. You will leave this workshop with tools and strategies to feel more comfortable and confident with your use of AI tools. UID:143774-21893995@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English,Graduate And Professional Students,International,International Center,Language,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Weiser Hall - WEIS 296 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T162420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T200000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Mattering at Work in the Age of AI DESCRIPTION:Mattering at Work in the Age of AI\nMonday\, January 26\, 2026\nOnline\, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET\nFree and open to all\nRegistration is required to obtain login information\n\nEvent link: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/mattering-at-work-in-the-age-of-ai/\n\nJoin New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Breheny Wallace and Ethan Kross for a timely conversation on mattering at work in the age of AI. As artificial intelligence reshapes our workplaces\, Jennifer explores a vital question: how do we ensure people still feel valued\, needed\, and significant when machines can outperform us? Drawing on years of research and reporting for her forthcoming book \"Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose\,\" Jennifer shows why mattering—feeling valued and having the opportunity to add value—is not a “soft” concept\, but a fundamental human need and a strategic imperative for organizations navigating technological change. This session offers practical insights for building workplaces where technology amplifies—not replaces—human contribution\, and where every employee feels empowered to create cultures of mattering for one another.\n\nHost:\nEthan Kross\, Professor of Psychology and Management & Organizations\, University of Michigan\; Faculty Associate\, Center for Positive Organizations\n\nPartner: \nInstitute for Mental Fitness UID:143227-21892520@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143227 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Center For Positive Organizations,Free LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 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:143218-21892502@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:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T100000 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:134855-21892587@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:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894165@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 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:139065-21889778@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:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890840@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894908@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T210000 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:138431-21890605@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891551@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 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:142351-21890703@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:20260114T144012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Okta Swag Giveaway & Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join the Wolverine Identity Program team to learn more about the transition to Okta for sign-in and multi-factor authentication\, get help with enrollment in Okta\, and get some swag! UID:143920-21894268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,In Person,information and technology,information technology,Its LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T095119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T110000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:German Lecturer\, Mary Gell (magell@umich.edu)\, brings German chocolate to snack on and games to play (e.g. Tabu)\, all while chatting in German. UID:143465-21893218@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,Games,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany,Humanities,Language LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T091102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Empowering Blue: How to Make Room for What Matters DESCRIPTION:Trying to make meaningful progress\, but it always feels like there’s too much on your plate? This session introduces a practical framework to reflect\, reset\, and move forward with purpose. We’ll show you how the Start–Stop–Continue framework can help you and your team clarify what to prioritize\, what to leave behind\, and what’s already working. It’s a small shift that can lead to big clarity\, freeing up time to focus on the things that will help you meet your goals. If your team could use a fresh way to check in and refocus\, this is a great place to start. UID:142504-21891049@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Continuous Improvement,Discussion,Faculty,Free,Innovation,Lifelong Learning,Professional Development,Staff,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T181635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays\, musicals\, dance concerts\, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers\, designers\, and technicians.\n\nOpening Reception: January 23\, 2026\, 4:30 to 5:30 pm\n\nOpen January 27 – February 6\, 2026\nGallery Hours:\nTues – Fri\, Noon to 6:00 pm\nSunday\, Noon to 6:00 pm\n(Closed Saturday & Monday) UID:144058-21894597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144058 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,North Campus,Research,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T113413 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Seminar Series - Speciation\, extinction\, and the ecology of macroevolution DESCRIPTION:Description: The causes of biodiversity patterns at the largest scales of time and space remain poorly understood. In this talk\, I examine the relationship between these dynamic patterns of biological diversity and rates of evolutionary diversification\, and I evaluate progress in linking microevolutionary processes to speciation and extinction at macroevolutionary scales. I argue that biodiversity dynamics across space\, time\, and clades reflect an underlying causal unity shaped by ecological modulation of diversification. However\, further progress will require much deeper integration of traditional microevolutionary biology with population ecology and paleobiology. UID:144247-21894973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,biological science,Biology,Bsbsigns,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Museum - Zoology,zoology LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250820T132640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Influencing Change at Any Level DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:137827-21880825@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137827 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Professional Development,Self Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T121807 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Rapping Minority-ness: Rap as Vernacular Theory in China DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to recognize ethnic minority rappers as cultural theorists in China? This talk approaches minority rap\, with a particular focus on Tibetan rap\, not merely as music but as a vernacular theory of life emerging from the margins. Caught in a paradox\, ethnic minorities are hyper-visible as objects of state governance\, yet rarely heard in shaping the terms through which they are understood and represented. Drawing on lyrics\, artist interviews\, documentaries\, and audience commentary\, Dr. Tso will show how rappers reconfigure marginality into epistemic advantage\, producing alternative vocabularies and frameworks for understanding minority experiences\, aspirations\, and social relations. In this reconfiguration\, minority-ness is reimagined as immediate\, relational\, and generative. By foregrounding the analytical insights of these vernacular thinkers\, this talk illuminates new ways of thinking about power\, voice\, and belonging in China.\n \n Bendi Tso is a sociocultural anthropologist whose work focuses on borderlands\, nationalism\, ethnicity\, and oral traditions in China. Her research draws on ethnographic methods to examine China’s ethnic minorities beyond the dominant analytical lens of ethnicity. She is currently developing a book project that explores how disparate Tibetan subgroups on the Sino-Tibetan borderland negotiate essentialized notions of Tibetanness in a landscape marked by ambiguity and transition. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan.\n \n In-person talk only. UID:142931-21891821@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142931 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,Chinese Studies,Music,Tibet LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T105703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:Lunchtime Yoga DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime yoga is an opportunity to provide your body with some gentle movement\, strengthening\, stretching and balancing. We will use the poses to reconnect with your senses\, to breathe some life back into ourselves\, find internal balance and to recover from the efforts of the work week. The focus is on calm reconnection with ourselves rather than working out. Please bring a mat and a water bottle. UID:138074-21891587@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138074 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,yoga LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building - 2080 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143721-21893711@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143721 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894403@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T144943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Break it Down Now: Project Management 101 DESCRIPTION:How do you keep your research projects moving forward without missing important details? Do you wish you had an easier way to tackle large projects step by step? This Rackham Graduate School workshop gives you clear strategies and practical skills for organizing and managing your academic projects. Learn tools for tracking progress\, identifying risks\, and setting clear goals. Try out technology that helps you deliver results on time and within budget. Build a project charter to guide your work and map out your team\, timelines\, and challenges.\n\nThis workshop is open to all master’s students\, doctoral students\, and postdocs at the University of Michigan.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu. UID:143015-21891947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T094142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pause Café: French Conversation Hour DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and snacks while improving your French skills!\n\n-Chat for 10 minutes or the entire hour. All language levels are welcome.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Alan Ames at (alanames@umich.edu). UID:143171-21892374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143171 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Coffee,Community,Culture,Discussion,Food,Free,French,Games,Global,Humanities,In Person,Interactive,Intercultural,Language,Multicultural,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251028T131413 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Translating the Frontier: Just War and Free Circulation on the Roads of Colonial Mexico DESCRIPTION:With the “Hear\, Here” series\, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session.\n\nAbout this talk:\n\nIn 1618\, colonial Mexican officials established a city called Córdoba along the highway between Mexico City and Veracruz to secure silver shipments from attacks by African maroons. Strikingly\, they described the city as both a “frontier” and a “frontier fort.” This talk reads the new city as a translation of the technologies of war from the frontier to the center and traces a discursive shift from just war to economic circulation that accompanied it.\n\nDaniel Nemser is a 2025-26 John Rich Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures. UID:141240-21888440@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141240 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Humanities,Latin America LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T090430 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Memorial in Honor of Professor Yili Liu DESCRIPTION:The gathering will take place on Tuesday\, January 27\, from 1:00–3:00 pm in the Johnson Rooms and will be held as a hybrid event\, with the option to join via Zoom. This time together is intended to offer our community an opportunity to reflect on Yili’s life\, work\, and lasting impact as a scholar\, colleague\, and mentor.\n\nThose who wish to attend are asked to please register in advance here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/memorial-for-professor-yili-liu-hybrid-event-tickets-1980185125014\n\nWe know that the loss of one member of our community affects us all. A loss like this may evoke difficult emotions and also surface memories of other challenging experiences. We encourage you to reach out to friends and colleagues\, listen to one another\, and support each other as we grieve this loss together. For those who may need additional support now or at any point in the future\, the following resources are available:\n\nSTUDENTS\nThe University’s Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) is available to help you. There is no charge for their services. They are aware of this terrible loss and are available to support students more urgently through the CAPS Counselor on Duty\, available during business hours. To speak with a Counselor on Duty or to schedule an appointment\, call 734-764-8312. There are also embedded CAPS College of Engineering counselors on North Campus. They may be reached at caps-engin@umich.edu.\n\nYou may also contact the Dean of Students office at 734-764-7420 or the Michigan Engineering CARE Center (734-615-1405\; engin-support@umich.edu) if you’d like to speak with someone directly about any concerns you have.\n\nFACULTY/STAFF\nEmployee resources are available through the Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office (FASCCO). To schedule an appointment or inquire about FASCCO services\, call 936-8660 or email fascco@umich.edu.\n\nFOR EVERYONE\nU-M campus faculty\, staff\, and students have access to a crisis text line by texting '4UMICH' to 741741 UID:144042-21894577@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144042 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Industrial And Operations Engineering LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Rooms (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T094127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T142000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Economy Workshop DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, 1-2:20pm\, Eldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall (unless a different time and location have been specified)\n\nFaculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley\, Edgar Franco-Vivanco\, Mark Dincecco\, Iain Osgood\n\nGraduate Student Coordinators: Jun Fang and Pedro Luz de Castro UID:112502-21893397@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld, Room 5670 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T092610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:SRC Seminar Series Presents: Parents\, Neighborhoods\, and the Developing Brain DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThis talk will describe research examining how parents and neighborhood disadvantage are related to brain function. The talk will focus on a population ecological neuroscience approach to understanding how poverty “gets under the skin” to impact brain development. Specifically\, the talk will describe research linking parenting and neighborhood risk to neural function in emotion and regulatory regions of the brain using representative samples with enrichment for exposure to disadvantage. Additionally\, the talk will cover current and future directions using novel designs (experimental\, twin) to get closer to causal models.\n\nBio:\nLuke Williamson Hyde is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. He received his PhD in Clinical and Developmental Psychology with a concentration in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Hyde’s research focuses on how adversity and inequality impact the developing child from the preschool years through early adulthood\, as well as how these experiences shape brain and behavioral development. This work has been funded by multiple awards from the National Institutes of Health and has been recognized by a variety of early career awards from multiple scientific organizations including the American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science.\n\nMeeting ID: 993 5134 5515\nPasscode: 265270 UID:143363-21892956@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143363 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Neighborhoods,Neuroscience,Poverty,Psychology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Adam Lenhart performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:143722-21893712@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143722 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T132058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T134500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T144500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ES Faculty Candidate: Tiffany Wu DESCRIPTION: UID:143385-21893552@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143385 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants! DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES). UID:138848-21890484@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/91565104584 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T144012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Okta Swag Giveaway & Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join the Wolverine Identity Program team to learn more about the transition to Okta for sign-in and multi-factor authentication\, get help with enrollment in Okta\, and get some swag! UID:143920-21895150@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,In Person,information and technology,information technology,Its LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T142100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Consulting Career Seminar for Psychology PhD Students DESCRIPTION:Learn about an exciting career option outside academia from Michigan Psychology Department alum\, David Krauss\, Ph.D.\, who is a principal scientist at Exponent. All levels of Psychology PhD students are welcome and food will be provided! Exponent investigates human factors to make products safer\, improve work environments\, investigate accidents\, and inform product design\, by examining what drives human decisions\, behaviors\, and actions. David has spent the last 22+ years applying his expertise in cognitive psychology to solving real-world problems by answering challenging questions about the capabilities and limitations of human perception and performance. We hope to see you there!  UID:143700-21893673@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T172305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Derived Fun: Towards Homotopical Algebra DESCRIPTION:Derived functors play a central role in commutative algebra\, organizing algebraic computations through exact sequences and homological methods. This talk begins with a brief conceptual revisit of derived functors in homological algebra\, and then examines Kähler differentials of commutative rings as a motivating example for why we want derived functors beyond abelian categories. \n\nTo address this problem\, we trace Dan Quillen’s insight that homotopical methods provide an ideal framework for defining derived functors in nonabelian settings. Along the way\, we encounter his definition of model categories\, which have since become central tools in modern homotopy theory. From this perspective\, the cotangent complex arises as a derived replacement for Kähler differentials. We will outline the construction of the cotangent complex and discuss some of its powerful applications to deformation theory. Time permitting\, I will say something about how the homotopical viewpoint reconciles with homological algebra. UID:144446-21895363@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144446 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251226T220321 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: Topology\, graphs\, and data DESCRIPTION:This talk will be an introduction to the emerging area of discrete\nhomotopy theory\, which applies intuitions and techniques from the\ncontinuous setting to discrete objects such as graphs. It has found a\nbroad range of applications\, both within and outside mathematics\,\nincluding to matroid theory\, hyperplane arrangements\, and data analysis.\n\nI will discuss two of my own contributions to discrete homotopy theory\,\none more theoretical and one more applied. The first is a proof\, joint\nwith D. Carranza (Compos. Math.\, 2024)\, of the conjecture by E. Babson\,\nH. Barcelo\, M. de Longueville\, and R. Laubenbacher that discrete\nhomotopy groups can be topologically realized. The second\, joint with N.\nKershaw (arXiv:2506.15020)\, builds on this result and introduces a new\nmethod of data analysis\, which we call persistent discrete homology. We\nshow that in addition to its utility for clustering\, it can detect other\ngeometric features of a data set. It is furthermore highly noise\nresistant\, and as such provides a powerful alternative to the usual\nmethods of (unsupervised) machine learning\, especially in areas subject\nto high uncertainty\, such as seismology or crime linkage. UID:143123-21892177@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T133619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CPOD Winter 2026 Seminar Series: “Visualizing gene regulation post traumatic brain injury with spatial epigenetics” DESCRIPTION:Yang Xiao\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\nPathology\nUniversity of Michigan UID:141985-21889737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141985 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Biosciences,Ecology,Education,Engineering,Free,Graduate School,Graduate Students,human genetics,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T135406 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How to Move from October 7 and the War in Gaza to Peacemaking? DESCRIPTION:Part of the Samantha Woll Dialogues\, Raoul Wallenberg Institute Director Jeffrey Veidlinger will moderate an exchange between Shai Feldman (Chair on Israeli Politics and Society at Brandeis University) and Khalil Shikaki (director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah\, Palestine) as they explore the feasibility and potential outcomes of moving from October 7 to peacemaking. UID:137003-21879402@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137003 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Discussion,Education,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,International,Jewish Studies,Middle East Studies,Open Inquiry,Philosophy,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T093412 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nam Center Colloquium Series | Private Violence and the Law in Late Chosŏn Korea DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/QwX2k\n\nThis lecture examines how the Chosŏn State addressed the problem of private violence\, focusing on adultery-related homicides. While the State criminalized adultery under legal codes\, the law allowed a notable exception that justified private violence: if a husband killed his wife and her lover when caught in the act\, he could be exempt from punishment. By the late eighteenth century\, the exception was more broadly interpreted\, extending leniency to other kin\, such as sons and brothers-in-law\, and loosening the requirement that the killing occur immediately at the scene. Did these developments reflect a weakening of state authority\, or a different logic of governance? The lecture argues that they embodied the state’s effort to reconcile centralized legal authority with Confucian ideals of familial honor\, thereby illuminating how Chosŏn Korea negotiated the boundary between public governance and private moral obligation.\n \nHa-kyoung Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Academy of Korean Studies. Her research investigates the intersections of law\, authority\, and governance in premodern Asia\, with a particular emphasis on the legislative processes and legal practices of Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910). She is currently working on two projects: Confucian Moral Ethics\, Moral Crimes\, and the State in Chosŏn Korea (funded by the National Research Foundation\, 2025-2027) and Koreans’ Legal Literacy: Its Historical Formation and Development (supported by the Institute for Legal Studies at Yonsei University\, 2025-2031). Her recent publications include “Roles and Challenges of Legal Officials During King Chŏngjo’s Reign\,” The Journal of Korean Studies (forthcoming in Vol. 31\, no. 2\, 2026). This lecture draws from her ongoing research as a Visiting Scholar at the Nam Center for Korean Studies\, University of Michigan.\n \n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at ncks.info@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:143253-21892555@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,History,Korea,Korean Studies,Law LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T152108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T174500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Queer Straight Alliance for Robotics DESCRIPTION: UID:144109-21894676@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144109 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Robotics Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165909 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Foundations of Community Engagement DESCRIPTION:Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop for students that introduces principles and practices of equitable\, ethical community engagement. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of what the term “community engagement” means\, as well as the many forms it might take - from research and course-based projects to philanthropy\, activism\, policy\, and direct service. Across all these forms of engagement\, participants will learn concepts and actions that promote equitable partnerships\, center community-defined priorities\, and disrupt entrenched power dynamics between universities and community members. Participants will also discuss real-world community engagement scenarios that ask them to apply what they’ve learned in the workshop to various situations.\n\nhttps://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/19663 UID:142752-21891337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142752 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Organzing,Community-based Learning,Free,Social Impact,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T154325 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Data Download Session 2: Python and AI DESCRIPTION:The Data Download consists of three workshops designed to strengthen your data analytics skills through a Business+Tech lens. Participants will build the technical foundation needed to succeed in the Datathon Competition and compete for the $3\,000 grand prize. Topics include Data Cleaning with R\, Python & AI\, and PowerExcel.\n\nRegistration for the Data Download closes January 24th at midnight.\n\nPlease note you DO NOT have to participate in the Datathon Competition in order to attend these sessions. They’re open to anyone who would like to learn more about these programs. UID:143332-21892919@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143332 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T181505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Museums in Time of Polycrisis DESCRIPTION:As a global polycrisis continues to impact modern day life\, perhaps no other institution is experiencing the impact of rapid change more than the American museum. In this talk\, Dr. Moore will identify and name the challenges to museums and the impact on visitors\, communities\, and museum professionals. What is the value of the museum in the 21st century? How can those who love museums fight back to preserve the positive benefits of museums as these institutions work hard to preserve memory\, archive human activity\, and work to tell inclusive\, truthful\, and powerful stories? Dr. Moore will outline the promise of cultural institutions and discuss how we need museums now more than ever to help us make meaning of our lives\, create places of respite and refuge\, and foster welcoming for all communities\; especially those with histories of oppression and marginalization.\n\nDr. Porchia Moore is the Associate Director of the Center for Arts\, Migration\, and Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor and Director of Museum Studies at the University of Florida. She is the Co-Director of the international collaboratory\, The Incluseum\, and the co-founder of the Visitors of Color Project. Her scholarship examines the relationship between digital technologies\, race\, identity\, and communities. UID:144153-21894745@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Exhibition,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,Museum,Storytelling LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld Room (5670) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T095602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 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:139870-21886239@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:20260105T172853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Christian Historian Asks: Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? DESCRIPTION:As America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding\, the religious dimensions of America's origins are being widely discussed and debated. In the Center's kickoff event for 2026\, historian John Fea will examine the idea of America as a Christian nation\, the role the Bible played in the American Revolution\, the religious beliefs of the Founders\, and how those beliefs may or may not have influenced their work as statesmen. Join us for this critical conversation.\n\nJohn Fea is Distinguished Professor of American History at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg\, Pennsylvania. He is the author of six books\, including Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction\, one of three finalists for the George Washington Book Prize. UID:143230-21892531@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143230 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Politics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T172059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Winter 2026 CSP Academic Programming DESCRIPTION: UID:142896-21891774@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1144 Angell Hall (CSP Suite) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T115726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Engineer Your Resume: Resume Writing That Works! DESCRIPTION:Join the ECRC to unlock your resume writing potential and learn how to create a document that will stand out to recruiters\, hiring managers AND be compatible with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). We will discuss resume formatting and specific content appropriate for student resumes. Your resume is what will lead to a job interview so make sure you are getting it right! Don’t miss out on this important session!\n\nThis is a CoE event. Registration is encouraged in Career Forge. UID:142799-21891650@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142799 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T135226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:QMSS Resume-Building Workshop Featuring Data Skills DESCRIPTION:Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Science (QMSS) Program for a resume-building workshop with a special focus on highlighting & marketing your data-related skills from QMSS (and other!) courses. \n\nIn the first half of the workshop\, students will receive general advice on how to structure a data-centric resume and some dos and dont's/tips and tricks for creating stronger application materials. In addition\, students will get specific advice for how to market data and analytical skills taught in QMSS courses including QMSS 201\, 301\, and 451 that goes beyond a basic \"skills\" section. In the second half of the workshop\, students will work in real-time on their own resumes to edit their skills and experience sections based on the previous content and ask questions one-on-one with the presenter about their specific resume\, experiences\, and/or goals.\n\nFollowing the workshop\, participants will have an opportunity to send their resume in and receive written feedback from the presenter and/or senior QMSS Peer Mentors as well as make one-on-one appointments with the presenter or QMSS Peer Mentors to discuss further.\n\nStudents are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet to take notes\, work on (or create!) your current resume\, and/or ask specific questions during the workshop. You may also bring a printed version of your current resume to take notes and ask questions if you prefer.\n\nOpen to all students! UID:144135-21894708@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144135 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Data Science,Free,Minors,Networking,Professional Development,Quantitative Methods,Recruiting,Social Sciences,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T114259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quilting Connections DESCRIPTION:Join the Sustainable Cultural Organizers to learn about mending and quilting techniques from around the world and understand the textile lifecycle. Using repurposed materials\, you can make embellished fabric patches to up cycle clothing or tote bags. You'll also work on a collaborative embroidery piece for a community quilt!\n\nDinner will be served. Please RSVP to let us know about access or dietary needs. UID:142903-21891794@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142903 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Sustainability LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T110339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T193000 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:121370-21891820@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:20260128T001518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Subject Matters: Is It Clay? DESCRIPTION:Is it clay? Is it wood? Is it… cake? Ceramics in Asian art can be experimental\, ingenious\, and sometimes just downright surprising. From vessels that mimic fabric to sculptures that defy what clay should be able to do\, artists across Asia have spent centuries pushing this humble material into extraordinary forms. \n \nJoin UMMA Curator Dave Choberka and UMMA Curator of Asian Art Natsu Oyobe for a discussion about the history of UMMA’s Asian Art collection through the lens of clay: how it was shaped\, traded\, transformed\, and elevated into one of the most influential artistic traditions in the world. This 90-minute Subject Matters event uncovers a dazzling history of UMMA’s Asian Art collection.  ​ Featuring special guest Kara Ma\, Chinese art research specialist\, and UMMA’s program manager for the Chinese Object Study Workshops. \n UID:142987-21891915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142987 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T093312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:The Watermelon Woman DESCRIPTION:The wry\, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl\, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman\, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl’s own life as she navigates a new relationship.\n\nThe film screening will be followed by a community conversation with professors SaraEllen Strongman (Afroamerican and African Studies)\, Lydia Kelow-Bennett (Afroamerican and African Studies)\, and graduate student Sydney Tunstall (English and Women's and Gender Studies). Moderated by Symone Campbell.\n\nFree and open to the public. No ticket necessary. *First 20 attendees receive a free popcorn!* UID:142748-21891333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Film,History,Humanities,Lgbt Issues,Undergraduate,Women's Studies,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Theater 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T135900 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUWeekly Trivia Night DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy a trivia night with exciting prizes including: gift cards\, bluetooth speakers\, karaoke mics\, and much more! UID:143918-21894257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143918 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:CCI,Free,Free Food,Prizes,Trivia LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T172059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T192000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:UMSI Open Skate 2026 - Yost Ice Arena DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join your fellow UMSI students\, staff\, and faculty for a night of ice skating at Yost Ice Arena. This will be a FREE event - including free ice skate rentals. Come join us for a night of fun on the ice! Families welcome!\nWaiverPlease print\, sign\, and bring the participation waiver. One waiver must be signed per person. We will have some extra copies at the event for those who need it.Parking and TransportationPersonal vehicles can be parked anywhere near the arena in the parking lot. Parking is free during the event. Please see the parking and entrance map for details.For those looking to use the University's free busing\, we recommend taking either the Commuter North or Commuter South routes and getting off at the Intramural Sports Building on Hoover Ave. It is a short walk southeast from there.Skates and On-Ice PolicySkates are free and available for use during the event. The skates run true to regular shoe size and should only be worn on either the rubberized areas or the ice (especially not the metal stands). No food or beverage is allowed on the ice. UID:143266-21892603@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143266 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena - 1116 S State St, Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T182308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T195000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Food Literacy for All DESCRIPTION:Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan supported by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative\, Program in the Environment\, School for Environment & Sustainability\, and our Michigan-based community partners. \n\nFrom January to April 2026\, Food Literacy for All features dynamic guest speakers each Tuesday evening (6:30-7:50 PM) to address the challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. This year\, we will hear talks on changemaker chefs\, seed rematriation\, student food movements\, soil science and politics\, city urban agriculture directors\, labor practices in the meatpacking industry\, and much more. The course is primarily virtual and livestreamed as Zoom Webinars. \n\nRegister for free as a community member on our website. As a registrant\, you can attend the sessions that interest you/fit your schedule.\n\nRather participate for course credit in the Winter 2026 semester? Enroll in the 2-credit\, primarily virtual class as an undergraduate (ENVIRON 444) or receive graduate-level credit (EAS 444). UID:142266-21890287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142266 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,agriculture,Climate Change,Environment,environmental justice,food,Interdisciplinary,social justice,sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T155258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LACS Virtual Teach-In: Venezuela and US Imperialism DESCRIPTION:For this virtual teach-in\, experts on Venezuela will convene to discuss some basic yet urgent questions: What should everyone know to understand recent developments in Venezuela? What has mainstream media gotten right\, what has it gotten wrong\, and what has it left out in its coverage? How should we situate current events historically\, within Venezuela but also within the context of US imperialism in Latin America and beyond? What are some possible futures for Venezuela and who stands to benefit or lose if one future wins out over the rest?\n\n\n- - -\nNext Teach-In Event:\nU.S. Foreign Policy Through a Global Lens (in person) - February 25\, 2026\, 12-1:30 PM\, 1010 Weiser Hall UID:144321-21895162@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144321 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Caribbean,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Discussion,Latin America,Latina/o Studies,Public Policy,Social Sciences,Teach-in,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Basketball vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Men's Basketball vs Nebraska UID:142096-21890003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142096 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251126T113450 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T210000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:University of Michigan Reception - AMS26 DESCRIPTION:A University of Michigan Reception with CLaSP will be held on Tuesday\, January 27\, 2026\, at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Houston\, Texas. We are excited to partner with the Hilton Americas hotel for this event.\n\nUniversity of Michigan Reception\nAmerican Meteorological Society Meeting 2026\n7:00-9:00pm\, January 27\, 2026\nHilton Americas-Houston\, Lanier Grand Ballroom E\n1600 Lamar Street\, Houston\, TX\n855.768.0932 UID:142236-21890254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T180236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Winter Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Hey guys! If you identify as a women or non-binary and are interested in coding\, we would love to have you in Girls Who Code @ UM. We accept all experience levels! Please attend our mass meeting if you want more information! RSVP at this form here\, so we know how much pizza to order!  UID:144002-21894510@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144002 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:EQ 1506 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T201040 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T213000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:English Plus DESCRIPTION:👉 Special Topic: Job Search English Practice! 👈\nJoin Senior Certified HR Manager & Business Owner\, Amy Kinder\, as she shares practical job-search tips and guides interactive conversations to help you practice professional English in a supportive environment.\n\nSpots are limited to the first 10 people who sign up per session. All Michigan international students are welcome—no matter your English level. \n\n📅 Upcoming Sessions\nTue 1/20 8:30 PM: Job Search English Practice – Part 1\nTue 1/27 8:30 PM: Job Search English Practice – Part 2\n\n👉 Sign up to receive the Zoom link!\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScP2F_WmEuC8k91lIAjBEtnRk28VrqhsNZlnfmpgTfuxspqwg/viewform UID:143987-21894375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143987 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Free,Graduate Students,International,International Students,Talk,Training LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 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:143218-21892503@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:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T100000 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:134855-21892589@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:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894166@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 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:139065-21889779@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:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890841@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T145128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Pre-Law Drop In Advising DESCRIPTION:Pre-law advisors are available during drop-in hours to answer quick questions from all U-M Ann Arbor students and alumni.\n\nJoin the Queue: https://officehours.it.umich.edu/queue/1145 UID:143506-21893304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143506 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Law,Newnan,Newnan Academic Advising,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Newnan Lsa Pre-law,Pre Law,Pre-Law LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251222T160636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Pronouns 101 DESCRIPTION:Spectrum Center's Pronouns 101 workshop is for U-M faculty\, staff\, and students. In this 2-hour workshop on the basics of pronouns and their usage\, participants will have the chance to practice using different sets of pronouns and work on bystander intervention skills.\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n1. Learn what pronouns are and be able to share why they are important in your own words\n2. Identify the correct pronouns in various sentence structures\n3. Practice different methods of addressing harm using a tool called scripting (coined by author Ritu Bhasin)\n4. Use an action planning resource to develop one tangible\, actionable goal related to your increased inclusivity around pronouns\n\nHOW TO ATTEND\nRegistration is required. A Zoom link will be shared with registrants prior to the workshop.\n\nMORE WORKSHOPS AND INFORMATION\nFor more information about Spectrum Center’s educational workshops and/or to request an in-person/virtual workshop for your department or organization\, visit https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/workshops UID:142597-21891205@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142597 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:LGBT,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894909@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T210000 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:138431-21890606@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891552@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T163345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Welcome Wednesday DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday mornings throughout the fall and winter semesters\, the Alumni Association hosts Welcome Wednesdays for U-M students\, providing free coffee\, tea\, hot chocolate\, and a breakfast snack.\n\nLocated at the Alumni Center\, students can stop by from 9 a.m. to noon during the dates listed. Just make sure you bring your MCard!\n\n*Free refreshments are made possible by Alumni Association members and their membership dues. UID:136300-21889791@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136300 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Breakfast,Food,Free,free food,In Person,Networking,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Alumni Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250910T144920 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Courageous Conversations DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139191-21885027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139191 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Professional Development,Self Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 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:142351-21890704@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:20260128T092051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Getting started with ACCESS HPC Computing DESCRIPTION:This workshop will give a brief rundown on how to apply for FREE HPC compute courtesy of the NSF's ACCESS program.  We'll run through how and when to apply and be available for any questions you might have. UID:143219-21892507@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T102050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BSI Application Workshop: New transfer students (for Fall 2026) DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to invite you to an application workshop designed to help you strengthen your BSI application and stand out during the admissions process! This event will provide valuable insights and hands-on support to differentiate your application.\nThe workshop will begin with an application workshop packet provided by our team\, including a resume\, essay\, and supplemental materials guide to support you during the application process. We will share a brief presentation with BSI program details and essential application information\, followed by an open Q&A to address any general questions that remain. The majority of the event will be designated for direct application support\, where you will be able to sign up for a 5-minute 1:1 session with a member of our admissions team to ask your individual application questions.  UID:144441-21895357@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251117T162550 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T113000 SUMMARY:Presentation:CGIS: Summer 2026 International Internships with Omprakash Info Sessions (December 2025 & January 2026) DESCRIPTION:The U-M Global Social Impact Internships Program with Omprakash helps students earn academic credit while pursuing independent social impact internships in Asia\, Africa\, and Latin America.\n\nInternship fields include health\, engineering\, education\, human rights\, sustainability\, and gender-based advocacy.\n\nAlongside your internship\, you will engage in critical dialogue and reflection about the complexities of striving for justice while crossing differences of culture and power\, and you will create a series of digital storytelling posts that document your experiences through lenses informed by our course themes.\n\nInfo Session Dates and Times:\n\nWednesday\, December 3\, 2025 from 10:00-10:30 AM ET\nThursday\, January 15\, 2026 from 12:00-12:30 PM ET\nWednesday\, January 28\, 2026 from 11:00-11:30 AM ET\n\nPlease register via Calendly: https://calendly.com/omprakash-org/u-m-global-social-impact-internships-info-session\n\nInfo session Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82074105905\n\nFor more information and questions about Omprakash internships\, please see: https://www.omprakash.org/joinedge/michigan-social-impact-internships\n\nYou can also contact the Omprakash staff for more information and to ask questions:\n\nEthan Goldbach: Director of EdGE Programs (ethan@omprakash.org)\nWilly Oppenheim: Executive Director (willy@omprakash.org) UID:141957-21889682@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141957 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,Africa,All Majors Welcome,Asia,Career,Central America,Free,global engagement,global opportunities,India,Information Session,international,International Education,Internship,internships,Latin America,Social Impact,South America,Southeast Asia,Travel LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21894991@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881283@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T063150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878475Are 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:143008-21891941@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143008 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T153242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Weekly coffee chat hosted by INFORMS & HFES DESCRIPTION:Come join us in the IOE Commons for some coffee and networking! UID:138834-21892672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138834 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Hfes,Human Factors And Ergonomics Society,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - Community Suite Room 1700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T093903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2025-2026 MICDE Ph.D. in Scientific Computing Student Seminars DESCRIPTION:The MICDE PhD Student Seminar Series showcases the research of students in the Ph.D. in Scientific Computing. Lunch will be served. These events are open to the public\, but we request that all who plan to attend register in advance via Sessions (see link). \n\nPresenter details will be available on the registration form and on the MICDE events calendar. Planned sessions will be canceled if no one signs up to present\, and registrants will be notified.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please email micde-phd@umich.edu. UID:139740-21894083@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139740 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace Engineering,Chemical Engineering,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computation,Computational Medicine,Computational Modeling,Computational Science,Computational Social Science,Data Science,Engineering,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Behavior & Health Equity,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Machine Learning,Materials Science,Micde,Phd Seminar,Political Science,Prospective Graduate Students,Public Health,Research,Science,Scientific Computing,Sessions LOCATION:Room 3127, Green Court Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T181649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Austin Zhu & Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Austin Zhu & Adam Lenhart perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143723-21893713@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T181636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays\, musicals\, dance concerts\, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers\, designers\, and technicians.\n\nOpening Reception: January 23\, 2026\, 4:30 to 5:30 pm\n\nOpen January 27 – February 6\, 2026\nGallery Hours:\nTues – Fri\, Noon to 6:00 pm\nSunday\, Noon to 6:00 pm\n(Closed Saturday & Monday) UID:144059-21894598@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144059 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,North Campus,Research,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T112050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CMW: Transitioning Back after Break DESCRIPTION:Does coming back from break feel tough and stressful? Join our Transitioning Back after Break wellness group to learn some strategies to cope\, hear from other students and get some free lunch!\nThis FREE in-person educational wellness group is for students only and will include an interactive presentation 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.\nRegistration is not required for in-person wellness groups\, but is recommended so there is enough lunch for all attendees. UID:143184-21892399@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143184 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T063202 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Cover Letters and Resumes for Jobs and Internships (for Graduate Students) DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance on cover letters and resumes for positions beyond tenure track roles.It also meets the needs of those applying for internships\, including those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The processof synthesizing your academic experiences into strong application materials for jobs and internships beyond academia can be challenging but rewarding. This workshop is a hands-on opportunity for graduate students to learnhow to effectively develop a resume using the foundation that they have laid with information from their CVs. Additionally\, this session will include tips for writing compelling\, tailored cover letters and thinking strategically about how these two documents complement each other. This workshop is designed for master's students\, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff\, please contact rackhamdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance. Brought to you bythe University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. Register in Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/103750  #UCC UID:143617-21893523@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T133848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Cover Letters and Resumes for Jobs and Internships for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance on cover letters and resumes for positions beyond tenure track roles. It also meets the needs of those applying for internships\, including those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The process of synthesizing your academic experiences into strong application materials for jobs and internships beyond academia can be challenging but rewarding. This workshop is a hands-on opportunity for graduate students to learn how to effectively develop a resume using the foundation that they have laid with information from their CVs. Additionally\, this session will include tips for writing compelling\, tailored cover letters and thinking strategically about how these two documents complement each other.\n\nThis workshop is designed for master's students\, doctoral students\, and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff\, please contact rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:142939-21891831@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142939 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T131217 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T132000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. Poetic Voice from a Russian Prison: Zhenya Berkovich and her Striking Protest DESCRIPTION:On April 10\, 2023\, experimental director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petrichuk were arrested in Russia on charges of “justifying terrorism.” Russian authorities accused them of spreading terrorist propaganda through their play \"Finist\, the Bright Falcon\,\" which through a documentary-style performance attempts to understand what motivated the choices of Russian women\, who met ISIS militants online and traveled to Syria to marry them.\n \n Despite the play’s success and numerous awards\, Berkovich and Petrichuk were sentenced to six years in a penal colony. While still in pretrial detention\, Berkovich wrote a cheerful children's book called “Pets\,” in which the characters are animals that inhabit the prison: crows\, rats\, and even cockroaches. From the penal colony\, she continues to send poems and texts filled with observations and hope to the outside world.\n \n In this lecture\, journalist and playwright Anna Narinskaya will talk about what Zhenya Berkovich's voice means in today's Russia and beyond.\n \n Anna Narinskaya is a Russian journalist\, playwright\, art curator\, and activist. In Russia\, she worked for newspapers Kommersant and Novaya Gazeta\, curated exhibitions at the Pushkin Museum\, the Museum of Modern Art\, and the Jewish Museum\, and collaborated with the Gogol Center. In 2018\, she was one of the organizers of the “March of Mothers” protesting against the persecution of teenagers in Putin's Russia. In 2022\, after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine\, she emigrated to Germany\, where she writes for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and collaborates with the Gorki Theater.\n \n Her latest projects include the play \"My Beloved Country\,\" based on the bestselling book by Elena Kostyuchenko\, and the exhibition \"No Such People Here\,\" which tells the story of the oppression of LGBTQ+ people in Chechnya.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142741-21891320@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142741 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:europe,russia LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T110533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Inequality & Social Demography (ISD) Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 21: Mila Listrovaya\, Katie Leu\n- January 28: Charles Katulamu\n- February 5: Haorui Peng \n- February 18: Johanna Oh \n- March 11: Janet Wang\, Cayley Ryan-Claytor\n- March 25: Nafeesa Andrabi \n- April 8: Nils Neumann\n- April 22: Junchao Tang UID:143660-21893591@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143660 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T135742 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Material Conversations: A Focus on Glass DESCRIPTION:Catie Newell\, professor of architecture at Taubman College and founding principal of Alibi Studio\, will speak about her work exploring the illuminative qualities of glass through form\, color\, and transparency demonstrated through site-specific works and material research.\n\nNewell's most recent work explores glass as a building unit that both transforms and modulates light. Light Forms are \"cast glass modules that work architecturally\, allowing light to transfer through them\, aggregating together several different tessellations to make spaces with different textures and optical qualities.\"\n\nYou will soon see Light Forms in action\, in \"Inhabiting Light\" at Magnolia Glade in Nichols Arboretum. UID:142914-21891803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142914 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Free,Library LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Material Collection, 2nd floor - Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mathematical Biology Seminar: How much data is needed to validate multiscale models of viral infections? DESCRIPTION:Uncertainty in parameter estimates from fitting mathematical models to empirical data limits the model’s ability to uncover mechanisms of interaction. Understanding the effect of model structure and data availability on model predictions is important for informing model development and experimental design. To address sources of uncertainty in parameter estimation\, I will present methodologies that can help determine when a model can reveal its parameters. I will apply them in the context of virus infections in animals and humans at within-host\, population\, and multiscale levels. Using these approaches\, I will provide insight into the sources of uncertainty and provide guidelines for the types of model assumptions\, optimal experimental design\, and biological information needed for improved predictions.\n\nThis seminar is hybrid: meeting in Weiser 296 and via Zoom:\nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/97725897086\nMeeting ID: 977 2589 7086\nPasscode: mathbio UID:143969-21895434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143969 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,data,Life Science,Mathematical Biology,Mathematical Modeling,Mathematics LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 296 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T161642 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series: Sensitivity Analyses for Nonignorable Selection Bias When Estimating Subgroup Parameters in Nonprobability Samples: A Weighting Approach DESCRIPTION:MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series\nMPSDS M3 Series: Mastery\, Methodology\, Meetups\n\nIn person\, room 1070 Institute for Social Research\, and via Zoom. \nThe Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.\n\nSensitivity Analyses for Nonignorable Selection Bias When Estimating Subgroup Parameters in Nonprobability Samples: A Weighting Approach\n\nSelection bias in survey estimates is a major concern\, affecting both nonprobability samples and probability samples with low response rates. The proxy-pattern mixture model (PPMM) offers a method for conducting a sensitivity that assumes a nonignorable selection mechanism\, where selection depends on survey outcomes of interest. This approach requires summary-level auxiliary information for the target population of interest from a reference data source. While PPMM methods have been successfully applied to derive overall population-level estimates\, extension to domain-level estimates is challenging when population-level summaries for the specific subgroup are unavailable. This occurs when the domain indicator is observed only in the survey\, or for complex intersectional subgroups where stable/reliable population-level auxiliary variable estimates are unavailable. To combat this issue\, we propose a novel approach: creating nonignorable selection weights based on the PPMM based on a re-expression of the PPMM as a selection model. These weights can be directly applied to calculate domain-level estimates\, circumventing the need for domain-specific population-level summaries of auxiliary variables. They rely on a single sensitivity parameter (ranging from 0 to 1) that captures a spectrum of nonresponse assumptions\, ranging from an ignorable mechanism to an extreme nonignorable mechanism. We discuss differences in weight construction for continuous versus binary outcomes\, describe the necessary assumptions for these weights to produce informative domain-level estimates\, and illustrate properties through simulation. We then apply the approach to the Census Household Pulse Survey to estimate various subgroup quantities under a range of assumptions on the selection mechanism.\n\nRebecca R. Andridge\, PhD\nThe Ohio State University\nCollege of Public Health\, Division of Biostatistics\nAssociate Dean for Undergraduate Studies\nProfessor of Biostatistics\n\nDr. Andridge's research is focused on imputation methods for missing data\, primarily when missingness is driven by the missing values themselves (missing not at random)\, and on measures of selection bias for nonprobability samples. She also works on statistical challenges that arise in analysis of data from group-randomized trials. She collaborates with researchers across campus\, including the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research\, the Nisonger Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities\, and The OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center\, and serves as Lead Methodologist for several state-sponsored population-based surveys. She is an Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association (2020). UID:143425-21893147@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143425 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Biomedical,Biosciences,brown bag,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Discussion,Free,Health Data,In Person,Lecture,Public Health,seminar,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research,symposium,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Room 1070, Institute for Social Research CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T151127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Power and Partnerships in Community Engagement DESCRIPTION:Developing equitable and mutually beneficial partnerships with community members and organizations requires taking a critical look at how power operates in university-community partnerships. This interactive workshop will introduce participants to key principles of equity-focused community engagement and discuss how relationships of power shape university-community partnerships for research and student learning. We’ll consider how power operates in such areas as: the structure and terms of partnership agreements\, participation dynamics in university-community projects\, and funding/compensation. Participants will generate strategies for re-shaping inequitable power dynamics\, share insights with colleagues\, and identify ways to apply key principles to their own community-engaged work. \n\nThis session is designed especially for participants who are involved in (or interested in) community-engaged research\, teaching & learning\, project/program administration\, and/or campus initiatives at Michigan. \n\nOpen to faculty\, staff\, admin\, and post-docs. Graduate students who are interested in attending can email ginsberginfo@umich.edu for more information.\n\nThis session is not open to undergraduate students.\n\nRegister: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/104215 UID:143221-21892509@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Community Engagement,Community Organzing,Faculty,Free,Staff,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T063150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878444Just 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 andformat- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resumefor specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Studentor 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 the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:142999-21891932@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894404@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T112050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SPH Leadership Development Series 2025-26 DESCRIPTION:A series of workshops\, panels\, and presentations to help the Michigan Public Health community grow in their leadership skills and abilities. UID:138382-21891185@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138382 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Online in Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T101212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Take a Survey\, Take a Slice DESCRIPTION:Join us on the 8th floor of Weiser Hall from 12–2 PM on Wednesday\, February 4th\, and Friday\, February 6th for FREE PIZZA in exchange for completing a leadership survey.\n\nYour input helps the Barger Leadership Institute and other campus organizations better understand how to offer meaningful leadership opportunities. The survey is run by CELO (Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunities)\, one of the world’s largest and longest-running youth leadership research programs\, and your data is fully anonymous and securely stored.\n\nCheck your email from MSL (Jan 12) for the survey link\nNo email? We will share a link with you to use at the event!\n\nWhat you’ll be asked about:\n-> Leadership experiences in and out of the classroom\n-> Campus involvement & sense of belonging\n-> Skills\, values\, and perspectives you’ve developed at U-M\n\nThe details:\n-> An online survey that takes about 20 minutes\n-> Participation is completely voluntary\n-> Must be a current U-M undergraduate and 18+ to participate UID:143504-21893315@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Barger Leadership Institute,Bli,Food,Free,Leadership,Undergraduate LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 8th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T083310 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Transitioning Back after Break DESCRIPTION:Does coming back from break feel tough and stressful? Join our Transitioning Back after Break wellness group to learn some strategies to cope\, hear from other students and get some free lunch! This FREE in-person educational wellness group is for students only and will include an interactive presentation 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. You can register using the link. Learn more at campusmindworks.org. UID:143460-21893210@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143460 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Campus Mind Works,Food,Free,Free Food,Health & Wellness,In Person,mental health,north campus,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Wellness,Workshop LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 265 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T100405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:ClariTEA: Informal Undergraduate Advising Event DESCRIPTION:ClariTEA is a weekly informal\, drop-in advising event where Robotics and Interested Undergraduate students meet with Robotics Undergraduate Academic Advisors. Refreshments and TEA are offered at each meeting.\n\nJoin us in having a conversation with the Robotics Undergraduate community. UID:142310-21890454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142310 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Michigan Robotics,Robotics,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 2000 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T122048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Staff Craft: Darning DESCRIPTION:Have some socks or gloves that are wearing out? Attend this workshop and learn to darn them! Bring your clean knit item with a thin spot or small hole\, all other materials provided. No experience necessary. Open to all U-M faculty and staff. UID:143431-21893160@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Ruthven Building (1109 Geddes Ave) Room 2180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T183710 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar | Cardy limit of the 3d superconformal index DESCRIPTION:Cardy limit of SUSY indices in diverse dimensions are of interest for studying black hole microstates and supersymmetric gauge dynamics\, among other things. This talk will review recent results on the Cardy limit of the superconformal index of rank-one 3d N=2 gauge theories. We shall encounter mathematical structures reminiscent of those in Seiberg-Witten theory. This motivates future attempts at applying some of the new 3d N=2 techniques to 4d N=2 theories. UID:143767-21893988@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143767 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Brown Bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250815T105053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Positive Links Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:Positive Links Speaker Series: Leading for Wellness: How to Create a Team Culture Where Everyone Thrives\nKatina Sawyer\nWednesday\, January 28\, 2026\n1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET\nFree and open to all\, registration required to obtain login information\nOnline\n\nEvent link: https://myumi.ch/2rQpD\n\nPositive Links:\nThe Positive Links Speaker Series\, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations\, offers inspiring and practical science-based strategies to build and bolster thriving organizations. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics\, students\, staff\, and leaders.\n\nAbout the talk:\nA troubling trend is emerging in today’s workplace: employee morale and overall satisfaction are in sharp decline\, despite companies investing more in wellness initiatives than ever before. What’s missing? Contrary to popular beliefs and large investments from companies\, “add-on” offerings like wellness classes\, mindfulness training\, and healthy lifestyle initiatives are not perceived as helpful for improving employee wellness. Many organizations misunderstand wellness―it’s not a program or a box to check. Instead\, employees’ actual day-to-day experiences at work and interactions with their leaders are far more important than wellness programs or initiatives. \n\nLearn about a science-backed blueprint for fostering healthier\, more productive work environments rooted in actionable steps for leaders to become “Generators”―the leaders organizations and employees value most who cultivate genuine connections\, create a positive team culture\, and help employees achieve their work and life goals. Gain a clear\, data-driven path forward and a concrete plan to turn the session’s insights into action―to become the Generators you and others have the potential to be. \n\nAbout Sawyer:\nDr. Katina Sawyer is an internationally recognized expert on the science of workplace wellness. She is the co-author of \"Leading for Wellness: How to Create a Team Culture Where Everyone Thrives\" and co-host of the Leading for Wellness podcast\, which brings research-backed insights to people passionate about building thriving workplaces. As co-founder of Workr Beeing\, Dr. Sawyer is on a mission to make evidence-based wellness strategies accessible to employees everywhere. \n\nA TEDx speaker and a thought leader featured in Harvard Business Review\, Forbes\, Fast Company\, and other major outlets\, Dr. Sawyer has delivered hundreds of presentations to audiences around the world. Her expertise has also been showcased on both local and national news\, where she brings clarity and inspiration to conversations about what it takes to foster wellbeing at work. \n\nDr. Sawyer is also an award-winning researcher and an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters — which focus on leadership\, employee flourishing\, and organizational culture — many of which have been published in top journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology and Administrative Science Quarterly. Katina has received over 15 national research and teaching awards\, including the SIOP Early Career Award for Humanistic I-O Psychology\, the University of Michigan’s Positive Organizational Scholarship Publication of the Year\, and Philadelphia’s 40 Under 40 distinction. \n\nHost:\nMonica Worline\, Faculty Director\, Center for Positive Organizations\n\nSeries Sponsors:\nThe Center for Positive Organizations thanks the Sanger Leadership Center\, Tauber Institute for Global Operations\, and the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship for their support of the 2025-26 Positive Links Speaker Series. \n\nSeries Promotional Partners:\nAdditionally\, we thank Ann Arbor SPARK\, the Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division of the Academy of Management\, and the Organization Development and Change (ODC) Division of the Academy of Management for their Positive Links Speaker Series promotional partnerships. UID:137603-21880456@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137603 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Center For Positive Organizations,Free,Graduate,Positive Links,Staff,Talk,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251121T101424 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Practicing Equity: Inclusive Curation\, Imaginative Methods\, and Community Impact -- An Interactive Seminar DESCRIPTION:Developed for the Black Curatorial Institute (BCI)\nFacilitator: Dr. Kelli Morgan\n\nPracticing Equity is an interactive seminar designed for educators\, artists\, and cultural workers committed to building inclusive\, community-centered teaching and research practices. The session integrates foundational texts from Black Feminist scholars and curators\, alongside various community-centered exhibitions\, to connect critical theory with actionable professional practice. Additionally\, it outlines a methodology and approach to scholarship that reimagines possibilities for spaces of learning. Rooted in the Black Curatorial Institute’s Community Impact and Connection to Practice core pillars\, this curriculum encourages participants to see teaching\, research\, and curatorial work as both an ethical responsibility and a transformative form of care.\n\nThis event is presented by the Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). Light snacks will be provided.\n\nRegister to secure your spot. UID:141959-21889689@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141959 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Tribute Room, 1322 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T145128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Pre-Law Drop In Advising DESCRIPTION:Pre-law advisors are available during drop-in hours to answer quick questions from all U-M Ann Arbor students and alumni.\n\nJoin the Queue: https://officehours.it.umich.edu/queue/1145 UID:143506-21893305@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143506 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Law,Newnan,Newnan Academic Advising,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Newnan Lsa Pre-law,Pre Law,Pre-Law LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T122049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Business Objects 4.3 Zoom Training - January 2026 DESCRIPTION:This is a zoom training that covers the fundamentals of Business Objects and the steps to navigate in Business Objects to perform basic\, intermediate and advanced tasks in BO. Please bring your own laptop and power adapter to in-person training.Please Note: There is a minimum of 10 registrations for each class (you can find the number of seats available out of 40). If the minimum number of seats is not reached we will email you in advance. UID:142793-21891584@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142793 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121642 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Eva Albalghiti\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Eva Albalghiti performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:143724-21893714@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143724 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260104T213636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Canvas Accessibility for Panorama DESCRIPTION:Join ITS-Accessibility for an engaging\, in-depth training session on using Panorama to enhance the accessibility of your Canvas course site. Panorama is a powerful accessibility tool integrated into Canvas that enables instructors and instructional support staff to create\, scan\, and fix digital content for accessibility directly within Canvas. In addition\, Panorama allows students to automatically generate alternative formats of Canvas content and attached files\, ensuring materials are accessible in the formats that work best for them. This training will provide practical guidance and step-by-step demonstrations to help you identify and resolve potential accessibility barriers\, making your Canvas course more inclusive and user-friendly for everyone.\n\nClick the links below to register to receive the link \nThursday\, January 15th @2:00 (https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/5CRARUILQ6-FeCDysxzFKQ)\nWednesday\, January 28th @ 2:00 (https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/6ru7-91WROSg6dvtu2Gwdw) UID:140552-21892308@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140552 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:access,accessibility,Artificial Intelligence,assistive technology,Canvas,Digital Accessibility,digital technology,Disability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T123147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:International Students Career Series: Career Resilience: Tools to help you Thrive DESCRIPTION:Want to learn how to manage stress during your job search? Join Wolverine Wellness and the University Career Center for an interactive conversation about healthy ways to navigate stress and uncertainty in anever-changing job market.  Come with questions\, leave with practical strategies and resources you can use to prioritize your well-being while searching for internships and jobs.This event was previously held in person\, but has been moved to a virtual format for accessibility. This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen bya larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event and see more details\, please go to this link: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/1886517/share_preview  We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have anyquestions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Cierra Sutherland at cierrasu@umich.edu. To ensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives\, we kindly request that you inform us as soon as possible. #UCC UID:143740-21893729@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143740 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T234904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Howe Duality for Real Groups DESCRIPTION:We will give a brief overview of the Weil representation and the theta correspondence for real reductive groups\, and sketch Howe's proof of Howe duality. UID:144464-21895390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144464 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Number Theory LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T095622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning seminar in algebraic combinatorics: quiver representations DESCRIPTION:This talk will cover 1.1-1.4 of Kirillov's book on quiver representations. UID:144465-21895422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T101228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Programmable Topology in Hybrid Light-Matter Systems DESCRIPTION:Quantum geometry has emerged as a new framework that unites different disciplines and underpins novel transport and nonlinear phenomena in topological states of matter. In this colloquium\, I will discuss an emerging system for topological studies: designable hybrid light-matter fluids. By integration of 2D material excitations — such as moiré excitons and Fermi polarons — with engineered photonic crystals\, we create a platform where topology can be designed and dynamically controlled. UID:144293-21895126@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144293 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants! DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES). UID:138848-21890497@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T163249 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Privacy for Populations at Risk: Supporting Journalists Facing Attacks in the Digital Age DESCRIPTION:Celebrating International Data Privacy Day!\n\nElodie Vialle\, an international journalist and human rights activist\, will discuss how journalists—particularly women journalists and journalists from marginalized communities—are increasingly targeted in online spaces\, from coordinated harassment to surveillance and AI-amplified attacks. Drawing on real-world cases\, the session will explore practical responses to mitigate harm while safeguarding journalistic work and freedom of expression.\n\nLynette Clemetson\, Charles R. Eisendrath Director of Wallace House\, will facilitate Q&A time after the keynote presentation.\n\nJoin us on Zoom on the day of the event: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97875254127\n\nAdd this event to your Google calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/MmtxZHR1aW5raGw4bGZkOWg0N3E5NGNoamYgdW1pY2guZWR1X2ZkczI0Z2V2cGE0MnY5NTc2bG5wZTJjbWxrQGc UID:143915-21894254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143915 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Data Science,digital,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Studies,digital technology,Discussion,Ethics,Free,Human Rights\, Sustainability\, Social Impact,Humanities,Information and Technology,information policy,information technology,Interdisciplinary,internet security,it,Journalism,Law,michigan it,privacy,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Media,Social Sciences,Sociology,Talk,technology,Webinar LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T112641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Trees and SL2 DESCRIPTION:A common theme in mathematics is to understand algebraic objects using their actions on geometric spaces. Bass—Serre theory is one instance of this approach where one studies groups via their actions on trees. I will give an introduction to the simplest case of Bass—Serre theory and build a dictionary between gluing of spaces\, amalgamation of groups\, and actions on trees. This dictionary gives us a surprising amount of information about the structure of groups\, especially about their torsion subgroups. I will demonstrate this by applying the theory to SL2(Z)\, SL2(Q_p)\, and SL2(F_p((t))). UID:144436-21895352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144436 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - EH3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T220853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Seminar: On the P=C conjecture DESCRIPTION:I will introduce the P=C conjecture which is an analogue of the P=W conjecture in the setting of a del Pezzo surface S. The main character of the conjecture is the moduli space M of one-dimensional sheaves on S. The perverse filtration records the topology of the Hitchin-type fibration\, while the Chern filtration records the shape of tautological relations. The perverse filtration is of particular interest because it conjecturally categorifies the Gopakumar-Vafa invariants of a local Calabi-Yau 3-fold. This is a joint work with Y. Kononov\, M. Moreira\, W. Pi. UID:141272-21888524@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T153641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Convergence Analysis of Discrete Sampling in Continuous-Time Reinforcement Learning and High-Dimensional Numerical Integration DESCRIPTION:Stochastic policies (also known as relaxed controls) are widely used in continuous-time Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms. However\, a critical disconnect remains between theory and practice. The theoretical aggregated dynamics\, driven by averaged coefficients\, provide a convenient basis for deriving RL algorithms but cannot be directly implemented. Physical execution requires the agent to sample concrete actions from the policy. Since continuously sampling independent actions poses significant mathematical and computational challenges\, practical implementation must rely on discrete sampling. Yet\, for general diffusion processes\, the accuracy of such discretely sampled dynamics has lacked rigorous theoretical justification.\n\nIn this talk\, I will bridge this gap by introducing and rigorously analyzing a policy execution framework that samples actions from a stochastic policy at discrete time points and implements them as piecewise constant controls. We prove that as the sampling mesh size tends to zero\, the controlled state process converges weakly to the dynamics with coefficients aggregated according to the stochastic policy. We explicitly quantify the convergence rate based on the regularity of the coefficients and establish an optimal first-order convergence rate for sufficiently regular coefficients. Additionally\, we prove a 1/2-order weak convergence rate that holds uniformly over the sampling noise with high probability\, and establish a 1/2-order pathwise convergence for each realization of the system noise in the absence of volatility control. Building on these results\, we analyze the bias and variance of various policy evaluation and policy gradient estimators based on discrete-time observations. Our results provide theoretical justification for the exploratory stochastic control framework in [H. Wang\, T. Zariphopoulou\, and X.Y. Zhou\, J. Mach. Learn. Res.\, 21 (2020)\, pp. 1-34].\n\nFinally\, I will also briefly discuss my research on Quasi-Monte Carlo sampling methods for efficient computation in high-dimensional numerical integration. UID:143763-21893983@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Make Your Own Flyer Workshops DESCRIPTION:*No prior experience required\, all supplies will be provided\"\n\nAre you curious about DIY art and culture? These art-making drop in workshops offer a hands-on way to engage with the ephemera of underground and independent music scenes featured in the Flyover Country exhibition. You will have the opportunity to make the poster for a dream show with a lineup of your favorite bands\, draw a protest flyer\, put together a collage art piece\, or even design a flyer for a real upcoming event you're planning.\nA button maker will be available for anyone who wants to turn a design into a punk-inspired button pin\, all participants will receive a free handout to take home with them.\n\nJanuary 28th workshop participants are also welcome to tape their finished flyers to a shared display wall in the gallery if they choose\, becoming part of the exhibit while it’s on view. \n\nFree coffee\, tea\, and treats will be provided at both workshops on a first-come\, first-served basis. UID:143980-21894368@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts For All,Culture,In Person,Workshop LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Shapiro Gallery, Third Floor, Room 3160 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T210402 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Probability/Analysis Circle: Change of Variables - From Symmetric Matrices to Eigenvalues DESCRIPTION:This is the second meeting of the Probability/Analysis Circle\, a new event for juniors\, seniors\, and master’s students interested in probability and analysis. Eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix are complicated functions of the matrix’s entries. If we view the mapping from the entries of a symmetric matrix to its eigenvalues and eigenvectors as a change of variables\, what is the Jacobian? We will compute it for the 2x2 case and discuss the general nxn case. Then\, we’ll use this formula to explore the distribution of random eigenvalues for certain random symmetric matrices. Students are expected to know multivariable calculus. UID:144430-21895346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T085405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Unpacking the News with U-M Faculty Experts DESCRIPTION:Each session offers a space to pause\, sort out what’s happening\, and engage in thoughtful\, civil discussion with peers. Bring your questions\, your curiosity\, and your perspective—no preparation required.\n\nJosh Pasek is Professor of Communication & Media and Political Science\, Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies\, Institute for Social Research\, and Associate Director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science at the University of Michigan. UID:143802-21894055@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143802 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Civic Learning,Culture,Education,Free,In Person,Media,Politics,Social Impact,Talk,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251114T154427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Meeting:LSA Virtual Q&A for Prospective High School Students DESCRIPTION:LSA Recruitment is hosting an hour-long virtual LSA Q&A session where prospective high school students can ask LSA and Michigan Learning Community (MLC) student ambassadors common questions about being an LSA student at Michigan. Common questions include but are not limited to majors/minors\, LSA programs\, MLCs\, campus resources\, living in Ann Arbor\, studying abroad\, etc. The session is intended for first-year student applicants and their guests. If you are interested\, sign up for a session below. Note that sessions are scheduled for the Eastern Time Zone.\n\nRegister Here: https://myumi.ch/rAMgG UID:117080-21891197@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117080 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Prospective Undergraduate Students,Virtual,free,Prospective Student LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T084714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Transfer Transitions: Community Connections DESCRIPTION:Welcome\, Winter 2026 transfer students! Join us for Transfer Transitions: Community Connections\, an event for you to connect with several identity-based programs and offices around campus. Come to chat with Blavin Scholars\, CEW+\, LSA First-Generation Commitment\, International Center\, the Non- and Post-Traditional Student Community Group (NPTCG)\, Trotter Multicultural Center\, and the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI). \n\nWhile this event is geared toward new transfer students\, all U-M transfer students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please register through the Sessions link to get free food\, and come anytime between 5-6 PM. UID:142967-21891863@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142967 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T120259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Wolverine Support Network Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join us January 28th from 5–6 PM in East Quad\, Room B830 for our upcoming mass meeting! Come learn what WSN has planned\, get involved\, and connect with an amazing community on campus! 🧠✨\nAll are welcome...we can't wait to see you there! UID:144607-21895562@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144607 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Quad B830 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T135040 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T193000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:2026 First-Gen Winter Community Dinner DESCRIPTION:Join the First-Gen Gateway\, Barger Leadership Institute\, and MLEAD for the First-Gen Winter Community Dinner! At this event\, you will have the opportunity to learn more about what it means to be a leader and leadership opportunities on campus! UID:143216-21892445@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143216 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:First Gen,First Generation,Leadership LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T163100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:BLI Community Meetings - Community Connections DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in conflict resolution and bridging communities?\nJoin us at the community meeting to learn more about the power of community connections and enjoy some Detroit-inspired bites.\n\nD-team will also be in attendance to share information about the Detroit Retreat (March 27th-29th) with applications opening at the meeting! UID:144407-21895312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Barger Leadership Institute,Bli LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T172050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:First-Gen Winter Community Dinner 2026 DESCRIPTION:The First-Gen Community Dinner is an opportunity for first-generation college students to connect with each other and learn more about the First-Gen Gateway. There will be a featured resource at this event that is dedicated to supporting first-generation students and staff will be available to answer any questions you might have. UID:142291-21890406@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142291 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251224T134757 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Texas Instruments Corporate Information Session DESCRIPTION:1/28/2026 | 5:30 pm | DOW 2150 (FOOD PROVIDED: Cottage Inn Pizza)\nMajors: Biomedical Engineering\, Chemical Engineering\, Computer Engineering\, Computer Science\, Data Science\, Electrical Engineering\, Industrial and Operations Engineering\, Materials Science and Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering\nPositions: Full Time\, Intern\nDegrees: Bachelors\, Masters\, PhD\nResumes Collected\nUS Citizenship Required\n\nTexas Instruments designs\, manufactures\, tests\, and sells analog and embedded semiconductors in markets that include industrial\, automotive\, personal electronics\, communications equipment\, and enterprise systems. UID:143110-21892158@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143110 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Career,Career Fair,Chemical Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computer Engineering,Computer Science And Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Data Science,Electrical Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Materials Science And Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,north campus,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Herbert H. Dow Building - 2150 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T120212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Cookies and Coloring DESCRIPTION:Come eat some cookies and color with CWSA. This can be both an opportunity to meet other CWSA members while aso learning about CWSA! UID:144290-21895125@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:School of Social Work CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250827T123154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Deutschtisch im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Deutschtisch is a weekly event in the North Quad dining hall for Max Kade residents and visitors from outside of Max Kade Haus to speak German during a meal. UID:138182-21882542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138182 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Dining Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T141528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:January WISE Night In DESCRIPTION:Join WISE for a dinner party with a side of professional development. Our undergraduate WISE Mentors will lead a short\, fun\, and productive activity designed to jump start your career/internship search\, followed by a delicious catered dinner to chill\, eat\, and make some new friends. January will feature Qdoba and guided intention-setting for the year. UID:143477-21893244@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143477 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T102044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T210000 SUMMARY:Other:QMSS Community Hours: Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION:QMSS Community Hours are open to all students as a place to build community\, work\, study\, and get help & support from QMSS Peer Mentors and GSIs.\n\nQMSS Community Hours are designed to be a casual\, supportive\, weekly community-building and open study hours event for students in the QMSS Community (i.e.\, students previously or currently enrolled in any QMSS courses\, declared QMSS minors\, and student friends of the QMSS program). QMSS Community Hours are a supplement to traditional office hours during which students can come to chat with QMSS Peer Mentors\, make friends in the QMSS program\, and work independently or in groups on problem sets\, projects\, and/or exam studying.\n\nDuring Community Hours\, 1-2 GSIs from each QMSS 201 and QMSS 301 course will be present for at least 1 hour for potential student questions\, and there will be plenty of open space to work on your own or with friends without a GSI if that's what you prefer. QMSS Peer Mentors will always be present for the entire event to chat about navigating the QMSS minor\, finding\, applying for\, and getting offers for summer internships that utilize QMSS skills\, life as a student at the University of Michigan\, or anything else they've been thinking about lately and seeking additional support or resources for!\n\nOpen to all students! Light snacks will be provided & soft coffee house-style background music will be played during the events.\n\nThe image alt-text of the Winter 2026 QMSS Community Hours schedule is as follows:\n- Wednesday\, January 14 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, January 20 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, January 28 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, February 3 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, February 11 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, February 17 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, February 25 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, March 10 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, March 18 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, March 24 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, April 1 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, April 7 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, April 15 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, April 21 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm UID:144192-21894864@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144192 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Minors,Networking,Office Hours,Quantitative Methods,Social,Social Sciences,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T150928 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Rooting for Change Cafe DESCRIPTION:Rooting for Change Cafe is a pop-up cafe and community space for students by students that uses radical hospitality and skillsharing to engage students in creative practices for adapting to a changing climate. Once a month\, the cafe hosts a hands-on arts workshop and serves a menu inspired by the workshop theme.\n\nWednesday\, Jan 28\, 6-8pm: Playing with Your Food\nLearn how to turn your food into musical instruments using conductive circuits. A limited number of participants will leave the workshop with the supplies they need to play with their food at home as instruments\, code\, and more. The three-course dinner menu will snap\, crackle\, pop\, slurp\, and crunch\, exploring how sound can change the flavors of food. \n\nWednesday\, Feb 25\, 6-8pm: Seed Fabrication Extravaganza\nGet creative with the UM Seed Library and eat a seed-forward menu.\n\nPlease indicate your interest in these events by filling out this form. Keep in mind that these events are first come first serve\, so try to arrive on time! Check out our instagram (@umsustainablefood) for more information leading up to the workshops and feel free to reach out with any questions to umsfp.core@umich.edu\n\n**Registration encouraged** See linked form UID:139242-21893123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Food,Free,Michigan Arts Festival,Sustainability LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Windows Lounge (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T180045 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T213000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Beginner Lesson and Social Dance DESCRIPTION:Swing Ann Arbor hosts a beginner drop-in lesson and social dance every Wednesday! No partner or experience needed. You do not need to be a student of the University of Michigan to attend. Just bring yourself and some comfy shoes!\n \n WHEN:Join us Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm for a free beginner drop-in lesson\, followed by a social dance from 7:30-9:30pm!\n \n WHERE:Michigan League\, Vandenberg Room throughout Fall 2025911 N University Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI\n \n COST:Admission to beginner drop-in lesson: FREE!\nAdmission to social dance: $5 or FREE if you take the beginner drop-in lesson\n \n LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAYS:Each last week of the month we are hosting live music during our social dances! Check out our separate event listing for full details.\n \n VOLUNTEER:Help us run the front desk! You get free admission and $5 in Swing Ann Arbor credit! Email swingannarbor@gmail.com to help out.\n \n Photo Credit: Samantha Kunz Photography UID:142678-21891289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142678 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T155319 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Data Download Session 3: PowerExcel DESCRIPTION:The Data Download consists of three workshops designed to strengthen your data analytics skills through a Business+Tech lens. Participants will build the technical foundation needed to succeed in the Datathon Competition and compete for the $3\,000 grand prize. Topics include Data Cleaning with R\, Python & AI\, and PowerExcel.\n\nRegistration for the Data Download closes January 24th at midnight.\n\nPlease note you DO NOT have to participate in the Datathon Competition in order to attend these sessions. They’re open to anyone who would like to learn more about these programs. UID:143334-21892921@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T110847 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Gulfstream Aerospace Corporate Information Session DESCRIPTION:1/28/2026 | 6:30 pm | DOW 1014 (FOOD PROVIDED: Cottage Inn Pizza)\nMajors: Aerospace Engineering\, Electrical Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering\nPositions: Intern\, Co-op\nDegrees: Bachelors\, Masters\, PhD\nResumes Collected\nUS Citizenship or Permanent Resident\n\nInspired by the belief that aviation could fuel business growth\, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. invented the first purpose-built business aircraft\, the Gulfstream I\, which first flew in 1958. Today\, more than 3\,400 aircraft are in service around the world. Together with parent company General Dynamics\, Gulfstream consistently invests in the future\, dedicating resources to researching and developing innovative new aircraft\, technologies and services.\n\nGulfstream’s next-generation family of aircraft\, including the super-midsize Gulfstream G300\, the category-leading Gulfstream G400\, the award-winning Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600\, the ultralarge-cabin Gulfstream G700 and the ultralong-range Gulfstream G800\, offers an aircraft for every mission. All are backed by the worldwide Gulfstream Customer Support network.\n\nLeading the way to better\, faster and safer flight is all in a day's work at Gulfstream. Our employees design\, manufacture and support the world's most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Explore our opportunities\, and chart your course with us. UID:144427-21895343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144427 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace Engineering,Career,College Of Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Full Time,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Internship,Masters Students,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,north campus,Professional Development,Recruiting,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T141619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Cozy Cocoa Night at West Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for a study break and warm up with treats and community! UID:142641-21891249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142641 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:housing,Social,Study Night LOCATION:West Quadrangle - Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T180159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Star Wars Mandalorian Season 1 Watch Party DESCRIPTION:Come join some fellow Star Wars fans as we rewatch The Mandalorian season 1 in preparation for the new movie coming out in May!\nSnacks provided: rebellions are built on food. UID:143592-21893446@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143592 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T121611 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T194500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pre-Concert Lecture: University Philharmonia Orchestra DESCRIPTION:This lecture begins at 7:15 pm before the 8:00 pm UPO performance. UID:142540-21891133@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Hill Auditorium - Lower Level Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T114150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Game Night at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the East Quad Diversity Peer Educators for a night of friendly-competition and connection! Enjoy fun games and free snacks. UID:144248-21894974@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Game Day,Games,In Person,Social LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Mulitcultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T181636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:University Philharmonia Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Jayce Ogren\, conductor\n\nPROGRAM\n*Marmoris*\, Sarah Kirkland Snider\n*The Fountains of Rome*\, Respighi \n*The Moldau*\, Smetana\n*Liquid Interface*\, Mason Bates UID:135438-21876830@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135438 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T060027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Florida Warmup DESCRIPTION:Michigan Men's Ultimate will be competing in the Florida Warmup in Apopka\, Fl on Jan 29 through Feb 1. UID:142269-21890303@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142269 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Northwest Recreation Complex in Apopka, FL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 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:143218-21892504@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:20250926T163836 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Leadership and Culture: Strategies to Prevent Workplace Issues DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139960-21886422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139960 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Culture,Intergroup Dialogue,Leadership LOCATION:Off Campus Location - West Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T154836 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Understanding Income Taxes: A Practical Overview for Postdocs DESCRIPTION:Financial Literacy Workshop\n\nAre you a postdoctoral scholar wondering how U.S. income taxes work? Join us for an informal and friendly session where we'll break down the basics: what income taxes are\, why your pay is withheld\, common tax forms\, and how deductions and credits may affect your take-home pay.\n\nLearn the essentials of filing taxes\, tips for planning your net income\, and strategies to avoid surprises at tax time. This session is educational and designed to give you the tools you need to discuss your individual circumstances with a tax professional.\n\nBring your questions: Heather will provide answers and share resources. \nNo prior knowledge required\, and all questions are welcome!\n\nThis series is organized by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and presented by Dr. Heather Moore\, Assistant Director of Financial Education and Engagement. Heather holds a master’s degree in sociology and a doctoral degree in education\, and she has worked and taught coursework in both academic and student affairs. Throughout her career\, she has developed coursework\, including financial education courses\, to fill gaps in practical knowledge\, complementing students' degree plans and providing a well-rounded educational experience that equips them to be informed and competitive in their post-graduation careers and society. UID:143762-21893984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143762 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:In Person,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Workshop LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T100000 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:134855-21892590@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:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894167@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 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:139065-21889780@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:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890842@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T210000 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:138431-21890607@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 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:142351-21890705@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:20251212T152529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:IOE Community Event DESCRIPTION:Join fellow members of the IOE community for some delicious treats in the Community Suite! UID:142655-21891266@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142655 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - Community Suite (IOE 1700) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21894992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881284@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T063125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878485Are 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:143012-21891945@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T104150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | Quantum computers and their potential to enable scientific discovery DESCRIPTION:In-person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project\, 2301 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\, USA\, PML2000\nZoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98530700330?jst=2\n\nAbstract:\nQuantum technologies are advancing rapidly with a pathway to scientific discovery and quantum utility by 2030 for the Department of Energy community. Harnessing quantum technologies as they scale up will require next-generation software and integration with HPC and AI. Software frameworks to couple HPC and AI to quantum computers\, as well as connecting end users to such a hybrid computing environment will be essential to ensure the technology can be harnessed optimally to deliver on industry and scientific discovery needs. I will show research progress and discuss the opportunities for scientific advantage for quantum technologies and potential pathways to integrate HPC\, AI and networking.\n\nShort bio:\nBert de Jong is the Director of the Quantum Systems Accelerator\, which is part of the National Quantum Initiative. Additionally\, de Jong is the Team Director of the Accelerated Research for Quantum Computing (ARQC) Team MACH-Q\, funded by DOE ASCR\, which focuses on developing software stacks for near-term quantum computing devices. Additionally\, de Jong has a program in AI and machine learning to understand biomolecular processes\, and discover new materials and molecular crystals for gas adsorption. de Jong serves as the Department Head for Computational Sciences and leads the Applied Computing for Scientific Discovery Group. This group advances scientific computing by developing and enhancing applications in key disciplines\, as well as developing HPC\, quantum and AI tools and libraries for addressing general problems in computational science. UID:142256-21890276@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142256 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science LOCATION:Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project - PML2000 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T113303 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T153000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Winter Engineering Career Fair DESCRIPTION:The Winter Engineering Career Fair will be held on Thursday\, January 29 from 11:30 AM-3:30 PM. This event is intended to help employers connect with students studying programs offered through the College of Engineering\, as well as LSA Computer Science and Data Science\, for full-time\, internship and co-op employment opportunities. \n\nInteractions with employers will be on a first come first served basis on the day of the event.\n\nAdditional event details are available in Career Forge or Career Fair Plus. You can access Career Fair Plus via a web browser or the app (Google Play or Apple App Store). Be sure to search for “University of Michigan Engineering”.\n\nInteractive booth maps will be available through the CF+ app. UID:143183-21892398@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T121651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T123000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:[Cancelled] Carillon Lesson\, open to public observation DESCRIPTION:*This event has been cancelled due to weather. We apologize for any inconvenience.*\n\nThe Charles Baird Carillon is an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143725-21893715@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143725 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T181637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays\, musicals\, dance concerts\, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers\, designers\, and technicians.\n\nOpening Reception: January 23\, 2026\, 4:30 to 5:30 pm\n\nOpen January 27 – February 6\, 2026\nGallery Hours:\nTues – Fri\, Noon to 6:00 pm\nSunday\, Noon to 6:00 pm\n(Closed Saturday & Monday) UID:144060-21894599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,North Campus,Research,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T144655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series | Three Questions for Japan in Michigan: Where\, Who\, and What? An Analysis of Japan’s Presence and Contributions to Michigan by the New Consul General of Japan in Detroit DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010\, Weiser Hall\, and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/D8Ay1\n \n The Consul General of Japan in Detroit\, Hajime “Jimmy” Kishimori\, will share insights into Japan’s presence and contributions in Michigan. From business and industry to cultural exchange and community connections\, Consul General Kishimori will explore how Japan and Michigan continue to shape one another through shared partnerships and people-to-people ties.\n \n Hajime “Jimmy” Kishimori assumed his role as Consul General of Japan in Detroit in December 2024. Since joining Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in 1987\, Consul General Kishimori has held key positions in Japan and abroad. His extensive experience includes roles in Thailand\, Egypt\, and the United Nations\, where he contributed significantly to Japan’s global engagements. From 2019 to 2022\, he worked as senior advisor and director for the Japan Unit at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York. Most recently\, he served as deputy consul-general at the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco.\n\n*Accomodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142523-21891072@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142523 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Business,International Affairs,japan,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T132429 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Conversations with an Elected Official - Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for another iteration of Conversations with an Elected Official - Water Resources Commissioner where we will be talking about what this elected office does\, how the official got into local politics\, and answer questions direct from constituents like you! \n\nHosted in the Ginsberg Center Commons on January 29th from 12pm-1pm. We will be talking with Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner Gretchen Driskell. \n\nBe on the lookout for additional events throughout the year featuring other local elected officials! UID:143834-21894110@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143834 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Civic Learning,Free,Washtenaw County LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T124948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Haoran Li DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nRNA sequencing has been widely applied for gene isoform quantification\, but limitations exist in quantifying isoforms of complex genes accurately\, especially for short reads. Here we identify genes that are difficult to quantify accurately with short reads and illustrate the information benefit of using long reads to quantify these regions. We present miniQuant\, which ranks genes with quantification errors caused by the ambiguity of read alignments and integrates the complementary strengths of long reads and short reads with optimal combination in a gene- and data-specific manner to achieve more accurate quantification. These results are supported by rigorous mathematical proofs\, validated with a wide range of simulation data\, experimental validations and more than 17\,000 public datasets from GTEx\, TCGA and ENCODE consortia. We demonstrate miniQuant can uncover isoform switches during the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to pharyngeal endoderm and primordial germ cell-like cells.\n\nAbout the DCMB Tools & Technology Seminar Series\n\nThe DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Series is held in Medical Science Building 1 (MS1)\, Room 4B700\, each Thursday at 12pm EST. Each seminar highlights a computational tool\, technology\, or methodology that is under development or in current use and is of special interest to DCMB and University researchers. Presenters are U-M researchers and students.\n\nThese seminars are live-streamed and recorded and made available for future viewing via the DCMB YouTube Channel UID:143191-21892406@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143191 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science,Research LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - Room 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894405@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T112055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SMTD Accessibility Initiative DESCRIPTION:The SMTD Accessibility Initiative\, through the Office for Faculty Development\, is pleased to partner with the Disability Equity Office to present the Accessbility in Action workshop for SMTD faculty and staff.  UID:142268-21890302@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 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:138950-21884300@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:20260112T181655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T124500 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 30-minute organ recital by Takeshi Nagayasu and Alex Sheng\, secondary students of Caroline Robinson.\n\nDivision Street Pipes concerts features talented students and faculty of the U-M Organ Department on Thursdays at 12:15pm on the Richards-Fowkes organ at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. These 30-minute performances are free and open to the public\, and audience members are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening. \n\nThe series is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Organ Department and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in an effort to bring organ music to local audiences while connecting U-M organ students with the wider community. Concerts offer attendees the opportunity to hear the versatility of the pipe organ beyond a worship setting. The Winter 2026 concert series begins on January 15 and it will continue weekly through April 16 (with the exception of April 2). UID:143726-21893716@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143726 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T104411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to the Linux Command Line DESCRIPTION:This remote course will familiarize students with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell\, also generically referred to as “the command line”.\n\nTopics include:\n- a brief overview of Linux\n- the Bash shell\n- navigating the file system\n- basic commands\n- shell redirection\n- permissions\n- processes\n- the command environment.\n\nThe workshop will also provide a quick introduction to nano a simple text editor that will be used in subsequent workshops to edit files.\n\nPrerequisites: none.\n\nFor more information about the instructors and course preparation materials\, please visit: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/introduction-to-the-linux-command-line-60-2/ UID:126737-21867350@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Applications,Arc,Arc-ts,Computational Science,computer science,computing,Data Science,engineering,Faculty,Free,Generative Ai,Great Lakes Cluster,High Performance Computing,Hpc,Information and Technology,interdisciplinary,Research,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Foundations of Modern Physics (FOMP) | Can a scientific field survive on pursuit-worthiness alone? DESCRIPTION:Most recent theories in fundamental physics have remained without empirical confirmation of their core characteristic predictions for very long periods of time. Examples range from theories of quantum gravity such as string theory\, over cosmological theories such as inflation\, to BSM theories such as low energy supersymmetry. In some cases\, high hopes of discovery were not fulfilled or announcements of discovery turned out ill-founded. One response to this series of disappointments\, both in physics and the philosophy of physics\, has been an endorsement of scientific agnosticism. In experimental physics\, this position amounts to emphasizing experimental strategies that are as little theory driven as possible. In theoretical physics\, it amounts to avoiding any open declaration of trust in their theory by those working on theories that have not found conclusive empirical testing. In the philosophy of science\, it amounts to focusing on reasons for a theory’s pursuit-worthiness rather than arguments for its viability.\n\nIn this talk\, I aim to show that the described tendency is based on a misreading of the recent history of physics\, is conceptually unsatisfactory\, and may\, in the long run\, carry serious risks for fundamental physics. Based on the presented reasoning\, I propose an alternative perspective on the current situation in fundamental physics.\n\nContact: Francisco Calderón\, fcalder@umich.edu UID:144183-21894807@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Angell Hall - 2271 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T181644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T135000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Carillon Lesson\, open to public observation DESCRIPTION:In place of a regular recital\, the public is welcome to visit and observe as students take a lesson on the carillon led by Prof. Tiffany Ng.\n\nThe Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon is an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:143727-21893717@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143727 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T162504 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MICDE - Mechanical Engineering Seminar - Elif Ertekin\, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Predictive materials simulation has long been rooted in first-principles descriptions of physical mechanisms\, grounded in quantum mechanics but limited by tractable length scales\, sampling challenges\, and the accuracy-cost tradeoff. Today\, machine-learning methods seek to transform materials science by revealing patterns in data extending beyond conventional modeling. My talk will explore how these two paradigms\, mechanistic simulation and data-driven learning\, can act synergistically to accelerate materials discovery and understanding. I will begin by outlining what first-principles simulations can currently achieve and where their limitations arise\, using examples from our work in thermoelectrics\, wide-band-gap semiconductors\, ion-transport materials\, and structural alloys. Building on this foundation\, I will show how machine-learning approaches\, when designed with materials-specific considerations such as symmetries and invariances\, can enhance traditional methods. Examples include symmetry-aware generative models for inorganic crystalline solids and machine-learning solutions to the many-body electronic-structure problem that rival high-accuracy quantum methods. Together\, these examples highlight how integrating mechanisms and patterns can help advance predictive materials simulations.\n\n\nBio: Elif Ertekin is an Andersen Faculty Scholar\, Associate Professor\, and Associate Head for Graduate Programs in the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a faculty affiliate of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the Materials Research Laboratory (MRL). Her research interests center on the theory and modeling of materials\, with an emphasis on probabilistic and stochastic methods. She focuses on developing a microscopic understanding of atomic and electronic-scale processes in materials\, with applications in thermal transport\, energy conversion\, and defect chemistry. She received BS degrees in Mathematics and in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Penn State\, a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley\, and she carried out post-doctoral work at the Berkeley Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Physics and a Divisional Associate Editor for Physical Review Letters. UID:142220-21890232@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142220 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,Micde Seminar,Michigan Engineering,Research,Science,seminar LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - 3213ABC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T141237 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Vision Board Night at West Quad DESCRIPTION:Prepare for the year ahead with the South and West Quad Diversity Peer Educators by designing your own vision boards! Get creative\, enjoy free snacks\, and chat with others. UID:142929-21891818@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142929 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Community Engagement,Crafts,Social LOCATION:West Quadrangle - Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T142409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Climate Change Advocacy and Engagement DESCRIPTION:In response to environmental challenges\, advocacy organizations are seeking optimal ways to increase public engagement. In this talk\, Prof. Hart will discuss how different message strategies may amplify or attenuate public engagement. Prof. Hart will first present findings from recent studies investigating how positive and negative sentiments in advocacy messages\, delivered via email and Facebook\, relate to public engagement. The studies reveal that for low-effort engagement\, positive sentiment is associated with more engagement. However\, for high-effort engagement\, negative sentiment is associated with more engagement\, whereas positive sentiment is associated with less. Prof. Hart will also share results from an experiment examining how news articles discussing climate change's unequal impacts\, based on race versus class\, affect beliefs and support for action. Overall\, White participants and those with high levels of symbolic racism had lower levels of belief and support when exposed to the race-focused condition. The results suggest that highlighting class-based climate disparities may be less prone to causing backfire effects. UID:143503-21893298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143503 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Climate,Climate Change LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Culture\, History and Politics (CHiP) DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Cho Han\n- January 22: Marni Morse\n- January 29: Jiyeon Lee\n- February 5: Tess Hamilton\n- February 12: Álvaro Cabrera\n- February 19: Jarron Long\n- February 26: Xianni Zhang\n- March 12: Sarah Farr and Christian Castro-Martinez\n- March 19: Danyelle Reynolds\n- March 26: Vanessa Jiménez-Read\n- April 2: Abigail Skalka and Julieta Goldenberg\n- April 9: Eric Freeburg\n- April 16: TBD UID:143661-21893601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143661 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T103427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Real Analysis Reading Group DESCRIPTION:The Student Real Analysis Reading Group facilitated by Siwei Wang will meet every Thursday from 2:30–4:30 PM in East Hall 5822 from Thursday\, January 15 - April 16\, 2026. UID:143702-21893676@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Hall - 5822 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T152104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Learning What Matters: Neural Mechanisms of Flexible Navigation\nAbstract:\nGoal-directed navigation in a dynamic world requires quickly identifying important locations and adapting behavioral plans to new information. In this talk I will describe neural circuit mechanisms of rapid spatial learning and of adapting to new information to guide navigation. Identifying crucial locations in a new environment depends on neural computations that rapidly represent locations and connect location information to key outcomes like food\, however the mechanisms to trigger these computations at behaviorally relevant locations is not well understood. We find that inhibitory interneurons in hippocampal CA3 play a causal role in identifying and exploiting new food locations. Inhibitory interneurons in CA3 drastically reduce firing on approach to and in goal locations. Sparse optogenetic stimulation to prevent goal-related decreases in interneuron firing impaired learning of goal locations and disrupted neural representations of goal locations. These results reveal that goal-selective decreases in inhibitory activity enable learning important locations. Navigation also requires rapidly updating choices in the face of new information. In hippocampus and prefrontal cortex\, neural activity representing future goals is theorized to support navigation planning. Yet how prospective goal representations incorporate new\, pivotal information is unknown. Using virtual reality\, we precisely introduced new crucial information during navigation and recorded neural activity as mice flexibly adapted their planned destinations. We found that new information triggered increased prospective representations and reorganization to rapidly shift to the new choice. This prospective code updating depended on the degree of behavioral adaptation needed. These studies reveal new mechanisms by which animals rapidly learn crucial new locations and adapt to new information that requires updating navigation plans.\n\nBio:\nDr. Annabelle Singer is the McCamish Foundation Early Career Professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Her research seeks to understand how neural activity produces memories and regulates brain immune function\, with the goal of developing new therapies for brain disease. Dr. Singer’s work has shown that coordinated electrical activity across hippocampal neurons encodes memories and fails in models of Alzheimer’s disease. She discovered that driving specific patterns of neural activity\, such as gamma oscillations\, reduces Alzheimer’s pathology and alters brain immune function. Using non-invasive sensory stimulation\, she is translating these discoveries from rodents to humans to pioneer radically new treatments for disease.\n\nDr. Singer is a Packard Fellow\, Kavli Fellow\, and recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Gilbreth Lectureship\, the Society for Neuroscience’s Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award\, and the American Neurological Association’s Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award. Her discoveries have inspired more than 20 clinical trials of brain stimulation across multiple diseases and have been featured on PBS\, Nature News\, Quanta Magazine\, The New York Times\, Radiolab\, and multiple documentaries. Dr. Singer trained as a postdoctoral fellow in Ed Boyden’s Synthetic Neurobiology Group at MIT and earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at UCSF. UID:143328-21892907@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143328 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,seminar LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877786@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Creative Writing,English Language And Literature,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Literature,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T181631 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Participatory Storytelling & Theater Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Center for World Performance Studies welcomes guest artists Ova Saopeng and Stephanie “Soultree” Camba from TeAda Productions\, the Los Angeles-based nomadic theater rooted in the stories of immigrants\, refugees and indigenous peoples for a week-long residency.\n\nAt this workshop\, come play in a safe and fun environment and discover the untapped capability of your voice\, body and imagination. Through theater and storytelling techniques the TeAda Methodology instills mindfulness\, builds teamwork\, and explores cultural connections. TeAda approaches this process by honoring each person individually as a community collectively. This workshop will fine tune your listening\, observational and performance skills. Participants will be encouraged to engage\, move and share. No experience necessary!\n\nWorkshop Location: Walgreen Drama Center\, Studio 2 (1435-WDC)\n\nWorkshop participants are invited to join TeAda Co-Artistic Director\, Ova Saopeng\, and Stephanie “Soultree” Camba\, Diaspora Programs and Operations Director\, for conversation and pizza following the open workshop. \n\nPizza & Dialogue with TeAda Artists at 5:30 pm / Location: Dance Building\, Conference Room\n\n*If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies at cwps.information@umich.edu at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.* UID:143341-21892930@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143341 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Diversity,Free,Interdisciplinary,North Campus,Social Impact,Storytelling,Theater,Workshop LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T083417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T162000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents: DESCRIPTION:Erik’s Title: Addressing Type Ia Supernova Systematics in the Era of Precision Cosmology\n\nAbstract: Various cosmological parameters such as H0 and S8 measured using Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) have been shown to be in tension with measurements from the early universe. I look to improve cosmological parameter measurements and test the limits of SNe Ia by focusing on some of the top systematics for SN Ia cosmology: (i) intrinsic scatter\, by leveraging the near-infrared (NIR) and (ii) peculiar velocities\, by leveraging galaxy groups. With the DEHVILS sample\, one of the largest uniform NIR samples of SN Ia light curves\, I take advantage of the fact that NIR light is less affected by dust to better characterize intrinsic scatter. Using the low-redshift sample from Pantheon+ combined with a pilot program using the AAT spectrograph\, I demonstrate the benefits for averaging the redshifts of galaxy groups to correct for peculiar velocities and motivate a future full scale analysis using redshifts from DESI as well as 4MOST. With the impending arrival of both the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time\, which we show will greatly benefit from accounting for peculiar velocities\, and the Roman Space Telescope\, which will observe in the NIR and need a well understood low-redshift anchor SN sample\, we encourage an increased effort to define more galaxy groups and further analysis on SNe Ia in the NIR.\n\nNicholas’s Title: Mapping the high redshift universe with HI: towards a more complete picture of Cosmic Dawn\n\nAbstract: Next-generation radio telescopes promise to revolutionize our understanding of early structure formation by using the 21cm line from neutral hydrogen as a tomographic tracer. In particular\, they have the potential to probe deep into the Epoch of Reionization and Cosmic Dawn\, constraining the radiative processes of the first stars and galaxies. In this talk\, I'll present an overview of 21cm cosmology and discuss recent results from 21cm radio telescopes in constraining the astrophysics of Cosmic Dawn\, and will discuss near-term opportunities ahead of us as next-gen\, multi-wavelength telescopes aim to paint a more complete picture of Cosmic Dawn. UID:144747-21895804@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144747 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T200801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar: Matroids I DESCRIPTION:Introduce the theory of matroids\, covering in particular the following: basic definitions\; duality\; representable\, (co)graphic\, and regular matroids\; examples. UID:144452-21895378@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144452 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250812T084637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T220000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge DESCRIPTION:The application window for the 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge opens on Wednesday\, January 7!\n\nABOUT\nLeadership Crisis Challenge (LCC) is a premier action-based learning experience that immerses participants in a simulated business and media crisis\, powered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross. Students play the part of executives responding to the issues as they unfold\, while leveraging the expertise of communication coaches\, faculty\, and a board of directors made up of esteemed U-M alumni\, to prepare for a press conference attended by real members of the media.\n\nLCC is open to ALL U-M students. There are two levels of competition—graduate and undergraduate. Two undergraduate teams and two graduate teams will receive a scholarship\, split among participants. In addition to the competition\, there will be educational workshops\, a networking session\, and access to the Big House field.\n\nDon't miss out on this amazing\, one-of-a-kind opportunity! Apply by January 21.\n\nAGENDA\nThursday\, January 29\, approx. 4–10 PM\nMichigan Ross\n\nFriday\, January 30\, approx. 9 AM–5 PM\nJack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium\n• Boardroom Presentation: Teams will be assigned a 55-minute window to present to\, and receive feedback from\, a board of directors in the morning or early afternoon\n• Press Conference: The final round of competition begins at 3 PM and ends by 5 PM\nSee the full agenda on our website.\n\nTIME COMMITMENT\nApproximately 10 hours over 2 days\n\nQuestions? Email Sanger at rossleaders@umich.edu. UID:137308-21880117@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137308 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Networking,Personal Development,Professional Development,Scholarship,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251203T153448 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents: Black Boys and the Future of Technology DESCRIPTION:Can technology improve the lives of Black boys? Recently\, new reports\, with familiar conclusions\, discuss the way Black boys continue to fall behind\, which is partially responsible for shrinking enrollments of Black men in college. Particularly striking are the declining numbers at HBCUs. In turning this conversation away from negative reporting toward positive action\, we will explore the ways technology can intervene and provide new opportunities\, pathways\, and platforms for Black boys to thrive.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend. Refreshments will be provided to the first 100 attendees. \n\nA corresponding opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to enjoy coffee and conversation with the panelists will be available. Interested students may register for this session using the same form as the main event.\n\nAdvance registration is recommended: \n\nRegister to attend in person: https://myumi.ch/rAPWj\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/bVq6V\n\nMeet the Panelists \n\nJonathan Cropper is a respected brand strategist\, global creative director\, educator\, and futurist. He is the co-founder of the prestigious Lewis Latimer Fellowship Program\, supported by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures\, and founder of Futurlogic Advanced Concepts\, a highly confidential business development\, design\, and branding studio. Jon has designed and implemented innovation strategies for many global brands\, and sits on multiple startup boards as an angel investor and advisor. Most recently\, he was the Head of Global Real Estate\, Aviation & Marine Partnerships for Aston Martin Lagonda.\n\nKareem Edouard is an Assistant Professor of Learning Technologies at the School of Education at Drexel University and co-Director of The Informal Learning Linking Engineering Science & Technology (ILLEST) Lab. His research interests lie in understanding the intersectionality of race and culture and STEAM engagement for students of color. His goal is to motivate Black students to pursue STEAM learning through culturally relevant informal STEM programs. His current research focuses on equity and access in the maker movement for Black student participants. In addition to his scholarly work\, Kareem is also a media consultant for The Ole Greens Group. Dr. Edouard consults with various entities like: PBS KIDS\, YouTube/Google\, GBH KIDS\, etc.\, with a focus on creative and content development emphasizing culture and inclusion and learning strategies.\n\nJohn Pasmore is the founder and CEO or Latimer.AI\, an Artificial Intelligence company built to be the premier Large Language Model focused on accurate historical information and bias-free interaction for Black and Brown audiences and anyone who values precision in their data. He recently served as a partner at the Family Office\, TRS Capital and at Movita Organics\, an organic supplement company led by filmmaker and social activist\, Tonya Lewis Lee. John sits on the Board of Directors of Outward Bound USA. \n\nMeet the Moderator\n\nRayvon Fouché holds a joint appointment as Professor of Communication Studies and Professor in the Medill School of Journalism\, Media\, and Integrative Marketing Communications. He authored or edited Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2003)\, Appropriating Technology: Vernacular Science and Social Power (University of Minnesota Press\, 2004)\, Technology Studies (Sage Publications\, 2008)\, the 4th Edition of the Handbook of Science & Technology Studies (MIT Press\, 2016)\, and Game Changer: The Technoscientific Revolution in Sports (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2017).\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu. UID:136365-21878586@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136365 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,african and african american studies,Digital Culture,digital humanities,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Education LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T152052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DISCO Network Presents: Black Boys and the Future of Technology DESCRIPTION:We want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided for the panel conversation. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu. UID:136366-21878587@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136366 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T112441 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series - The evolutionary implications of ecological interactions: lessons from agent-based models DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - Eco-evolutionary feedbacks play a powerful role in shaping the trajectory of change in ecological communities. Developing general theory to predict these trajectories would enable a wide variety of innovations in fields ranging from evolutionary medicine to agriculture. I will discuss two vignettes from my lab's work towards developing this theory. First\, a critical step is identifying the ecological interactions that are currently occurring. To this end\, we are exploring the possibility of identifying game theoretic interactions among cancer cells via spatial pattern analysis. A necessary second component is predicting how co-evolution will shape ecological interactions over time. We are studying this problem in the context of host-endosymbiont co-evolution\, using an agent-based computational model. Specifically\, I will present our results on the impact of partner choice on the de novo evolution and stability of mutualism\, and how this impact is affected by the mutational landscape of the trait governing partner choice. UID:143476-21893252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143476 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Environment,evolutionary biology,seminar LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T144422 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EIHS Lecture: Fathers and Sons: An Antigenealogy of Loyalism and Empire DESCRIPTION:Born to an Anglicized Dutch family in Albany\, NY\, Jacob Glen Cuyler (1773-1854) became a child of revolutionary exile. This colonial North American has long frequented histories of the early British Cape Colony in southern Africa. In South Africa\, Cuyler would for a time become a symbol\, for British humanitarians\, of settler oppressions\, and a symbol\, for Afrikaner nationalists\, of British oppressions. This paper closely examines two of his unpublished writings to extract a transoceanic story of colonialism\, loyalism and the effects of the American Revolution. In keeping with this year’s Eisenberg Institute theme\, this paper places one man and his shattered family at the center of struggles for order in the disorderly world of revolution\, imperial expansion\, and global war.\n\nGreg Dowd (History and American Culture [AC]) is past Associate Dean for the Humanities\, past chair of AC\, and past Director of Native American Studies. His several published books and many articles explore the history of the Native North American East before 1850\, but he has also touched on the history of South Africa\, where he was a Fulbright fellow (1994) and a research fellow (2015-2016) at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has had several fellowships and his current work is supported in part by the Michigan Humanities Award. He has won two teaching awards. He has worked for tribes in a treaty rights case. He received his Ph.D. in History at Princeton University (1986) and his BA in History from the University of Connecticut (1978).\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:141692-21889189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141692 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,History,Humanities,International LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T152053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:InSPIRE DESCRIPTION:The Interdisciplinary Science and Policy Initiative for Research Engagement (InSPIRE) is a student-run workshop for graduate students interested in engaging with science and technology policy issues.  UID:138943-21885373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138943 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall, 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T094954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Resurgo Reception DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Institute for the Humanities for a strolling reception with Stephen McGee\, director of the new film *Resurgo: The Rise From Within*. McGee will share behind-the-scenes insights about the making of the film and Detroit’s inspiring rebirth. There will also be a drawing for 20 attendees to receive a ticket to see the film and light refreshments will be served.\n\n*Resurgo* will be shown on the big screen at the Michigan Theater on Friday\, January 30 at 7pm. If you're not one of the lucky winners of the drawing\, tickets are available for purchase at https://marquee-arts.org/event-page/tickets/?showingId=982540.\n\nAbout the film: Detroit\, once defined by its iconic ruins like Michigan Central Station and the famed $1 house\, has transformed into one of the greatest comeback stories of our time. This stunning cinematic portrait showcases director Stephen McGee’s 20-year journey documenting the city’s evolution\, drawn from an extraordinary archive of more than 3 million photographs and thousands of hours of footage.\n\nViewers frequently describe the film as transformative\, reshaping their understanding of Detroit and revealing stories rarely seen in mainstream media. With its blend of historical archive\, artistic voice\, and lived experience\, *Resurgo *is not only documenting a city’s evolution but contributing to it. The project stands poised to influence how Detroit is perceived for years to come\, marking it as one of the most significant and emotionally resonant films to emerge from the region in decades.\n\n*Stephen McGhee is a 2x Emmy Award winning director and photographer and runs a creative production company specializing in unique cinematography and storytelling. He is based in Detroit\, MI. * UID:143498-21893295@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Detroit,Film,History,Humanities,Photography LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities lobby and Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T115216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Winter Tour at The Clements Library 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\, “Revolutionary Paine.”\n\nArrive at our North Entrance to check-in for your tour. This entrance is accessible and an elevator is available to move between floors.\n\nWe want to ensure full participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote that\, please let us know. UID:144760-21895822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144760 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Books,Exhibit,history,In Person,Library,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T181618 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Roger Mathew Grant: \"The Colonial Galant Style: Eighteenth-Century Music from Chiquitania\, Bolivia\" DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music Theory hosts guest scholar Roger Mathew Grant (Wesleyan University) as part of the Carrigan Lecture Series. Free and open to the public. \n\nABSTRACT: During the middle decades of the eighteenth century\, Indigenous musicians in rural South America created a distinctive musical style music under conditions of Jesuit colonization. These musicians had been forcibly relocated to mission communities in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru\, which is now eastern Bolivia. There\, they participated in vibrant scenes of choral and orchestral performance\; they trained and retrained each other in apprenticeship systems of singing\, conducting\, composition\, and instrument building. Today a substantial corpus of their music is preserved in Bolivian archives. The extant repertoire includes several large-scale operas and liturgical compositions attributed to teams of Indigenous composers. In this talk\, I offer a systematic analysis of this repertoire and its distinctive style\, which I call “colonial galant.” I argue\, first\, how the style of this repertoire is genuinely galant and very much a part of the eighteenth-century European intellectual and aesthetic movement that shares that name. I also define the colonial galant style as a distinct sub-set of the galant and demonstrate its particular features. I hope to show that close scrutiny of this colonial repertoire can help us reframe the historiography of eighteenth-century European music.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nROGER MATHEW GRANT is a music theorist and cultural historian whose research focuses on eighteenth-century music\, affect theory\, and the history of music theory. He is the author of two award-winning books\, *Peculiar Attunements: How Affect Theory Turned Musical* and *Beating Time and Measuring Music in the Early Modern Era*. His journal articles have appeared in venues such as *Critical Inquiry*\, *Representations*\, *Music Theory Spectrum*\, and the *Journal of the American Musicological Society*. Currently\, he is at work on a new book examining eighteenth-century Indigenous compositions from Jesuit missions in Bolivia. At Wesleyan University\, Roger serves as Professor of Music\, Dean of Arts and Humanities\, and Deputy Provost. He was also recently named a Guggenheim Fellow. UID:142622-21891230@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142622 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Free,Lecture,North Campus,Research,Scholarship,Talk LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251119T102420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Information Session about U-M Biological Station Courses and Undergraduate Research DESCRIPTION:Students are invited to an Information Session on Zoom to learn about field-based courses being taught at the University of Michigan Biological Station in northern Michigan along Douglas Lake during the four-week spring and summer terms in 2026. They'll also learn about Undergraduate Research Fellowships.\n\nUMBS is hosting a virtual Information Session 5 p.m. Thursday\, Jan. 29\, 2026. Registration is required for the Zoom meeting.\n\nUMBS staff and alumni will answer questions about the historic field station\, course credits\, research opportunities and the life-changing experience of being immersed in nature.\n\nUMBS welcomes all majors. No prior field experience is required. All students can be considered for UMBS scholarship funding and fellowships\, including guest and international students.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nOur vast campus engages all of the senses. Its remote\, natural setting nurtures deep thought and scientific discovery.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place. UID:141831-21889472@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141831 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T162051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SMTD Dual Degree Social Mixer - Welcome Back SMTD! DESCRIPTION:Happy New Year! Catch up with fellow SMTD Dual Degree students and create your 2026 vision board. This event is open to all\, and is meant to be a community building opportunity through the lens of Dual Degree student experiences at SMTD. Food and Beverages will be provided. UID:143405-21893098@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143405 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T085813 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Burns & McDonnell Corporate Information Session DESCRIPTION:1/29/2025 | 5:30 pm | EECS 1311 (FOOD PROVIDED: Panera)\nMajors: Chemical Engineering\, Civil Engineering\, Electrical Engineering\, Environmental Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering\nPositions: Full-time\, Intern\, Co-op\nDegrees: Bachelors\, Masters\nResumes Collected\nUS Citizenship Required\n\nAt Burns & McDonnell\, our engineers\, construction professionals\, architects\, planners\, technologists and scientists do more than plan\, design and construct. With a mission unchanged since 1898 — make our clients successful — our team partners with you on the toughest challenges\, constantly working to make the world an amazing place. Each professional brings an ownership mentality to projects at our 100% employee-owned firm\, which has safety performance among the top 5% of AEC firms. That means we think like owners\, working through each challenge until it’s resolved\, meeting or exceeding our clients’ goals. UID:143111-21892159@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143111 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Chemical Engineering,Civil and Environmental Engineering,College Of Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Electrical Engineering,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Internship,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,north campus,Professional Development,Recruiting,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1311 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T151340 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ninth Annual King Talks DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Assembly Hall at Rackham Graduate School for an evening of powerful storytelling. Rackham graduate students will take the stage and tell stories that weave together their lived experience\, scholarly work\, and reflections on this year’s MLK Symposium theme.\n\n2026 MLK Symposium Theme:\n“Unbowed and Unbroken: The Enduring Struggle for Justice”\n\nThis year’s symposium explores the enduring pursuit of justice through the lens of perseverance\, courage\, and collective resolve. Drawing inspiration from Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.’s theological roots and his reflections on the Civil Rights Movement\, the theme echoes his 1967 address\, “Where Do We Go From Here?”\, in which he reminded us that the journey toward justice is marked by both profound challenges and unwavering hope.\n\nTo be unbowed and unbroken is to honor the sacrifices of those who came before us while refusing to yield to injustice today. It is a commitment to move forward with defiant hope—confronting discrimination not with resignation\, but with determination and belief in the possibility of meaningful change.\n\nThrough storytelling\, reflection\, and community\, this event invites attendees to engage deeply with these ideas and consider how justice\, resilience\, and hope continue to shape our collective path forward.\n\nEvent Agenda\n5:30 p.m. – Doors Open & Reception\n6:00 p.m. – Program Begins\n\nWe hope you’ll join us for this meaningful evening of stories\, dialogue\, and connection. UID:142922-21891809@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142922 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Assembly Hall, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T160522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Julia Keefe and the Indigenous Big Band DESCRIPTION:For hundreds of years\, songs have been the vessels for stories\, lessons\, and prayers for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. One of the newest additions to this world is the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band\, which presented its very first concert in 2022. The band focuses on reimagined traditional melodies made famous by Indigenous jazz musicians from the past\, like singer Mildred Bailey (Coeur d’Alene) and saxophonist Jim Pepper (Kaw/Mvskoke)\, as well as new works that push the genre forward.\n\nLed by the celebrated vocalist and luminary Julia Keefe (Nez Perce)\, the ensemble brings charisma\, passion\, and purpose to every stage\, leaving audiences both inspired and educated. The band has quickly gained a reputation for deepening and challenging our understanding of the “uniquely American” art form known as jazz. The goals of the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band are to celebrate and continue that tradition\, to compose and perform new music inspired by traditional backgrounds\, and to create a community of like-minded peoples from all backgrounds to uplift the next generation of Indigenous jazz musicians.\n\nIndigenous jazz musicians\, ensembles\, and big bands have their place in the contemporary jazz world and jazz history. Following 19th-century federal policies to remove Indian children from their homes and indoctrinate them into European culture (Indian Boarding Schools)\, small ensembles and big bands began to flourish on reservations across the US and Canada in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Indigenous musicians started to ascend to celebrity with jazz as their medium – including Russell “Big Chief” Moore\, Mildred Bailey\, Oscar Pettiford\, and Jim Pepper – but were never duly credited as Indigenous visionaries in the genre. \n\nThe Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band reflects a wide range of Indigenous identities\, from South America to Canada\, Northeast to Southwest. Together\, they represent a long-silenced\, long-forgotten chapter of jazz history: the participation\, contribution\, innovation\, and legacy of Indigenous jazz musicians. This is a legacy that seasoned composers and arrangers Julia Keefe and co-founder Delbert Anderson (Diné) carry forward through original works inspired by songs and rhythms of their Native heritage\, reimagined through the language and stylings of jazz.\n\nPresented in partnership with the University Musical Society\, the talk will be followed by the band’s performance presented by UMS\, beginning at 8 PM. \n\nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.\n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public. UID:142712-21891306@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T074511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Seed Library Fabrication Station DESCRIPTION:Join the United Asian American Organizations (UAAO) and the U-M Seed Library to co-create the next generation of seed distribution systems on campus! Generously sponsored by LSA Sustainability\, these workshops will center on principles of upcycling to fabricate decorations and attachés for future seed library vending machines. Light fare will be served\, and registration is limited to 18 participants per session. No previous experience required. UID:144103-21894659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,Creative Reuse,planet blue,Sustainability LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 100 (Gallery Lab) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T172052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T181500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Beta Alpha Rho DESCRIPTION: UID:144409-21895313@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T120102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T190000 SUMMARY:Other:Crafting Meeting: Climate Quilting DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us every Thursday from 6:00-7:00p for our crafting meeting! This semester we will be focusing on the Climate Change Quilt Project\, where we will be working as a club to make quilts to contribute to the larger movement that you can learn more about at climatechangequilt.com! All skills are welcome\, and even if you have never quilted before or are an expert\, there is a way that you can contribute and strengthen your quilitng skills! If you have more questions\, please DM us on Instagram or email vipsclub-admin@umich.edu \nTime: 6:00-7:00 pm\nLocation: North Campus Duderstadt Design Lab 1\nNonprofit Website: vipsfund.org\nInstagram: @vipsfund\nClimate Quilt Project Website: https://climatechangequilt.com/about\nLearn more about the Climate Quilt Project here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_4l70H80wGlS1SZ-_H82wm_ArathcOH/view?usp=sharing UID:143040-21891973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Design Lab 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T141528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:January WISE Night In DESCRIPTION:Join WISE for a dinner party with a side of professional development. Our undergraduate WISE Mentors will lead a short\, fun\, and productive activity designed to jump start your career/internship search\, followed by a delicious catered dinner to chill\, eat\, and make some new friends. January will feature Qdoba and guided intention-setting for the year. UID:143477-21893245@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143477 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T172053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:M-CLIC presents: The \"CLIC-N-CUTZ\" Barbershop Series (1/29/26) DESCRIPTION:Men of Color Leading & Investing in Community (M-CLIC) presents: \"The CLIC-N-CUTZ\" Barbershop Series Topic: “Pathway to Success”Featuring Special Guest: Mr. Donald Walker\, Jr.\, Career Technical Education/Career Pathway Consultant & Professional Development Trainer\nWhat does success mean? Who gets to define it? How do you achieve it? Join us for an engaging discussion designed to help young men discover what success truly means to them and how to position themselves to achieve it. Don’t miss this chance to gain insights\, challenge expectations\, and start building YOUR unique pathway to success.\nAbout M-CLIC: M-CLIC is a university-wide mentorship initiative open to all participants of any race or gender who seek to engage and foster a stronger sense of community and support for men of color at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Event Highlight: M-CLIC's signature workshop\, the \"CLIC-N-CUTZ\" Barbershop Series\, a unique\, informative\, and safe-spaced barbershop experience. Beyond free haircuts and refreshments from local licensed barbers\, participants sit back and engage in trending topics and critical issues affecting men of color while brainstorming effective solutions to counteract some of today's stresses.M-CLIC - Conversation. Connection. Community. Culture.For more information\, visit our website at https://oami.umich.edu/m-clic/ or by email at MCLIC-info@umich.edu UID:144401-21895302@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144401 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Afro American Minority Lounge (Lower Level, South Quad) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T151340 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ninth Annual King Talks DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Assembly Hall at Rackham Graduate School for an evening of powerful storytelling. Rackham graduate students will take the stage and tell stories that weave together their lived experience\, scholarly work\, and reflections on this year’s MLK Symposium theme.\n\n2026 MLK Symposium Theme:\n“Unbowed and Unbroken: The Enduring Struggle for Justice”\n\nThis year’s symposium explores the enduring pursuit of justice through the lens of perseverance\, courage\, and collective resolve. Drawing inspiration from Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.’s theological roots and his reflections on the Civil Rights Movement\, the theme echoes his 1967 address\, “Where Do We Go From Here?”\, in which he reminded us that the journey toward justice is marked by both profound challenges and unwavering hope.\n\nTo be unbowed and unbroken is to honor the sacrifices of those who came before us while refusing to yield to injustice today. It is a commitment to move forward with defiant hope—confronting discrimination not with resignation\, but with determination and belief in the possibility of meaningful change.\n\nThrough storytelling\, reflection\, and community\, this event invites attendees to engage deeply with these ideas and consider how justice\, resilience\, and hope continue to shape our collective path forward.\n\nEvent Agenda\n5:30 p.m. – Doors Open & Reception\n6:00 p.m. – Program Begins\n\nWe hope you’ll join us for this meaningful evening of stories\, dialogue\, and connection. UID:142922-21891810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142922 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Livestream - Link to come CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T142910 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Cocoa & Composition at North Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for journaling\, scrapbooking\, and hot cocoa! UID:142646-21891253@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142646 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T181632 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Informal Showing: TeAda Productions Residency DESCRIPTION:The Center for World Performance Studies welcomes guest artists Ova Saopeng and Stephanie “Soultree” Camba from TeAda Productions\, the Los Angeles-based nomadic theater rooted in the stories of immigrants\, refugees and indigenous peoples for a week-long residency.\n\nThis informal showing will feature TeAda artists sharing their work alongside students exploring ideas created at the open workshops. Additionally\, there will be space for audience/artist dialogue and discussion. Free and open to the public.\n\n*If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies at cwps.information@umich.edu at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.* UID:143342-21892931@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143342 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Diversity,Free,Interdisciplinary,North Campus,Social Impact,Storytelling,Theater LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T182051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T220000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Winter 2026 IM Official Training DESCRIPTION:Interested in becoming an official? Join us for training and we will teach you everything you need to know! No experience needed plus we provide you with a shirt and a whistle. We offer flexible scheduling and competitive wages. If you have not been in contact / invited to sign up for this training by the program manager\, please email walkerba@umich.edu to confirm your hiring status!!! UID:143213-21892441@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143213 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building, Gym Courts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T120312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Policy Speed Dating with FREE Subway! DESCRIPTION:Do you like to nerd out about your favorite policy? Do you want to meet new people? Are you craving Subway? Then this meeting is for you! Join us Thursday the 29th from 7-8PM in the Wolverine Room of the Union for Policy Speed Dating with FREE Subway! UID:144745-21895802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Wolverine Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T120026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Virtual Transfer Student Panel DESCRIPTION:Join a panel of LSA Transfer Student Ambassadors to learn more about the transfer student experience. The Ambassadors will be chatting about the academic transition to U-M\, how to get involved on campus\, housing\, all the amazing programs and support for transfer students\, and any other questions that you have. Join us even if you don't have specific questions.\n\nPlease register with link at the right. After you register you will receive the Zoom login. UID:141224-21891264@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141224 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121656 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:2026 Faculty Showcase Concerts DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of faculty artistry and musicianship\, featuring performances from faculty instructors across the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. This event is free and open for all to attend. *Seating priority for prospective students.* UID:142155-21890094@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Dance,Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T101657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band DESCRIPTION:For hundreds of years\, songs have been the vessels for stories\, lessons\, and prayers for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. One of the newest additions to this world is the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band\, which presented its very first concert in 2022\, focusing on reimagined traditional melodies made famous by Indigenous jazz musicians from the past\, like singer Mildred Bailey (Coeur d’Alene) and saxophonist Jim Pepper (Kaw/Mvskoke)\, as well as new works that push the genre forward.\n\nLed by the celebrated vocalist Julia Keefe (Nez Perce)\, this 16-piece ensemble of Native musicians highlights an often overlooked but rich history of Indigenous bands that existed on reservations across the country in the early 20th century\, and it both deepens and challenges our understanding of the “uniquely American” art form known as jazz. The group brings charisma\, passion\, and purpose to every performance\, shining a spotlight on the vibrant tradition of Indigenous improvised music.\n\nLooking for free student tickets? All U-M undergraduate students are eligible to receive a FREE ticket to a UMS performance per academic year through the Bert’s Ticket program (a $20 value)! UID:137163-21879833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137163 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ArtsRx,Jazz,Michigan Theater,music,Native American,performance,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T060027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Florida Warmup DESCRIPTION:Michigan Men's Ultimate will be competing in the Florida Warmup in Apopka\, Fl on Jan 29 through Feb 1. UID:142269-21890304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142269 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Northwest Recreation Complex in Apopka, FL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 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:143218-21892505@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:20250812T084637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge DESCRIPTION:The application window for the 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge opens on Wednesday\, January 7!\n\nABOUT\nLeadership Crisis Challenge (LCC) is a premier action-based learning experience that immerses participants in a simulated business and media crisis\, powered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross. Students play the part of executives responding to the issues as they unfold\, while leveraging the expertise of communication coaches\, faculty\, and a board of directors made up of esteemed U-M alumni\, to prepare for a press conference attended by real members of the media.\n\nLCC is open to ALL U-M students. There are two levels of competition—graduate and undergraduate. Two undergraduate teams and two graduate teams will receive a scholarship\, split among participants. In addition to the competition\, there will be educational workshops\, a networking session\, and access to the Big House field.\n\nDon't miss out on this amazing\, one-of-a-kind opportunity! Apply by January 21.\n\nAGENDA\nThursday\, January 29\, approx. 4–10 PM\nMichigan Ross\n\nFriday\, January 30\, approx. 9 AM–5 PM\nJack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium\n• Boardroom Presentation: Teams will be assigned a 55-minute window to present to\, and receive feedback from\, a board of directors in the morning or early afternoon\n• Press Conference: The final round of competition begins at 3 PM and ends by 5 PM\nSee the full agenda on our website.\n\nTIME COMMITMENT\nApproximately 10 hours over 2 days\n\nQuestions? Email Sanger at rossleaders@umich.edu. UID:137308-21880118@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137308 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Networking,Personal Development,Professional Development,Scholarship,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T100000 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:134855-21892591@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:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894168@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 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:139065-21889781@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:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890843@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894911@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T210000 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:138431-21890608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000 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:142351-21890706@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:20260105T093408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\, stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Julie Harrell at (harrelju@umich.edu). UID:143170-21892360@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,Intercultural,International,Language,Languages,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T101618 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Pierre Bellec\, Associate Professor\, Department of Statistics\, Rutgers University DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The talk will explore properties of the iterates obtained from iterative algorithms in high-dimensional linear regression problems\, in the regime where the feature dimension is comparable with the sample size. Examples of common iterative algorithms covered by the analysis include Gradient Descent (GD)\, proximal GD and their accelerated variants such as Fast Iterative Soft-Thresholding (FISTA)\, as well as Stochastic Gradient Descent (SDG). For these estimators\, we will introduce estimators for the generalization error of the iterate for any fixed iteration along the trajectory. These estimators are proved to be root-n consistent under Gaussian designs. Applications to early-stopping are provided: when the generalization error of the iterates is a U-shape function of the iterations\, the estimates allow to select from the data an iteration that achieves the smallest generalization error along the trajectory. Time permitting\, we will introduce debiasing corrections and valid confidence intervals for the components of the true coefficient vector from the iterate at any finite iteration. UID:143257-21892564@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143257 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 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:137880-21880966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Stamps School’s annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition is a showcase of outstanding work produced by Stamps undergraduate students\, taking place at Stamps Gallery from January 30-February 21\, 2026. The opening reception will take place on January 30 from 6-8 p.m.\n\nA highly anticipated Stamps School tradition\, the objectives of the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition are: \n\n\n\nEncourage the creation of high-quality\, innovative art and design work.\n\nTeach students how to navigate juried exhibitions.\n\nPromote participation in Stamps’ vibrant cultural community.\nJurors\n\nCarlos Diaz is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow and a Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Photography Department (1995-2000) at the College for Creative Studies\, Detroit\, MI where he taught for 37 years. Diaz received a BFA from College for Creative Studies in 1980 and an MFA from the University of Michigan in 1983.\n\nPatricia Villalobos Echeverría (Nicaragua/USA)\, Professor of Art at Western Michigan University\, engages a transdisciplinary practice encompassing printmaking\, photography\, video\, installation\, and participatory frameworks to interrogate migration\, displacement\, and transformation. Exhibited internationally\, she holds a Doctor of Arts (Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art & Design)\, MFA\, and BFA\, with residencies including MacDowell and Ox-Bow.\n\n\n\nJessica Levy is the Co-Founder of Hourglass Advisory\, a New York-based art advisory firm specializing in curated collections for contemporary spaces. She holds an MFA from NYU and a BFA from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, and serves on the Stamps School’s Dean’s Advisory Council. Levy’s background spans media including ceramics\, fibers\, and industrial design. \nTimeline\n\n\n\nExhibition Opening Reception at Stamps Gallery: January 30\, 6-8pm\n\nWalkthrough with the Artists & Designers: January 31\, 2-4pm\n\nExhibition Dates: January 30-February 21\, 2026\n\nFor more information\, contact sclegg@umich.edu. UID:139627-21885808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21894993@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881285@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T133754 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Preparing Ph.D.s for Postdocs: How to Make Intentional Choices About if a Postdoc is Right for You DESCRIPTION:Are you a current Ph.D. student considering a postdoc as your next step? In this workshop\, a collaboration between the University Career Center\, Rackham Professional Development and Engagement\, and Office of Postdoctoral Affairs\, staff will cover all that you need to know about preparing to transition from a Ph.D. to a postdoc. We will cover the pros and cons of doing a postdoc\, the different types of postdocs\, how to prepare to search and interview\, as well as how to prepare yourself for the professional transition. UID:142940-21891832@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142940 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260214T063141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T123000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Preparing Ph.D.s for Postdocs: Make Intentional Choices: Is a Postdoc Right For You? DESCRIPTION:Are you a current PhD student considering a postdoc as yournext step? In this workshop\, a collaboration between the University Career Center\, Rackham Professional Development and Engagement\, and Office of Postdoctoral Affairs\, staff will cover all that you need to know about preparing to transition from a PhDs to a postdoc. We will cover the pros and cons of doing a postdoc\, the different types of postdocs\, how to prepare to search and interview\, as well as how to prepare yourself for the professional transition.Register here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/103765 #UCC UID:143949-21894304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143949 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T174536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Siteimprove Web Accessibility Remediation: A Start-to-Finish\, Repeatable Workflow DESCRIPTION:Please join us Friday\, January 30th at 11:00 AM EST for a Siteimprove training session that will give users a start-to-finish\, repeatable process for: identifying what to fix\, making changes\, and confirming improvements. This session will be recorded\, and the slides and recording will be shared afterward. \n\nAdvanced registration is required. Register for the session here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/hWVp_svtTumHKvsfu271Kw#/registration UID:144276-21895109@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:accessibility,Assistive Technology,Digital Accessibility LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Register in advance via link in description. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T121653 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Austin Zhu\, carillon DESCRIPTION:*This event has been cancelled due to weather. We apologize for any inconvenience.*\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143728-21893718@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143728 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:American Institutions Group DESCRIPTION:The American Institutions Group (AIG) is a Rackham interdisciplinary workshop for faculty and graduate students that meets twice a month to discuss recent and forthcoming research on American political institutions (e.g. Congress\, the presidency\, state legislatures and executives\, the courts\, and the bureaucracy). Our key goals are to offer new and varied perspectives for graduate students to harness in their own dissertation work on American political institutions\; encourage conversations that breed new research ideas\; and spur innovative collaborations among our participants. AIG participants are scholars in political science\, public health\, social work\, public policy\, and economics interested in examinations of American political institutions from the perspective of these disciplines.\n\nFaculty Coordinators: Charles R. Shipan\, Christian Fong\n\nGraduate Coordinators: Karla Magaña & Carlos Galina UID:117445-21896040@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117445 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Pre-Function Room 5769 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T181640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays\, musicals\, dance concerts\, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers\, designers\, and technicians.\n\nOpening Reception: January 23\, 2026\, 4:30 to 5:30 pm\n\nOpen January 27 – February 6\, 2026\nGallery Hours:\nTues – Fri\, Noon to 6:00 pm\nSunday\, Noon to 6:00 pm\n(Closed Saturday & Monday) UID:144061-21894600@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144061 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,North Campus,Research,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T103842 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T131500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: http://myumi.ch/P37nV\n\nThis talk explores how the modern earth and environmental sciences were shaped by Indonesian intellectuals and knowledge traditions on the slopes of Javanese volcanoes. Bobbette will introduce the core principles of political geology as a method that builds on political ecology and social histories of science. He will also examine how the theory of plate tectonics was not a scientific “revolution” but was profoundly enabled by the spiritual geographies and political geology of central Java.\n \n Adam Bobbette is a geographer and Lecturer in Political Geology at the University of Glasgow\, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences. He is the author of The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java (Duke 2023) which won the Harry J. Benda Prize.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142977-21891871@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142977 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,center for southeast asian studies,Ecology,Environment,indonesia,Javanese LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T084834 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Does Charring Affect New World Crop Stable Isotope Values? An Experimental Study Investigating Desiccated vs. Charred Plant Remains DESCRIPTION:Stable Isotope Analysis (SIA) on macrobotanical remains\, can provide unique insights into past diet\, environment\, and certain anthropogenic effects\, that are otherwise lost to time. When archaeologists collect macrobotanical remains however\, they are often found desiccated (dried) or charred (burnt). SIA studies by many researchers have investigated if there is a difference isotopically between the two states of preserved macrobotanicals\, and some suggest that there is a difference in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic values. However\, the majority of these studies focus on Eurasian crops\, especially those of the C3 pathway. To our knowledge\, the difference between desiccated and charred remains of North and South American crops has not been as thoroughly conducted\, and not between C3 vs C4 pathways. In this study\, we experimentally charred important North and South American crop staples\, such as multiple varieties of corn (maize)\, avocado\, and legumes. The results of this study will allow archaeologists to assess whether to apply an offset to allow for comparable results between desiccated and charred plant remains. This study is especially important\, as it provides insight into if charring creates a greater offset between C3 desiccated and charred remains\, or between C4 desiccated and charred remains\, implying a different offset needed based on the photosynthetic pathway that the sample is identified as. UID:144748-21895805@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Archaeology LOCATION:School of Education - 1322 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T173944 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Drama and Performance Interest Group DESCRIPTION:We hope you will join us for an enriching discussion of Susan Manning's latest book. Snacks will be served.\n\nPlease RSVP for the reading group here:\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfa9Tz2J6Tq-_BZRlh8_rIDKojsLIX46A7KQjaB7pttelkQQg/viewform\n\nDancing on the Fault Lines of History (University of Michigan Press\, 2025) collects essential essays by Susan Manning\, one of the founders of critical dance studies\, recounting her career writing and rewriting the history of modern dance. Three sets of keywords—gender and sexuality\, whiteness and Blackness\, nationality and globalization—illuminate modern dance histories from multiple angles\, coming together in varied combinations\, shifting positions from foreground to background. Among the many artists discussed are Isadora Duncan\, Vaslav Nijinsky\, Ted Shawn\, Helen Tamiris\, Katherine Dunham\, José Limón\, Pina Bausch\, Reggie Wilson\, and Nelisiwe Xaba. Calling for a comparative and transnational historiography\, Manning ends with an extended case study of Mary Wigman’s multidimensional exchange with artists from Indonesia\, India\, China\, Korea\, and Japan.\n\nSusan Manning (she/her)\, Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University\, is jointly appointed in English\, Theatre\, and Performance Studies. Specializing in dance and movement-based performance\, she teaches the history of theatrical modernism and avant-garde performance. She has worked as a curator and dramaturge as well as a scholar\, and her writings have been translated into German\, French\, Italian\, Spanish\, and Polish. UID:143956-21894313@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143956 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,English Language And Literature,Reading LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T151757 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T133000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:EIHS Symposium: Orders and the Unruly: A Conversation with our Fellows DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this exciting opportunity to engage with the research of this year’s Eisenberg and department fellows. For this symposium\, we have asked them to focus on one aspect of their projects that illustrates this year’s Eisenberg theme\, “Orders and the unruly.” Their takes on this theme promise to be illuminating. Casey Stark will investigate the complexities of religious officeholding among the highest orders of ancient Roman society. Matthew Bahar will tell us about unusual Indigenous burial site from sixteenth-century Florida that unnerved early Spanish explorers. Hazal Ozdemir will introduce us to the disobedient photographers who were tasked by the Sultan to track Armenian migrants in the late Ottoman Empire. Allie Goodman will explore how young people negotiated their control\, caretaking\, and institutionalization in early twentieth-century Chicago. Come learn about authority and its subversion across continents and centuries!\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:141749-21889280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Humanities LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T142109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T124500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Expedition Reef DESCRIPTION:Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems. Expedition Reef immerses you in an undersea adventure. Along the way\, discover how corals grow\, feed\, reproduce\, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth.\n\nThe state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and back in time from the comfort of reclining seats. Tickets $8. Tickets are available on the day of the show at the Museum Store. UID:95986-21892252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:natural history museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T093432 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Heartfulness Meditation DESCRIPTION:Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly\, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being. \n\nAll U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required. \n\n*What will you learn?*\n\nThe guided meditation practice involves three simple steps: relaxation\, rejuvenation\, and meditation.\n\nRelaxation brings your body to a calm\, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level\, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow this with a rejuvenation method to detox the mind to let go of stress and complex emotions\, and will leave you feeling light and refreshed. Lastly\, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice. \n\n*Why Meditate?*\n\nWhile physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape\, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically\, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony. \n\n*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708\n\n*Event Details*\n\nHeartfulness Guided Meditation \nFridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)\nJoin Via Zoom Meeting\nRegister to receive Passcode (see “Related links”\n\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org. UID:143758-21893932@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T110427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kreativwerkstatt DESCRIPTION:Chat in German and express yourself creatively. Crafting\, coloring\, painting\, drawing\, knitting\, sewing\, crochet\, embroidery\, origami? You will combine speaking German\, any level welcome\, beginners included\, and creatively expressing yourself. You are encouraged to bring your own materials or (ongoing) projects\, but we will also provide some materials and prompts each week. Contact Laura Okkema (lokkema@umich.edu) or Iris Zapf-Garcia (iriszaga@umich.edu.) with questions. UID:144358-21895204@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3117 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T184755 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:LAGS | AI from a Real-Life Data Scientist DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nMichigan Physics graduate Tim Olson will share insights and learnings from ten years of industry experience. He will share an overview of his career path leading from theoretical physics at Michigan to applied research and development for the space domain at Slingshot Aerospace\, with brief detours to other interesting topics along the way\, and discuss tips and strategies for successfully transitioning from academia to industry.\n\nBio:\nDr. Timothy Olson is the Manager for Advanced Concepts at Slingshot Aerospace\, driving research and development of patent-pending technologies for intelligent decision and behavior modeling in space environments. He also supports space domain awareness at Slingshot through analytics\, predictive modeling\, conjunction assessment\, and anomaly detection. Prior to Slingshot\, Tim received a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Michigan\, studying amplitudes and holography with Henriette Elvang. After graduate school\, he worked on geospatial and remote sensing applications at Maxar Technologies. Subsequently\, Tim spent five years at Yahoo where he developed novel algorithms and patented systems to detect and prevent fraudulent activity in the complex\, fast-paced digital advertising domain\, leading initiatives to address new activity patterns and risk vectors in emerging technology spaces. Tim's broad experience spans fundamental science research and academic publications through technology development and deployment of mature\, customer-facing software products. UID:144451-21895376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144451 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate Students,Physics LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T143247 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:LSA@Play: Soup & Swag DESCRIPTION:Stop by for a hot cup of soup to go and some cozy swag! Rumor has it\, you'll leave feeling as snug as if you'd just pulled on your favorite sweatshirt...\n__________\nFor LSA undergrads only. Join us for LSA@Play\, a vibrant series of events designed to welcome and support LSA students! Gatherings and activities offer an opportunity for students to prioritize well-being\, inclusivity\, and community. Plus\, get free food and LSA swag! Visit the LSA@Play webpage: lsa.umich.edu/play for more details\, subscribe to receive text/email updates\, and check for additional events being added soon! Events are first-come\, first-served\, and while supplies last. One swag item per student\, and you must be present with an MCard to receive it.\n\nThe University of Michigan College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please email lsaatplay@umich.edu if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet the requested accommodations. UID:143664-21893621@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Undergraduate Students,Well-being LOCATION:LSA Building - Back Patio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T100852 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:PEAR Training DESCRIPTION:PEAR's Bystander Intervention Skills workshop\, along with training on the new Sexual & Gender-Based Misconduct (SGBM) policies/reporting requirements. UID:143583-21893421@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biophysics LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894406@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 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:138950-21884333@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:20260203T141419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar | Negative energies and the breakdown of bulk lengths in JT gravity DESCRIPTION:One central puzzle in quantum gravity is to understand how and why predictions from semiclassical gravity can sometimes break down in a regime where we naively expect the semiclassical approximation to be valid. In particular\, overlaps among states that are orthonormal in the semiclassical approximation can receive large corrections from quantum fluctuations of the geometry. I will examine such overlaps among states of fixed length in the theory of pure JT gravity\, which is dual to the random matrix ensemble of Saad-Shenker-Stanford. Previously\, it has been discussed that the discreteness of the boundary spectrum must cause a breakdown of the bulk length basis for lengths proportional to the boundary inverse level spacing\, e^{S_0}. I will discuss how the sum over quantum fluctuations at all orders in the bulk genus expansion indicates a more dramatic breakdown than previously expected\, at shorter lengths of O(e^{S_0/3}). From the perspective of the boundary spectrum\, these corrections arise from the presence of negative energies in rare members of the random matrix ensemble. Work in progress with John Preskill and Mykhaylo Usatyuk. UID:144818-21895974@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144818 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Brown Bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T120202 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Notre Dame Tournament DESCRIPTION:notre dame tournament UID:144069-21894608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144069 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Notre Dame CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T174012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Poetry & Poetics Workshop - Zine Initiative DESCRIPTION:As we continue to ponder the theme of Poetry & Media\, graduate students and faculty are invited to gather to discuss a selection of zines. This will be a low-stakes environment to practice close reading and collaborative interpretations. This event will kick start our Zine Initiative by prompting us to think about the relationship between poetry and materiality. \n\nThe Poetry & Poetics Workshop is excited to announce a semester of several events that build toward our Zine Initiative. Throughout the semester\, we aim to make a collaborative zine\, culminating with an event where we learn how to construct it together.\n\nRegister on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/14954 UID:144325-21895168@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature,Poetry LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T134500 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:141325-21892198@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:20260120T163354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Thriving in STEM | Opportunity Hub Pop-Up Coaching DESCRIPTION:LSA Opportunity Hub Pop-Up Coaching is ideal when you’re short on time and need to stop by for immediate support. Whether you have an upcoming interview\, a job or internship application due soon\, or simply want to learn more about coaching\, Pop-Up Coaching is a convenient option. While registration is available\, it is not required. UID:144221-21894885@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Basic Science,biology,Biopsychology\, Cognition\, And Neuroscience (Bcn),Biosciences,Central Campus,chemistry,Discussion,First-gen,first-generation,Free,In Person,Natural Sciences,physics,pre health,Pre Med,Pre-Health,science,science learning center,Sessions,slc,transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T095210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Type theory seminar: Dependent function types DESCRIPTION:This is a learning seminar on dependent type theory\, following Egbert Rijke's book \"Introduction to Homotopy Type Theory.\" This talk will cover chapter 2 of Rijke's book\, on dependent function types. UID:144680-21895682@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144680 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121647 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lon Mitchell\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Lon Mitchell performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:143729-21893719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143729 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T102850 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:AI and Collective Intelligence DESCRIPTION:Abstract to come UID:141754-21889315@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141754 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:digital technology LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135221 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences DESCRIPTION:The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research projects that use the comparative method to study the causes and effects of social\, political and economic processes. We specifically welcome presenters\, discussants\, and participants from other social science fields to share their work with us. We have participants from Economics\, the Ford School of Public Policy\, the Law School\, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, Mathematics\, Political Science\, the Ross School of Business\, Sociology\, Statistics\, and the Center for Emerging Democracies\, and others. In other words: All are welcome. UID:112863-21896026@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Pre-Function Room 5769 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T144858 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Frequency Fridays DESCRIPTION:Explore soundscape creation with us this week!\n\nFrequency Fridays is a weekly media workshop series\, every Friday from 2-3pm in the Design Lab PIE Space on the first floor of Shapiro. Workshops will feature instruction in music production\, video editing\, sound design\, motion graphics\, and more. All skill levels welcome. \n\nIf you have questions about Frequency Fridays\, please reach out to alvin hill\, the library's Media Production Specialist\, at munk@umich.edu. UID:144710-21895752@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144710 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T131948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Theory Workshop DESCRIPTION:Political Theory Workshop Winter 2026 Details:\n\nUnless otherwise noted\, all sessions will be held in the Walker Room on Fridays from 2:00 to 3:30.\n\nJan 30th: David Suell. Ideal Theory for Non-Ideal Times: Obafemi Awolowo\, John Rawls\, and Contesting the Foundations for Socialist Democracy.\n\nFeb 13th: Loay Alarab. Violence\, Refusal\, and Political Impossibility \n\nFeb 20th: Cristina Conesa Pla. Title TBA\n\nMarch 10th\, Shatema Threadcraft and Joseph Fischel\, Title TBA\, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm\, 2239 Lane Hall\n\nMarch 20th\, Ekaterina Olson Shipyatsky\, Title TBA\n\nApril 10th. Patrick Peralta. Memory From Below: Exposing the Violence of BongBong Marcos\n\nApril 17th\, Thomas Klemm\, Title TBA UID:117617-21894338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Walker, Room 5664 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T144500 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:136347-21892279@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T120501 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:An introduction to webs (Combinatorics seminar) DESCRIPTION:The combinatorial spider is a diagrammatic category that encodes quantum sl(n) representations\, and was formalized by Kuperberg. Webs are certain directed planar graphs (with edge-weights)\, corresponding to the morphisms in this category\, and endowed with skein-type relations that indicate algebraic equivalences. Webs are well-understood in the case n=2\, when they are essentially noncrossing matchings (or Temperley-Lieb diagrams)\, and in the substantially more complicated case n=3. \n\nIn this talk\, we sketch some of the historical evolution of webs\, including work of Kuperberg\, Khovanov\, Fontaine\, and Cautis-Kamnitzer-Morrison\, as well as the convergence with a collection of combinatorial ideas about plabic graphs from Postnikov\, Fomin-Pylyavskyy\, Fraser-Lam-Le\, and others. We also describe a new approach\, joint with Heather M. Russell\, that uses a set of colored paths called \emph{strands} to give a global construction for webs\, via graph-theoretic and combinatorial notions generalized from smaller dimensions. Time permitting\, we'll also allude to connections to algebraic geometry. UID:142441-21890960@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T171348 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: The Algebra of Scientific Doubt: From Noether to Noise\, from Ritt to the Unknown DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Scientific progress is defined by a fundamental asymmetry: a theory feels complete until the moment it is proven wrong. In mathematical modeling\, we often operate within axiomatic systems\, (conservation laws\, symmetries\, and invariants)\, that are inevitably incomplete. The central challenge of automated discovery is abduction: can we reason backward from observed phenomena to identify the missing principles that our axioms fail to capture?\n\nIn this talk\, I will outline a program for the systematic discovery of physical laws through the lens of algebraic geometry. Building on the AI-Noether framework\, which utilized Hilbert's Nullstellensatz and Noether's primary decomposition (I=⋂qi) for abductive discovery in exact polynomial settings\, we now extend this machinery into two new frontiers. \n\nFirst\, we address the \"brittleness\" of symbolic computation by embracing Numerical Algebraic Geometry. Using homotopy continuation and witness sets\, we move beyond exact arithmetic to achieve scalable\, noise-robust inference in empirical data. Second\, we transition from static constraints to dynamical systems via Differential Algebra. By shifting from Hilbert’s Basis Theorem to Ritt’s\, and from Gröbner bases to Rosenfeld-Gröbner characteristic sets\, we enable the native discovery of differential equations directly from observations.\n\nThe power of this synthesis is already emerging. Preliminary applications to a series of long-standing open problems in mathematical physics suggest that this framework can identify candidate laws and hidden symmetries where classical derivation has stalled. We are finally positioned to venture into genuinely unknown territory: the discovery of fundamental principles that have remained\, until now\, just beyond human reach.\n\nContact: Shravan Veerapaneni UID:141895-21889610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141895 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T105015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Booking International Flights on a Budget DESCRIPTION:Come to this session to hear tips about booking international flights on a budget. We will include a live demo on how to book a flight and there will also be time for Q&A after the presentation. If you're new to booking international flights\, this workshop is for you!\n\nThis event is part of the Global Wolverines: Preparing You to Have a Successful International Experience event series.\n\nhttps://internationalcenter.umich.edu/abroad/ic-global-wolverines UID:144755-21895816@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,International LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T030401 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar | Energy Correlators in Particle Physics\, QFT and Gravity DESCRIPTION:Detector operators\, of which the average null energy operator provides the most famous example\, arise as direct theoretical models of asymptotic measurements in collider experiments. In QFT\, detector operators are expressed in terms of \"light-ray operators\"\, whose correlation functions provide an interesting class of non-perturbatively well-defined observables. \n\nIn this talk\, I will give an overview of light-ray/ detector operators\, and attempt highlight the different perspectives and motivations for studying these operators\, coming from the CFT\, amplitudes and phenomenological communities. I will then present recent measurements of these correlators in experiment\, as well as applications to positivity bounds on OPE coefficients. UID:143131-21892188@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143131 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T144347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:LSA Campus Tours for Transfer Students DESCRIPTION:Join the LSA Transfer Student Ambassadors for a central campus tour and to learn all about the transfer student experience. As transfer students\, the Ambassadors understand the questions you have and designed a tour with the needs of transfer students in mind.\n\nPlease register using the link to the right. UID:95236-21895061@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1180 (Transfer Student Center) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T154500 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:141325-21892207@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:20260114T104637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Sociocultural Anthropology Colloquium | “Hopesick: Care and Community in America’s Opioid Crisis” DESCRIPTION:“For many Christians\, the belief that God can and does act directly in the world can be a tremendous source of hope. Against seemingly insurmountable challenges\, there is a sense that the miraculous may truly be possible. And yet\, things don’t always work out. In this talk\, I explore these dynamics of hope and disappointment through the life of a young woman living with opioid use disorder in Central Appalachia. Drawing on five years of collaborative ethnographic fieldwork in non-denominational churches and clinics providing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)\, this talk considers the theological and interpersonal stakes of hope and despair in Appalachian communities living through the on-going opioid crisis. In it\, I explore the vernacular use of the term ‘hopesick’ as a possible alternative to concepts of co-dependent resentment\, compassion fatigue\, and abandonment. Moving beyond moments of hopesick rage and grief\, the later sections of the talk explore what we might learn from recovering ‘hopefiends’ who have found less risky ways to engage with the euphoric highs of hope so that they may continue on with greater compassion for themselves and others.”\n\nChina Scherz is the Kristin Yudt Collegiate Professor of Global Affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to arriving at Notre Dame\, Scherz was an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia. She earned a Ph.D. in medical anthropology from the Universities of California at San Francisco and Berkeley and a B.A. in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. Scherz’s work examines how health and well-being are fostered through care\, connection\, and community. Across a series of projects\, she has also explored how people decide who they should care for and how they ought to care for them and the ways in which spiritual experiences intersect with processes of ethical transformation. UID:143772-21893993@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143772 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,american culture,Anthropology,colloquium,Global Health,Health,Health & Wellness,Sociology LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T223925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Algebraic Geometry: Variation of GIT DESCRIPTION:Let G be a reductive group acting on a quasi-projective variety X. The construction of the geometric invariant theory (GIT) quotient of X by G depends on the choice of an ample line bundle on X with a compatible action of G. Changing this line bundle often results in a birational map of GIT quotients (a flip)\, which aids in understanding the birational geometry of these spaces. I’ll give an introduction to these ideas\, focusing on the case where G is a torus and X is affine space\, which corresponds to the case of toric varieties. UID:144463-21895389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144463 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 2866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T110419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation! DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us! Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p and Rooting for Change Cafe (3rd Floor Palmer Commons) every other Wednesday from 5-6p UID:138091-21891105@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Climate Change,Discussion,Food,food and the environment,Free,Free Food,Graduate and Professional Students,In Person,Social,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Cafe CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T105619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: Tammo Reichgelt DESCRIPTION:Global greening refers to expansion of the terrestrial biosphere as a result of changes in atmospheric chemistry. There are three main ways that global greening can happen. 1: Increased temperatures and/or rainfall will allow plants to grow where they previously could not. 2: Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide enhances photosynthetic activity and thus should result in increased biomass. 3: Increased atmospheric carbon leads to less transpiration due to reduced stomatal conductance\, making them effectively more drought resistant. Add those three mechanisms together and we should expect the future to be much greener than today. Unfortunately\, that does not seem to be the case. Anthropogenic changes appear to be too fast for many of these key mechanisms to function as they would in an idealized scenario. However\, during the warmer world and elevated CO2 levels of the Miocene\, the biosphere may indeed have expanded due to these global greening mechanisms. In this talk\, we'll explore how Miocene fossil plants reveal a globally greener world\, and what may have contributed to this expanded terrestrial biomass. UID:143178-21892394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T083630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Board Games & Pockets Night DESCRIPTION:Game on—and grab a bite! Board Games & Pockets Night pairs classic games and friendly competition with delicious “pocket foods” like dumplings and other handheld favorites stuffed with flavor. It’s a laid-back night to play\, snack\, and hang out with friends in the dining halls. Come for the games\, stay for the pockets! 🥟🎲\n\nThis event is included with your residential meal plan. Those with block plans can use a meal swipe to enter. All other guests will pay the door rate to dine in the dining halls. UID:143167-21892348@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143167 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dinner,Food,Games,In Person,Night Game,North Campus LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T140100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) UID:138768-21883837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T164513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T190000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142771-21891435@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142771 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Free,Humanities,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T123534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T183000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:New Year\, New Journal at Mosher Jordan DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants to decorate journals for the New Year! UID:143737-21893738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall - Cesar Chavez Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T162229 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T190000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142764-21891347@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142764 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T181528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251122T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs Virginia DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs Virginia UID:142135-21890057@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142135 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us on Friday\, January 30 from 6 – 8 p.m. for the opening receptions of Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project and the 2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition at Stamps Gallery.\n\nLight refreshments will be served.\n\nThe Stamps School’s annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition is a showcase of outstanding work produced by Stamps undergraduate students\, taking place at Stamps Gallery from January 30-February 21\, 2026. UID:139628-21885822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139628 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T144038 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Game Night at Oxford DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for fun night of Nitendo Switch video games! Snacks will be provided. UID:142650-21891257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142650 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Game Night,housing,Social LOCATION:Oxford Housing - Mahatma Gandhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T121706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Molly Weisberg\, trumpet DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Molly Weisberg performs a final senior recital. UID:143933-21894288@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143933 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T172055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:NSBP General Body Meeting - Friday\, January 30 @ 6 pm in West Hall 267B DESCRIPTION: UID:144585-21895519@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144585 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception - Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us on Friday\, January 30 from 6 – 8 p.m. for the opening receptions of Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project and the 2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition at Stamps Gallery.\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21) UID:143983-21894370@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143983 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T101750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Get Hired\, Job Interviews DESCRIPTION:Get Hired. Gain insider interview tips from a working professional—an alum of UC Berkeley and UCLA—designed to help you stand out and land the job.\nAn International Student Mentorship Program workshop.\nSign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgV62cs56y4v0IFk_vT5_L8t9v2QLdf97P1qqtsIaBAwS_Lw/viewform UID:144435-21895351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144435 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Free,In Person,International,International Students,Talk,Training LOCATION:LSA Building - 1280 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T180259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T213000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:🎲 Game Night Invitation 🎉 DESCRIPTION: \n🎲 Game Night Invitation 🎉\nFriends! Looking for a fun night of games\, laughter\, and friendship? Join us for another Game Night this Friday\, January 30th!\n🕡 Dinner: 6:30 PM🎮 Games: 7:30–9:30 PM\nCome enjoy great food while last\, fun games\, and good company. We’d love to see you there!\n📍 Location:Willowtree Apartment Leasing Office1819 Willowtree Ln\, Ann Arbor\nFeel free to invite a friend — everyone is welcome! 🙌 UID:144663-21895664@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Willowtree Apartment Leasing Office CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T155254 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:01/30 Roblox Gaming Session DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun night of gaming with fellow Robloxians!! Get to know each other and enjoy some relaxing Roblox time!! UID:144864-21896064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144864 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Games,Social,Student Org LOCATION:Mason Hall - 1339 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T131217 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T203000 SUMMARY:Meeting:RC Student Union Town Hall DESCRIPTION:Join us at 7pm on Friday Jan 30 for an RC Town Hall hosted by the RC Student Union. UID:144623-21895586@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144623 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T230000 SUMMARY:Tours:Telescope Observing DESCRIPTION:Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments.\n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThe Observatory will be open for exploration even if the weather does not permit telescope observing. We strive to always have interesting things for you to do!\n\nLast visitors admitted 30 minutes prior to closing. UID:143097-21892073@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,Family,free,Museum,museums,observing,Science,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T181528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251122T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Wrestling vs Northwestern DESCRIPTION:Wrestling vs Northwestern UID:142136-21890058@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142136 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Wrestling LOCATION:Cliff Keen Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T130156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:49th Ann Arbor Folk Festival (Friday) DESCRIPTION:Night one of the Ann Arbor Folk Fest is an evening with Made-in-Michigan favorites Greensky Bluegrass.\n\nKnown for their dazzling live performances and relentless touring schedule\, Kalamazoo’s Greensky Bluegrass -- Anders Beck [dobro]\, Michael Arlen Bont [banjo]\, Dave Bruzza [guitar]\, Mike Devol [upright bass]\, and Paul Hoffman [Mandolin] -- are connected through a deep bond\, just as they are seasoned road warriors\, they’re a band of brothers who have seen each other through decades of ups and downs\, personal and collective highlights\, and the moments when life turns it all upside down. These are real people having real experiences. As with traditional bluegrass\, they write about their own contemporary day-to-day happenings\, emotions\, and experiences in the modern world.\n\nThe band has earned critical acclaim from Billboard\, Parade\, NPR\, and Rolling Stone who hailed them as “representing the genre for a whole new generation.” The band embraces tradition while ushering bluegrass forward on their eighth full-length offering\, Stress Dreams. “Greensky is and always has been very unique in our world\,” observes Paul. “We put our love\, energy\, and focus into what we appreciate about our music. We come together as a band in a way that’s organic. We take a lot of pride in how we grow and challenge each other too. We’re maturing together. I think we get more Greensky all of the time.”\n\nOpening the evening is Junior Brown. With his unique voice\, more unique song writing\, and even more unique double necked “Guit-Steel” guitar\, there has absolutely never been anyone like Junior Brown. He’s a one-man musical hot fusion machine! People call him a cross between Jimi Hendrix and Ernest Tubb. But there’s a lot more to say about Junior Brown. There’s the fact that he’s just about the best surf guitarist around\, for example. Or that he’s a wonderful composer of traditional country songs\, the kind in which each outrageous pun leads you deeper into an emotional blind alley. Seeing Junior live is a definite must\, so GUIT WITH IT ’cause he’s AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL and an absolute legend! Come check out the performer voted #1 House Rocker by the readers of Guitar Player – we are delighted to welcome Junior Brown and his legendary band to open this year’s Ann Arbor Folk Festival. UID:140535-21887293@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140535 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T121639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T213000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Craig Terry Voice & Piano Master Class DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with guest artist Craig Terry\, Music Director of the Ryan Opera Center. He will offer a master class with SMTD voice and collaborative piano students. Free and open to the public with generous support from the Sally Fleming Master Class Fund.\n\nAmerican pianist CRAIG TERRY has an international performance career and recently won a GRAMMY Award for “Best Classical Solo Vocal Album” for the recording he made with Joyce DiDonato\, *Songplay*. In addition\, he is the Ryan Opera Center Music Director at the Chicago Lyric Opera. UID:141563-21889020@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141563 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Talk,Workshop LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T130930 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:International Center Student Formal DESCRIPTION:Please visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/6242/6243 for more detail. UID:142780-21891527@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142780 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T125327 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UM vs. MSU Basketball Watch Party DESCRIPTION:Stop by the Michigan Union to cheer on the Wolverines Basketball team! UID:144851-21896018@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144851 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basketball,Cci,Free,Watchparty LOCATION:Michigan Union - Courtyard CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260131T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260131T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Lacrosse vs Mercyhurst DESCRIPTION:Men's Lacrosse vs Mercyhurst UID:144671-21895672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144671 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:U-M Lacrosse Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T181517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Track & Field vs Silverston Invitational DESCRIPTION:Men's Track & Field vs Silverston Invitational UID:144434-21895350@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144434 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T181517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Track & Field vs Silverston Invitational DESCRIPTION:Women's Track & Field vs Silverston Invitational UID:144433-21895349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144433 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260221T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Ball State DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Ball State UID:144738-21895796@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144738 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Vibrance Dance Annual Showcase DESCRIPTION:No description is provided. \nPlease visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/6312/6313 for more detail. UID:144591-21895531@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144591 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Mendelssohn CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T125647 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ryan Montbleau DESCRIPTION:Poetic Americana\n\nA relentless road warrior and masterful wordsmith\, Ryan Montbleau has spent the better part of thirty years cultivating a devoted audience on the strength of his ecstatic live shows and exhilarating sonic versatility. He’s collaborated with artists as diverse as Trombone Shorty\, Galactic\, Steel Pulse\, Tall Heights\, Martin Sexton\, Anders Osborne\, and George Porter\, Jr\; shared bills with the likes of Tedeschi Trucks Band\, Ani DiFranco\, Todd Snider\, The Wood Brothers\, Rodrigo y Gabriela\, and Mavis Staples\; and racked up more than 150 million streams on Spotify alone. NPR’s Mountain Stage compared his “eloquent\, soulful songwriting” to Bill Withers and James Taylor\, while Relix celebrated his “poetic Americana\,” and The Boston Herald raved that “he’s made a career of confident\, danceable positivity.”\n\nMontbleau’s freewheeling new album finds him exploring the full spectrum of his influences like never before\, touching on folk\, rock\, funk\, soul\, hip-hop\, and reggae\, all with a preternatural ease that belies the intensely focused craftsmanship behind it. The songs are sprawling and unpredictable\, grappling with a modern world perpetually teetering on the edge of chaos\, but the performances are relentlessly optimistic\, insisting on hope and joy in the face of it all. The result is Montbleau’s most vulnerable and cathartic work yet\, an album that acknowledges the inevitability of doubt and pain while at the same time celebrating our limitless capacity for growth and love. UID:144664-21895665@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T125858 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260327T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Rabbitology DESCRIPTION:A little land of the harebrained and burrowing - Venture into these eclectic soundscapes\, and here you will discover a collection of memoirs turned into fantastical sonic short stories.\n\nEveryone has their own world. Fragments of moments lived\, translated and understood through metaphor and storytelling. Rabbitology is the project of (University of Michigan student) Nat Timmerman—a world that was pulled from her odd-running mind. \n\nStrange but charming\, you’ll find these songs bundled in capes of star-dusted moss\, grounded in the natural world\, propelled by the raw and the real. If a song takes place in the woods\, then the woods the song will become\; the percussion is the stomping of the leaves\, the synth is a warped fox’s cry. Thus arise the stories of dread-grey skies\, writhing vines\, and shivering pines—stories of a magically real folk horror. The dark and ugly become beautiful here\, and vice versa. In this world\, there is no such thing as “black or white\,” instead\, everything exists together at once.\n\nThis world is for the souls who never quite fit in\, who found themselves like ghosts\, drifting between realms\, never finding anywhere to settle. Simply follow the three-legged rabbit prints until you’re knee deep in this world’s tall grass. Here\, you’re invited to rest\, to dance\, to create\, to ideate\, even if your visit is only for a little while. Stay as long as you like. Make this world your home too. It’s a little unusual in here\, but that’s life! UID:144665-21895666@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144665 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T131653 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Brian Vander Ark DESCRIPTION:Brian Vander Ark is the lead singer and principal songwriter for the multi-platinum alternative rock band The Verve Pipe\, recognized worldwide for their radio hits Photograph\, Hero\, Happiness Is\, Never Let You Down\, and the #1 smash single The Freshmen.\n\nDuring breaks from his work with The Verve Pipe\, Brian set out on his own to launch a multifaceted solo career that has included releasing four acclaimed independent studio albums - Resurrection\, Angel Put Your Face On\, Brian Vander Ark and Magazine as well as his collections of cover songs called Planet Sunday Sessions\, Volume 1 & II. He’s also collaborated with actor/musician Jeff Daniels on the Simple Truths\, an album of original Americana songs while continuing to write and record original music with The Verve Pipe\, including their most recent independent album\, Threads. UID:144666-21895667@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144666 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T122728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260425T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Pajamas DESCRIPTION:A tapestry of sound - intricate and expansive\n\nIn an era of precision-crafted playlists and algorithmic recommendations\, Pajamas is a refreshing anomaly. Hailing from Ann Arbor\, MI\, Pajamas' style has been described as “exploratory rock\" - a good descriptor for Pajamas’ sound which contains a smorgasbord of influences from across almost the whole canon of American music tradition. This four man group is redefining the live music experience\, standing on the shoulders of giants and crafting performances that are as much about the journey as the destination. \n\nThe band’s rocky overall sound is nuanced\, feeling almost like each song is an interesting\, in-depth conversation between the band and audience. The band's four members - Nicholas Orr\, Graham Low\, Owen Kellenberger\, and Liam Gallegos - weave together a tapestry of sound that is both intricate and expansive. Songs blend seamlessly into one another\, creating a sense of flow and continuity that is all too rare in modern music.\n\nPajamas draws influence from the likes of Pink Floyd\, Phish\, Chick Corea\, Grateful Dead\, Jaco Pastorius\, David Bowie\, Brian Blade\, Radiohead\, Victor Wooten\, Allman Brothers and many others. Since 2018\, Pajamas has played hundreds of shows across the Midwest and beyond. From festivals like Summer Camp and big stages like Frederik Meijer Garden Amphitheater they’ve shared the stage with nationally touring acts including Goose\, Aqueous\, Thornetta Davis\, Karina Rykman and many others. UID:144667-21895668@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144667 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T125121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260512T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Davina and the Vagabonds DESCRIPTION:“Davina Sowers creates her own Americana mishmash — a little Amy Winehouse-worthy neo-soul here\, a little Great American Songbook-influenced songcraft there.” –Rolling Stone Magazine​\n\n“Davina and the Vagabonds combat heartache with sugar and sass.\" –Downbeat Magazine​\n\nDavina Sowers and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows\, level A musicianship\, sharp-dressed professionalism\, and Sowers’ commanding stage presence. With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits\, the band is converting audiences one show at a time\, from Vancouver to Miami and across Europe. \n\nMuch like the music\, the story spurns era\, expectation\, and classification. The often unbelievable\, sometimes harrowing\, and wholly inspiring journey of Davina Sowers gave birth to her eponymous band Davina and The Vagabonds in 2004. As the tale goes\, she grew up in the economically depressed Allegheny town of Altoona\, PA\, which she now describes as “awesome in the industrial era\, but horrible for high school.” She was adopted by her much older stepfather when he was in his 80s\; he passed away when she was just 13. Through him and his Edison phonograph\, she first heard The Ink Spots\, Sidney Bechet\, Louis Armstrong and Louis Prima\, Sister Rosetta Tharpe\, and many others. “Great man. He was my angel and still is\,” she says.\n\nOn her own\, she vividly recalls hours in front of the record player where she religiously spun Led Zeppelin\, Black Sabbath\, and Simon and Garfunkel records belonging to her folk singer mom.\n\nTo this day\, Davina still refers to music as “my first and eternal love.” Despite early dalliances with classical piano and guitar\, she developed a heavy drug habit in high school\, which morphed into heroin dependency\, left her homeless\, sent her in and out of jail\, and brought on all manner of trouble. Kicking dope on the streets\, she “got clean\, started the band\, and worked [her] ass off every day since.” \n\nDavina and the Vagabonds shine every time they play. To date\, they’ve performed in forty-five states\, twelve European countries\, and two Canadian provinces. Not to mention\, they’ve earned feverish acclaim from the Chicago Tribune\, NPR\, and more in addition to performing on BBC’s international favorite late-night program Later… With Jools Holland and appearing on PBS’s Bluegrass Underground. UID:144668-21895669@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T122147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260515T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jon Muq DESCRIPTION:Melding the sounds of America with the sounds of Uganda\n\nFor Jon Muq\, a singer-songwriter born in Uganda and now living in Austin\, Texas\, music is part of a larger conversation he’s having with the world and everybody in it. Drawing from African as well as western musical trends and traditions\, he devises songs as small gifts\, designed to settle into everyday life and provoke reflection and resilience. “These days the world is sad\,” he explains\, “so I wanted to make happy songs. I wanted to write songs that connected with the listener in a very personal way. When someone listens to my music\, it’s not just about me and what I’m singing. It’s about how they understand the songs individually. I think these songs can speak many languages\, depending on what you want from them.”\n\nMuq’s experiences as a child in Uganda and as a man in America give him a unique perspective on the world he’s addressing. “I grew up in a very different life\, where so many people pass through hard times just because they don’t have much. Our biggest issue was food scarcity. Then I came to a different world\, which gave me a picture of how to write a song that can find balance with everyone wherever they are\, whether they have a lot or not much.” With his May 31st debut album with producer Dan Auerbach and tours with Billy Joel\, Norah Jones\, Mavis Staples\, Amythyst Kiah\, Corinne Bailey Rae\, and others\, Muq is expanding the scope of his music to speak to more and more people. UID:144669-21895670@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144669 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T123323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260605T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Chris Smither DESCRIPTION:“an American original – a product of the musical melting pot and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world.” –Associated Press\n\nBorn in Miami\, during World War II\, Chris Smither grew up in New Orleans where he first started playing music as a child. The son of a Tulane University professor\, he was taught the rudiments of instrumentation by his uncle on his mother’s ukulele. “Uncle Howard\,” Smither says\, “showed me that if you knew three chords\, you could play a lot of the songs you heard on the radio. And if you knew four chords\, you could pretty much rule the world.” With that bit of knowledge under his belt\, he was hooked. “I’d loved acoustic music – specifically the blues – ever since I first heard Lightnin’ Hopkins’ Blues In My Bottle album. I couldn’t believe the sound Hopkins got. At first I thought it was two guys playing guitar. My style\, to a degree\, came out of trying to imitate that sound I heard.”\n\nIn his early twenties\, Smither turned his back on his anthropology studies and headed to Boston at the urging of legendary folk singer Eric von Schmidt. It was the mid-’60s and acoustic music thrived in the streets and coffeehouses there. Smither forged lifelong friendships with many musicians\, including Bonnie Raitt who went on to record his songs\, “Love You Like A Man” and “I Feel the Same. (Their friendship has endured as their career paths intertwined over the years.) What quickly evolved from his New Orleans and Cambridge musical experiences is his enduring\, singular guitar sound – a beat-driven finger-picking\, strongly influenced by the playing of Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin’ Hopkins\, layered over the ever-present backbeat of his rhythmic\, tapping feet (always mic’d in performance). UID:144670-21895671@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144670 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR