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:20260212T000133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta DESCRIPTION:Keelboat regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:143666-21893623@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143666 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893506@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T100000 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:134855-21895921@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T095305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC Robotics Career Chats DESCRIPTION:Hey Robotics Students - This is for YOU!\n\nAre you feeling lost or overwhelmed by your full-time job or internship search? Not sure where to begin\, or just need a little guidance? Whether you're just starting out or already deep in the search process\, we're here to help!\n\nJoin us for a quick 15-minute virtual chat with an Engineering Career Advisor. Ask us anything from where your peers are landing jobs\, to job search strategies\, to personalized resume feedback. It's a chance to get the advice you need\, fast! Don't navigate your career path alone - we've got your back! Let's chat and get you one step closer to your goals.\n\nSign ups open on January 19th in Career Fair Plus (CF+).\n\nNote: Only students within the Robitics department are eligible for this event. UID:143578-21893412@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143578 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891448@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T200000 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:142417-21890856@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:20260212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T163000 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:144223-21894924@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891361@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T210000 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:138431-21890621@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:20260212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 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:142791-21891567@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:20260204T120700 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T110000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Business & Technology Career Exploration Week DESCRIPTION:Are you an LSA student interested in a career in business or technology? Join us for the LSA Opportunity Hub for the Business and Technology and Career Exploration Week! These events offer you the chance to explore career opportunities with leading organizations\, form valuable connections with potential employers\, and gain valuable industry insights to prepare you for the recruiting process.\n\nEvents include:\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 1\nHuntington Bank Information Session and Q&A Panel\nRock the Mock: First Round Interview Practice\nDecode Your Internship Search: Internship Search Strategies from Career Coaches\, Alums\, and Student Success Stories\nBNY Insights & Bites\nInsights from JPMorgan Chase Commercial & Specialized Industries\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 2\n\nPlease view each session on the calendar to the right to register.\n\nWhy you should attend:\nYou're an LSA student\, regardless of your year\, curious about careers in business and technology.\nYou want to meet recruiters and explore different career pathways.\nYou're interested in learning valuable skills to excel in business and tech recruiting.\n\nWhat you'll gain:\nDiscover multiple career paths in the business and tech space.\nLearn how your skills and interests align with available opportunities.\nUnderstand the next steps in the recruiting process.\nShare your résumé with recruiters on the spot.\nBuild valuable connections with employers eager to hire LSA students.\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to kickstart your career and network with industry leaders!\n\nThe LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair accessible building which includes wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor\, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor\, places to sit or stand during the event\, and accessible parking options nearby on Maynard Street. Ramps are located at the East entrance (from State St.) and the Northwest entrance (from Maynard). Power doors are located at the Northwest entrance. To request other accommodations please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu or 734-764-4674 so we can make arrangements UID:145045-21896587@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145045 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Business By Lsa,Career,Consulting,Corporate,Early Career Exploration,Employer Connection,Employer Connections,Employer Event,Entrepreneurship,Finance,Industry Session,Information and Technology,Interview,Job Search,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Open To All Majors,Technology,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:LSA Building - 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250926T161128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Courageous Conversations: Learning in Action Lab DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139952-21886404@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139952 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Intergroup Dialogue,Self Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 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:139627-21885815@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:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 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:138032-21881292@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:20260227T063142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894118Are 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:144212-21894847@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144212 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:20260122T014447 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | Towards Quantum Control and Sensing with 227ThO Molecules and Other Radioactive Molecules for Fundamental Symmetry Test DESCRIPTION:In-Person: West Hall 411\nZoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99497477868?jst=2\n\nAbstract:\nThe Standard Model of particle physics accurately describes all fundamental particles discovered so far. However\, it is unable to address two great mysteries in physics\, the nature of dark matter and why matter dominates over antimatter throughout the Universe. Novel theories beyond the Standard Model may explain these phenomena. These models predict very massive particles whose interactions violate time-reversal (T) symmetry and would give rise to an electric dipole moment (EDM) along the spin of electron and nucleon. Thus\, searching for EDM provides a powerful probe to these new physics and sheds light on the mystery of the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. \nThis talk outlines the roadmap to establish a new generation EDM measurement at Michigan State that can outperform the current generation of precision measurements testing hadronic T-violations. We report our ongoing effort at Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) to perform quantum control and sensing of 227ThO molecules and other radioactive molecules. These pave the way for quantum-enhanced test of fundamental symmetry\, projecting to constrain T-violating new physics in 10~100 TeV energy range\, exceeding what the Large Hadron Collider and its future upgrade could probe.\n\nBio:\nBorn in Hefei\, China\, I embarked on an international academic journey that took me from Singapore where I spent my undergraduate to Munich\, Germany\, where I earned both my MS and PhD. While my academic focus stays in physics\, my true passion lies in the exploration of diverse fields\, driven by curiosity. During my doctoral studies at the Technical University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics\, I pioneered a nonconventional technique leveraging centrifugal force to decelerate molecular beams to a complete standstill.\n\nMy academic journey led me to Harvard University\, where I delved into precision molecular spectroscopy\, contributing to the investigation of fundamental symmetries in nature. Notably\, I achieved a groundbreaking milestone by measuring the most precise bound on the electron electric dipole moment\, utilizing cold Thorium Monoxide molecules as a quantum sensor.\n\nCurrently based at FRIB and MSU\, I am at the forefront of building a groundbreaking precision spectroscopy experiment. This initiative aims to synergize the rare isotope resources at FRIB with cutting-edge quantum technology in atomic and laser physics. The goal is to push the boundaries of fundamental symmetry testing\, marking a significant contribution to the field and further advancing our understanding of the physical universe. UID:142384-21890779@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142384 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Chemistry,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Materials Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T102054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Unlocking the Hidden Curriculum Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Unlocking the Hidden Curriculum Series\, aimed to help you gain the knowledge and skills needed for academic and professional success during your PhD studies. \nWe invite you to join us for the sessions that best suit your needs. Each session will be held virtually via Zoom.\n UID:143224-21892515@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143224 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:https://umich.zoom.us/j/99776334063 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T153242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 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:138834-21896899@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:20260107T155040 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Accessible Word Documents DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about how to create accessible Word documents. This workshop will cover core accessibility best practices for documents\, including alt text\, heading hierarchy\, descriptive hyperlinks\, color contrast\, tables\, and more. We will demonstrate how to apply accessibility features within the Microsoft Word platform and implement fixes based on the built-in Accessibility Checker results.\n\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) captioning services will be provided. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this webinar\, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:143426-21893142@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143426 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Inclusion,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T060226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore this week’s question—plus pizza—this Thursday. DESCRIPTION:Hi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, Feb 12th\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nThis week’s discussion question is: “Do miracles undermine the Bible's reliability as a historical book?”\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! 🍕\nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\n \nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team 😊\n UID:144873-21896080@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144873 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St., Ann Arbor). CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T103331 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Logan Walker DESCRIPTION:About the DCMB Tools & Technology Seminar Series\n\nThe DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Series is held in Medical Science Building 1 (MS1)\, Room 4B700\, each Thursday at 12pm EST. Each seminar highlights a computational tool\, technology\, or methodology that is under development or in current use and is of special interest to DCMB and University researchers. Presenters are U-M researchers and students.\n\nThese seminars are live-streamed and recorded and made available for future viewing via the DCMB YouTube Channel UID:143259-21892588@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143259 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science,Research,Virtual LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - Room 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T170345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:DSDR Marks the Spot: Finding Quality Population Health Data Resources DESCRIPTION:Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR) is a population health data archive within ICPSR at the University of Michigan. DSDR advances research on maternal and child health and the life course by making data discoverable and accessible for secondary analysis.\n\nIn this webinar\, presenters will introduce DSDR’s data collections and services\, highlight recent and upcoming data releases\, and showcase tools and resources for secondary data researchers and data depositors. Attendees will learn how DSDR can support their research\, data sharing\, and data reuse efforts.\n\nThis webinar is part of the 2026 ICPSR Data Fair @ Love Data Week. For more information\, please visit myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek.\n\nThis webinar is free and open to the public. Automated live captioning will be available. The webinar will be recorded\, and the recording\, along with the slides (when available)\, will be made available in the 2026 Love Data Week YouTube playlist at https://myumi.ch/y1jm8. UID:144410-21895316@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Demography,Icpsr Data Fair,Love Data Week LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gender and Sexuality Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Gracia Dodds and Mack Brumbaugh\n- February 12: Tey Meadow\n- February 26: Bailey Otter\n- March 12: Abby Smith\; Xavier Fields\n- March 24: Elizabeth Armstrong and Hannah Tessler\; lightning talks\n- April 9: Johanna Oh\n- April 16: Maya Glenn UID:143662-21893614@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143662 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T113716 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Harness U-M Maizey and Go Blue for Teaching and Learning DESCRIPTION:Discover how to enhance your classroom with U-M Maizey by integrating it seamlessly with Canvas and using it as an innovative assistant for supporting student learning. This workshop is designed for instructors who wish to leverage Maizey as a class tutor\, homework helper\, and more. By the end of the session\, you will have the skills to set up and customize Maizey projects for your educational needs\, ensuring that Maizey becomes an invaluable asset in your teaching toolkit. This workshop will also introduce Go Blue\, a powerful AI assistant tailored for the University of Michigan student community\, designed to enrich daily student life with personalized support.\n\nWorkshop Outline:\n\nIntroduction to U-M Maizey for Educators\n\n-Overview of Maizey’s Role in Education\n-Benefits for Instructors and Students\n-Maizey and Canvas Integration\n--Setting Up Maizey with Canvas\n--New! Instructor Tools\n--Indexing Canvas Courses\n--Managing Course Materials\n-Practical Applications in Teaching and Learning\n--Using Maizey as a Class Tutor\n--Enhancing Homework Assistance\n--Using a Maizey as a student\n--Facilitating Discussion and Research\n-Customization and Advanced Settings\n--Understanding Maizey Data Sources and File Types\n--Defining System Prompts for an Educational Context\n--Adjusting Temperature Settings for Accurate Responses\n-Hands-On Activity\n--Creating and Customizing Maizey Projects\n--Crafting Effective System Prompts\n--Experimenting with Settings to Optimize Performance\n-Q&A and Best Practices\n--Sharing Use Cases and Success Stories\n--Troubleshooting Common Issues\n\nAudience: Instructors and Students UID:119411-21891039@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/119411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Ai Literacy,Artificial Intelligence,Chat Gpt,Chatgpt,digital,digital technology,Faculty,Genai,Generative Ai,information and technology,information science,Innovation,Integrative Systems,Interdisciplinary,michigan it,Professional Development,Staff,Teaching And Learning,Teachtech,Training,U-m Gpt,Virtual,Webinar,workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T113429 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Property Tax Base Fragmentation and Metropolitan Inequality in the United States DESCRIPTION:Property taxes are the largest source of funding for local governments in the United States\, totaling more than $700 billion annually. But because of the highly fragmented nature of US local governments\, property taxes are highly unequal\, with local tax bases frequently varying by a factor of ten or more across distances of just a few miles--or even a single block. Using a dataset of 138 million geocoded property tax records\, this project measures the extent of tax base fragmentation in the United States\, identifying the metropolitan areas with the largest disparities in property taxes between jurisdictions. In addition\, we identify hundreds of \"municipal tax havens\,\" municipalities with extreme concentrations of wealth that effectively operate as tax shelters for residents and corporations based there. \n\nThis talk is part of the ISR Insights Speaker Series. Watch a preview of this talk at https://myumi.ch/Xyede UID:136463-21878741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136463 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Inequality,Insights Speaker Series,Research,Social Science,Social Sciences,Tax,Taxation And Policy LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 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:143999-21894419@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:20260122T181714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144336-21895179@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 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:138950-21884302@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:20260112T121654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T124500 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 30-minute organ recital performed by undergraduate student Lucia Skrobola.\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:143731-21893721@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143731 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T105512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T134500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Singing Down the Barriers: A Model to Re-engage Silenced Voices DESCRIPTION:This noted coloratura soprano and authority on classical song and opera by African American composers\, will introduce UMRA members to Singing Down the Barriers (SDtB). SDtB explores the repertoire of African American\, African\, and African Diaspora concert composers\, providing a historical perspective along with discussions to examine contemporary attitudes toward performing/understanding African American songs. Toppin’s presentation will demonstrate the SDtB program\, which draws students\, teachers\, choral directors and musicians from across the country. A U-M faculty member since 2017\, Toppin previously served as the University Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Among other honors\, she received the National Opera Association Lift Every Voice Legacy Award in 2014 and U-M’s Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 2021. UID:142332-21890534@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142332 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Retirees LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T170751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T140000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Lay All Your Love on Metadata: A New API for Discovery DESCRIPTION:ICPSR maintains a collection of 60+ years of curated\, richly described research data available for reuse by social science researchers at all levels of experience. A key challenge to disseminating this data is making it findable – helping users discover our data resources and making them aware of the ways in which ICPSR data can support their research needs. \n\nTo address this challenge\, ICPSR created a metadata export API (Application Programming Interface) that enables individuals and institutions to programmatically retrieve study-level metadata about ICPSR studies in multiple standards-based formats. The API supports reuse of ICPSR metadata in local catalogs\, discovery systems\, research workflows\, and downstream applications. It extends and enriches ICPSR’s reach while increasing the FAIRness (findability\, accessibility\, interoperability\, and reusability) of its data collections. \n\nIn this presentation\, members of ICPSR’s metadata team will demonstrate the new metadata export API and its benefits\, including how to query it to find studies that meet specific research needs\, what information is returned in the results\, and how these exports improve upon ICPSR’s previous metadata distribution offerings. If you're interested in incorporating ICPSR data into another discovery platform\, this session will show you how to get started.\n\nPresenters:\n * Mike Shallcross\, Senior Associate Archivist\, Metadata & Preservation\, ICPSR\n * Megan Chenoweth\, Metadata Manager\, Metadata & Preservation\, ICPSR\n * Jared Lyle\, Archivist and Director\, Metadata & Preservation\, ICPSR UID:144411-21895317@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Management,Icpsr Data Fair,Love Data Week,Metadata LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T121635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T135000 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:144369-21895239@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144369 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250729T100323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Emotional Intelligence DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:136780-21879102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136780 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Discussion,Self Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T084859 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T143000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Marwah Al Ismail Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Landslides are catastrophic events that occur on critically unstable slopes in steep\, mountainous regions in response to external triggers\, such as seismic events or prolonged\,\nintense rainfall. The damage resulting from those landslides is mostly determined by their magnitude and size. Consequently\, assessing landslide hazards in steep\, tectonically active mountains at high altitudes remains a challenging task\; however\, advances in computational methods and technologies can make it achievable. This dissertation demonstrates the novel joint utility of mechanistic and statistical (chapters 2 and 3) and machine-learning (chapter 4) techniques for landslide analysis to understand the contribution of near-subsurface material strength\, topography\, and triggering factors to the regional distribution of landslide sizes.\n\nIn Chapters 2 and 3\, we use computational methods to assess hillslope stability using geotechnical engineering models\, combined with extensive probabilistic topographic\nsegmentation\, to generate a synthetic distribution of landslide sizes. Specifically\, we use 2D slope stability analysis to assess the probability of failure (P f ) for a given hillslope geometry (i.e.\, hillslope area and gradient) under subsurface strength conditions (i.e.\, cohesion and angle of friction). In addition\, using hydrological tools to discretize topography in a random\, probabilistic approach identifies the distribution of hillslope geometries prone to failure. The combined probabilities from mechanistic modeling and the availability of hillslopes in a given topography result in a synthetic distribution of landslide sizes. This modeled distribution allows us to investigate\, in great detail\, the impact of the variation in strength–and hence weathering–with depth and slope\, as well as the topography on the overall distribution. Using two different landslide inventory datasets: the 1994 Mw6.7 Northridge earthquake in Southern California and the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake in central Nepal\, we find that the variability in the weathering gradient with depth and the slope gradient is essential for accurate reproduction of regional landslide size distribution. Moreover\, because of the variable topographic gradient and climatic conditions within central Nepal\, we apply this framework to back-estimate the strength-depth profile for each sub-region within the study area from south to north. We find that back-estimated strength increases northward\, coinciding with increases in the topographic gradient and landslide density. These findings demonstrate the significance of the synthetic\ndistributions for identifying the controls on the regional landslide size distributions as well as providing an insight into the critical zone structure for hazard assessment and landscape evolution studies.\n\nChapter 4 provides an opportunity to explore the use of machine learning models for landslide analysis\, specifically for improving rainfall-triggered landslide forecasting. Steep mountain belts at high altitudes experience the orographic effect\, which produces intense rainfall and\, consequently\, triggers landslides. As rainfall-triggered landslide sizes are sensitive to rainfall event characteristics (i.e.\, storm depth and intensity)\, using accurate rainfall data with high spatial and temporal coverage is essential. Ground-based rainfall measurements from gauge stations provide an accurate source of data\; however\, gauge stations are usually sparsely located and limited in steep terrain\, where landslides are most common. In recent years\, remotely sensed precipitation measurements have provided high spatial and temporal resolution data\, but are often inaccurate\, especially on hillslopes at high altitudes. To overcome challenges in each dataset source\, we use machine learning models to predict calibrated rainfall data at locations where gauge stations are absent\, with a focus on the monsoon season\, during which rainfall intensifies. The use of machine learning approaches and associated evaluation metrics enables us to validate their utility for predicting the total rainfall during the monsoon season with high certainty\, compared with the original remotely sensed rainfall data. In addition\, the model’s predicted rainfall captured the annual distribution of storms during the monsoon season. Although the model’s accuracy at predicting the timing of extreme rainfall events (which trigger landslides)\, this work provides a promising avenue for using machine learning techniques to predict high-resolution\, high-temporal-resolution rainfall datasets.\n\nOn a broader scale\, this dissertation provides novel methodologies that enable us to improve landslide hazard analysis\, assessment\, and forecasting. UID:145024-21896559@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 2540 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T171709 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:AI at ICPSR: The Feb. 2026 Edition DESCRIPTION:Have you wondered whether you can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools with publicly available data from places like ICPSR? Or wondered what places like ICPSR are thinking about AI in relation to delivering data services? Then this session is for you! We will talk briefly about ways we know AI is being used in social research\, what ICPSR's policy is governing whether our data can be used with AI tools (and why)\, and how ICPSR is experimenting with integrating AI into our own work. You'll hear about current projects and future directions from this quickly changing landscape!\n\nThis webinar is part of the 2026 ICPSR Data Fair @ Love Data Week. For more information\, please visit myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. The webinar will be recorded\, and the recording\, along with the slides (when available)\, will be made available in the 2026 Love Data Week YouTube playlist at https://myumi.ch/y1jm8. UID:144412-21895318@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144412 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ai,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Management,Data Science,Icpsr Data Fair,Love Data Week LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T132054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FSL - Cocoa and Conversations DESCRIPTION:Bonding and networking event for four council executive board members and FSL staff UID:144940-21896172@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144940 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1443 Washtenaw Ave (FSL Building) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T133605 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:It's More Than the First Amendment DESCRIPTION:Dr. Herzog will discuss the importance of the First Amendment and share examples of free speech issues that aren’t covered by the First Amendment at all. He’ll also offer insights gained from teaching U-M students about the fundamental freedoms of religion\, speech\, assembly and petition guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. Herzog joined U-M’s Political Science Department in 1983 and holds a joint appointment with that department and the Law School. In 2011\, the U-M student body selected Herzog to receive its coveted Golden Apple\, the only university-wide teaching award determined by students. He is the first law professor to receive a Golden Apple award in the award’s more than 20-year history. UID:142333-21890535@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142333 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 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:143661-21893603@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:20260204T141836 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:On the performed power of taboo words in fictional television and film DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I focus on the fluidity between the regulation and the occurrence of taboo language within the fictional audiovisual media in the United States and show that tabooed lexical items in the fictional media are simultaneously performative and performed. Tabooed words present a fascinating source of cross-cultural and cross-linguistic puzzles\, puzzles that can be mediated through the indexicality of performativity (as action) and performance (as highly stylized representation). First\, I illustrate a range of functions fulfilled by taboo terms in the fictional media\, including their various grammatical functions and their place within the narrative. Second\, I show how the regulation of taboo usage highlights an iterative\, dialectic tension between performance and performativity. This tension is uniquely visible in the fictional media because\, on the one hand\, regulation occurs within the fictional material itself (e.g. a character performs the admonition of another character with “that’s a bad word”) and\, on the other\, regulation occurs through external institutions (such as\, in the United States\, the Federal Communication Commission or the Motion Picture Association of America). By drawing on the performativity of taboo utterances to reframe regulation away from preventing offence (due to breaking a taboo) to the ideological protection of children\, regulatory bodies must engage the dialectic between performance and performativity and thereby index competing cultural norms and ideologies\, mechanisms of prohibition\, commercial interests\, freedom of expression\, artistic/poetic expression\, and entertainment. UID:145069-21896615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145069 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Media,Television LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T103427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T163000 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:143702-21893677@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:20260204T104352 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:From Concept to Care: Leading R&D and Operations in the Medical Device Industry\nAbstract:\nThis seminar focuses on the career journey and real-world experiences of a Vice President of R&D and Operations Engineering in the medical device industry. Students will gain insight into how careers evolve across engineering\, innovation\, operations\, and leadership\, and what skills\, mindsets\, and decisions enable long-term success. The session offers practical guidance on navigating industry roles\, learning from early career choices\, and building a path at the intersection of engineering\, healthcare\, and business impact.\n\nBio:\nWith more than 25 years in the medical device industry\, Carlos M. Ortega (Vice President of R&D and Operations Engineering) has built a career at the intersection of innovation\, engineering execution\, and clinical impact. Having held leadership and functional roles at companies such as Terumo\, Medtronic\, and Johnson & Johnson\, he has contributed to the development and commercialization of technologies across cardiovascular\, neurovascular\, aortic\, and peripheral vascular therapies.\n\nHis experience spans predominantly R&D leadership\, complemented by roles in operations engineering and product marketing\, giving him a unique perspective on how ideas translate into manufacturable\, clinically meaningful products. Throughout his career\, he has led multidisciplinary teams\, navigated complex regulatory environments\, and helped organizations align technology development with patient and business needs.\n\nHe is passionate about the impact medical devices have on the lives or the patients they serve and in mentoring the next generation of professionals by sharing practical insights into building impactful careers in the medical device industry. UID:145043-21896577@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145043 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,seminar LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T110139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T163000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:February International Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:International Coffee Hour is a great opportunity to meet new people from around the world! The event is open to all members of the U-M community\, including international and U.S. students\, scholars\, faculty\, staff and their partners.\n\nOur February International Coffee Hour will be held in partnership with the Office of Global Activities in the School of Social Work. It will feature a Valentine’s Day theme with optional Valentine’s Day craft activities. UID:144839-21896003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:global engagement,International LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1840 (Educational Conference Center) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163808 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Book Lovers Tea DESCRIPTION:Join us on February 12\, 2026\, from 3:00–5:00pm in the Hopwood Room (1176 AH) for tea\, coffee\, specialty treats\, Blind Dates with Books\, and the Hopwood Reading Challenge raffle - for every Hopwood Library book you read before the tea\, you'll earn a raffle ticket (up to 10) for the chance to win bookstore gift cards! \n\nSign up to join the Hopwood Reading Challenge and track your books here: https://forms.gle/f2Pyevu1r2nRGM4m7. UID:142767-21891433@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142767 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,English Language & Literataure,Food,Games,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literature,Poetry,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T172425 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Book Lovers' Tea DESCRIPTION:Fall in love with books all over again at the annual Hopwood Book Lovers' Tea. Enjoy coffee\, tea\, refreshments\, and conviviality. Go on a blind date with a book. Enter the Hopwood Reading Challenge raffle. All book lovers are welcome! UID:143229-21892530@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143229 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,celebration,Department Of English Language And Literature,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Literature,Undergraduate Students LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 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:136054-21877788@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:20260126T132912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Soroosh Shafiee DESCRIPTION:We investigate the problem of certifying optimality for sparse generalized linear models (GLMs)\, where sparsity is enforced through a cardinality constraint. While Branch-and-Bound (BnB) frameworks can certify optimality using perspective relaxations\, existing methods for solving these relaxations are computationally intensive\, limiting their scalability. To address this challenge\, we propose a unified proximal first-order algorithmic framework that is both linearly convergent and computationally efficient. We first develop a general theory for composite optimization problems satisfying specific geometric regularity conditions. \n\nBy establishing a rigorous link between primal quadratic growth and dual quadratic decay\, we derive novel error bounds showing that the computable duality gap can serve as a tight proxy for the distance to the solution set. Leveraging this property\, we design a restart scheme that upgrades generic sublinear algorithms to achieve provable linear convergence for both primal and dual objectives. We then instantiate this framework for the perspective relaxation of sparse GLMs. \n\nWe prove that standard GLM loss functions and the implicit perspective regularizer satisfy the required geometric conditions. Furthermore\, we develop specialized algorithms to evaluate the non-smooth regularizer and its proximal operator exactly in log-linear time\, avoiding the high cost of generic conic solvers. Extensive experiments on synthetic and real-world datasets demonstrate that our approach leverages GPU acceleration to speed up dual bound computations by orders of magnitude\, significantly enhancing the capability of BnB to certify optimality for large-scale problems. UID:144573-21895503@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144573 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:899 Seminar Series,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T094257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T162000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents: DESCRIPTION:\"Shooting for the Stars: Jet-Wind Interactions and their Role in Understanding Jet Physics\"\n\nRelativistic Jets carry vast amounts of energy and magnetic flux from accreting black holes into the interstellar and intergalactic medium. They are routinely invoked as key sources of feedback in structure formation. And yet\, after over 60 years of study\, the mechanisms through which they couple with their environment\, and even their fundamental properties like particle content\, velocity\, and instantaneous power are still poorly understood. I will discuss a mechanism by which we can shed light on some of the outstanding questions in jet physics: Their interaction with stellar winds\, on scales from Galactic X-ray binaries to supermassive black holes in galaxy clusters. UID:144903-21896126@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144903 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T201312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar: Matroidal families and the main theorem DESCRIPTION:Discuss the notion of a matroidal family of abelian varieties associated to a regular matroid. State the main theorem of the paper\, and explain how to use it to prove the applications to the (failure of) the integral Hodge conjecture for abelian varieties and intermediate Jacobians of cubic threefolds. UID:144454-21895380@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144454 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260131T060505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:City of Detroit - Virtual Info Session for Mayoral Fellowship Program DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to work in public service? Are you interested in fields like Public Policy\, Business\, Public Administration\, Law\,Public Health\, Finance\, Engineering\, or IT? The City of Detroit is hosting a virtual information session on Thursday\, February 12th from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM for their Mayoral Fellowship Program for students - learn what an internship with theCity of Detroit could look like for you! You can ask questions and speak with former interns and City of Detroit representatives. Many U-M students have been Mayoral Fellows in the past\, and this is a paid opportunity! To learn more\, please attend this info session! Microsoft Teams meetingJoin: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/26534662042894?p=hcWXAsuzUP7s77nyPJMeeting ID: 265 346 620 428 94Passcode: Zc3n7rA3 \n\nThis 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. 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/1903401/share_preview \n\nWe want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Cierra Sutherland at cierrasu@umich.edu to ensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives. \n\n#UCC UID:144875-21896082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:psip LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T124120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DE seminar: Asymptotic linear stability of a class of columnar flow DESCRIPTION:Constructing dynamical global-in-time solutions to 3D incompressible Euler equation is in general challenging. Recently Guo-Pausader-Widmayer made a breakthrough in this direction by proving asymptotic stability of a uniform-rotating static solution. Their approach heavily depends on the “uniform-rotating” of the background solution. In this talk I will present some recent progress on asymptotic linear stability of a more general columnar flow with non-uniform rotation. This is a joint work with Siqi Ren and Zhifei Zhang. UID:143135-21892192@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143135 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T115719 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series - The Ties That Bind: Evolutionary linkages between hosts\, viruses\, and genomes DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - Many evolutionary processes are linked\, such that patterns in one unit inform patterns in the other. Identifying and understanding those linkages across biological scales is essential for predicting patterns of biodiversity\, disease\, and evolution\, among other variables. Here\, I integrate phylogenetic\, ecological\, and genomic approaches to examine linked evolution of mammals\, viruses\, and genomes. Specifically\, I will (1) assess the phylogenetic distribution of virus diversity across the Class Mammalia\, relative to host species richness\; (2) integrate host-virus suitability landscapes to gauge multi-annual level of risk for Choclo hantavirus and its rodent host (Oligoryzomys)\; and (3) test how mito-nuclear linkages shape hybrid dynamics in red-backed voles (Clethrionomys). Collectively\, these analyses demonstrate that evolutionary patterns in hosts\, viruses\, and genomes are tightly coupled\, such that processes operating across deep phylogeny\, geographic space\, and within-species genomic architecture mutually inform one another. UID:143481-21893254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143481 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Environment,seminar LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T144751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EIHS Lecture: Labor\, Spirit\, and Sovereignty: Africa’s Great War\, Dr. Stephen and Lee Gork Endowed Lecture DESCRIPTION:In writing histories of World War I\, the pull of linear narrative is an ever-present temptation\, holding out the promise of making the global conflict comprehensible. Yet under the surface of the war’s grand narratives are the many wayward histories that refuse to get in formation. The history of World War I in the African world can be\, and often has been\, written as military or political history\, in which imposing order on unruly details and examples compensates for Eurocentric sidelining or exclusion of African and African descended peoples from the historiography. This lecture examines sites of unruliness and insurgency in African histories of the war by analyzing African refusals of European imperial extraction. Faced with war-driven colonial labor and tax demands\, African peoples decried these unrelenting abuses in modes that drew on ancestral\, spiritual\, medicinal\, and Biblical authority\, gesturing towards sovereignty and political reconfiguration. Using examples from different parts of the African world\, this lecture argues for understanding the war years as a temporal frame for recognizing and naming multimodal African insurgencies against imperial extractivism and violence.\n\nMichelle Moyd is Associate Professor of History and Red Cedar Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. She is the author of \"Violent Intermediaries: African Soldiers\, Conquest\, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa\,\" published by Ohio University Press in 2014. Her peer-reviewed articles have appeared in Radical History Review\, Slavery and Abolition\, and International Labor and Working Class History. She is currently working on \"The African World and the First World War\,\" under contract with Cambridge University Press for the New Approaches to African History series.\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by generous contributions from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg and Stephen and Lee Gork. UID:141693-21889190@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141693 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Humanities LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T070856 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RTG NT: Introduction to the paper of Darmon and Vonk on rigid meromorphic cocycles DESCRIPTION:In this learning seminar\, we plan to study the paper of Henri Darmon and Jan Vonk \n\"Singular moduli for real quadratic fields: a rigid analytic approach\"\nhttps://www.math.mcgill.ca/darmon/pub/Articles/Research/69.DV1/DV-dmj.pdf\n\nThe first talk will give an introduction to the subject\, including a historic overview\, leading up to the results in this paper. UID:145220-21896815@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145220 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Number Theory LOCATION:East Hall - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T102826 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Visualizing photoinduced electron transfer in molecular photocatalysts using ultrafast x-ray spectroscopy DESCRIPTION:Photocatalytic dyads that combine chromophore and catalytic centers are commonly employed motifs for homogeneous light-induced multi-electron transfer catalysis. The efficiency and dynamics of directional charge separation within these molecular systems are critical excited state properties that underpin the photochemical activity of the dyads. The excited state dynamics of such systems are often investigated using optical spectroscopy methods\, which afford the high temporal resolution to capture the ultrafast dynamics of charge migration\, but are not explicitly site selective. Alternatively\, element-specific ultrafast x-ray spectroscopy offers a unique opportunity to track the redistribution of charge across the specific molecular motifs within the dyad. We are applying a combination of metal and ligand atom x-ray absorption spectroscopies to resolve the degree of intramolecular excited state charge separation in tetrapyridophenazine (tpphz)-bridged photocatalytic dyads. This work reveals electron accumulation as the primary mechanistic role of azaacene containing bridging ligands employed in photocatalytic dyads. UID:138403-21882907@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Physical Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T181648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nathan R. Platte\, \"Glad Company: A Songful History of Mary Poppins’s Bert\" DESCRIPTION:The Department of Musicology hosts a talk by guest scholar Nathan R. Platte\, Professor of Musicology\, University of Iowa. Free and open to the public.\n\nIn Pamela Travers’s *Mary Poppins* novels\, Bert is a minor character. In Disney’s 1964 film musical\, he is a major one: a friend\, mentor\, father figure\, and jack-of-all trades who sings half of the film’s songs. This presentation accounts for the difference between books and film by showing how Bert’s character became a recurring solution to problems arising in the film’s development. Increasingly\, Bert’s songs came to hold the more slippery threads of Travers’s novels\, including matters of social standing\, affection\, and spiritual wonder. Drawing together story treatments\, conference notes\, scripts\, and song drafts\, this talk frames Bert as a reconciling presence\, whose onscreen assistance of others echoes his role in assuaging disagreement between novelist Travers and the film’s songwriters\, Richard and Robert Sherman.\n\nRefreshments to follow. UID:144277-21895110@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144277 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Media,North Campus,Research,Scholarship,Talk LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T152853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:“Language and Narrative” (Ha-safa ve-ha-sipur) Film DESCRIPTION:(60 minutes\, in Hebrew with English subtitles\, 2023\, broadcast on channel Kan-11)\n\nThis episode is part of the Anat Zeltzer’s documentary series Secularism (Hiloniyut) about secular culture in Israel\, a Jewish state where religion and nationhood intertwine. “Language and Narrative” traces the story of Hebrew language revival—from sacred text to everyday speech\, from the early twentieth century to the current moment. UID:145075-21896621@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145075 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Humanities,Jewish Studies LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 1420 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T145824 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 SUMMARY:Other:Bridging Intergenerational Social Justice Wisdom alumnx panel and mixer DESCRIPTION:The Bridging Intergenerational Social Justice Wisdom Panel is a great chance for students to learn more about career possibilities within social justice fields. We will have amazing IGR alumnx panelists share their stories and experiences on how social justice has been applicable to them throughout their career paths\, and a mix and mingle session for students and alumnx to connect more directly. UID:142354-21890737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142354 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Sessions,Social Justice LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 (10th floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T134700 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Erb Institute presents - Stuart Goldsmith\, Climate Comedian DESCRIPTION:At this inaugural Erb 360\, British climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith brings humor\, hope\, and resilience to Ann Arbor.\nIs it okay to joke about climate change? Can humor help us tackle this existential issue? In this Erb 360 Mainstage event\, British climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith brings his acclaimed act to Ann Arbor\, using his unique voice to explore how we talk about climate\, hope\, and resilience in an otherwise challenging world. Join us for a funny\, thoughtful evening designed to leave the audience energized — and laughing — as we face this important issue together. UID:143970-21894344@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143970 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:climate,Environment,erb institute LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Robertson Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T162055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Hydrogen Grand Challenge 2025-2026 DESCRIPTION:Event Information UID:138280-21882711@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138280 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T162056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IPE Alumni Connection Event DESCRIPTION:IPE is hosting a Study Abroad Alumni Connection Event on Thursday\, February 12 from 5:00-6:00pm in Dude 3336.Come hear past participants discuss their experience on the study abroad programLearn about the program details\, inclusions\, and highlightsMeet other students who are applying for your program UID:144641-21895625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144641 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Dude 3336 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T122159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Make a Victorian-Style Pocket Puzzle Purse with Jamie Vander Broek DESCRIPTION:Puzzle purses look complicated\, but they're actually created from a single sheet of paper and require no scissors or glue. They take some practice to learn to fold\, but anyone can learn to make one\, and they make great Valentine's. \n\nLearn how to fold your own pocket puzzle purses and add embellishments to create unique paper engineered objects to give to friends and family just in time for Valentine's Day. \n\nJamie Vander Broek is the curator for Book Arts and the librarian for Art\, Design & Art History at the U-M Library. She also runs the Book Arts Studio at the Art\, Architecture and Engineering Library on North Campus. UID:144844-21896014@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144844 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts For All,Workshop LOCATION:Shapiro Library - PIE Space. Shapiro Library, First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T170612 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:QTBIPOC Kickbacks DESCRIPTION:Be in community! Join our monthly gatherings as we create memorable connections around community and meals\, centering Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. Drop in\, grab food\, enjoy some tunes\, play some games and hang out! Open to all U-M students.\n\nWINTER 2026\n- January 15\, 5:00-7:00 pm\, MESA/Spectrum Center\n- February 12\, 5:00-7:00 pm\, Trotter Multicultural Center\n- [Grad student edition] March 19\, 6:00-7:30 pm\, Union Rec\n\nMORE EVENTS\nExplore more Spectrum Center and Trotter/MESA events:\n- https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events\n- https://mesa.umich.edu/events-programs\n- https://trotter.umich.edu/programs-events UID:142549-21891144@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:LGBT,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center (3020) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260208T170435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Revel Valentine's Trivia Night DESCRIPTION:Join us for a valentines student mixer with vday-themed trivia\, crafts\, snacks\, prizes\, and more! Thursday\, February 12 from 5-7pm\, on the East Hall Third Floor Terrace. Event open to all students\, undergrad and graduate. Hosted by the Revel research project. UID:145217-21896813@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145217 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Food,Free,Games,Graduate Students,Holiday,Psychology,Social,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Hall - Third Floor Terrace CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T162831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Flame: Moments That Drew Us To Health DESCRIPTION:A Moth-style storytelling event celebrating the passions of the HBHEQ community that lead us towards the health field.\n\nFeaturing (in alphabetical order):\nAmanda Ajrouche \nMisha Ansari\nNayomi Cawthorne\nRobert Crawford\nJustin Heinze\nMolly Hunt\nWilliam Lopez\nAnalise Segarra\nEssence Uke\nBrian Zikmund-Fisher UID:144947-21896179@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144947 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Public Health,Storytelling LOCATION:Public Health I (Vaughan Building) - 1690 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Basil Twist DESCRIPTION:\n\nBasil Twist is a visionary\, third-generation puppeteer whose work has reshaped contemporary puppetry worldwide. A San Francisco native and the only American graduate of France’s École Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette\, he gained national attention with The Araneidae Show and the ground-breaking multiple award-winning Symphonie Fantastique\, which revealed him as a singular artist of unlimited imagination. His inventive\, genre-defying productions - from Petrushka and Dogugaeshi to Arias with a Twist (co-created with nightlife icon Joey Arias) - have toured internationally. \n\nDeeply musical in nature\, Twist’s love of music has led to major opera collaborations at the Opéra Comique\, English National Opera\, Houston Grand Opera\, and Vienna State Opera. Other operatic highlights include Hansel and Gretel and La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco\, and De Falla’s Master Peters Pupper Show with Eos Orchestra. \n\nIn dance\, he has created puppetry for works by Christopher Wheeldon\, Pilobolus\, the Joffrey Ballet\, Dutch National Ballet\, San Francisco Ballet\, Royal Ballet\, and Joe Goode Dance Company\, and adapted Petrushka for symphony orchestras and City Center’s Fall for Dance. \n\nTwist created the siblings in Paula Vogel’s The Long Christmas Ride Home at Trinity Repertory\, The Long Wharf\, and The Vineyard Theatre\, including directing and designing the West Coast premiere at The Magic Theatre. He also designed the play-within-a-play for Oskar Eustis’ Hamlet at Shakespeare in the Park and worked on Des McAnuff’s Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots at La Jolla Playhouse. Broadway credits include puppetry design for Charlie and The Chocolate Factory\, Oh\, Hello!\, and The Addams Family\, as well as puppetry direction for the Pee-Wee Herman Show. A longtime collaborator with the late Lee Breuer and Mabou Mines\, Twist also worked on Peter and Wendy\, Red Beads\, and A Streetcar Named Desire at the Comédie Française.\n\nTwist has received a MacArthur Fellowship\, Rome Prize\, Guggenheim Fellowship\, Doris Duke Performing Artist Award\, USA Fellowship\, and multiple Obie\, Drama Desk\, Bessie\, UNIMA\, and Henry Hewes Awards. He directs the internationally recognized Dream Music Puppetry Program at HERE in New York City.\n\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:142730-21891308@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142730 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T151302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Plan Your Spring / Summer Internships\, Cook Scholars DESCRIPTION:We’ll have representatives from Ginsberg Center\, Cook Family Foundation (Fellows program & summer hosting)\, CLOSUP\, and Resource Navigators. Hear details and find out how you can go about taking advantage of what they offer along with onsite application information. These opportunities build your resume / CV\, while putting money in your pocket. For more on each organization\, check out the links on the right. You're sure to find one that aligns with your interests!\n\nDinner is free and included. Registration required. [200 engagement points] UID:144143-21894719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Dinner,Leadership,Networking,Professional Development,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League - Henderson Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T122911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Lena Tuffaha DESCRIPTION:In-Person Only\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public. Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nLena Tuffaha is a poet\, essayist\, and translator. She is author of three books of poetry: Something About Living (UAkron\, 2024)\, winner of the 2024 National Book Award and winner of the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry\, Kaan & Her Sisters (Trio House Press)\, finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award and honorable mention for the 2024 Arab American Book Award\, Water & Salt (Red Hen)\, winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award and honorable mention for the 2018 Arab American Award. She is also the author of two chapbooks\, Arab in Newsland\, winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Prize\, and Letters from the Interior (Diode\, 2019)\, finalist for the 2020 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize.\n\nHer writing has been published in journals including Los Angeles Review of Books\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, The Nation \, Poets.org \, Protean \, and Prairie Schooner and in anthologies including The Long Devotion (Georgia Press)\, We Call to the Eye and the Night (Persea Press)\, and Gaza Unsilenced (Just World Books). She was the translator and curator of the 2022 series “Poems from Palestine” at the Baffler magazine.* In 2024 she curated a year-long subscription of Palestinian poetry books with Open Books\, Seattle’s poetry-only bookstore.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:145319-21897045@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145319 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Book Discussion,Book Event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,Literary,Literary Arts,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Poetry,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Umma,Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T181730 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Zell Visiting Writers Series: Poet Lena Tuffaha Reading and Q&A DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming poet Lena Tuffaha for a reading and Q+A as part of the Zell Visiting Writers Series\, presented by the Helen Zell Writer’s Program in partnership with UMMA\, with support from the Department of English Language & Literature.\n\nTuffaha is author of three books of poetry: *Something About Living* (UAkron\, 2024)\, *Kaan & Her Sisters* (Trio House Press)\, and *Water & Salt* (Red Hen).\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public. This session will be in-person only. Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu — we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you.\n\nFree and open to the public\, no registration required. This is an in-person event only. UID:145033-21896568@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T133446 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods” DESCRIPTION:Although data reveals significant disparities in quality-of-life indicators between Black and white Americans\, research also shows that a person’s neighborhood can profoundly influence their life outcomes.\n\nMichael C. Lens\, a professor of urban planning and public policy at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs\, will discuss Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods\, a comprehensive look at the evolution of Black neighborhoods over the past five decades that helps us better understand why some predominantly Black neighborhoods have flourished while others have not.\n\nPresented by the U-M Taubman College Urban and Regional Planning Program and co-sponsored by U-M Ford School of Public Policy and U-M Poverty Solutions. UID:143752-21893741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143752 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Poverty,Public Policy LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - room 2104 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T103922 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Blind Date Book Swap DESCRIPTION:Blind Date Book Swap is a cozy\, Valentine’s-inspired gathering and interactive workshop. Students are invited to bring their favorite or most meaningful book to swap with someone else. Attendees will wrap their book in secretive\, creative ways and attach a handwritten note with general ideas about the book and the reason for their selection. Themed treats\, drinks\, and extra books will be provided! \n\nPre-registration required for food ordering purposes. Register at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/16203. UID:142891-21891772@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142891 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,Books,Humanities,Literature,Reading,Undergraduate LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institue for the Humanities lobby and Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251222T090325 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Bowerbirds: Optimization\, The Evolution of Aesthetics\, and Art DESCRIPTION:Native to Australia and Papua New Guinea\, bowerbirds’ uniquely curatorial behavior has long fascinated ornithologists and evolutionary biologists\, who cannot explain their creative process. Different birds choose and arrange objects in surprisingly different ways. They are often described as the artists of the animal world because their creations are as difficult to understand as those of human artists. Their arrangements demonstrate a sensitivity to scale\, composition\, texture\, and the interaction of color. There is no way to express their process as a step-by-step algorithm or optimization problem. Like human art\, their compositions transcend easily measurable metrics like efficiency\, quantity\, and strength. Bowerbot is a robotic bowerbird that transforms an empty gallery space by arranging colorful objects such as flowers\, leaves\, and trash. Visitors will offer Bowerbot objects\, which it might accept or reject. Using artificial intelligence (AI) trained on photographs of bowerbirds’ elaborate bowers\, Bowerbot will learn how male bowerbirds create “artworks” to attract a mate. UID:143058-21891991@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143058 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Art,Free,Genai,Generative Ai,Lecture,Stamps Art And Design LOCATION:Dana Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T121732 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Building Community and Change: A History of the Muslim Students’ Association at U-M DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special event featuring a historical research project documenting the Muslim Students’ Association’s six-decade legacy at the University of Michigan. The program will highlight key moments\, challenges\, and achievements that shaped the MSA and its impact on campus life. A panel of MSA alumni and past leaders will reflect on their experiences\, followed by a showcase of archival materials gathered through the project from the Bentley Historical Library\, Joseph A. Labadie Collection\, and MSA community members.\n \nOrganized in partnership with Reem Killawi and Muntaha Rahman of the U-M Muslim Students’ Association with support from Dr Nancy Khalil (Arab and Muslim American Studies)\, the Bentley Historical Library\, the University of Michigan Muslim Alumni Association (UMMA)\, and the U-M Inclusive History Project.\n\nSponsored by the University Library\, Bentley Historical Library\, Global Islamic Studies Center\, Arab and Muslim American Studies program (Department of American Culture)\, Islamophobia Working Group\, and The Muslim Coalition. UID:144684-21895689@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144684 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Muslim LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T155525 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chats and Crafts at South Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the South Quad Multicultural Council for a sweet night of connection\, conversation\, and crafting in celebration of Valentine's Day! UID:144719-21895762@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,community gathering,Crafts,Valentine LOCATION:South Quad - Ambatana - The Afro-American Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T120049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 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:143042-21891975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143042 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Design Lab 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T120346 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T200000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Crochet For Causes - Movie + Crochet Night DESCRIPTION:Join Crochet for Causes as we prepare for Valentines day by crafting and watching some amazing Rom Coms!  UID:145317-21897043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145317 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T160547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Letters of Love at Bursley DESCRIPTION:Stop by to create handmade Valentine's Day cards and enjoy Valentine's themed treats with the Bursley Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants! UID:144228-21894934@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144228 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bursley,Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:Bursley Hall - Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T102757 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pluralism Playdeck Night with MIIA DESCRIPTION:Building community and solidarity begins by learning how to talk to one’s neighbor\, which drives our mission at Michigan Interfaith in Action. In light of this\, we invite you to join Michigan Interfaith in Action for dinner as we play the Pluralism Playdeck together!\n\nThe Pluralism Playdeck\, developed by Professor Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg\, is “a scaffolded conversation game designed to teach university students\, adult learners\, and community members the soft skills needed to engage in compassionate and honest conversations about hot button social issues across ideological and demographic differences.”\n\nWe hope that you will join us on Thursday for some free food and great conversation!\n\n📅Thursday\, February 12th\n⏰7-9 PM\n📍SSW B760 UID:145158-21896743@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145158 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Dialogue,Dinner,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Faith,Food,Free,Graduate Students,In Person,Inclusion,Interfaith,Leadership,Meal,Multicultural,Religious,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Student Org,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B760 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T141458 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:RC Music Forum – Open Mic Night DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open mic night in the Keene Theater! Come sing karaoke\, dance\, read a poem\, and perform!\n\nOpen Mic Nights are hosted by RC Music Forum. Please contact Maya Liljegren (iammaya@umich.edu) with questions. Free and open to the UM community. UID:144627-21895596@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,arts at michigan,Culture,Free,In Person,live performance,Music,Poetry,Theater,theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T161253 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T203000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Stretch Your Connections DESCRIPTION:Join USAR (the organization that runs Take Back the Night Ann Arbor) for an evening of trauma-informed yoga followed by a brief conversation about healthy relationships. This event is free and open to the public\, however\, donations to SafeHouse are encouraged. Please bring your own yoga mat or towel. Everyone is invited. Bring friends\, partners\, coworkers\, or anyone else in your lives! This event will take place on February 12th from 7-8:30PM in the Vandenburg room of the League. UID:144443-21895362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144443 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Culture,Discussion,Education,Fitness,Free,In Person,Inclusion,LGBT,Sexual Assault,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Sociology,Storytelling,Student Org,Well-being,Women's Studies LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenburg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T120026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T200000 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:141224-21895087@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:20260130T101531 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bee a Good Neighbor at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the East Quad Diversity Peer Educators and Community Connections and Engagement at Bee A Good Neighbor! Discover ways to be a great neighbor through interactive stations\, crafts\, and campus resources. Stop by to connect or win a prize! UID:144792-21895911@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144792 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,community gathering,Cookie Decorating,Cookies,Crafts,Free Food,Games,Michigan Housing LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Mulitcultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T101624 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bee a Good Neighbor at Markley DESCRIPTION:Join the Markley Diversity Peer Educators and Community Connections and Engagement at Bee A Good Neighbor! Discover ways to be a great neighbor through interactive stations\, crafts\, and campus resources. Stop by to connect or win a prize! UID:144795-21895923@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144795 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,community gathering,Cookie Decorating,Cookies,Crafts,Free Food,Games,housing LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall - Angela Davis Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T113339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Fauré Piano Quartets DESCRIPTION:The 23/24 season featured a recital debut by violinist James Ehnes\, who captivated Rackham Auditorium with his insightful commentary and expressive playing. Now Ehnes is joined by pianist Inon Barnatan\, violist Jonathan Vinocour\, and cellist Raphael Bell for a program of Fauré’s two piano quartets. Gabriel Fauré’s youthful first piano quartet\, full of intoxicating melodies\, is paired with his strikingly individual\, impassioned second quartet. Among his best-known chamber works\, Fauré’s piano quartets are exquisitely crafted and ideal vehicles for these four superb artists and musical soulmates.\n\n“The wondrous James Ehnes [is] a thinker of the violin as well as a supreme virtuoso of the instrument…an artist of the first order.” (The Daily Telegraph) Inon Barnatan is admired for his “superior playing\, in which penetrating musicianship\, compelling interpretive insight\, and elegant pianism achieve near perfect equilibrium.” (BBC Music) UID:137168-21879839@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137168 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Classical,classical music,piano,UMS,university musical society,Violin LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T181619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:University Choir DESCRIPTION:Matthew Abernathy\, conductor\n\n*Mid-Winter Songs*\, Morton Lauridsen \n*Hodie Christus Natus Est*\, Giovanni Gabrieli\n*Cantate Domino*\, Claudio Monteverdi\n*His Eye is on the Sparrow*\, Zanaida Robles\n*Tchaka*\, Sydney Guillaume \n*Hear My Prayer*\, Moses Hogan UID:135441-21876833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T104519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:19700101T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:AI Hackathon Registration Deadline DESCRIPTION:Prove to future employers you know AI.\nWalk away with a portfolio-ready project that solves a real-world problem.\n\nTake on the role of the business lead or the engineering lead and build and pitch your agentic solution in the first 24 Hour AI Hackathon between the Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering!\n\nThis competition is open to:\nCollege of Engineering students\nComputer Science Majors\nU-M Entrepreneurship Minor students\nU-M Ross School of Business Minor students\nRoss School of Business students UID:144499-21895428@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144499 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Business,Center For Entrepreneurship,Engineering,Entrepreneurship,Genai,Generative Ai,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,technology,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T000133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta DESCRIPTION:Keelboat regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:143666-21893624@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143666 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T072053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A&A Shop Orientation DESCRIPTION:In order to access the Art & Architecture Shop\, users must complete BOTH Orientation AND Proficiency Training. The A&A Shop Orientation covers basic information about the Shop (hours\, policies\, storage\, equipment\, etc.) as well as an overview of safety rules and concepts to help you navigate the space safely and effectively. Please note that it does NOT give you access to use the machinery--all users must receive Proficiency Training on each piece of equipment before use. Access: The Shop is available to students\, staff\, and faculty from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning for work on class projects and research only. Potential users from other academic disciplines must be receiving credit for a class taught by a faculty member from the Art or Architecture schools. Learn more on the A&A Shop site here.  UID:111822-21895081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/111822 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Art & Architecture Shop, 2000 Bonisteel Room 1251 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892993@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T160925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:CLIFF 2026 - 30th Anniversary Event DESCRIPTION:Comparative Literature Intra-student and Faculty Forum (CLIFF) has been a cornerstone of the Department of Comparative Literature since 1996. Dedicated to interdisciplinarity and intellectual vigor\, our graduate student-organized conference embodies the values that form the basis of Comparative Literature. In previous years\, CLIFF’s conference-wide themes have inspired graduate students from disciplines across the University—as well as scholars from universities across the country and independent scholars—to share and discuss their work. For the 30th anniversary of CLIFF\, we are dedicated to honoring this long history of the conference while opening possibilities for its future. Our event will feature an opening speech by Comparative Literature Professor Will Stroebel\; three panels organized and presented by graduate students\; and a closing roundtable from organizers and alumni reflecting on CLIFF's past\, present\, and future.\n\nCLIFF 2026 Program\n\nFriday\, February 13\, 2026\nLocation: Rackham Assembly Hall\, 4th floor\n\n8:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast\n\n9:00 am - 10:00 am Opening speech by Dr. Will Stroebel (Modern Greek & Comparative Literature) \n “Comparative Literature at the Borderscape” \n\n10:00 am - 10:15 am Coffee Break\n\n10:15 am - 11:45 am Panel 1: Historicism\, New and Used\n Organizers: James Kiselik & Srimati Ghosal\n Respondent: Dr. Will Stroebel \nPresenters:\nOğuz Kayır (Film\, Television\, and Media)\, “Historicizing Otherwise: A Feminist Archive in Contemporary Turkish Art”\nDibyangee Saha (English)\, “The Spatial Turn in Print Archives: Reading IPTA’s Unity from a Distance”\nSrimati Ghosal (Comparative Literature)\, “Aesthetics of Audacity\, Aesthetics of Advertisement: Encountering the Tricontinental in American Archives”\nJames Kiselik (English)\, “Usufructuary Historicism”\n\n11:45 am - 12:45 pm Lunch\n\n12:45 pm - 2:15 pm Panel 2: Media as Mediation\n Organizers: Nathan Omprasadham & Sanjana Ramanathan\n Respondent: Dr. Toni Bushner (Digital Studies Institute)\nPresenters:\nAlexa Kelly (English)\, “‘Are We All In Your Story\, Alan?’: Fictionality\, Ludic Form\, and Alan Wake II”\nDora Gao (History)\, “‘Tomorrow Comes’: Learning to Grieve through Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”\nMaryam Khan (English)\, “‘Rot as Memory’: Obsolescence and the Afterlives of Early Net Art”\nNathan Omprasadham (English) & Sanjana Ramanathan (Comparative Literature)\, “‘Tasting Fragments’: the Materiality of Language Loss in Venba”\n\n2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Coffee Break\n\n2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Panel 3: Within/Beyond the Boundaries of Caribbean Studies\n Organizers: Jeremy M. Santiago-Rojas & Amanda M. La O Cartaya\n Respondent: Dr. Supriya Nair (English)\nPresenters:\nAmanda M. La O Cartaya (Comparative Literature)\, “Beneath Structures of Power: Analyzing Jose Marti’s Work Through the Social Suffering Framework”\nJeremy M. Santiago-Rojas (Comparative Literature)\, “Tracing Filipino-Boricua Relations in the Archive”\nJodi Berry (English & Education)\, “Managing Imaginations: Female Castaway Narratives and Educational Exports”\nAnaridia Molina (English)\, “Digital Imaginaries Within and Beyond the Boundaries of Caribbean Literature: In the Same Boats & Visualizing Caribbean Literature”\n\n4:00 pm - 4:15 pm Coffee Break\n\n4:15 pm to 5:45 pm Roundtable with former CLIFF organizers\n\n6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Reception dinner UID:143586-21893426@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143586 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Comparative Literature,Discussion,Faculty,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Humanities LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th floor Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893507@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 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:134855-21895922@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T095431 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC Materials Science and Engineering Career Chats DESCRIPTION:Hey Materials Science and Engineering Students - This is for YOU!\n\nAre you feeling lost or overwhelmed by your full-time job or internship search? Not sure where to begin\, or just need a little guidance? Whether you're just starting out or already deep in the search process\, we're here to help!\n\nJoin us for a quick 15-minute virtual chat with an Engineering Career Advisor. Ask us anything from where your peers are landing jobs\, to job search strategies\, to personalized resume feedback. It's a chance to get the advice you need\, fast! Don't navigate your career path alone - we've got your back! Let's chat and get you one step closer to your goals.\n\nSign ups open on January 19th in Career Fair Plus (CF+)\n\nNote: Only students within the MSE department are eligible for this event. UID:143579-21893413@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143579 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891449@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 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:142417-21890857@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:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T163000 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:144223-21894925@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T210000 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:138431-21890622@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:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 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:142791-21891568@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:20250804T113309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Lena Tuffaha DESCRIPTION:IN-PERSON ONLY\n\nLena Tuffaha is a poet\, essayist\, and translator. She is author of three books of poetry: *Something About Living* (UAkron\, 2024)\, winner of the 2024 National Book Award and winner of the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry\, *Kaan & Her Sisters* (Trio House Press)\, finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award and honorable mention for the 2024 Arab American Book Award\, *Water & Salt* (Red Hen)\, winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award and honorable mention for the 2018 Arab American Award. She is also the author of two chapbooks\, Arab in Newsland\, winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Prize\, and Letters from the Interior (Diode\, 2019)\, finalist for the 2020 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize.\n\nHer writing has been published in journals including *Los Angeles Review of Books*\, *Michigan Quarterly Review*\, *The *Nation*\, *Poets.org*\, *Protean*\, and *Prairie Schooner* and in anthologies including *The Long Devotion* (Georgia Press)\, *We Call to the Eye and the Night* (Persea Press)\, and *Gaza Unsilenced* (Just World Books). She was the translator and curator of the 2022 series “Poems from Palestine” at the *Baffler magazine.* In 2024 she curated a year-long subscription of Palestinian poetry books with Open Books\, Seattle’s poetry-only bookstore.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on every floor of the Union. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136974-21879385@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136974 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Free,Graduate,Lena Tuffaha,Literature,Michigan Union LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson ABCDE CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T093408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 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:143170-21892362@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:20260211T150615 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Revel Vday Card Making Event DESCRIPTION:Revel is hosting a valentine's card making event for those in need of a last minute valentine or a little extra cheer. Swing by the first floor of the Union this Friday\, February 13 from 10am-1pm to make a card for yourself\, a pal\, or your secret crush. We'll have card making supplies plus origami squares. See you Friday! UID:145372-21897202@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145372 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Holiday,In Person,Social,Undergraduate Students,Well-being LOCATION:Michigan Union - First Floor Lobby A CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T103157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:RossAbilities Conference DESCRIPTION:Workers with disabilities are among the fastest growing employment demographics in the United States. Business Leaders for Diverse Abilities (BLDA) at the Ross School of Business aims to bring awareness and improve accessibility in the world of business. Join us on February 13th for the 2nd Annual RossAbilities Conference\, presented virtually! \n\nRossAbilities is a groundbreaking conference sponsored by the MBA club\, BLDA\, and is dedicated to exploring the intersection of accessibility and business. Our mission is to bring together leaders\, innovators\, and entrepreneurs to discuss how accessibility is not just a compliance issue\, but a powerful driver of innovation\, market growth\, and a more inclusive future of work. This year’s keynote speaker is Sara Minkara\, U.S. Special Advisor on International Disability Rights during the Biden Administration. We'll also have speakers representing Parasports to talk about emerging trends in sport\, learn from entrepreneurs and innovators across accessibility featured applications and businesses\, and learn about how Google is leading the way to create more accessible experiences for all! \n\nRegistration is open now on Luma. Here is the link to register: https://luma.com/scfihp7h UID:144679-21895681@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Business,Career,Entrepreneurship,Graduate School,Inclusion,Leadership,Social Impact,Student Org,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T082234 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Luke Miratrix\, Professor of Education\, Faculty Director Doctor of Education Leadership Program\, Harvard University DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Matching promises simple and transparent causal inferences for observational data\, making it an attractive approach in many settings\, especially given its easily communicated and intuitive rationale. Matching methods “match” treated units to control units with similar covariates\, with the goal of achieving joint covariate balance between treated and control units\, as would be expected in a randomized experiment. In practice\, however\, standard matching methods often perform poorly compared to more recent approaches such as response-surface modeling and balancing. Finding close matches for treated units becomes particularly challenging when there are many covariates and overlap is low\, which can lead to imbalanced matched treatment groups\, biased effect estimates\, or low effective sample sizes. Building on a host of literature\, including synthetic control methods\, classic matching approaches\, and coarsened exact matching\, we propose Caliper Synthetic Matching (CSM) to address challenges with finding quality matches while preserving simple and transparent matching diagnostics. CSM\, a version of radial matching\, is an adaptive caliper matching method that utilizes locally built synthetic controls to adjust for inexact matches. By combining adaptive calipers and synthetic controls\, CSM produces data-driven bounds on potential extrapolation biases while exploiting local linearity to interpolate in a principled manner. Due to the local nature of CSM\, we can also detect which units are more difficult to match and assess degree of overlap. We can even locally adapt caliper width to more tightly control bias in information dense regions. We show that CSM belongs to the monotonic imbalance bounding (MIB) class of matching methods\, and that it improves upon the bias bounds for popular MIB methods such as coarsened exact matching. We finally give theoretical results on an inferential strategy that allows for reuse of controls by different treated units (matching with replacement). UID:144783-21895841@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144783 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 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:137880-21880968@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:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 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:139627-21885816@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:20260203T122553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Friday Seminar Series - Extended axes of modern collections DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - Extended axes of modern collections UID:144785-21895843@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144785 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,ecosystem,Ecosystems,evolution,evolutionary biology,science,seminar LOCATION:Research Museums Center - Demo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 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:144249-21895007@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:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 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:138032-21881293@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:20260228T063129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T123000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:PhD Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:In this interactive workshop\, the Rackham embedded University Career Center Ph.D. coaching team will guide you through converting your academic CV to an industry resume.Brief best practices will be shared\, but most of the time will be spent actively working on your resume\, so bring a laptop or a few printed copies of your CV or resume.Lunch will be provided.Register here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/103764 #UCC UID:143986-21894373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143986 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:20260210T112703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T122000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EHour: Brad Baum DESCRIPTION:This week’s Entrepreneurship Hour (EHour) guest is Brad Baum\, co-founder of the Founder's Mental Health Pledge. \n\nBrad will share his candid insights on maintaining mental health and achieving balance as an entrepreneur.\n\nIn addition to influencing the national conversation about mental health\, Brad is the co-founder/CEO of a health tech company helping patients who suffer from chronic pain.\n\nBring your questions\, curiosity\, and friends to learn how an entrepreneurial mindset is key to sparking change.\n\nFriday\, February 13\n11:30 AM – 12:20 PM\nStamps Auditorium (within the Walgreen Drama Center on North Campus)\n\n---\n*Entrepreneurship Hour is a weekly speaker series/class open to all (every class level\, major\, enrolled or otherwise).\n\nEvery Friday\, a pioneering entrepreneur gets vulnerable - sharing actionable insights in a candid\, inspiring\, and provocative conversation about their journey.* UID:145304-21897030@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145304 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Discussion,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Founder,Founders Panel,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,In Person,In-person,Lecture,Mental Health,Mental Health Awareness Month,Michigan Engineering,Networking,North campus,Public Health,Social Impact,Startup,Startups,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T113338 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ph.D. Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:In this interactive workshop\, the Rackham embedded University Career Center Ph.D. coaching team will guide you through converting your academic CV to an industry resume.\n\nBrief best practices will be shared\, but most of the time will be spent actively working on your resume\, so bring a laptop or a few printed copies of your CV or resume.\n\nLunch will be provided. UID:142943-21891835@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142943 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Rackham West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T121616 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:'Hello' to 'Halo': Celebrating Black songwriters DESCRIPTION:From Lionel Richie's \"Hello\" to Beyoncé's \"Halo\,\" Professor Tiffany Ng and graduate student Austin Zhu will play carillon covers of romantic favorites by Black songwriters and composers on the 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon on the day before Valentine's Day.\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:144337-21895180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144337 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity,Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 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:117445-21896041@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:20260209T111939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AMS Ages on Adhered Carbonized Food Residues from Ceramic Vessel Interior Walls: Retrospective and Current Research Directions DESCRIPTION:This collaborative overview of the use of adhered carbonized food residues\, sometimes referred to as “food crusts”\, will attempt to achieve several goals. First\, we will provide a personalized historical backdrop to the early applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) dating to carbonized cooking residues on the interior walls of ceramic vessels. This historical framework will also introduce early examinations of the taphonomy of such residues\, as well as the various skepticisms that arose about the accuracy of resulting AMS ages. Second\, among the acknowledged benefits of this relatively new approach was recognition that such ages were direct dates on one or a series of cooking behaviors\, rather than an age on datable materials in near\, or not so near\, physical association with objects of interest. This benefit was often initially focused on chronology building. Subsequent research extended to questions about the freshwater reservoir effect and offsets and evaluation of stable isotope content particularly with respect to the presence of maize/ The latter included analysis of plant microfossils. Finally\, we present current collaborative residue research\, including questions regarding the effects of different pretreatments to samples\, the statistical consistency of multiple age assays\, and age variations in the interior wall locations from which samples derive. The latter will employ Upper Great Lakes examples for illustration. UID:145248-21896926@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Archaeology LOCATION:School of Education - 1322 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T060015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Buckeye Blast 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Buckeye Blast is Club Gymnastics regional competition this season!\nWe are so excited to see both our men's and women's team compete! UID:141933-21889647@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141933 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ohio Expo Center & State Fair- Voinovich Livestock and Trade Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T120700 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Business & Technology Career Exploration Week DESCRIPTION:Are you an LSA student interested in a career in business or technology? Join us for the LSA Opportunity Hub for the Business and Technology and Career Exploration Week! These events offer you the chance to explore career opportunities with leading organizations\, form valuable connections with potential employers\, and gain valuable industry insights to prepare you for the recruiting process.\n\nEvents include:\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 1\nHuntington Bank Information Session and Q&A Panel\nRock the Mock: First Round Interview Practice\nDecode Your Internship Search: Internship Search Strategies from Career Coaches\, Alums\, and Student Success Stories\nBNY Insights & Bites\nInsights from JPMorgan Chase Commercial & Specialized Industries\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 2\n\nPlease view each session on the calendar to the right to register.\n\nWhy you should attend:\nYou're an LSA student\, regardless of your year\, curious about careers in business and technology.\nYou want to meet recruiters and explore different career pathways.\nYou're interested in learning valuable skills to excel in business and tech recruiting.\n\nWhat you'll gain:\nDiscover multiple career paths in the business and tech space.\nLearn how your skills and interests align with available opportunities.\nUnderstand the next steps in the recruiting process.\nShare your résumé with recruiters on the spot.\nBuild valuable connections with employers eager to hire LSA students.\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to kickstart your career and network with industry leaders!\n\nThe LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair accessible building which includes wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor\, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor\, places to sit or stand during the event\, and accessible parking options nearby on Maynard Street. Ramps are located at the East entrance (from State St.) and the Northwest entrance (from Maynard). Power doors are located at the Northwest entrance. To request other accommodations please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu or 734-764-4674 so we can make arrangements UID:145045-21896589@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145045 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Business By Lsa,Career,Consulting,Corporate,Early Career Exploration,Employer Connection,Employer Connections,Employer Event,Entrepreneurship,Finance,Industry Session,Information and Technology,Interview,Job Search,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Open To All Majors,Technology,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:LSA Building - Multipurpose Room 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T210625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Douglass Day 2026 DESCRIPTION:You are invited to a birthday party for Frederick Douglass! Although Douglass was born into bondage\, and never knew his birthdate\, he chose to celebrate every year on February 14th. Join us in person or via Zoom.\n\nJoin us for a day of transcription\, discussion\, birthday cake\, and celebration of Black History. Stephen Ward\, Associate Director of the Residential College and Associate Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies and in the Residential College\, gives the keynote address at 2:00pm\, followed by a reception with birthday desserts from local Black-owned bakeries. \n\nThis year\, help us transcribe documents from the Colored Conventions Project\, which chronicles the decades-long history of nineteenth-century Black organizing for civil and human rights. In that spirit\, we are theming the University of Michigan event around activism\, protest\, and political organizing.\n\nParticipants on site will be able to view the Autobiography of Frederick Douglass\, an issue of the North Star\, and political buttons from Special Collections. Turn up Turnout will be available to register voters throughout the event. UID:143555-21893383@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143555 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T140618 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EIHS Workshop: Political Mobilization\, Authority and Collaboration DESCRIPTION:We live in a moment of intense global political mobilization. Popular movements—both state and non-state—are reshaping political life by preserving\, contesting\, and reworking state power. As the boundaries between citizen and subject\, resistance and authority\, become increasingly blurred\, long-standing frameworks for understanding collaboration and power demand reconsideration.\n\nThis workshop centers the figure of the intermediary—particularly colonial intermediaries who operated as both agents and instruments of imperial rule. We invite scholars to explore how these actors complicate binary narratives of resistance and collaboration\, coercion and consent. How do we account for the moral ambiguity\, partial complicity\, and aspirational authority of those who worked in the shadow of power as translators\, clerks\, soldiers\, chiefs\, informants\, and community figures within popular movements and state-making projects?\n\nJoin us for a conversation that revisits power\, agency\, and political belonging across historical and geographic contexts.\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:142516-21891065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142516 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,political science,Politics LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T142109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T124500 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:95986-21892254@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:20260202T163323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ginsberg Reads (Book Club) DESCRIPTION:Are you battling despair and paralysis? Do hope and a brighter future feel beyond reach? We invite U-M faculty\, staff and students to join us at the Ginsberg Center to reflect\, imagine and dream together in an expansive conversation that is not about making longer to-do lists. Another world is possible. \n\nBring your own lunch.\nPlease RVSP: light snacks & beverages will be provided.\n \nWe'll be discussing the following books over the semester: \n-Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin (2/13)\n-What it Takes to Heal by Prentis Hemphill (February 27th & March 27th)\n-We’ll pull exercises from Imaginable by Jane McGonigal (April 17th)\n\nBooks available via the Ann Arbor Disctrict Library\, and local bookstores Booksweet & Black Stone.\nIf accessing a book is a hardship\, please contact the Ginsberg Center at ginsberginfo@umich.edu.\nRead what you can\; join when you can. UID:144272-21895097@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Faculty And Staff,Graduate And Professional Students,Leadership,Social Justice,Students LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning - Community Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T093432 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T123000 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:143758-21893934@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:20260124T094819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:ICPSR Data-Savvy Teaching Office Hours: Data Fair Edition DESCRIPTION:Join us for membership Office Hours! Get ideas for bringing data into the classroom\, share and learn best practices\, and get to know the data resources available at ICPSR. Office Hours are conversation-style sessions hosted by Dr. Lynette Hoelter\, Director of Instructional Resources at ICPSR. \n\nOffice Hours are drop in and will not be recorded. \n\nThis event is free and open to the public. This event is part of the 2026 ICPSR Data Fair and Love Data Week. UID:144424-21895340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144424 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Management,Icpsr Data Fair,Love Data Week LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T110427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 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:144358-21895206@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:20260113T145343 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar> When Division Leaves a Message: Midbody Remnants as a New Type of Actively Translating Extracellular Vesicle DESCRIPTION:The midbody remnant (MBR) is now recognized as a unique\, large extracellular vesicle (EV) that originates from the midbody structure formed during cytokinesis. Recent studies show that MBRs harbor active translation machinery and a distinctive set of RNAs and proteins\, including key cell fate\, pluripotency\, and oncogenic transcripts. Unlike canonical small EVs\, these post-abscission MBRs maintain regulated protein synthesis and can influence recipient cell behavior\, indicative of their novel role in intercellular communication. The identification of MBRs as translating EVs not only broadens our understanding of EV diversity but also offers new opportunities for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in cancer\, stem cell biology\, and tissue regeneration.\n\nHost: Babli Adhikary\, MCDB Community Engagement Committee UID:143850-21894123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143850 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,seminar LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 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:143999-21894420@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:20260213T112056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SMTD x TDLS: Identity and Cultural Policy DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunchtime conversation with Taneshia Nash Laird\, a \"civic innovator and cultural strategist whose work sits at the intersection of capital\, culture\, and community.\" She'll discuss her career and impact across a broad range of disciplines\, especially focused on how emerging leaders of color can influence cultural networks and policies through their work. This event is open to all individuals of any race/ethnicity\, and will focus on leadership and cultural policy through the lens of BIPOC experiences. Lunch provided!\" UID:142766-21891349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142766 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T120705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUWeekly: V-Day at Pierpont DESCRIPTION:Happy Valentines Day! Got time in between classes? We would LOVE for you to stop by! Create your own sweet treat box and enjoy a letter/note making station! UID:144920-21896148@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Valentines LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - Main Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 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:138950-21884335@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:20260116T124848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Tours:Mid-Day Morsel | Drop-In Tour DESCRIPTION:Looking for something to feed your brain on your lunch hour? The Mid-Day Morsel tour at the Kelsey Museum is a 30-minute taste of ancient Mediterranean history and artifact highlights in the Kelsey collection. Mid-Day Morsel tours begin at 12:30 PM. No registration is needed. Tour participants should gather at our Maynard Street entrance a few minutes before the tour is scheduled to start.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:144022-21894539@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144022 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Free,History,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T095155 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:A Re-Introduction to the Social Media Archive: New Website\, New Features\, New Data DESCRIPTION:The Social Media Archive at ICPSR is back with a fresh look\, powerful new features\, and a treasure trove of social media data ready for exploration! If you’ve ever wondered\, “Where does social media data go after it’s collected\, and how can I actually use it in my research?”—this session is for you. We’re excited to re-introduce the Social Media Archive’s redesigned website and showcase innovative tools and resources that make it easier than ever to find\, access\, analyze\, and deposit social media datasets and studies.\nJoin us as we trace data’s journey\, from massive public posts to restricted but accessible datasets\, highlighting how new website features support discovery\, responsible data use\, and transparency. Whether you’re new to ICPSR or a seasoned data explorer\, you’ll learn how to harness this rapidly expanding resource for your research. From metadata to API access\, from Facebook and Reddit posts to Amazon reviews and AI datasets\, the Social Media Archive offers a diverse selection to inspire your next project.\nReady to discover “Where’s the Data?” and what you can achieve with it? Come see how the Social Media Archive at ICPSR is evolving to meet the needs of today’s social science researchers!\n\nThis webinar is part of the 2026 ICPSR Data Fair @ Love Data Week. For more information\, please visit myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. The webinar will be recorded\, and the recording\, along with the slides (when available)\, will be made available in the 2026 Love Data Week YouTube playlist at https://myumi.ch/y1jm8. UID:144425-21895341@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144425 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Management,Icpsr Data Fair,Love Data Week,Social Media LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T154234 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Poetry & Poetics Workshop DESCRIPTION:Graduate students and faculty are invited to join us for a roundtable discussion of a chapter from Stephanie Kraver’s forthcoming manuscript. Kraver is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan\, and her work focuses on Palestinian/Israeli poetry and poetics. Light refreshments will be provided\; RSVP is required: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/14954\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. UID:144794-21895950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144794 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,English Language And Literature,Poetry LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3184 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260228T123129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894072Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab. We will discuss and educate you on…- Design and format- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resume for specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Student or Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on theHappening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:144205-21894840@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144205 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T134500 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:141325-21892200@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:20260208T220419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Type theory seminar: Inductive 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 4 of Rijke's book\, on inductive types. UID:144700-21895741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T181619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T135000 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:144370-21895240@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T103007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:AI as Self-Discovery: How Large Language Models Reveal the Essence of the Human Mind\, and Why It Matters DESCRIPTION:Most discussions of artificial intelligence center on its instrumental role—how it will transform industries and economies. But it may do something even more radical: reveal who we are. As artificial minds become more capable\, they will expose the deep principles underlying human thought—how reasoning\, agency\, and creativity actually work. AI thus offers not just a technological revolution but a humanistic one. This new self-understanding\, I argue\, will force us to rethink core ideas about mind\, agency\, and the basis of praise and blame. UID:141750-21889311@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141750 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:digital technology,Discussion,Free,Humanities,In Person,Information,Information and Technology,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Media,Mindfulness,Org Studies,Org. Studies,Organizational Studies,Presentation,Psychology,Research,Science,seminar,Social,Social Impact,Social Science,Social Sciences,Sociology,Speaker,Talk,Technical Communications,Virtual LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T132416 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Digital Accessibility Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Got questions about digital accessibility\, Title II compliance\, or how to make digital content accessible? \n\n-Come to virtual drop-in office hours!\n-Every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month\n-1:30 - 3:00pm \n-Zoom Meeting ID 935 9909 5960\n-Digital accessibility experts available to help you\n\nOpen to everyone from all U-M campuses (Ann Arbor\, Dearborn\, Flint\, Michigan Medicine).\n\nCan’t make it to Office Hours but have a question? Contact us (https://accessibility.umich.edu/contact-services)!\n\nIf you need accommodations to participate in office hours\, let us know by emailing ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:132601-21888910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132601 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Communication,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Faculty,Graduate Students,Office Hours,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135221 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 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:112863-21896028@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:20260204T120700 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Business & Technology Career Exploration Week DESCRIPTION:Are you an LSA student interested in a career in business or technology? Join us for the LSA Opportunity Hub for the Business and Technology and Career Exploration Week! These events offer you the chance to explore career opportunities with leading organizations\, form valuable connections with potential employers\, and gain valuable industry insights to prepare you for the recruiting process.\n\nEvents include:\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 1\nHuntington Bank Information Session and Q&A Panel\nRock the Mock: First Round Interview Practice\nDecode Your Internship Search: Internship Search Strategies from Career Coaches\, Alums\, and Student Success Stories\nBNY Insights & Bites\nInsights from JPMorgan Chase Commercial & Specialized Industries\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 2\n\nPlease view each session on the calendar to the right to register.\n\nWhy you should attend:\nYou're an LSA student\, regardless of your year\, curious about careers in business and technology.\nYou want to meet recruiters and explore different career pathways.\nYou're interested in learning valuable skills to excel in business and tech recruiting.\n\nWhat you'll gain:\nDiscover multiple career paths in the business and tech space.\nLearn how your skills and interests align with available opportunities.\nUnderstand the next steps in the recruiting process.\nShare your résumé with recruiters on the spot.\nBuild valuable connections with employers eager to hire LSA students.\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to kickstart your career and network with industry leaders!\n\nThe LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair accessible building which includes wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor\, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor\, places to sit or stand during the event\, and accessible parking options nearby on Maynard Street. Ramps are located at the East entrance (from State St.) and the Northwest entrance (from Maynard). Power doors are located at the Northwest entrance. To request other accommodations please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu or 734-764-4674 so we can make arrangements UID:145045-21896588@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145045 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Business By Lsa,Career,Consulting,Corporate,Early Career Exploration,Employer Connection,Employer Connections,Employer Event,Entrepreneurship,Finance,Industry Session,Information and Technology,Interview,Job Search,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Open To All Majors,Technology,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:LSA Building - Multipurpose Room 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T095609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Navigating the New North: Data Insights About the Changing Canadian Consumer Patterns DESCRIPTION:Long-standing relationships and consumer behaviour between Canada and the United States experienced a significant shift in 2025 in part due to trade negotiations between the two nations. Canadians reacted to these changes by promoting a ‘buy-Canadian’ focus and choosing to travel less frequently to the United States.\n\nUsing data from Statistics Canada and other Canadian sources\, we will discuss how these trends are reflected in the data and will highlight how socio-economic conditions have changed during this period of transformation between our neighbouring countries.\n\nThis webinar is part of the 2026 ICPSR Data Fair @ Love Data Week. For more information\, please visit myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. The webinar will be recorded\, and the recording\, along with the slides (when available)\, will be made available in the 2026 Love Data Week YouTube playlist at https://myumi.ch/y1jm8. UID:144426-21895342@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144426 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Management,Icpsr Data Fair,Love Data Week,Statistics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T131948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 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:117617-21894333@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:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T144500 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:136347-21892281@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:20260213T120101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Other:VIPs Club's Valentine's Day Pop-Ups DESCRIPTION:Get a forever gift at one of VIP's Club's Valentine's Day Pop-Ups (crochet flowers\, stuffies\, and more)!\nTuesday February 10th 10a-2p in Mason Hall \nFriday February 13th 2-5p outside of Joe's Pizza UID:143056-21891989@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143056 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Plaza by Joe's Pizza CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T122108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Sprout symmetric functions (Combinatorics Seminar) DESCRIPTION:We will discuss certain sequences (R_0\, R_1\, ...) of symmetric functions that we call *sprout symmetric functions*. Many examples of sprout symmetric functions have already appeared in the literature\, connected with such topics as the symmetric function generalization of the Tutte polynomial of a graph\, Hirzebruch's L-genus\, and zeta polynomials of binomial posets. We first consider basic properties of sprout symmetric functions\, in particular\, their expansion into classical bases for symmetric functions. Especially interesting is the Schur function expansion\, which is closely related to the Edrei-Thoma theorem from the theory of total positivity. We conclude with some examples that unify and generalize results from the theory of permutation enumeration. UID:140583-21887374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T150344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Towards parameter-free continuum models of materials DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The behavior of solids beyond standard linear elasticity remains a central challenge in computational mechanics\, particularly when microstructural effects and non-linear processes arise. In this context\, continuum solid mechanics has seen significant progress\, with a plethora of constitutive models developed over the past decades to address these issues. Yet\, while scalable\, such constitutive modeling approaches introduce uncertainty through phenomenological assumptions and tuning parameters. Hence\, in this talk\, we pivot towards micromechanical models that naturally capture effective emergent behavior\, with examples including granular materials and metamaterials. To recover scalability\, we explore multiscale methods that bridge micromechanics and the continuum scale\, leveraging data-driven computing or variational homogenization to arrive at parameter-free constitutive laws. Recent advances and open issues in these areas will be discussed.\n\nContact: Silas Alben UID:141897-21889612@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141897 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Crochet For Causes - Valentines Day Charity Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:Join Crochet for Causes as we host our first Charity Fundraiser in Partnership with the Arts Initiative here at UMich. We will be selling DIY Crochet Kits along side handmade Crochet Flower Creations from members of our club! All Proceeds will go directly to support the Griffin James Foundation!  UID:145318-21897044@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145318 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Chemistry Building Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250902T120315 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department Colloquium: Ian Campbell (Heidelberg) DESCRIPTION:I am an Akademischer Rat (Assistant Professor) at Heidelberg University\, currently serving as a Vertretungsprofessor (Visiting Professor) for the Chair of Ancient Philosophy at Tübingen University. Before coming to Heidelberg\, I held postdoctoral positions at the Munich School of Ancient Philosophy (LMU Munich)\, at the Human Abilities Center (Humboldt-University Berlin) and at Princeton University\, where I also completed my PhD in 2019. I grew up in the Bitterroot Valley in Western Montana and studied Philosophy and Classics at the University of Montana before coming to Princeton. \n\nMy research is centered on ancient Greek theoretical philosophy\, with a particular emphasis on metaphysics and philosophical methodology in the works of Plato and Aristotle\, as well as in certain Presocratic and Sophistic thinkers. An overarching focus of my research is on the ways in which Plato and Aristotle demarcate philosophy from rival intellectual pursuits\, such as sophistry and rhetoric. My current research project is a monograph on Aristotle's theory of fallacy in the Sophistici Elenchi. I also have research and teaching interests in classical Indian philosophy (esp. Madhyamaka and Nyāya) and environmental philosophy. UID:138630-21883509@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138630 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - tbd CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T144347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 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:95236-21895063@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:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T154500 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:141325-21892209@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:20260208T113328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Algebraic Geometry: Introduction to derived deformation theory DESCRIPTION:In algebraic geometry\, one often encounters the question of infinitesimally deforming an object of interest such as varieties and coherent sheaves\, and classical deformation theory offers one framework to answer such questions. \nIn this talk\, I will introduce a more modern perspective of deformation theory via derived algebraic geometry and give some motivations for taking this alternative perspective as well as applications without delving into technical details. The knowledge of derived algebraic geometry will not be assumed\, and I also plan to review classical deformation theory in the talk as well. UID:145215-21896811@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145215 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 2866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T110419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 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:138091-21891107@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:20260203T110007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Last Word DESCRIPTION:Paradoxically\, the glass box in Russian courts became one of the last places for free speech. People persecuted for their political views used this opportunity to bear witness to injustice. Anna Narinskaya explores this phenomenon and her work as dramaturg for the play ‘The Last Word\,’ based on these final statements.\n\nAbout Anna Narinskaya\nAnna is a journalist\, playwright\, and activist from Moscow\, who since 2022 has been living in Berlin\, publishing in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, and collaborating with German theaters. She is at the University of Michigan as a fellow of Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies. UID:144967-21896211@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144967 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Russia,Slavic LOCATION:North Quad - 2135 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145016-21896488@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T111822 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: Mini-Talks DESCRIPTION:The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will hear three mini-talks from current graduate students.\n\nAdriana Brown: The evolution of seawater temperature and oxygen isotopes in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway using carbonate clumped isotopes\n\nThe Western Interior Seaway (WIS) was a vast epicontinental sea that inundated North America in a series of transgressive-regressive marine cycles from the Early to Late Cretaceous. The WIS has been studied as a classic shallow Cretaceous seaway with a complex stratigraphic record of the interplay between tectonics\, climate\, sea level\, basin evolution\, and faunal evolution. However\, fundamental questions remain unresolved regarding the WIS\, including how seawater temperatures and oxygen isotope compositions (δ18Ow) varied latitudinally and through time. A robust record of reconstructed temperature and water isotopes could help explain paleoceanographic and environmental conditions in the WIS\, but this has traditionally been challenging due to limited sample coverage and poor constraints on δ18Ow. Here\, we use carbonate clumped isotopes (𝚫47) measurements of 119 well-preserved oysters to reconstruct temperature and δ18Ow from the Albian to Maastrichtian between 25 to 57 °N. This dataset approximately triples the amount of 𝚫47 WIS temperature and δ18Ow values published to date. From this\, we find that in each time period the seaway remained consistently warm through all U.S. latitudes and may have been influenced by freshwater runoff from emerging highlands. Canadian temperatures indicate a cooler and potentially less saline water source entering the seaway from the North. We relate these changes in temperature and isotopic composition to global and regional sea level fluctuations\, tectonic regimes\, and paleocirculation dynamics.\n\n--\n\nRory Sweedler: Topographic diversity gradients revealed among latest Cretaceous multituberculate mammals\n\nToday\, mountainous regions are hotspots of mammalian biodiversity\, forming patterns known as topographic diversity gradients\; however\, interactions between mountain uplift and mammalian biodiversity in deep time are poorly understood. I compare the taxonomic diversity of a group of mammals\, multituberculates\, from two sites from the latest Cretaceous of Wyoming during the uplift of the North American Cordillera. Higher species richness of multituberculates at the mountain-proximal site compared to the mountain-distal site\, nearly 400 km to the east\, is interpreted as evidence of a topographic diversity gradient. Similarities in faunal composition between mountain-proximal sites across the latest Cretaceous Western Interior of North America suggest tectonic processes as important drivers of mammalian biodiversity and community composition in the past and present.\n\n-- \n\nMack Taylor: The Failed Supervolcano Spirit Mountain (Avi Kwa Ame) and The Critical Role of Basalt and Pre-existing Aplite Dikes in Producing Eruptible High-SiO 2 Rhyolite\n\nHigh-SiO2 (≥76 wt%) rhyolite (HSR) is the most differentiated magma on Earth. Generally restricted to thin (<20 cm) aplite dikes within arc granitoids\, voluminous accumulations of HSR in plutonic rocks are rare at subduction zones but do occur in regions of continental extension. Among the few examples known is the Miocene bimodal (granite-diorite) Spirit Mountain pluton of the Colorado River Extensional Corridor\, NV. Evidence from the literature shows the ~6 km thick (x ~25 km) pluton assembled incrementally via sheets of low-SiO2 rhyolite over a 2 m.y. interval. It features a ~1.5 km thick leucogranite cap (76-78 wt% SiO2) that zones down through ≥4.5 km of coarse granite into a quartz monzonite\, which contains abundant mafic enclaves. Within the coarse granite\, discrete silicic segregations and aplite dikes are found with a HSR composition\, like the leucogranite cap. However\, there are distinct compositional differences\, including a relative depletion of middle rare earth elements\, reflecting the presence of titanite during melt segregation. This horseshoe REE pattern is not seen in the leucogranite cap\, which instead features a seagull pattern\, indicating that titanite melted out when it formed. Previous studies have emphasized the role of compaction in a crystal-rich mush to drive segregation of interstitial melts\, producing the leucogranite cap and quartz monzonite (cumulate) base. In this study\, we test a modification of this model and examine whether the HSR leucogranite cap formed by episodic partial melting of the granitic base\, driven by the influx of hot\, H2O-rich fluids from deeper\, degassed basaltic intrusions. We further explore the role of pre-existing aplite dikes during partial melting of the granitoid host. These eutectic HSR aplite dikes would have melted completely when the host granitoid was only partially molten (with titanite melted out). The initial ascent of the aplite dikes would have drawn voluminous partial melt out of the host granite. We show that resulting molten high-SiO2 rhyolite dikes ≥0.5 m width (exceeding critical widths) could have ascended through several km of sub-solidus granite at ≥ 600°C. Presumably\, if an influx of basalt had intruded beneath the leucogranite cap\, releasing hot fluid\, it could have induced its rapid melting and thus eruption of HSR with a seagull REE pattern. UID:145247-21896925@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T083200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Elasticity of Empire: Palestine\, War\, and the Point of the List DESCRIPTION:This talk examines how US empire operates as a topological formation that projects its national security apparatus through mediated arrangements of power\, mobile technologies\, and blurred genres of rule that link far-flung sites in intimate and often indeterminate ways. Drawing on over a decade of research conducted in Palestine on the embedding of Washington’s counterterrorism regime into monetary transactions and aid flows inbound to the Palestinians\, this talk presents a different analytic of the US war state – one that realizes its destructive effects not only through spectacular modalities of violence and warfare\, but increasingly so\, through a quieter\, temporally stretched process of constriction that progressively erodes conditions of livability through forced disconnection and isolation.\n \n ---\n \n Lisa Bhungalia is an Assistant Professor of Geography and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and core faculty member of the Middle East Studies Program. Their research examines evolving modalities of late-modern war\, empire and transnational linkages between the US and Southwest Asian and North African region. Their first book\, Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine\, published by Stanford University Press in 2024\, traces the deepening entanglements of aid\, law\, and war in Palestine with attention to the surveillance and policing regimes produced through the embedding of counterterrorism laws and infrastructures into civilian aid flows. They are also currently developing new research on the embedding of sanctions regimes into global circuits of finance. They are the recipient of the Middle East Studies Association 2024 Albert Hourani Book Award\, the Middle East Monitor 2024 Palestine Academic Book Award\, and the American Association of Geographers 2025 Glenda Laws Award\, and their research has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies\, National Science Foundation\, and Palestinian American Research Center\, among other bodies.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:144579-21895510@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144579 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:international,Palestine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T121705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Lecture Series | Revolutions Half-Made: The Political Effects of Education Expansion in India 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/dg461\n \nOver the last forty years\, the Government of India has rapidly expanded access to primary education. As a result\, India has achieved near-universal enrollment in education\, previously a pox on India's social development record. At the same time\, there has been an explosion in private education. What explains this double movement? I argue that the expansion of government education in a society marked by caste hierarchies has led to the exit of upper caste groups to private schools and a decrease in state-level public funding for governmentm education. Together\, they help explain the case of Indian education that exhibits high enrollment\, high aspirations\, high private school access\, and low quality.\n \n Emmerich Davies is a research fellow at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. He works on comparative politics with a regional focus on South Asia and comparative work in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. He is interested in the politics of service provision and bureaucratic politics. His work has been published in the British Journal of Political Science\, Comparative Political Studies\, and Governance\, and his work has won awards from the Comparative and International Education Society. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania\, and his B.A. in political science and economics from Stanford University.\n \n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at csas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:144121-21894692@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,India,political science,Politics,South Asia LOCATION:Tisch Hall - Room 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Queer Experiences Abroad: Virtual Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:The Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS) offers 120+ programs in over 45 countries across the world. These programs range from 3 weeks to a full academic year\, including study abroad\, study + research programs\, and internships abroad. \n\nIn collaboration with the Spectrum Center\, join CGIS for a 1-hour virtual panel discussion featuring LGBTQIA2S+ alumnx who have participated in CGIS programs in the past year. Alumnx will speak about preparations they made before going abroad\, resources used to navigate their identities\, and the positives and challenges of their abroad experiences. This panel discussion is designed to provide context for students who may be studying abroad through CGIS in future terms\, all while navigating new policies and evolving regulations regarding international travel. Prospective CGIS students will have an opportunity to ask panelists questions about their recent abroad experiences. Please note that legal advice will not be provided in this session. This event is open to all U-M students and alumnx. UID:144268-21895082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,Discussion,global,global engagement,global opportunities,lgbt,lgbtq,Sessions,study abroad LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T122843 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Vinegar Valentines DESCRIPTION:Valentine's Day isn't just about declarations of love. The Clements Library has many examples of \"Vinegar Valentines\" - providing a sarcastic and sometimes mean-spirited take on the holiday. We'll also showcase examples of heartbreak in the archive. As a bonus\, visit the student-curated exhibit \"Revolutionary Paine\" to consider the long-standing \"love\" of Thomas Paine’s \"Common Sense\,\" celebrating its 250th anniversary. UID:144382-21895262@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144382 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibit,History,In Person,Library,Literature,Love,Valentines Day LOCATION:William Clements Library - Clements, Instruction room + AFRR CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Faux Flower Making at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Stop by to arrange a faux flower bouquet for yourself or a friend with the East Quad Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants! UID:144234-21894941@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T204610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Well-being:FEAST OF WORD AND SPIRIT DESCRIPTION:Is it truly possible to have all of God?🥲\n\nScripture tells us:\n ⁠“But as He which hath called you is holy\, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.”\n1 Peter 1:15 (KJV)\n\nYet for many of us\, this reality still feels distant 😭😭. Why is holiness\, though clearly stated in scriptures\, so rarely experienced in fullness? Is it a lack of desire\, understanding\, surrender… or encounter?💃🏽💃🏽🤸🏻‍♂️\n\nThis winter\, God will be taking us deeper into his word and how we can come into the fullness of his life.😊\n\nThe Winter Feast of Word and Spirit is not just a gathering\; it is an invitation to realignment\, understanding\, and transformation. \n\nRegister with friends and family and step into a 3-day intensive encounter with the Lord\, where hunger meets revelation\, and the call to holiness is met with grace and power\n\nLocation: Room 1405\, East Quad 701 East University Avenue Ann Arbor\, MI 48109-1245\n\n🗓️ Dates: February 13th – 15th\n\n📎 Please see the attached e-flyer for full details\, and don’t forget to register\n\n©️GADITES\n#ATroopCometh UID:144606-21895558@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144606 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Religious,Undergraduate LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T140100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T180000 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:138768-21883839@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:20260128T155208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Lunar New Year at Oxford DESCRIPTION:Join the Oxford Multicultural Council in celebrating Lunar New Year with fun crafts\, games\, and prizes! UID:144718-21895761@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:community gathering,Diversity Peer Educators,Games,Lunar New Year LOCATION:Oxford Housing - Ghandi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260131T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Western Michigan DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Western Michigan UID:144878-21896085@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144878 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Star Wars Powerpoint Night DESCRIPTION:Come join fellow Star Wars fans in a powerpoint night! We will have time to create and prepare slides at the start from a topic/interest of choosing. If you don't want to present\, you can just come to watch UID:144958-21896202@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144958 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Penn State DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Penn State UID:143677-21893636@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143677 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T224108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T210000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Lunar New Year Celebration: FREE Noodles\, Dumplings\, Tangyuan DESCRIPTION:International Students—Enjoy a warm Chinese meal\, meet some new friends\, practice your English\, meet some new friends\, check out our future workshops (e.g.\, Using AI to Job Search\, Job Essentials with LinkedIn)\n\nSign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFnbUWcTh33YlbuieX6gYfxj-GHPMRbXJ52oRUGbDQihsQbQ/viewform\n\nFirst 25 signups ONLY! UID:145097-21896664@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate Students,In Person,International,International Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1280 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T180258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T213000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:🎲 Game Night Invitation 🎉 DESCRIPTION:\n🎲 Game Night Invitation 🎉\nJoin us for a fun-filled evening of food\, friendship\, and games with friends from the China community at UM!\n📅 Date: Friday\, February 13\n🍽 Dinner: 6:30 PM\n🎮 Game Night: 7:30 PM\n📍 Location: 1717 Broadway Street\, Ann Arbor\n🚶‍♂️ Just a 10-minute walk from North Campus\nAll are welcome—come enjoy great company\, delicious food\, and exciting games. We can’t wait to see you there! UID:145210-21896806@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145210 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:AACRC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T161832 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Mark Webster Reading Series DESCRIPTION:The Mark Webster Reading Series showcases work by second-year MFA students in the Helen Zell Writers' Program. Held on Friday evenings\, Webster Readings present one poet and one fiction writer\, each introduced by a fellow writer also in the graduating cohort. As the culminating event for students of the program\, Webster Readings are hosted in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art and held in Helmut Stern Auditorium. An opportunity to hear from emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting\, these readings are free and open to the public. The Mark Webster Reading Series remembers the poetry and life of Mark Webster. Webster's work is available in the Hopwood Room.\nLogin at: https://tinyurl.com/Websters25-26\n\n7-8:00pm\, Friday\, March 13: Webster Reading featuring Micah Muhammad\, introduced by Desireé Dallagiacomo & Jennifer Nessel\, introduced by Renée Flory UID:144979-21896232@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144979 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Creative Writing,Department Of English Language And Literature,English Language And Literature,Graduate,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T230000 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:143097-21892075@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:20260204T181729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Webster MFA Reading Series: Emma Erlbacher and Anna Attie DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program and presented in partnership with UMMA\, the Mark Webster Reading Series showcases the work of second-year MFA students in fiction and poetry.\n\nEmma Erlbacher is a poet from Iowa. Her poetry centers the erotic\, queerness\, family\, the natural world\, and mental health.\n\nAnna Attie is a writer\, educator\, and community organizer from New York City. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Offing\, Sinking City\, and In These Times. Her work has been supported by the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop and the Tin House Workshop\, and she is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program.\n\nFriends\, family\, and members of the Ann Arbor community are welcome to attend the readings both in-person at UMMA or live on Zoom. This series is free and open to the public. For questions\, accommodation needs\, or the password to attend the event via Zoom\, please contact co-hosts\, Micah Muhammad (micahmuh@umich.edu) and Jennifer Nessel (jnessel@umich.edu). UID:145032-21896567@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T160008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir DESCRIPTION:The internationally acclaimed Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir\, under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste\, celebrates the famed Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and the indelible mark he has left on choral singing and classical music over his 90 years. As a composer\, Pärt has changed the course of music — both within and beyond the classical sphere. Profound\, powerful\, and beloved worldwide\, his work transcends time and space\, taking us beyond everyday existence into another realm.\n\nThe EPCC is well-versed in interpreting the spiritual depth and minimalist aesthetic that characterize Pärt’s music\, having often premiered and performed his works under his direction. Renowned for their resplendent sound\, the ensemble was named one of the 10 Best Choirs in the World by BBC Magazine\, as anyone who has attended one of their previous six UMS concerts in Hill Auditorium and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church can attest. UID:137169-21879840@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137169 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ArtsRx,Choir,Classical,classical music,European,performance,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T173328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Jeopardy Game Night at Mosher Jordan DESCRIPTION:Join the Mojo Diversity Peer Educators for an exciting game night\, with the chance to win a Smiski blind box toy! UID:144707-21895750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144707 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,community gathering,Game Night,Games LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall - César Chávez Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T153351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Hot Singles Near You: A FREE Improv Comedy Show! DESCRIPTION:Want to laugh with some hot singles near you? You'll find The Impro-Fessionals on Feb. 13th @8pm\, Angell Hall Auditorium C! You won't want to miss this free\, romantic\, improvised comedy show! With a special feature from our friends\, GROOVE! UID:145211-21896807@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145211 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Comedy,Free,Theater LOCATION:Angell Hall - Auditorium C CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T180300 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T220000 SUMMARY:Other:Hot Singles Near You: A FREE Improv Show DESCRIPTION:Want to laugh with some hot singles near you? You'll find us on Feb. 13th @8pm\, Angell Hall Auditorium C! You won't want to miss this free\, romantic\, improvised comedy show! With a special feature from our friends\, GROOVE!  UID:145212-21896808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145212 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T132147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T230000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:I Love UMix DESCRIPTION:We Love UMix! Stop by the Michigan Union for a LOVE filled event! Stuff-a-Heart\, crafts\, food\, and karaoke! UID:145177-21896765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145177 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Valentines,Valentines Day LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T181630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Isabel Aronin\, viola DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Isabel Aronin performs a final master's degree recital. UID:143809-21894068@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143809 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251022T182313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:My Folky Valentine DESCRIPTION:Together in life\, together in music\n\nThe 21st Annual celebration of love and music hosted featuring Annie & Rod Capps\, Shari Kane & Dave Steele\, and Whit & Al Hill. Three acclaimed musical duos who also happen to be partners in life share the stage\, swapping songs and stories. You can expect some collaborating both planned and spontaneous. Not just for lovebirds\, and not just love songs. Just a whole lotta great music. UID:140572-21887360@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140572 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T181620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Student Composer Concert Series DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Department of Composition\, the Student Composer Concert Series features new works written by University of Michigan undergraduate and graduate students. UID:143538-21893365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T230000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ EMU DESCRIPTION:1 Game at EMU UID:136312-21878492@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136312 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Arctic Edge of Canton CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145016-21896489@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T060015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Buckeye Blast 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Buckeye Blast is Club Gymnastics regional competition this season!\nWe are so excited to see both our men's and women's team compete! UID:141933-21889648@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141933 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ohio Expo Center & State Fair- Voinovich Livestock and Trade Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T000133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta DESCRIPTION:Keelboat regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:143666-21893625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143666 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892994@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893508@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T200000 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:142417-21890858@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:20260214T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T210000 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:138431-21890623@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:20260129T193623 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T160000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Iron Chef DESCRIPTION:Join us for Iron Chef - Made With Love\, brought to you by the 69th Session of the Residence Halls Association at the University of Michigan! Our annual cooking competition will be held in the South Quad Dining Hall's Private Dining Room & is open to ALL residents of Michigan Housing - including our catered Iron Chef Watch Party! Come along as we nourish our spirits over GREAT food and even better company :) UID:144817-21895973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144817 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,games,Leadership,prizes,residence halls association,student org,t-shirts LOCATION:South Quad - Private Dining Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T160000 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:143099-21892090@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:20260120T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T190000 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:139627-21885817@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:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T190000 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:138032-21881294@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:20260214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T160000 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:139428-21885496@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:20260214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T124500 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:95986-21892263@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:20260214T181517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260117T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Gymnastics vs #11 Springfield/ASU DESCRIPTION:Men's Gymnastics vs #11 Springfield/ASU UID:144073-21894614@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144073 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Gymnastics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T134022 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sweet Notes and Self-Love at Baits II DESCRIPTION:Join the Baits II Diversity Peer Educators and RAs for a sweet Valentine’s Day event celebrating love in all forms! Decorate cookies\, write affirmations for yourself or others\, and add a note to our community love wall. UID:144574-21895504@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144574 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,Holiday,Social,Valentine LOCATION:Baits House II - Coman Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260214T181517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Basketball vs UCLA DESCRIPTION:Men's Basketball vs UCLA UID:145091-21896658@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260214T120133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T143000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Beginner Friendly Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Training DESCRIPTION:Our weekly beginner-friendly sessions are designed for students who are new to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or looking for a structured\, low-pressure environment to build strong fundamentals.\nEach session focuses on core movements\, positional awareness\, and high-percentage techniques used in real sparring\, with an emphasis on safety\, clarity\, and progressive learning. Instruction is step-by-step\, with plenty of time for drilling\, questions\, and guided practice.\nNo prior martial arts experience is required. These classes are ideal if you are:\n• Trying BJJ for the first time\n• Looking to improve fundamentals before live sparring\n• Returning after time away from training\n• Interested in grappling for fitness\, confidence\, or competition\nTraining partners are supportive\, instruction is detailed\, and the pace is intentionally beginner-friendly while still preparing you for more advanced classes over time.\nCome learn how to move efficiently\, control positions\, and build confidence on the mats - one class at a time. UID:144469-21895396@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144469 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260118T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Basketball vs UCLA DESCRIPTION:Men's Basketball vs UCLA UID:144081-21894631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260214T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260209T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Lacrosse vs Lehigh DESCRIPTION:Men's Lacrosse vs Lehigh UID:145283-21897004@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145283 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:U-M Lacrosse Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T134500 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:141325-21892218@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:20260214T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260118T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Water Polo vs UC Davis DESCRIPTION:Water Polo vs UC Davis UID:144082-21894632@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144082 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Donald B. Canham Natatorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T125203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Love and Marriage in the Ancient World DESCRIPTION:Spend your Valentine’s Day at the Kelsey\, where we’ll explore artifacts related to love and marriage in the ancient world. Along the way\, we’ll look at images of goddesses associated with love and marriage\, as well as words about both elite and more average people. And as always\, we’ll ask what the artifacts can tell us about people in the ancient world! While we’ll definitely see some statements of love\, an important thing to keep in mind is that marriage—for the most part in the ancient world—was a very practical matter\, designed to produce children and make strategic alliances between powerful people.\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:144023-21894540@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144023 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,History,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T144500 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:136347-21892290@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:20260214T120206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T160000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:FREE and fun 🏀 basketball game this Saturday at 3:00 PM DESCRIPTION:\nCalling all U-M faculty\, students\, and community members! 🎉\nJoin us for a FREE and fun 🏀 basketball game this Saturday at 3:00 PM at St. Luke Ann Arbor 4205 Washtenaw Ave\, Ann Arbor. \nPlenty of free parkingMeet new peopleGet some exerciseBoost your mental health\nCome shoot some hoops\, break a sweat\, and enjoy a great time with the community. We hope to see you there! UID:144655-21895656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144655 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:St Luke Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T154500 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:141325-21892227@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251110T145627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T170000 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:138019-21881193@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:20260214T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260118T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Water Polo vs McKendree DESCRIPTION:Water Polo vs McKendree UID:144083-21894633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144083 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Donald B. Canham Natatorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T204610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T200000 SUMMARY:Well-being:FEAST OF WORD AND SPIRIT DESCRIPTION:Is it truly possible to have all of God?🥲\n\nScripture tells us:\n ⁠“But as He which hath called you is holy\, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.”\n1 Peter 1:15 (KJV)\n\nYet for many of us\, this reality still feels distant 😭😭. Why is holiness\, though clearly stated in scriptures\, so rarely experienced in fullness? Is it a lack of desire\, understanding\, surrender… or encounter?💃🏽💃🏽🤸🏻‍♂️\n\nThis winter\, God will be taking us deeper into his word and how we can come into the fullness of his life.😊\n\nThe Winter Feast of Word and Spirit is not just a gathering\; it is an invitation to realignment\, understanding\, and transformation. \n\nRegister with friends and family and step into a 3-day intensive encounter with the Lord\, where hunger meets revelation\, and the call to holiness is met with grace and power\n\nLocation: Room 1405\, East Quad 701 East University Avenue Ann Arbor\, MI 48109-1245\n\n🗓️ Dates: February 13th – 15th\n\n📎 Please see the attached e-flyer for full details\, and don’t forget to register\n\n©️GADITES\n#ATroopCometh UID:144606-21895559@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144606 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Religious,Undergraduate LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260214T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260118T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Penn State DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Penn State UID:144084-21894634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144084 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T121520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260117T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Lacrosse vs Lehigh DESCRIPTION:Men's Lacrosse vs Lehigh UID:144072-21894613@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144072 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:U-M Lacrosse Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T181628 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T194500 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:142870-21891750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Hill Auditorium - Lower Level Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T163822 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lunar Love with Danny Koo DESCRIPTION:The Nam Center is delighted to support this unique holiday celebration\, featuring the internationally acclaimed violinist\, vocalist\, TV star\, and radio host Danny Koo. This festive concert brings together the traditions of Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day in an enchanting evening of music—including Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet\, Li Huanzhi’s Spring Festival Overture\, and original arrangements by Danny Koo. Join us as we celebrate culture\, love\, and renewal through an inspiring performance.\n \n For more information and tickets\, please visit: https://a2so.org/february-mainstage-26\n\n This event is hosted by Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and sponsored by the Nam Center for Korean Studies.\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:144872-21896071@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Concert,Korea,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T123453 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:On a Winter's Night DESCRIPTION:Due to an unforeseen injury to Patty Larkin\, On A Winter’s Night will be a trio format\, featuring John Gorka\, Cliff Eberhart\, and Lucy Kaplansky. The show will go on\, and the length and spirit will not change.\n\nPresenting the 2026 Reunion Tour of “On A Winter’s Night” from veteran singer-songwriters that remain among the brightest stars of the singer-songwriter movement for the past three decades. In 1994 Christine Lavin gathered them together\, along with folk and Americana artists to showcase music of the Winter Season on the now-classic On A Winter’s Night CD\, followed by several years of touring collaborations. These artists have released dozens of recordings and toured steadily through the decades\, with fond memories of their touring days together. The winter season is again celebrated by these unique and popular performers\, back together by popular demand.\n\nCLIFF EBERHARDT One of the most original songsmiths currently on tour\, Eberhardt is a highly intelligent\, articulate artist whose penetrating and profound lyrics are sometimes overshadowed by his extraordinary guitar playing. Upon close listening\, the Philadelphia-born singer’s gift for the English language is abundantly clear. The words that tumble from his mouth are framed by a raspy yet deeply elegant voice. \n\nJOHN GORKA Hailed by Rolling Stone as “the leading singer-songwriter of the New Folk movement\,” John Gorka is perhaps the quintessential singer-songwriter of the 90’s folk scene. Originally from New Jersey\, John served an apprenticeship at Godfrey Daniels coffeehouse in Bethlehem\, PA\, then the Greenwich Village Fast Folk scene. Winning the prestigious New Folk award at the Kerrville Folk Festival\, in 1984\, he was then signed to Red House Records on which he released his landmark first of 17 recordings\, I Know. \n\nLUCY KAPLANSKY Blending country\, folk and pop styles\, Lucy has the unique ability to make every song sound fresh\, whether singing her own sweet originals\, covering country classics by June Carter Cash and Gram Parsons\, or singing pop favorites by Lennon/McCartney and Nick Lowe. A Billboard-charting singer and one of the top-selling artists on Red House Records\, she has topped the folk and Americana radio charts and has been featured on shows throughout the world from NPR’s Weekend and Morning Editions to BBC Radio to CBS Sunday Morning. UID:138926-21884249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138926 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved + Gold Circle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T121617 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:University Philharmonia Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Jayce Ogren\, conductor\nCatherine Goode\, soprano (Larsen) - 2025 Concerto Competition winner\n\nPROGRAM\n*Mandred Overture*\, Robert Schumann \n*Sonnets from the Portuguese*\, Libby Larsen\n*Pastoral Symphony*\, Vaughan Williams UID:135442-21876834@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135442 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145016-21896490@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T060015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T130000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Buckeye Blast 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Buckeye Blast is Club Gymnastics regional competition this season!\nWe are so excited to see both our men's and women's team compete! UID:141933-21889649@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141933 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ohio Expo Center & State Fair- Voinovich Livestock and Trade Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T000133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta DESCRIPTION:Keelboat regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:143666-21893626@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143666 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T133411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Unveil: A Privacy@Michigan Student Art Contest Deadline DESCRIPTION:The deadline for submitting work to the 2026 Unveil Privacy@Michigan student art contest is 11:59 p.m. (one minute before midnight) Eastern Time on February 15. No late submissions will be accepted. The contest is open to enrolled University of Michigan graduate and undergraduate students on all three campuses. The contest is free to enter. For contest descriptions and guidelines\, see safecomputing.umich.edu/unveil. UID:144263-21895047@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144263 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Contest Deadline,Creative Writing,Dance,Free,Graduate Students,Literary Arts,Performing Arts,Poetry,Storytelling,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T155357 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T235959 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Zero Waste Week Challenge DESCRIPTION:The UM Zero Waste Club in collaboration with ZeroWaste.Org and the Student Sustainability Coalition is hosting a campus-wide zero waste challenge from Feb 16-20! The challenge is a chance to learn how to live a lifestyle that doesn’t create waste and supports the circular economy (repair\, refill\, reuse).\n\nThe challenge is fun and free and everyone who signs up will be entered into a drawing for prizes from local businesses such as a gift card to The Getup Vintage\, a backpack from Bivouac\, or a year of free cupcakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes. Sign up as a group with your friends\, classmates or colleagues for even more entries! As part of the challenge\, you'll get daily emails with tips that will teach you\, step-by-step\, how to produce less waste. There will also be panel discussions\, events\, and opportunities to get involved in systemic work to make our campus as zero waste as possible. You can learn more about the challenge at ZeroWaste.org/Umich UID:145193-21896784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145193 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Various CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892995@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Water Polo vs Mercyhurst DESCRIPTION:Water Polo vs Mercyhurst UID:144098-21894654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144098 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Donald B. Canham Natatorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893509@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T200000 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:142417-21890859@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:20260215T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T210000 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:138431-21890624@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:20251216T111309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T120000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Adult CPR/AED & First Aid DESCRIPTION:This is a blended learning course. Participants will be emailed a link a few days prior to your in person class to complete your online portion from home. The online portion of this class will take approximately 2 hours. The in person portion of your class will be held at the School of Kinesiology Building on Sunday\, February 15\, for review and skills testing. UID:134821-21891602@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134821 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building - 4600 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T060305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Home Michigan Scramble DESCRIPTION:Our home event this semester! UID:145253-21896932@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Cliff Keen Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 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:139428-21885528@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:20260215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T124500 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:95986-21892272@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:20260215T060118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T130000 SUMMARY:Other:GVSU Last Chance Indoor Triathlon DESCRIPTION:Indoor triathlon at Grand Valley State University UID:143564-21893391@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143564 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:GVSU Recreation Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T121551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs NC State DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs NC State UID:144099-21894655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144099 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260123T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs NC State DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs NC State UID:144417-21895327@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T142140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Movie Night at Couzens DESCRIPTION:Join the Couzens Diversity Peer Educator in celebrating Black History Month by eating soul food and watching Hidden Figures! UID:144650-21895638@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144650 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Black History Month,Community Building,Community Engagement,Movie Night LOCATION:Couzens Hall - CAMEO Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T134500 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:141325-21892236@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:20260215T120301 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Weekly Reset - Central Campus DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the ADHD Student Group's Weekly Reset! This weekly event combines peer support with guided planning\, and gives students a chance to begin working towards their goals. Each session will start with a group discussion on the challenges members have faced\, accomplishments the members have made\, and any tools / resources members would like to share. Then members will have an opportunity to participate in a planning workshop for the upcoming week. Lastly\, members will have an opportunity to begin working towards their goals and form accountability partners.\n\nThis event will be every Sunday with meetup options on Central Campus and on Zoom. Times are:\nMason Hall room 2437: Sundays 1pm - 3pm\nZoom: Sundays 4pm - 6pm UID:145223-21896887@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T101741 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T143000 SUMMARY:Other:Wonder Walk: Desert Dreaming DESCRIPTION:In the deserts of southern Africa\, a remarkable group of plants has evolved into forms so unusual that they often look more like stones than living organisms. These plants\, in the family Aizoaceae\, have developed extraordinary adaptations that allow them to survive intense heat\, drought\, and predation. In this edition of Desert Dreaming\, we’ll explore how these plants live\, how they evolved\, and how people cultivate them today. We’ll also look at the threats they face in the wild\, and what we can do to help ensure their survival for generations to come.” Learn to grow lithops from seed! \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.\n \nDesert Dreaming is an indoor walk in the conservatory at Matthaei Botanica Gardens. UID:144841-21896005@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144841 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Nature,Nature Rx,Sustainability LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T134500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Water Polo vs Mount St. Mary's DESCRIPTION:Water Polo vs Mount St. Mary's UID:144154-21894746@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Donald B. Canham Natatorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T120154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T150000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Beginner Friendly Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Training DESCRIPTION:Our weekly beginner-friendly sessions are designed for students who are new to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or looking for a structured\, low-pressure environment to build strong fundamentals.\nEach session focuses on core movements\, positional awareness\, and high-percentage techniques used in real sparring\, with an emphasis on safety\, clarity\, and progressive learning. Instruction is step-by-step\, with plenty of time for drilling\, questions\, and guided practice.\nNo prior martial arts experience is required. These classes are ideal if you are:\n\n\nTrying BJJ for the first time\n\n\nLooking to improve fundamentals before live sparring\n\n\nReturning after time away from training\n\n\nInterested in grappling for fitness\, confidence\, or competition\n\n\nTraining partners are supportive\, instruction is detailed\, and the pace is intentionally beginner-friendly while still preparing you for more advanced classes over time.\nCome learn how to move efficiently\, control positions\, and build confidence on the mats—one class at a time. UID:144483-21895410@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ann Arbor BJJ CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T120103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 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:143235-21892536@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Room 4 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T120104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 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:143236-21892537@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Room 4 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T125545 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Everything Old Is New Again DESCRIPTION:This drop-in tour examines the fascinating overlaps found in artworks\, whether created in the ancient Mediterranean\, during the European Renaissance\, or in the modern era. “Everything Old Is New Again” explores artifacts within the Kelsey\, likening them to more recent famous works of art found outside the museum’s walls. Works such as Marc Chagall’s *I and the Village* will be compared to the Djehutymose coffin\, and we will discuss Kelsey’s naturalistic Fayum portrait in comparison to Leonardo da Vinci’s *Mona Lisa*\, to name a few. This tour will make about eight stops within the Kelsey\, accompanied by large photographs of artwork outside the museum.\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:144025-21894542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144025 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Art,Art History,Free,History,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T144500 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:136347-21892299@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:20260130T155239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T170000 SUMMARY:Community Service:AAPI Food Entrepreneurs’ Journeys in Southeast Michigan DESCRIPTION:U-M College of Pharmacy Community Health and Engagement\nFrom hosting flu vaccine clinics to administering safe medication disposal events\, our students actively participate in community service.\n\nEvent Information:\n\nAAPI Food Entrepreneurs’ Journeys in Southeast Michigan\n3:00pm – 5:00pm\nAnn Arbor District Library\n343 S 5th Ave\,\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48104\n\nUniversity of Michigan College of Pharmacy student volunteers will provide:\n\nBlood Sugar Screenings and Information\nResources for healthy eating culturally-tailored to common Filipino dishes.\n \n\n150 Acts of Service\nIn celebration of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy’s 150th Anniversary\, 150 Acts of Service is a Community Health and Engagement (CHE) campaign dedicated to strengthening our communities through meaningful\, hands-on service. UID:144866-21896063@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Education,Free,Health & Wellness,Pharmacy,Public Health,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T172428 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T163000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Medication Take-Back Challenge: U-M vs Michigan State DESCRIPTION:Medication Take Back Matchup. Who Will Safely Dispose of More: the Wolverines or the Spartans? \n\nWolverines and Spartans are encouraged to dispose of medications safely with this Medication Take-Back Challenge during the U-M Women’s Basketball game against Michigan State.\n\nStop by and safely dispose of your medications in either the Michigan or Michigan State bin\, outside the main Crisler entrance! The Take-Back event will take place from 3:00 - 4:30 pm\, up to 60 minutes before the game starts until 30 minutes after tipoff.\n\nEntry: If you plan to attend the women’s basketball game\, tickets are required. Go Blue!\n\nThank you to our partners\, DPSS and Environmental Services\, for helping safely dispose of medications collected during the Take-Back.\n\nAbout 150 Acts of Service: In celebration of U-M 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:144050-21894587@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144050 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Health & Wellness,Medicine,Pharmacy,Public Health,Well-being LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T154500 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:141325-21892245@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:20260215T142053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Soul Food Sundays DESCRIPTION:In the spirit of the African American cultural tradition of\nSunday dinner at the home of the family matriarch\, it is a time for the Trotter\ncommunity to come together and break bread\, listen to music\, dance\, and\nconverse. UID:143877-21894197@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143877 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Multipurpose Rooms and Sankofa Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T163638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T163000 SUMMARY:Performance:VIVE DESCRIPTION:Amidst the French Revolution\, witness a love story of thieves\, aristocrats\, and revolutionaries. This event is a staged reading of Act 1 of VIVE: A Tale of Criminal Love- a new musical written by Ryan Buyers and Bethany Caldarona. \n\nPresented as part of Ryan's capstone with the RC Drama Program.\n\nEvent begins at 3pm on Sunday\, February 15th\, in the Keene Theater. Free and open to the public. Seating is first come first served. UID:144629-21895599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144629 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Ann Arbor,Art,artists,arts,arts at michigan,Community,cultural,Culture,Drama,Faculty,Free,In Person,live performance,Music,Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T181636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Percussion Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Join the Percussion Ensemble for a fascinating afternoon of music featuring a world premiere of Christian Wolff's *Percussionist Quartets*\, Julia Wolfe's *Forbidden Love* for percussionists playing on string instruments\, Ondřej Adámek's wild piece\, *Fishbones*\, and some virtuosic music by Bill Bruford featuring SMTD guitar faculty Daniel Pinilla.\n\nThe University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble is an ensemble known for bold artistry and innovation through their performances and project. The ensemble has collaborated with composers such as Michael Gordon\, John Luther Adams\, Emma O'Halloran\, Tristan Perich\, Susanna Hancock\, Finola Merivale\, Robert Maggio\, Ted Babcock\, Lesley Flanigan\, Shruthi Rajeskhar\, Jason Treuting\, and Ivan Trevino. \n\nRecent recordings with Cantaloupe Records include the Grammy nominated *Sila: The Breath of the World* and *An Atlas of Deep Time* by John Luther Adams\, as well as *Field of Vision* by Michael Gordon. The ensemble has performed at Caramoor Festival\, Mass MoCA\, Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival\, and recently premiered Michael Gordon’s *Forest of Metal Objects* at The Met Cloisters in New York\, collaborating with director Paul Lazar\, choreographer Annie-B Parson\, and artist Todd Colby. UID:141824-21889464@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141824 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T114159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane DESCRIPTION:The year 1926 saw the birth of two towering figures who reshaped the landscape of 20th-century music: Miles Davis and John Coltrane. In this limited tour\, two of today’s most visionary musicians come together to honor their legacies in a concert that is more than just a centennial tribute\, but a living\, breathing continuation of their spirit.\n\nSaxophonist Ravi Coltrane has spent his career carving out his own voice while remaining deeply attuned to his father’s innovations in an approach that is both reverent and exploratory. Trumpeter Terence Blanchard brings his deep connection to Miles Davis’s legacy through his own groundbreaking work and his deep study of Davis’s fearless artistry. Together\, they lead an ensemble of world-class musicians in a testament to the genre’s endless evolution\, drawing inspiration from classic works while creating something unmistakably new.\n\nThis concert marks Terence Blanchard’s UMS debut and Ravi Coltrane’s second appearance\, following his memorable 2006 performance with his mother\, pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane. UID:137171-21879842@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137171 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Culture,concert,Jazz,Saxophone,Trumpet,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T120307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Weekly Reset - Zoom DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the ADHD Student Group's Weekly Reset! This weekly event combines peer support with guided weekly planning\, and gives students a chance to begin working towards their goals. Each session will start with a group discussion on the challenges members have faced\, accomplishments the members have made\, and any tools / resources members would like to share. Then members will have an opportunity to participate in a planning workshop for the upcoming week. Last\, members will have an opportunity to begin working towards their goals and form accountability partners. \nThis event will be every Sunday with meetup options on Central Campus and on Zoom. Times are:\nMason Hall room 2437: Sundays 1pm - 3pm\nZoom: Sundays 4pm - 6pm UID:145227-21896891@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145227 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T181517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260121T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs Michigan State DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs Michigan State UID:144244-21894964@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144244 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T120257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T164500 SUMMARY:Meeting:First Mass Meeting - Learn about MIA and GOA at Michigan Medicine! DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first mass meeting!\nDetails:\n- Date: Sunday 2/15\n- Location: MH 3314 or via Google Meet\n- Time: 4:15-4:45 pm\nMeet the executive board\, learn about MIA\, and learn how we are support the Gifts of Art program at Michigan Medicine!\n  UID:145213-21896809@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145213 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:MH 3314 in person CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T120021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T180000 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:142604-21891212@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sophia B Jones Room - 1st Floor Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T204610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T200000 SUMMARY:Well-being:FEAST OF WORD AND SPIRIT DESCRIPTION:Is it truly possible to have all of God?🥲\n\nScripture tells us:\n ⁠“But as He which hath called you is holy\, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.”\n1 Peter 1:15 (KJV)\n\nYet for many of us\, this reality still feels distant 😭😭. Why is holiness\, though clearly stated in scriptures\, so rarely experienced in fullness? Is it a lack of desire\, understanding\, surrender… or encounter?💃🏽💃🏽🤸🏻‍♂️\n\nThis winter\, God will be taking us deeper into his word and how we can come into the fullness of his life.😊\n\nThe Winter Feast of Word and Spirit is not just a gathering\; it is an invitation to realignment\, understanding\, and transformation. \n\nRegister with friends and family and step into a 3-day intensive encounter with the Lord\, where hunger meets revelation\, and the call to holiness is met with grace and power\n\nLocation: Room 1405\, East Quad 701 East University Avenue Ann Arbor\, MI 48109-1245\n\n🗓️ Dates: February 13th – 15th\n\n📎 Please see the attached e-flyer for full details\, and don’t forget to register\n\n©️GADITES\n#ATroopCometh UID:144606-21895560@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144606 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Religious,Undergraduate LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T134647 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Movie Night - Unmistaken Child DESCRIPTION:A rare\, intimate journey into faith\, reincarnation\, doubt\, and karma. Unmistaken Child follows a young monk (Geshe Tenzin Zopa\, ALC's Khyentse Visitor) on an extraordinary mission: to find the reincarnation of his beloved teacher\, one of Tibetan Buddhism’s great masters. Traveling through remote Himalayan villages\, his search unfolds not as spectacle but as a deeply human story of love\, loss\, and responsibility. With breathtaking landscapes and quietly powerful moments\, the film captures the fragile space where ancient tradition meets real lives. There is no narration telling you what to believe—only faces\, silences\, and the emotional weight of a decision that will forever change a child and his family. Both moving and unsettling\, Unmistaken Child invites viewers to witness a living spiritual tradition while asking timeless questions: How do we recognize another soul? What is the cost of being found? Tender\, beautiful\, and unforgettable\, this acclaimed documentary lingers long after the screen goes dark. UID:144985-21896240@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144985 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Asia,Asian Languages And Cultures,Buddhism,Film,Food,Free,International,Language LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Theater 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T204245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T200000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Gadites Meeting DESCRIPTION:Matthew 5:6 KJV\nBlessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.\n\nLet's pray and come with hunger and thirst\, because the Lord is prepared to feed us again today💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾. UID:144605-21895547@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144605 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Religious,Undergraduate LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T120450 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:\"The Long Run\" Cadence Dance Co. Annual Show DESCRIPTION:Join us for Cadence Dance Company's annual show featuring a diverse collection of our own contemporary works\, as well as guest performances from UM student organizations. UID:143783-21894008@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143783 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Mendelssohn CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T152831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Soul Mates and Soul Food at North Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Diversity Peer Educator and SAPAC in learning practical tips to maintain positive relationships\, trying soul food\, and making bracelets! UID:144717-21895760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144717 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,Education,Free Food LOCATION:North Quad - Bowman Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121712 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Nadia Johnson\, voice DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Nadia Johnson performs a recital. UID:144124-21894694@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144124 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251022T111302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:RJ Cowdery\, Katie Dahl\, and Hope Dunbar DESCRIPTION:Songwriters in the round\n\nRj Cowdery writes the kind of songs that sneak up on you—quiet\, honest\, and armed with just enough wit to keep you on your toes. Hailing from southeastern Ohio\, with Appalachian roots woven into her stories\, she balances heart-tugging ballads with a sly grin and the occasional perfectly timed zinger. Along the way\, she’s earned top honors at Mountain Stage NewSong\, Kerrville New Folk\, Sisters Folk Festival\, to name a few. Fellow musicians call her “the real deal\,” audiences call her music “a warm blanket\,” and she just calls it “medicine.”\n\nHope Dunbar has been a pioneer of what she calls \"New American Prairie style\,\" crafting semi-autobiographical songs that transform everyday life into art. Her work has garnered recognition\, including being a three-time finalist at the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest. After residing in a small town in Nebraska\, Dunbar relocated to New Jersey\, bringing her unique \"Big Sky sound\" to the East Coast. \n\nClear-eyed and tough-minded\, songwriter/playwright Katie Dahl is known for her smart songs\, wry wit\, and wise spirit. A small-town celebrity on the Wisconsin peninsula where her family has lived for 175 years\, Katie is also an internationally touring\, radio-charting artist who “delivers razor-sharp lyrics with a hearty\, soulful voice” (American Songwriter). In live shows that are both courageously honest and devilishly funny\, Katie dives deep into questions of land and love\, family and body image\, grief and joy. “In unsettled times\,” says Peter Mulvey\, “Katie Dahl brings us a grounded spirit.” UID:140952-21887860@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140952 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T164205 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Celebrating Black Artistry: A Jazz Night at Bursley DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Black History Month with the Bursley Diversity Peer Educators through an immersive jazz night\, featuring student jazz musicians and soul food. UID:144586-21895525@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144586 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Black History Month,Bursley,Community Engagement LOCATION:Bursley Hall - Blue Apple Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145016-21896491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T000133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta DESCRIPTION:Keelboat regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:143666-21893627@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143666 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T155357 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T235959 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Zero Waste Week Challenge DESCRIPTION:The UM Zero Waste Club in collaboration with ZeroWaste.Org and the Student Sustainability Coalition is hosting a campus-wide zero waste challenge from Feb 16-20! The challenge is a chance to learn how to live a lifestyle that doesn’t create waste and supports the circular economy (repair\, refill\, reuse).\n\nThe challenge is fun and free and everyone who signs up will be entered into a drawing for prizes from local businesses such as a gift card to The Getup Vintage\, a backpack from Bivouac\, or a year of free cupcakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes. Sign up as a group with your friends\, classmates or colleagues for even more entries! As part of the challenge\, you'll get daily emails with tips that will teach you\, step-by-step\, how to produce less waste. There will also be panel discussions\, events\, and opportunities to get involved in systemic work to make our campus as zero waste as possible. You can learn more about the challenge at ZeroWaste.org/Umich UID:145193-21896785@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145193 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Various CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892996@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893510@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T100000 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:134855-21895924@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:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T200000 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:142417-21890860@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:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T210000 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:138431-21890625@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:20260216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 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:142791-21891571@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:20260216T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 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:144249-21895059@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:20260303T063134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T110000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894106Are 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:144209-21894844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144209 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000 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:144249-21895010@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:20260216T124141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T140000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:LSA Asian Languages and Cultures DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in learning about a new language? Grab some snacks and swag and learn about the languages we offer in ALC! UID:145567-21897536@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145567 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Asian Languages And Cultures,chinese,Culture,Diversity,Food,Free,In Person,Information Session,International,japan,japaneses studies,Korean Studies,Language,Languages,Majors,Multicultural,South Asia,south asian,South Asian Languages Program,thailand LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T063133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894032Just 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:144199-21894834@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144199 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T112052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Are You LinkedIn? DESCRIPTION:Building your network is something you can be doing proactively throughout graduate school.  Additionally\, learning from what others have done in their career is a great way to explore areas of interest.  Join us to learn how to navigate and develop the basics of your own LinkedIn profile. We will introduce ways to build connections and learn more about opportunities through informational interviews by using LinkedIn and UCAN (University Career Alumni Network).  If you do not yet have a LinkedIn account\, please create a free account before the session at linkedin.com.\nPlease bring a laptop\, if possible. This session will be interactive. Food will be provided to those who have registered. \n\n UID:143406-21893099@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:GGB 1280 (Blue Lounge) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T142109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T124500 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:95986-21894543@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:20260204T154819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T124500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Financial Oversight: The Board’s Role DESCRIPTION:Open to the Public\n\nThe Nonprofit Lightning Talks is a 2025-26 series\, brought to you by the University of Michigan Golub Capital Nonprofit Board Fellows Program. This series is open to everyone and aims to equip our community with concrete examples and actionable tools within each of the content areas of nonprofit governance covered in the series.\n\nIn this session…\nWhat is the role of the board in financial oversight? How does an organization diversify its funds? What financial policies should a board have in place? Join Vance Jackson\, Jr to discuss these questions and more\, with concrete examples and straightforward takeaways.\n----------------------------\n\nVance K. Jackson\, Jr.\, MSW ’06\, is founder and CEO of NEXX Consulting Group\, LLC\, a multifaceted consultancy renowned for its bespoke solutions that span across community\, government and business. Previously\, Jackson served in the city of Detroit’s mayor’s office as a Social Impact Fund Development Officer. In this role\, he was part of a five-member fund development team that raised more than $1 billion in public\, private\, philanthropic and corporate investment. Jackson has been fortunate to serve as an executive board member for several national nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree and Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan\, and currently serves as a member of the U-M School of Social Work Alumni Board. UID:145077-21896629@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145077 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Design Thinking,Entrepreneurship,Gerald R. Ford School Of Public Policy,Graduate Students,In Person,Professional Development,Social Impact,Undergraduate LOCATION:Jeff T. Blau Hall - Blau Colloquium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T130838 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:LSA@Play: Makers Series - Clay Magnets DESCRIPTION:Stop by this Makers Series\, led by a fellow Wolverine (!)\, to design and craft unique clay magnets\, perfect for decorating your space or gifting. No experience necessary\, and all materials are provided. Bring your creativity\, meet new friends\, and enjoy a mac-and-cheese bar while you craft!\n\nIn partnership with U-M Arts Initiative.\n\nThe LSA@Play Makers Series offers regular crafting events for students to practice mindfulness\, relax\, and unleash their creativity!\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:145174-21896761@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145174 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 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:143999-21894423@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:20260216T121622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon recital for Lunar New Year DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. Ng will perform celebratory music to welcome the Year of the Horse\, including Chinese\, Korean\, Vietnamese\, and Taiwanese folksongs\, as well as music by AAPI composers.\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:144338-21895181@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144338 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T164224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T143000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Aro Week Kickoff DESCRIPTION:Join the Spectrum Center in kicking off Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (ASAW) by showcasing aromantic authors\, trailblazers\, artists\, etc. Drop by the Spectrum Center to digest some fun facts about aromantic identities\, be in community\, and grab a snack! This event is open to U-M students of all genders and sexualities.\n\nMORE ARO WEEK EVENTS\nhttps://events.umich.edu/list?filter=tags:Aro+Awareness+Week\,sponsors:1030\,&range=2026-02-16to2026-02-21\n\nMORE SPECTRUM CENTER EVENTS\nhttps://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events UID:144696-21895737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144696 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aro Awareness Week,Aromantic,LGBT LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center (3020) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T134500 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:141325-21894538@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:20260216T121622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon recital for Lunar New Year 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. Ng will perform celebratory music to welcome the Year of the Horse\, including Chinese\, Korean\, Vietnamese\, and Taiwanese folksongs\, as well as music by AAPI composers.\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:144371-21895241@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144371 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T094310 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mentor Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Questions about internships\, classes\, or careers? Need a resume review or interview practice? Questions about getting involved on campus\, branching out\, or joining the WISE community? Anything goes at WISE Mentor Office Hours. Sign up here to chat with a WISE Mentor about anything!\n\nhttps://calendly.com/vial-umich/30min UID:144939-21896170@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144939 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Mentorship,Sessions LOCATION:Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T144500 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:136347-21894544@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:20260129T100027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building Your Cultural Intelligence DESCRIPTION:In this fast-paced\, ever-changing\, increasingly globalized world\, we need to be able to understand how to work effectively with many different types of people to reach our goals. In this workshop\, we will focus on cultural intelligence (or CQ\, as it is often called) to assess your own cultural values and behavioral preferences while understanding where others may be coming from. Participants will have the opportunity to practice how to navigate cultural misunderstandings that may occur within your research or a major project team and develop plans for how to continue building your cultural intelligence.\n\nThis workshop is open to all master’s and Ph.D. students and postdocs at the University of Michigan. If you have any questions\, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu. UID:144735-21895790@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144735 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T213908 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Commutative Algebra Seminar: On Kawamata-Viehweg Vanishing for Surfaces of del Pezzo Type over Imperfect Fields DESCRIPTION:Vanishing theorems are foundational tools in the Log Minimal Model Program\, with the Kawamata-Viehweg Vanishing Theorem being one of the most important. However\, these fail in positive characteristics. Fano varieties and their log generalizations are expected to behave better in this setting. In this talk\, we prove the Kawamata--Viehweg vanishing theorem for surfaces of del Pezzo type over imperfect fields of characteristic p>5 and discuss consequences to threefold singularities. UID:145500-21897438@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145500 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T154500 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:141325-21894541@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:20260216T120251 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T180000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Zero Waste Week Challenge: Craft Fair DESCRIPTION:As a part of the Zero Waste Week Challenge\, Zero Waste Club is holding a Sustainable Craft Fair. February 16th 3-6 pm in the Pendleton Room of the Union\, come engage in free thrifting with and A2ZERO Clothes Swap\, learn how to crochet reusable face wipes from Crochet for Causes\, fold some scrap paper into art with Origami Club and so much more! Additionally\, you can sign up for the Zero Waste Week Challenge at ZeroWaste.org/umich for more events and entries to win prizes from local businesses!\n  UID:145192-21896783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145192 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T084442 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Seminar Series on Social Connection: Kathleen Casto DESCRIPTION:Kathleen Casto\nKent State University\nThe Hormone-Brain Dynamics of Social Positioning\n\nFeb. 16\, 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:142306-21890444@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142306 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology,Social Sciences LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T100531 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T171500 SUMMARY:Presentation:3rd Year Student Seminar - Analytical Cluster DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, February 16th from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. in CHEM 1640 please join us in watching the following third years present.\n\n*Student Presenters:* Amanda Cicali\, Tiam Farajzadeh and Alyssa Erlenbeck\n*Research Advisor:* Prof. Brandon Ruotolo UID:144834-21895995@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144834 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T100755 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Biology & Neuroscience Major Information Sessions DESCRIPTION:Prospective students interested in learning more about our majors\, honors\, and independent research in the Program in Biology and Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience are invited to attend our information sessions. Peer Advisors facilitating these sessions will provide an overview of major requirements\, core courses\, unique opportunities\, and more. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions you have\, too. Please sign up to attend the session(s) at the links below. Sessions will be added below once confirmed. A Zoom link will be provided upon registration. \n\nUpcoming events include:\n\nMCDB Info. Session: Monday\, February 16th\, 4-5pm\nBHS Major Info. Session: Monday\, February 16th\, 5-6pm\nEEB Major Info. Session: Tuesday\, February 17th\, 5-6pm\nNEURO Major Info. Session: Tuesday\, February 17th\, 5-6pm\n\nRegister for one or more sessions here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/21471 UID:132770-21894781@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132770 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,Biology,Biosciences,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,Free,Science LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T104902 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GLNT: Automorphic Representations and Optimal Quantum Logic Gates DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Any construction of a quantum computer would require finding good sets of quantum logic gates: finite sets of 2^n-by-2^n unitary matrices that efficiently and computably approximate arbitrary unitary matrices through short products. We explain a connection between constructing these gate sets and automorphic representations (extending ideas from the Lubotzky-Phillips-Sarnak construction of expander graphs). Using this\, we explain how to input analytic bounds proven using the endoscopic classification to produce the first provable constructions of optimal \"golden\" gate sets for more than one qubit. UID:141738-21889246@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141738 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T123104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Liberation Statistics: Making Data for Alternative Worlds in India and West Africa DESCRIPTION:This talk explores the role of statistical practices in decolonizing the world. It follows the work of Pandurang Sukhatme at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Amílcar Cabral as surveyor for the Portuguese colonial government and guerrilla leader in Guinea Bissau. Their engagement with statistics\, namely with sampling and randomization\, enables the historical weaving of projects of world governance at the UN\, Indian independence\, and West African liberation movements. In this connected history of decolonization\, statistical methods are central to denounce the injustices of the colonial order\, but also to unveil forms of agency from below for worldmaking after empire.\n\nTiago Saraiva is Professor of History at Drexel University\, author of Fascist Pigs: Technoscientific Organisms and the History of Fascism (MIT Press\, 2016)\, which was awarded the Pfizer Prize for best scholarly book by the History of Science Society in 2017\, and co-author of Moving Crops and the Scales of History (Yale University Press\, 2023)\, also awarded best book in 2024 by the Society for the History of Technology and the World History Association. He is an historian of science and technology interested in the connections between science\, technology\, crops\, and politics at the global scale. After revisiting the history of European fascism through stories of technoscientific organisms such as wheat\, pigs\, and sheep\, he has recently completed a transnational study on the history of cloning oranges and cultivating whiteness in California\, South Africa\, Algeria\, Palestine\, and Brazil. His new project explores the connected histories of statistical methods and liberation movements in the global south\, from India to West Africa\, from Brazil to the South of the US. Saraiva is now finishing coediting the three volumes of the Cambridge History of Technology to be published in 2026/2027. UID:144687-21895692@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144687 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African Studies,History,India LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T152052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:On Revival: Hebrew Literature between Life and Death with Roni Henig DESCRIPTION:Roni Henig's recent book\, On Revival: Hebrew Literature between Life and Death (UPenn Press\, 2024)\, is a critique of one of the most important tenets of Zionist thinking: “Hebrew revival\,” or the idea that Hebrew—a largely unspoken language before the twentieth century—was revitalized as part of a broader national “revival” which ultimately led to the establishment of the Israeli nation-state. This story of language revival has been commemorated in Israeli popular memory and in Jewish historiography as a triumphant transformation narrative that marks the success of the Zionist revolution. But a closer look at the work of early twentieth-century Hebrew writers reveals different sentiments. The book explores the loaded\, figurative discourse of revival in modern Hebrew literature. Rather than embracing “revival” as a neutral\, descriptive term\, Henig takes a critical approach\, employing close readings of canonical texts to analyze the primary tropes used to articulate this aesthetic and political project of “reviving” Hebrew. The event is a workshop-style discussion of the book with the author. A brief introduction will be circulated ahead of the event.  UID:143923-21894276@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143923 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T181944 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Transition Asymptotics for the Real Solutions of the sinh-Gordon Painlev\'e III DESCRIPTION:We consider solutions of the sinh-Gordon Painlev\'e III equation\n\[\nu_{xx} + \frac{1}{x} u_x = \sinh u\n\]\nthat are real on \((0\, \infty)\). They are parametrized by the monodromy parameter \( p \in \overline{\mathbb C} \)\, \( |p|>1 \)\, and an additional real parameter \( s^{\mathbb R} \) when \( p=\infty \). We describe the transition between singular solutions (\( |p|<\infty \)) and smooth solutions (\( p=\infty \))\, as \( x \to +\infty \) and \( p \to \infty \) given that \( 2\Im(p)=-s^\R\).\nThis presentation is based on the ongoing work with Maxim Yattselev. UID:143022-21891955@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143022 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Seminar LOCATION:East Hall - EH 1866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T094108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Workshop - On Revival: Hebrew Literature between Life and Death DESCRIPTION:We warmly invite you to attend a special workshop with visiting scholar Roni Henig (Assistant Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature at New York University) on Monday\, February 16\, from 4:00 - 5:30 PM\, in Thayer 2000. \n\nRoni Henig will share\, in dialogue with Prof. Maya Barzilai\, her critical approach to the Hebrew language revival and its uncanny and even monstrous metaphoric. This workshop is based on Henig's recent book publication\, \"On Revival: Hebrew Literature between Life and Death\" (UPenn Press\, 2025)\, and we will circulate the Introduction ahead of the event. The book can also be accessed through our library. UID:144963-21896207@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144963 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,hebrew literature,Humanities,Jewish Studies,Language,Media,Middle East Studies,Social Sciences,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - 2000 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T104956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Community Leadership Fellows 2026-2027 -- Info Session DESCRIPTION:Learn more about The Ginsberg Center's Community Leadership Fellows Program. Students admitted to the program are placed in an internship with a local nonprofit\, community organization\, or government agency. Please register in order to attend. UID:145241-21896917@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145241 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Graduate Students,Internship,Non-profit,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T100755 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T180000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Biology & Neuroscience Major Information Sessions DESCRIPTION:Prospective students interested in learning more about our majors\, honors\, and independent research in the Program in Biology and Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience are invited to attend our information sessions. Peer Advisors facilitating these sessions will provide an overview of major requirements\, core courses\, unique opportunities\, and more. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions you have\, too. Please sign up to attend the session(s) at the links below. Sessions will be added below once confirmed. A Zoom link will be provided upon registration. \n\nUpcoming events include:\n\nMCDB Info. Session: Monday\, February 16th\, 4-5pm\nBHS Major Info. Session: Monday\, February 16th\, 5-6pm\nEEB Major Info. Session: Tuesday\, February 17th\, 5-6pm\nNEURO Major Info. Session: Tuesday\, February 17th\, 5-6pm\n\nRegister for one or more sessions here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/21471 UID:132770-21894782@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132770 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,Biology,Biosciences,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,Free,Science LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T161831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T183000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:DIY Picture Frames at Baits II DESCRIPTION:Join the Baits II Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants to decorate picture frames! Snacks will be provided! UID:144230-21894936@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144230 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing LOCATION:Baits House II - Grace Lee Boggs Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T204130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T183000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Latine Research Week 2026 DESCRIPTION:Puentes presents: Latine Research Week 2026 on February 16th - 19th\, 2026 in the Rackham Graduate School. Latine Research Week (LRW) is a multidisciplinary conference that celebrates the scholarship of University of Michigan students\, researchers\, and faculty who conduct research about and wish to learn about Latine experiences. LRW provides a unique\, interdisciplinary space where scholars across campus can share their research and build new connections. From February 16 to February 19\, 2026\, researchers will be able to showcase their work in oral presentation sessions\, a poster session\, and various sponsored events. Additionally\, LRW will feature a keynote address and opportunities to connect with scholars from across disciplines.\n\nWe encourage members of our community to engage in this program in a variety of ways.\n\n(1) Sign up to Volunteer: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUBgi4voz123toP-3G6XMamGUG4X5QWbztTNTuS4wFNzDFaw/viewform\n\n(2) Attend the Conference (RSVP Required): https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/15065\n\n(3) Nominate an awardee: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXGEYreZ16FsXzJQwwD9aKWbSzxLbGg5nwkGSvC9CYsJw2zg/viewform\n\nAny questions regarding LRW should be directed to puentes.admin@umich.edu. UID:141734-21889239@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141734 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Multicultural,Networking,Professional Development,Psychology,Psychology Departmental,Rackham,Research,symposium,Undergraduate Students,Volunteer LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T133508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Legacy Lab Winter Workshops (Virutal) DESCRIPTION:ABOUT\nLegacy Lab is designed to help you reflect on your values\, your purpose\, and consider your legacy of leadership. The program is filled with reflective activities\, powerful stories\, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose\, clarify your values\, and experiment with new ways of interacting and leading. You will also participate in a group coaching session to deepen your reflection and learning. Ultimately\, you’ll emerge as a stronger leader poised to create a lasting legacy.\n\nWINTER KEY DATES (VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM)\nSession 1: 2/9\, 5–7 PM\nSession 2: 2/16\, 5–7 PM\n\nPARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS\nThis program is open to all U-M students. However\, because space is limited\, virtual offerings of Sanger programs will prioritize the registration of Online\, Weekend\, and Executive MBA students. Any remaining spots will be made available to students in other programs. An additional in-person offering will be held on March 20. \n\nREGISTRATION WINDOW\nRegistration: 1/19/26–2/1/26\n\nVisit our webpage to learn more! UID:140491-21887219@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140491 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Leadership,Personal Development,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T100309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter Wonders DESCRIPTION:Ice Skating? Hot Chocolate? Free Scarves? Oh My! Join CCI for Winter Wonders! We will have activities\, cocoa\, pizza\, and free scarves. UID:144964-21896208@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144964 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Winter LOCATION:Ingalls Mall - South CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T120213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T210000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:February 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:144661-21895662@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144661 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T164050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Lunar New Year Celebration at Betsy Barbour DESCRIPTION:Join the Barbour and Newberry Multicultural Council in celebrating Lunar New Year with an evening of crafting Chinese folk art (Zhongguo jie) and enjoying traditional dishes! UID:144584-21895518@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144584 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community,Community Building,Community Engagement,community gathering,Crafts,Culture,free,Holiday LOCATION:Betsy Barbour House - Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T123359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Writing in \"Academic Style DESCRIPTION:Whether you are writing a research article\, class assignment\, conference abstract\, or dissertation\, the words\, grammatical structures\, and organizational patterns you use all signal whether your text sounds “academic.” In this workshop\, we will define “academic style” and analyze its features in different types of writing assignments. You will learn how to make effective stylistic choices that convey your ideas smoothly and clearly and express your individual academic identity\, too. Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions. UID:143825-21894094@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143825 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English,Graduate And Professional Students,International,International Center,Language,Undergraduate Students,Workshops LOCATION:Central Campus Classroom Building - CCCB0460 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T090809 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T210000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Game Nights @ the TSC DESCRIPTION:Transfer students\, join us for game nights at the Transfer Student Center! Come enjoy board & card games\, light snacks\, mingling\, & a growing community of transfer students. No registration needed -- just come on by the Transfer Student Center\, LSA 1180\, anytime during the event. UID:126350-21893420@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126350 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1180 (Transfer Student Center) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145016-21896492@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T155357 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T235959 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Zero Waste Week Challenge DESCRIPTION:The UM Zero Waste Club in collaboration with ZeroWaste.Org and the Student Sustainability Coalition is hosting a campus-wide zero waste challenge from Feb 16-20! The challenge is a chance to learn how to live a lifestyle that doesn’t create waste and supports the circular economy (repair\, refill\, reuse).\n\nThe challenge is fun and free and everyone who signs up will be entered into a drawing for prizes from local businesses such as a gift card to The Getup Vintage\, a backpack from Bivouac\, or a year of free cupcakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes. Sign up as a group with your friends\, classmates or colleagues for even more entries! As part of the challenge\, you'll get daily emails with tips that will teach you\, step-by-step\, how to produce less waste. There will also be panel discussions\, events\, and opportunities to get involved in systemic work to make our campus as zero waste as possible. You can learn more about the challenge at ZeroWaste.org/Umich UID:145193-21896786@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145193 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Various CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892997@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893511@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T100000 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:134855-21895925@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:20260216T095620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dancing with the Dragon | Dancing with the Dragon Exhibit at the RC Art Gallery DESCRIPTION:This week at the RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE ART GALLERY\, visit a special viewing of the dragon head for the traditional \"dragon dance\" reimagined by artist-in-residence Zhen Guo along with initial concept drawings and dragon calligraphy.\n\n Guo's imagery and sculptural form lead the viewer on a mythical journey--an open ended invitation to explore the dragon as a traditional symbol of harmony and strength that has been newly refashioned as a feminine serpent\, at once powerful\, magnificent and slightly sci-fi.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*\n---------- \nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement. \n\nAdditional funding was provided by the Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, ArtsEngine\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from the International Institute\, the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Residential College\, Taubman College\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, Women’s and Gender Studies Department\, University of Michigan Library\, Asian Languages and Cultures\, and the Nam Center for Korean Studies. UID:145517-21897458@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145517 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,China,Chinese Studies,Community Engagement,Exhibition,Sustainability,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T204130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Latine Research Week 2026 DESCRIPTION:Puentes presents: Latine Research Week 2026 on February 16th - 19th\, 2026 in the Rackham Graduate School. Latine Research Week (LRW) is a multidisciplinary conference that celebrates the scholarship of University of Michigan students\, researchers\, and faculty who conduct research about and wish to learn about Latine experiences. LRW provides a unique\, interdisciplinary space where scholars across campus can share their research and build new connections. From February 16 to February 19\, 2026\, researchers will be able to showcase their work in oral presentation sessions\, a poster session\, and various sponsored events. Additionally\, LRW will feature a keynote address and opportunities to connect with scholars from across disciplines.\n\nWe encourage members of our community to engage in this program in a variety of ways.\n\n(1) Sign up to Volunteer: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUBgi4voz123toP-3G6XMamGUG4X5QWbztTNTuS4wFNzDFaw/viewform\n\n(2) Attend the Conference (RSVP Required): https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/15065\n\n(3) Nominate an awardee: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXGEYreZ16FsXzJQwwD9aKWbSzxLbGg5nwkGSvC9CYsJw2zg/viewform\n\nAny questions regarding LRW should be directed to puentes.admin@umich.edu. UID:141734-21889240@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141734 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Multicultural,Networking,Professional Development,Psychology,Psychology Departmental,Rackham,Research,symposium,Undergraduate Students,Volunteer LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891453@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T200000 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:142417-21890861@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:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891366@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T210000 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:138431-21890626@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:20260217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 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:142791-21891572@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:20260202T132529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T110000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Careers in the Biosciences (Virtual Panel) DESCRIPTION:University of Michigan staff discuss their career paths\, including graduate/medical training\, academic/industry research\, consulting\, and teaching.\n\nVirtual panel - RSVP for link: https://linktr.ee/FIRST_Org\n\nPanelists:\nDr. Zie Craig\, PhD\nDr. Emma Thornton-Kolbe\, PhD\nDr. Chris Ting\, MD UID:144925-21896158@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144925 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biomedical Engineering,Biosciences,Career,Chemistry,Ecology,Education,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T095119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T110000 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:143465-21893221@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:20260126T121934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Wealth Taxation and Portfolio Allocation” DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host Ségal Le Guern Herry\, Assistant Professor at the Aix-Marseille School of Economics and senior economist at the EU Tax Observatory. He is a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley during Spring 2026. Ségal will present\, “Wealth Taxation and Portfolio Allocation.”\n\nAbstract: “Should governments tax different assets at different rates? The answer depends crucially on the cross-elasticities between asset classes\, of which few estimates exist. This paper estimates the cross-elasticity between the two main components of household wealth: financial and real estate assets. In 2017\, France transformed its wealth tax into a real estate tax\, thereby eliminating wealth taxation on financial assets. Using comprehensive linked administrative income and wealth data from France\, I study the effect of this unique reform by contrasting the responses of French residents to non-residents\, who remained subject to the wealth tax but were unaffected by the reform. Five years after the reform\, French taxpayers have reallocated on average 5% of their real estate holdings toward financial assets. These responses translate into a quite modest cross-elasticity: a one percentage point differential increase in the tax rate on real estate causes taxpayers to reallocate 4.7% of their real estate assets to financial assets. This reallocation is driven by reduced ownership in investment properties rather than owner-occupied housing\, and coincides with a surge in dividend incomes. Overall\, I estimate that behavioral responses account for approximately 7% of the revenue loss due the reform\, indicating that the mechanical impact dominates. These findings have two key implications. First\, from an equity perspective\, exempting financial assets from wealth taxation primarily served as a tax cut for wealthy households in France. Second\, the efficiency cost of taxing real estate more heavily than other assets appears limited.” UID:144504-21895435@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Inequality,Social Sciences,Sociology,Tax,Tax Policy,Taxation And Policy LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251125T080546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations DESCRIPTION:This practical presentation guides the audience through tips and tools for making PowerPoint accessible\, including content such as using the Accessibility Checker and appropriate recommendations for color contrast\, font style\, size\, and spacing. We will also have an interactive remediation activity for all attendees to gain hands-on knowledge of accessible presentation creation.\n\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) captioning services will be provided. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this webinar\, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:142187-21890188@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142187 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Neurodiversity,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 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:144249-21895011@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:20260127T113531 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mardi Gras DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Mardi Gras with bold flavors and lively dishes inspired by the spirit of New Orleans. From classic favorites to festive bites\, let the good times roll as you dine with us.\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:144618-21895579@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144618 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T083225 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T125000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A Theory of Endogenous Degrowth and Environmental Sustainability (with Philippe Aghion\, Timo Boppart\, Michael Peters\, and Matthew Schwartzman) DESCRIPTION:We develop and quantify a novel growth theory in which economic activity endogenously shifts from material production to quality improvements. Consumers derive utility from goods with differing environmental footprints: necessities are material-intensive and polluting\, while luxuries are more service-based and emit less. Innovation can be directed toward either material productivity or product~quality. Because demand for luxuries is more sensitive to quality\, the economy gradually becomes “weightless”: growth is driven by quality improvements\, services become the dominant employment sector\, and material production stabilizes at a finite level. This structural transformation enables rising living standards with declining environmental intensity\, providing an endogenous path to degrowth in material output without compromising economic progress. Policy can accelerate the transition\, but its burden is uneven\, falling more heavily on the poor than on the rich. UID:143292-21892649@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143292 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T094716 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CEW+ Fellowship Applicant Workshop DESCRIPTION:RSVP for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CEWFellowships\n\nLearn more about our fellowship funding on our website: cew.umich.edu/funding/fellowships\n\nGraduate students applying for research and travel funding are invited to this virtual workshop to learn more about the CEW+ Fellowship application. Workshop topics include: application components\, review timeline\, selection criteria\, and lessons from successful past applications. Join for the CEW+ Fellowship presentation\, stay to ask questions with generous time for Q&A.\n\nPresenter: Erin Lane\, Scholarship Program Manager UID:145103-21896672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fellowship Funding,Financial Aid,Funding,graduate students,Grants,Life-changing Education LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T112056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CommuniTEA: Lunar New Year Celebration DESCRIPTION:Weekly gathering for students\, staff\, and faculty to build community with the Trotter Team and discuss the week’s events. Organizations and units are encouraged to collaborate and offer light refreshments or share tea practices that center their cultural practices. Come join us for good conversation\, food and fun! UID:143864-21894138@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143864 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T145134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating and Presenting a Conference Poster DESCRIPTION:Conference posters are for more than just communicating your research. While a good poster will help you tell a succinct story about your project\, a great poster will serve as a platform for engaging in meaningful discussion with your audience and building your network.\n\nThis session will cover: Best practices for organizing a conference poster\; Design aesthetics to improve poster accessibility\; How to engage an audience during a poster presentation. UID:143018-21891951@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T121826 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Seminar Series - Speakers: Abbey Soule and Patricia Torres Pineda DESCRIPTION:Speaker 1: Abbey Soule\, PhD Candidate\, Weber Lab\n\nTitle: Beyond Science Communication: Why Engaging with 'Non-Traditional' Audiences Makes Great Scientists\n\nDescription: Public engagement and outreach activities help scientists strengthen their communication skills while (ideally) improving public understanding of and trust in the research process. Science communication is considered an important part of professional development\, yet the opportunities for engaging in outreach activities often favor certain venues (e.g.\, museums) and audiences (e.g.\, K-12). As a result\, public reach is biased towards more mobile and/or affluent communities with easier access to engagement opportunities\, leaving many populations out of the conversation entirely. In my talk\, I will share my experiences participating in and organizing outreach efforts aimed at bringing underrepresented\, 'non-traditional' audiences into scientific conversations including scientist and audience testimonials as well as the logistical challenges of working in certain venues.\n----------\nSpeaker 2: Patricia Torres Pineda\, PhD candidate\nMuseo Nacional de Historia Natural \"Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano\"\, Santo Domingo\, R.D\n\nTitle: The colonial legacies of natural history collections: specimens from the Caribbean as a case study\n\nDescription: It has been estimated that at least 1.1 billion zoological specimens are housed in natural history museums and collections around the world. These specimens comprise the foundation of a plethora of biological and environmental research\, including studies on wildlife biology\, ecology\, and conservation\, habitat restoration\, predictive investigations related to climate change and public health\, as well as education and public engagement. In the last decades\, museum and collections professionals have started important conversations regarding the colonial legacies that have shaped and\, in many cases\, still inform the practices\, access\, and use (or lack thereof) of collections. Regrettably\, these debates are still not as prevalent in the field of natural history collections and museums. Despite the Caribbean being one of the top Biodiversity hotspots of the planet (geographic areas that concentrate a large number of unique species)\, this diversity is not being fairly represented in Caribbean-based museums and collections. Here\, I present preliminary results of an exploratory study on the geopolitical distribution patterns of zoological natural history specimens from the Caribbean in collections around the world\, where striking disparities in quantity and quality of collections housed locally\, in comparison with those in Global North institutions\, become evident. In order to address the causes and implications of these biases and open a dialogue that moves us towards more inclusive and fairer practices in zoological collecting and curating\, we must understand the extent and magnitude of the disparities. UID:145399-21897247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Discussion,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Graduate Students,Museum,Museum - Herbarium,Museum - Zoology,Museum Of Zoology LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251209T122706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T132000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Elliot S. Valenstein Distinguished Lecture | Thinking and Doing DESCRIPTION:The brain has the remarkable ability to self-generate meaningful and distributed activity patterns (“thoughts”). Thoughts make it possible to simulate possible futures and alternative pasts\, and to use those simulations to inform choices. Here we focus on two key features of thoughts. First\, thoughts can be controlled: subjects can typically decide what to think about and then generate related mental representations. Second\, thoughts are behaviorally accessible: subjects can act based on their representational content. The neural activity patterns that underlie thoughts are poorly understood\, but we do know that there are specific activity patterns in the brain that are consistent with mental simulations. These include non-local spatial representations in the hippocampus that are consistent with possible futures and alternative pasts. Whether these representations are controllable and accessible remains unclear. We therefore developed two tasks that where we delivered real-time feedback contingent on the decoded content of non-local hippocampal representations. These tasks allowed us to determine 1) whether animals can control the content of non-local hippocampal representations and 2) whether they can access that content to guide an upcoming choice. If you are interested in knowing what we found\, please come to the talk.\n\nAbout the speaker: Loren Frank is Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and a Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of California\, San Francisco (UCSF). He received his B.A. in Psychology and Cognitive studies from Carleton College\, his Ph.D. in Systems Neuroscience and Computation from M.I.T. and did post-doctoral research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. His laboratory uses a combination of techniques to study the neural bases of learning\, memory and decision-making. is work focuses on the hippocampus and related structures\, brain areas critical for both forming and retrieving memories for the events of daily life and for generating representations of possibilities that go beyond immediate experience. He also works in close collaboration with colleagues from multiple institutions to develop new technologies to understand how the brain works and how to fix it when it is not working properly. These technologies include flexible polymer electrodes that make it possible to record from large numbers of neurons for months at a time and real-time feedback systems that enable manipulations of specific patterns of brain activity. Dr. Frank has received numerous awards for his scientific discoveries and his mentoring\, including fellowships from the Sloan\, McKnight and Merck Foundations as well as the Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award\, the University of Indiana Gill Young Investigator Award\, the UCSF Faculty Mentoring Award\, and the College Mentors for Kids Inspire Award. UID:142510-21891058@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142510 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Neuroscience,Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 4448 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T122245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Financial Wellness at Any Career Stage: Smart Moves for Today’s Economy DESCRIPTION:In today’s rapidly changing global and economic environment\, financial preparedness is both more important and more confusing than ever. This empowering\, judgment-free webinar breaks down the essentials of financial stability and independence\, clarifies employer benefits\, and explores how recent global events\, including inflation spikes and geopolitical disruptions\, should inform your financial planning today.\n\nParticipants will gain:\n\nSimple practices to strengthen financial stability and independence\nInsight into how AI can support clearer thinking and greater confidence\nCareer-stage action steps for early-\, mid-\, and late-career professionals\nWhether you are just starting out\, advancing in your career\, or planning for long-term security\, this session offers practical guidance. No prior financial knowledge needed. UID:142839-21891733@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Economics,Free,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T181718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jessi Grieser\, carillon DESCRIPTION:LSA faculty member Jessi Grieser performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144339-21895182@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144339 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T135232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China 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/kP7rk\n\nA flyer of her new book with a discount from U-M Press is available here:\nhttps://myumi.ch/Z24y5\n\nThis talk is based on Professor Zhang's new 2026 book with the same title from the University of Michigan Press. She proposes an interdisciplinary\, multicultural new paradigm for Chinese Studies through examining the formation and evolution of the \"Qiang\" as a people\, a concept\, and a cultural history spanning two millennia in China.\n \n Yanshuo Zhang is Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures at Pomona College. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University. She served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan for the 2020-2022 cohort. She is the Principal Investigator of the national winner of the Luce/ACLS Inaugural Collaborative Grant in China Studies\, titled \"Resituating Humanistic Pedagogy in China Studies: Incorporating Ethnic Minority Literary and Cultural Productions into North American College Classrooms.\" She is leading a transnational team of scholars\, translators and artists across the Pacific and Chinese ethnic minority and indigenous scholars on developing teaching resources and primary sources for engaging with China's ethnic minority cultural heritage for the global audience. UID:143391-21892982@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143391 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,chinese history,Chinese Studies,History,Interdisciplinary,International LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T112056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Lunar New Year Recognition Event DESCRIPTION:Join us in the OGPS lounge for crafts\, new year wishes and a light lunch in recognition of Lunar New Year. \nThis event will be drop-in only. You may linger but there will be no formal program. A light lunch will be served with limited supply! UID:143837-21894109@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:OGPS Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T105703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T124500 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:138074-21891590@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:20251218T091706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Pre-Health Personal Statement Workshop DESCRIPTION:An effective personal statement lives at the heart of your medical or professional health school application. Your personal statement allows you to tell your story to an admissions committee and share who you are and why you make a wonderful addition to a medical or health professions program. This workshop focuses on how you can get started writing a winning statement. You will learn how to focus on the passions\, values\, relationships\, community service\, clinical work\, and other life experiences which led to your interest in health care. This workshop is designed to get you writing and reflecting on the story you want to tell on your application. Come to the workshop ready for getting started on an early draft. UID:142837-21891729@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Newnan,Newnan Academic Advising,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Pre Health,Pre Med,Sessions LOCATION:Angell-G243 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T110352 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantitative Proteomics of Macroautophagy Reveals Membrane Receptors for Golgi Remodeling- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kelsey Hickey will present a seminar on Tuesday February 17th\, 2026 UID:144180-21894791@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144180 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,biolgical chemistry,biological,biological chemistry,biological science,biology,Biosciences LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 5330 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 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:143999-21894424@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:20260203T134930 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T125000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Right to Food\, Right to Grow in Washtenaw County DESCRIPTION:Zoom registration required https://myumi.ch/Qw4E8\n\nThe Residents & Researchers 'Tuesday Talks' are webinars\, which focus on environment\, health and community. \nThis discussion features Julius Buzzard (Growing Hope) and Dr. Francesca Williamson (University of Michigan Medical School) with Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn) moderating. UID:144986-21896241@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Service,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Earth Day at 50,Ecology,Environment,environmental,Free,Health,Health & Wellness,Lecture,Life Science,Lifelong Learning,Nutrition,Poverty,Pre-Health,Public Health,Public Policy,Rackham,Science,seminar,Social Impact,Social Justice,Sustainability,Talk,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T181657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Stearns Collection Lunchtime Concert Series DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a free concert featuring the SMTD Baroque Chamber Orchestra performing works of Vivaldi and Muffat\, along with Stearns Collection director Joseph Gascho and friends playing and performing on his recently upgraded xylopong table. Audience members can sign up for a chance to play the instrument after the concert. Grab lunch in the cafeteria next door or bring your own to enjoy during the performance.\n\nPaid visitor parking is available in the nearby NC99 parking lot. UID:144340-21895183@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144340 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250919T094546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IBL Lunch DESCRIPTION:Come talk about teaching with IBL\, interactive\, and other active teaching methods over lunch. Bring teaching anecdotes\, thoughts\, and your appetite. Lunch will be provided. UID:138237-21882655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138237 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 2075 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T094142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T133000 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:143171-21892377@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:20260217T122051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Getting started with ACCESS HPC Computing DESCRIPTION:This workshop will give a brief rundown on how to apply for FREE HPC \ncompute courtesy of the NSF's ACCESS program.  We'll run through how and\n when to apply and be available for any questions you might have. UID:144757-21895819@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T121712 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T135000 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:144372-21895242@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144372 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T150000 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:138848-21890487@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:20260304T123158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:International Student Career Series - Navigating On Campus Job Search DESCRIPTION:Looking for a job on campus but not sure where to start? Join us for this interactive session designed to help international studentsexplore the on-campus employment opportunities available at U-M. You’lllearn how to approach the application process with confidence\, discover how campus jobs can help you build valuable skills for future career success\, and find out how the University Career Center can support you throughout your journey.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 webpage: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/1907849/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 via the link below\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program to ensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Cierra Sutherland at cierrasu@umich.edu. Accessibility accommodation form: https://forms.gle/FmFn35ZLxJ8kvPfSA  #UCC UID:145124-21896695@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145124 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T125536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economic Sociology and Organizations (ESO) Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 20: Zoe Chanin\n- February 10: Ori Tamir\n- February 17: Joe LaBriola\n- March 10: Joyce Ho\n- March 24: Nils Neumann\n- April 7: Alvaro Cabrera UID:143913-21894247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143913 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T213840 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Commutative Algebra: Openness of the Splinter Locus in Positive Characteristic DESCRIPTION:A splinter is a ring R for which all finite ring extensions R -> S split as a map of R-modules. While this is a characteristic free property\, it exhibits wildly different behavior in various characteristics. In this talk\, we prove that under mild hypotheses\, the locus of primes p in R with the local ring R_p a splinter is Zariski-open. In particular\, we define a splinter test ideal\, and show that this construction behaves well under localization to conclude that the vanishing set of this ideal is exactly the non-splinter locus. UID:145506-21897445@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145506 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T152054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T161500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SEAS DESCRIPTION: UID:144269-21895083@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144269 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T103318 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T171500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Bartell Lecture \"Chelator Design Strategies and Applications for Biology and Critical Minerals\" DESCRIPTION:Metal ions are essential both in biological systems\, where they function as nutrients and therapeutic agents\, and in the global economy\, where they enable advanced technologies. Purposefully designed chelators bridge these domains by enhancing the biological performance of metal ions and by enabling the enrichment\, isolation\, and separation of technologically critical metals. This presentation highlights our group’s recent efforts in chelator design for these two areas. In the first part\, we survey how expanded macrocyclic chelators can be engineered for nuclear medicine. Our studies show that introducing controlled flexibility into these ligands allows them to adjust their binding conformations to accommodate metal ions of varying sizes\, increasing their versatility for radiometal-based applications. The second part focuses on applying this chelator class to the extraction and separation of rare earth elements\, critical minerals central to modern technologies. We demonstrate how rationally tailored chelators can selectively remove and enrich rare earths from complex matrices and enable efficient interelement separations. Together\, these studies illustrate how fundamental principles of coordination chemistry can be leveraged to meet distinct challenges in nuclear medicine and critical mineral processing. UID:142066-21889963@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142066 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260201T175959 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: Automorphic representations and optimal quantum logic gates DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will describe a surprising connection between the Langlands program and designing efficient architectures for quantum computing. Constructions of quantum computers require finding finite sets of 2^n-by-2^n unitary matrices that efficiently and computably approximate arbitrary unitary matrices through short products. Extending ideas first used in Lubotzky-Phillips-Sarnak's construction of expander graphs\, such an \"optimal covering\" property can be translated into a bound in the theory of automorphic representations. I will explain this translation and then broadly sketch how recent progress in automorphic theory and the Langlands program can be applied to prove the resulting bound in the cases most relevant to quantum computing. UID:140717-21887527@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140717 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T152055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T172000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IGR/ELI 2/17/26 (CommonGround) DESCRIPTION: UID:144945-21896177@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144945 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T161720 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Information Session: Accelerated Master’s Degree Program in Transcultural Studies DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about Transcultural Studies\, an interdisciplinary accelerated master's degree program designed to enable current undergraduate students in LSA to earn their MA degree with one additional year of study beyond their bachelor’s degree.\n\nTuesday\, February 17\, 2026 @ 4 PM\nWednesday\, February 18\, 2026 @ 4 PM\n\nThe fall application cycle is open to current LSA juniors.\nFall term applications are due March 15\, 2026.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nDo you anticipate pursuing a PhD or a career involving international travel\, cross-cultural partnerships\, or collaborative work in a diverse workplace? U-M's accelerated MA program in Transcultural Studies can help you develop the historical\, theoretical\, and practical knowledge you need to navigate forward-looking graduate education and career pathways in an increasingly cosmopolitan and interconnected world. Transcultural Studies uses approaches from across the Humanities and Social Sciences to foster a critical and historically informed understanding of human communication and interaction across perceived boundaries of culture\, nationality\, race\, and religious identity.\n\nThis interdisciplinary program is intended to provide both advanced training and a capstone experience for current LSA undergraduates who anticipate pursuing a PhD or working in business or non-profit contexts where intercultural competency and a critical framework for thinking systematically about connections\, comparisons\, and translations among human communities will be desirable skills. UID:144798-21895956@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Graduate School,Information Session,Interdisciplinary,Transcultural Studies,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T115232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Inside the Hub Intern Program: 26-27 Hiring Process Info Session DESCRIPTION:Discover What It Looks Like to Be a Hub Intern & How to Navigate the Application Process:\n\nAn on-campus internship is not only a convenient way to make an income – research shows on-campus employment is a powerful opportunity to receive mentorship\, build community\, and gain hands-on work experience! Interning at the LSA Opportunity Hub includes all of these benefits (and more) through intentional supervision\, meaningful work assignments\, and structured professional development resources. In this information session\, you will learn about the Hub Intern Program\, and walk away with tips to confidently navigate the hiring process.\n\n \n\nYou should attend this workshop if you are:\n\nA UM undergraduate LSA student \n\nSeeking hands-on work experience in an office setting\n\nCurious about what the work of a Hub Intern looks like\n\nHave questions about the hiring process and how to make your Hub Intern application stand out\n\n \n\nWhat you’ll gain by attending:\n\nIdentify what internship opportunities are available at the Hub for the 26-27 academic year\n\nUnderstand a day-in-the-life of a Hub Intern by hearing from current interns\n\nGain insight into the Hub Intern application and interview process\n\nWalk away with helpful resources to craft your application materials\n\nHave answers to your questions about what it means to work in the career exploration center for LSA undergraduates\n\n \n\nRSVP now to reserve your spot! The link to join this virtual information session will be emailed to you after you RSVP.\n\nThe LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences for all students. This event will take place via Zoom video conferencing and include screen-sharing of a Google Slides presentation. Closed captioning and audio transcription features will be enabled. To request additional accommodations\, please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu. Requests made at least one week in advance will help ensure we can meet your needs effectively. UID:143708-21893698@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Internship,Lsa Opportunity Hub LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T113349 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Lunar New Year DESCRIPTION:Ring in the Lunar New Year with a festive menu inspired by traditional flavors that symbolize luck\, prosperity\, and new beginnings. Join us as we celebrate renewal\, culture\, and community through food.\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:144617-21895578@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T103344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Online Information Session for Admitted Transfer Students DESCRIPTION:Join the Transfer Student Center staff to learn more about:\n\n • How to understand your transfer credit and how transfer credit will count towards degree requirements.\n • Orientation and registration: Registering for your first semester of classes.\n • Connecting with the department you plan to major in.\n • Understanding your housing options\n • Any other questions you may have.\n\nRegistration is required. Register with link at the right. UID:142813-21896123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142813 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T104956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Community Leadership Fellows 2026-2027 -- Info Session DESCRIPTION:Learn more about The Ginsberg Center's Community Leadership Fellows Program. Students admitted to the program are placed in an internship with a local nonprofit\, community organization\, or government agency. Please register in order to attend. UID:145241-21896918@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145241 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Graduate Students,Internship,Non-profit,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T131844 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T173000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pizza with the Psychology Professors! DESCRIPTION:Are you an interested or declared student in Psych or BCN? Then you're invited! Join Psychology professors in a casual setting to socialize\, network\, and get to know each other better. And of course\, there will be pizza! Bring your questions\, and we hope to see you there!\n\nPlease RSVP on Sessions by 2/12: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/9654 UID:110035-21900427@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/110035 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biopsychology\, Cognition\, And Neuroscience (Bcn),Faculty,Networking,Psychology,Psychology Major,Sessions,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Hall - Psychology 3rd Floor Terrace CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T100755 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T180000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Biology & Neuroscience Major Information Sessions DESCRIPTION:Prospective students interested in learning more about our majors\, honors\, and independent research in the Program in Biology and Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience are invited to attend our information sessions. Peer Advisors facilitating these sessions will provide an overview of major requirements\, core courses\, unique opportunities\, and more. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions you have\, too. Please sign up to attend the session(s) at the links below. Sessions will be added below once confirmed. A Zoom link will be provided upon registration. \n\nUpcoming events include:\n\nMCDB Info. Session: Monday\, February 16th\, 4-5pm\nBHS Major Info. Session: Monday\, February 16th\, 5-6pm\nEEB Major Info. Session: Tuesday\, February 17th\, 5-6pm\nNEURO Major Info. Session: Tuesday\, February 17th\, 5-6pm\n\nRegister for one or more sessions here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/21471 UID:132770-21894783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132770 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,Biology,Biosciences,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,Free,Science LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T164158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Caring for Your$elf DESCRIPTION:Dinner from Pilar's Tamales provided! Registration is required for food planning purposes. \n\n***Doors open 4:45\, programming begins promptly at 5:00pm.***\n\nBudgets and financial goals sound dry\, boring\, and a little overwhelming? You’re not imagining it. Most financial literacy content focuses on dollars and cents\, and omits the emotional and psychological side of money. That said\, budgets are an important foundation of financial well-being. This workshop integrates group interaction\, staff guidance\, and video instruction featuring Financial Therapist\, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin\, for a comprehensive learning experience. We will reframe budgeting into a useful tool that works for you and learn how to set meaningful and achievable financial goals.\n\nRecommended order to take workshops:\n\n 1 – Your Money Story\n 2 – Making Confident Financial Decisions\n 3 – Ultimate Financial Wellness\n 4 – Caring for Your$elf\n 5 – Be The Boss of Your Finances\n\nRSVP for Financial Empowerment workshops here: myumi.ch/8r6kq UID:143770-21893991@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143770 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Budgeting,finances,Financial Wellness,Food,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,graduate students,In Person,Life-changing Education,Nontraditional Students,Student Caregiver,Student Caregivers,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women - 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T162002 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Scale Your Impact: A Workshop for All Majors DESCRIPTION:Entrepreneurship isn’t just for business students. It’s for anyone ready to create change. \n\nJoin the Center for Entrepreneurship and Agents of Change Social Work Test Prep for Scale Your Impact\, a hands-on\, interactive workshop designed for students from every discipline.\n\nWhether you’re a dreamer\, maker\, or future leader\, you’ll discover how an entrepreneurial mindset can help you tackle challenges and spark innovation in any field. No previous business experience required. Just bring your curiosity and ideas!\n\nWhat’s in store:\nMeet and collaborate with fellow students from across campus\nReceive guidance and real-world insight from experienced mentors\nDive into activities that help you think like an entrepreneur\, regardless of your major\nBuild connections with a passionate community of change-makers\n\nWhen: February 17\, 2026\, 5–7pm\nWhere: North Quad 2435\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot today and take the first step toward scaling your impact: https://myumi.ch/rAeVG UID:145082-21896634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145082 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Corporate,Design Thinking,Discussion,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,In-person,Innovation,Leadership,Lecture,Michigan Engineering,Networking,Social Impact,Startup,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:North Quad - 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T095602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T183000 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:139870-21886242@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:20251211T093602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T183000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:WCEE Film Series on Ukraine. *Soldiers of Song* (2024\, 90 min\, dir. Ryan Smith) DESCRIPTION:Musicians unite a war-torn Ukraine through song\, sharing stories of resilience and hope amid the Russian invasion. A tribute to courage and unity. “Soldiers of Song” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and has been screened at Festivals across the world.\n \n Trailer: https://myumi.ch/g3A2Z\n \n Free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come\, first-served basis.\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:142558-21891153@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:europe,film,ukraine LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T082125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Your Money Story DESCRIPTION:Dinner provided! Registration is required for food planning purposes. \n\n***Doors open 4:45\, programming begins promptly at 5:00pm.***\n\nA person’s money story shapes their thoughts and decisions about earning\, spending\, and saving money. Of course\, family shapes one’s money story\, but their school\, community\, traditions\, and so much more influence it\, too. This workshop integrates group interaction\, staff guidance\, and video instruction featuring Financial Therapist\, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin\, for a comprehensive learning experience. Participants will get curious about where their money beliefs come from\, hear from their peers about what they think about money\, and learn how to rewrite a money story that helps start to create a healthier relationship with money. By the end of this workshop\, students will be able to make more discerning financial decisions and improve control of their financial future.\n\nRecommended order to take workshops:\n\n 1 – Your Money Story\n 2 – Making Confident Financial Decisions\n 3 – Ultimate Financial Wellness\n 4 – Caring for Your$elf\n 5 – Be The Boss of Your Finances\n\nRSVP for Financial Empowerment workshops here: myumi.ch/8r6kq UID:143766-21893987@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143766 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Budgeting,finances,Financial Wellness,Food,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,In Person,Life-changing Education,Nontraditional Students,Student Caregiver,Student Caregivers,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women - 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251114T154427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T183000 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:117080-21894930@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117080 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:free,Prospective Student,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T130119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Museo Moderno: A Values-driven Model that Positions Art and Artists as Central to Human\, Economic\, and Democratic Development DESCRIPTION:How does art lead the way in creating our possible futures? How do the human imagination and the agency and actions of art free the potential for wonder\, for hope\, optimism and joy\, to confront times of agony\, trauma and fear? In what ways do artists of all disciplines from around the world dare still to dream of different\, alternative futures for humanity\, to envision previously unimagined paths forward? How does art furnish humanity with the means to mourn\, mitigate\, overcome\, and bring solace and healing to the world’s deep antagonisms and conflicts?\n\nIn this lecture\, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires Director Victoria Noorthoorn will describe the values-driven transformation of this vibrant museum of modern and contemporary art in Buenos Aires throughout her leadership over the past 12 years. Noorthoorn has persistently worked towards creating a new model for a public museum in Argentina – and in doing so\, she has created a new museum model – that positions art and artists as drivers of educational\, social\, economic\, and civic development. UID:145027-21896562@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145027 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T141943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Black History Month Celebration at South Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Diversity Peer Educators for games\, crafts\, line dancing\, and to connect with student organizations in celebration of Black History Month! UID:144704-21895744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144704 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Community Building,Community Engagement,Diversity Peer Educators,Games LOCATION:South Quad - Ambatana - The Afro-American Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T102044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T210000 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:144192-21894867@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:20260217T172054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SCOR Black History Month Fork ‘n’ Film DESCRIPTION:Happy Black History Month! Our second BHM event is an immersive dinner and movie experience with The Princess and the Frog! Join us for a night in the Bayou with some creole classics at the same time as the characters in the movie! Please RSVP by Friday Feb 13th to be included in the final headcount for food. UID:144901-21896119@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144901 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Brownlee Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T120304 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Zero Waste Week Challenge: Movie Night DESCRIPTION:RSVP today to grab some free food at our Zero Waste Movie Night!! Have a little fun (and a little food) while you learn about where your waste goes! 🗑️🌱\n\n- Food served at 6pm and “Trashed” (2012) will end around 8pm!\n\n- “Trashed” gives an insider’s perspective into what we don’t know about our waste disposal and the effects it has on our world and our communities.\nWhile you're at it\, sign up for the Zero Waste Week Challenge at ZeroWaste.org/Umich for more event like this and entries into prize drawings for cafe gift cards\, a year of free cupcakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes\, and a $100 Zingerman's gift card! Join with a team (club\, class\, just friends\, etc. !) UID:145218-21896814@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Dana Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T172054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T194500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CSG DESCRIPTION: UID:145038-21896573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145038 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T182308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T195000 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:142266-21890290@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:20260217T192052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Kessler Creatives: Off the Chain Charm Making DESCRIPTION:Drop in for 30 minutes to make a charm with shrinky dinks and polymer clay! We will be having a follow-up event (with the charms you made!) in March\, but it is not required to attend both :) UID:144647-21895634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144647 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LSA 1168 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Contemporary Directions Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Jayce Ogren\, conductor\n\nPROGRAM\n*Umoja*\, Coleman \n*Indigenous Instruments*\, Mackey\n*Hill Song #1*\, Grainger \n*Appalachian Spring*\, Copland UID:141805-21889379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141805 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251203T105938 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jake Xerxes Fussell DESCRIPTION:“…maybe the leading interpreter of American folk music right now.” –Ann Powers\, NPR\n\nReared in Georgia and now settled in North Carolina\, Jake Xerxes Fussell has established himself as a devoted listener and contemplative interpreter of a vast array of so-called folk songs\, lovingly sourced from a personal store of favorites. On his latest album\, When I’m Called—his first LP for Fat Possum\, and his first as a parent—Fussell returns to a well of music that holds lifelong sentimental meaning\, loosely contemplating the passage of time and the procession of life’s unexpected offerings.\n\nThe album was produced by James Elkington and mixed by Tucker Martine. In addition to Elkington\, it features the playing of Ben Whiteley (The Weather Station)\, Joe Westerlund (Bon Iver\, Califone)\, and others. Blake Mills contributes guitars on several tracks. Joan Shelley and Robin Holcomb provide backing vocals.\n\n“…Fussell is the rare contemporary to approach folk in its pure form\, shunning self-penned compositions about bummer relationships to concentrate on material handed down from bygone\, hardened times.” – The New Yorker\n\n“(Fussell) is one of the great magpies of American song\, collecting forgotten\, tarnished gems with a folklorist’s zeal… his renditions aren’t so much cover versions as composites…” – The Guardian UID:142200-21890201@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - The Ark CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T094456 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T230000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Thriving in STEM | \"Art of the Heart\" Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:WHAT IS THE MISSING LINK IN TODAY'S MEDICAL CARE DELIVERY?\n\nMedical school training has historically relied on the biological sciences\, and their application\, for diagnosis and treatment\, with technology an adjunct to care. Although many major medical schools now incorporate “doctoring” into their curriculum\, traditional medical training lacked an emphasis on the psycho-social aspects of the doctor-patient relationship.\n\nJoin the “Art of the Heart: The Doctor-Patient Partnership” book discussion to explore the solution as author\, Jay H. Kleiman\, M.D.\, recounts the profound career moments that define the doctor-patient partnership\, illuminating the path toward preventing physician burnout. \n\nHOW DO I GET THE BOOK?\n\nBook copies are available on Amazon for $10\, in both paperback and Kindle versions (and free for students with Kindle Unlimited).  If you need financial assistance purchasing the book\, complete this GoogleForm (myumi.ch/z98zn) by Tuesday\, February 17 to have a copy provided for you. \n\nWHAT CAN I EXPECT AT THE BOOK DISCUSSION EVENT?\n\nA virtual Book Discussion will be held on Wednesday\, March 11 from 5 - 6 PM with the author\, Jay H. Kleiman\, M.D.\, and his wife\, Georgi.  This will provide you the opportunity to directly engage with the author and his spouse to learn from their lived experiences.  A set of discussion prompts and questions is available to view in advance\; however\, live questions from participants are highly encouraged. UID:145168-21896754@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145168 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Basic Science,biology,Biopsychology\, Cognition\, And Neuroscience (Bcn),Biosciences,Books,Central Campus,chemistry,Discussion,First-gen,first-generation,Free,Health & Wellness,literary,Literature,Medicine,Natural Sciences,Neuroscience,Newnan,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Open To All Majors,physics,pre health,Pre-Health,Prospective Graduate Students,science,science learning center,Sessions,slc,Storytelling,the career center,transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Women In Science,Women In Science And Engineering,Women In Stem LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145016-21896493@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T155357 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T235959 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Zero Waste Week Challenge DESCRIPTION:The UM Zero Waste Club in collaboration with ZeroWaste.Org and the Student Sustainability Coalition is hosting a campus-wide zero waste challenge from Feb 16-20! The challenge is a chance to learn how to live a lifestyle that doesn’t create waste and supports the circular economy (repair\, refill\, reuse).\n\nThe challenge is fun and free and everyone who signs up will be entered into a drawing for prizes from local businesses such as a gift card to The Getup Vintage\, a backpack from Bivouac\, or a year of free cupcakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes. Sign up as a group with your friends\, classmates or colleagues for even more entries! As part of the challenge\, you'll get daily emails with tips that will teach you\, step-by-step\, how to produce less waste. There will also be panel discussions\, events\, and opportunities to get involved in systemic work to make our campus as zero waste as possible. You can learn more about the challenge at ZeroWaste.org/Umich UID:145193-21896787@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145193 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Various CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892998@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T060250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Shapiro Art Supplies Donation Bin DESCRIPTION:We are running our first Donation Drive in support of the Gift of Arts program at Michigan Medicine! Please donate new\, nontoxic art supplies from the list below\, and spread the word! UID:145254-21896933@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145254 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Shapiro Undergraduate Library Entrance CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893512@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T095620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dancing with the Dragon | Dancing with the Dragon Exhibit at the RC Art Gallery DESCRIPTION:This week at the RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE ART GALLERY\, visit a special viewing of the dragon head for the traditional \"dragon dance\" reimagined by artist-in-residence Zhen Guo along with initial concept drawings and dragon calligraphy.\n\n Guo's imagery and sculptural form lead the viewer on a mythical journey--an open ended invitation to explore the dragon as a traditional symbol of harmony and strength that has been newly refashioned as a feminine serpent\, at once powerful\, magnificent and slightly sci-fi.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*\n---------- \nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement. \n\nAdditional funding was provided by the Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, ArtsEngine\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from the International Institute\, the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Residential College\, Taubman College\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, Women’s and Gender Studies Department\, University of Michigan Library\, Asian Languages and Cultures\, and the Nam Center for Korean Studies. UID:145517-21897459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145517 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:artists and curators,arts,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,China,Chinese Studies,Community Engagement,Exhibition,Sustainability,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T095605 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC Design Science Career Chats DESCRIPTION:Hey Design Science Students - This is for YOU!\n\nAre you feeling lost or overwhelmed by your full-time job or internship search? Not sure where to begin\, or just need a little guidance? Whether you're just starting out or already deep in the search process\, we're here to help!\n\nJoin us for a quick 15-minute virtual chat with an Engineering Career Advisor. Ask us anything from where your peers are landing jobs\, to job search strategies\, to personalized resume feedback. It's a chance to get the advice you need\, fast! Don't navigate your career path alone - we've got your back! Let's chat and get you one step closer to your goals.\n\nSign ups open on January 19th in Career Fair Plus (CF+).\n\nNote: Only students within the Design Science department are eligible for this event. UID:143580-21893414@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143580 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T204130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Latine Research Week 2026 DESCRIPTION:Puentes presents: Latine Research Week 2026 on February 16th - 19th\, 2026 in the Rackham Graduate School. Latine Research Week (LRW) is a multidisciplinary conference that celebrates the scholarship of University of Michigan students\, researchers\, and faculty who conduct research about and wish to learn about Latine experiences. LRW provides a unique\, interdisciplinary space where scholars across campus can share their research and build new connections. From February 16 to February 19\, 2026\, researchers will be able to showcase their work in oral presentation sessions\, a poster session\, and various sponsored events. Additionally\, LRW will feature a keynote address and opportunities to connect with scholars from across disciplines.\n\nWe encourage members of our community to engage in this program in a variety of ways.\n\n(1) Sign up to Volunteer: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUBgi4voz123toP-3G6XMamGUG4X5QWbztTNTuS4wFNzDFaw/viewform\n\n(2) Attend the Conference (RSVP Required): https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/15065\n\n(3) Nominate an awardee: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXGEYreZ16FsXzJQwwD9aKWbSzxLbGg5nwkGSvC9CYsJw2zg/viewform\n\nAny questions regarding LRW should be directed to puentes.admin@umich.edu. UID:141734-21889241@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141734 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Multicultural,Networking,Professional Development,Psychology,Psychology Departmental,Rackham,Research,symposium,Undergraduate Students,Volunteer LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 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:142417-21890862@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:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891367@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T210000 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:138431-21890627@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:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 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:142791-21891573@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:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 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:136300-21889794@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:20260218T092056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Aerospace Engineering Department DESCRIPTION: UID:144270-21895084@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144270 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 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:139627-21885818@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:20260127T112708 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Black History Month Dinner DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Black History Month Dinner showcasing dishes inspired by renowned chefs whose work and stories. Each menu highlights culinary traditions\, creativity\, and cultural influence\, bringing history and community together through food.\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:144614-21895572@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144614 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:In Person LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T063137 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Building and Leveraging Your Network (for Graduate Students) DESCRIPTION:Building a network and connecting with others is critical to your professional development in graduate school and job/internship searches. Join this discussion to learn strategies for building your network (including tips on using LinkedIN and the University Career Alumni Network)and how to leverage this network for career exploration and job/internship searching. There will be plenty of time for your questions! This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School.Register here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/103766#UCC  UID:144159-21894755@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144159 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T144350 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building and Leveraging Your Network for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:Building a network and connecting with others is critical to your professional development in graduate school and job/internship searches. Join this discussion to learn strategies for building your network\, including tips on using LinkedIn and the University Career Alumni Network\, and how to leverage this network for career exploration and job/internship searching. There will be plenty of time for your questions!\n\nThis event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:142944-21891836@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142944 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 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:144249-21895012@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:20260218T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 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:138032-21881295@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:20260114T093903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000 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:139740-21894084@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 4425, Green Court Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T181719 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Adam Lenhart performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144341-21895184@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144341 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T132250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T132000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. Nonalignment and Decolonial Imagination: Yugoslav Literary Encounters with the Global South DESCRIPTION:Yugoslavia’s pivot away from the Eastern Bloc and toward decolonizing countries in the Global South\, which resulted in the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1961\, shaped\, also\, its literary and intellectual spheres. NAM catalyzed increasing translations of non-European literatures\, lively literary exchanges with nonaligned countries\, and critical scholarship that explored the relationship between literature\, revolution\, and decolonization. Yugoslav writers and journalists—often former partisans—reported on various movements of liberation in Africa and Asia\, producing a range of “revolutionary travelogues.” Such travelogues aspired to undermine established Eurocentric frames of reference by denouncing colonial racism\, foregrounding historically marginalized narratives\, reflecting on the authors’ own positioning and prejudice\, and advancing decolonial historiography that staged newly independent nations through emancipated\, revolutionary subjects. Concurrently\, Yugoslav scholars\, in conversation with thinkers from the Global South\, made an early contribution to the development of global decolonial theoretical discourses\, while also adapting their conceptual tools to Yugoslavia’s position on the geopolitical semiperiphery. This talk will analyze this era’s intertwining of literary and theoretical production with the politics of national liberation and propose that nonalignment\, beyond its import for Yugoslav culture\, can figure as a mode of reading decoloniality across Cold War divides.\n \n Nataša Kovačević is professor of postcolonial literature at Eastern Michigan University. Her research concerns the literature and cinema of migration to the European Union\; global socialism\; and anticolonial internationalisms during the Cold War. This talk draws on her most recent book\, Nonaligned Imagination: Yugoslavia\, the Global South\, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs (Northwestern University Press\, 2025)\, which reconstructs the literary and cultural history of the Non-Aligned Movement. She is also the author of Narrating Post/Communism: Colonial Discourse and Europe’s Borderline Civilization (Routledge\, 2008) and Uncommon Alliances: Cultural Narratives of Migration in the New Europe (Edinburgh University Press\, 2018). Her essays have appeared in leading journals\, including Comparative Literature Studies\, Modern Fiction Studies\, Cultural Critique\, Postcolonial Studies\, and Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies.\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:142419-21890935@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:eastern europe,europe,yugoslavia LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T085750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DAAS Faculty Forum DESCRIPTION:In the spirit of creating stronger departmental connections\, DAAS is presenting a faculty forum in honor of DAAS's 55th anniversary. Members of the DAAS faculty will discuss their projects\, research\, and/or publications to share more about their work and interests. The DAAS Faculty Forum will be held monthly on Wednesdays at noon.\n\nSeptember 17 - Stephen Ward\, Associate Director of the Residential College\; Arthur F Thurnau Professor\; Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Associate Professor in the Residential College\n\nOctober 22 - Magdalena Zaborowska\, Chair and Professor of American Culture\, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nNovember 5 - Jessica Walker\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Assistant Professor of American Culture\n\nDecember 3 - Al Young Jr.\, Associate Director of Center for Social Solutions\; Arthur F Thurnau Professor\; Edgar G. Epps Collegiate Professor of Sociology\; Professor of Afroamerican and African studies\; Professor of Public Policy\n\nJanuary 21- Aliyah Khan\, Director of the Global Islamic Studies Center\, International Institute\; Associate Professor of English\; Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nFebruary 18 - Scott Ellsworth\, Teaching Professor in Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nMarch 25 - Saraellen Strongman\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nApril 8 - David Doris\, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Associate Professor of African Art and Visual Culture UID:137882-21881025@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137882 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:africa,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,African Diaspora,African Studies,Afroamerican,Art,Black America,Blackness,Caribbean,History,Humanities,Sociology LOCATION:Haven Hall - 4701 Haven Hall (DAAS Conference Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T115942 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Interview Essentials: Achieve Interview Success DESCRIPTION:Step into your interviews with confidence! In this session we’ll cover how to effectively prepare for interviews\, with a focus on behavioral questions and proven strategies to help you stand out. Learn what to expect\, how to frame your experiences and tips on how to leave a lasting impression. Pro Tip! Interview success comes from preparation – Don’t wing it!\n\nThis is a CoE event. Registration is encouraged in Career Forge. UID:142804-21891656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T091926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Faculty-Student Lunch with Associate Professor Joi Mondisa DESCRIPTION:Join this event to connect with faculty members from the IOE community! Space is limited\, so please only sign up for this event if you are sure you will be able to attend. UID:145243-21896921@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145243 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - G610/G618 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T235959 SUMMARY:Other:FULL SEMESTER SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION:This is a schedule of all our events happening this semester. Please follow the instagram or email iazamora@umich.edu to get on the email list for more information.  UID:145222-21896826@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T110533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T133000 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:143660-21893593@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:20250723T152009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A DESCRIPTION:Please note: This information session will be held virtually ET through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.\n\nRegister at: https://myumi.ch/5kjjG\n\nStudents considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. The International Studies program coordinator will discuss:\n\n• Prerequisites\n• Major and minor requirements\n• Sub-plans\n• How to declare\n• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute\n• Study abroad\, grants\, and internships\n• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor\n\nUndeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. For dates of all upcoming sessions\, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions\, please email is-michigan@umich.edu.\n\nParents and prospective students are welcome. For more information\, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations\, events\, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: https://myumi.ch/29DWZ\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:136615-21878923@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:international,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250924T145336 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Rethinking Methods in the Global Attitudes Project: Explorations in Australia and Sweden DESCRIPTION:MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series\nMPSDS M3 Series\n\nFebruary 18\, 2026\n12:00 - 1:00 pm EST\nIn person\, room 1070 Institute for Social Research\, and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes are the start of the presentation.\n\nRethinking Methods in the Global Attitudes Project: Explorations in Australia and Sweden\n\nIn addition to regularly surveying the American public\, Pew Research Center fields cross-national public opinion surveys in more than 20 countries annually as part of its Global Attitudes Project (GAP). The Center’s International Methods team focuses on designing\, implementing\, monitoring\, and improving these surveys throughout the year. In this talk\, we present two research projects from 2025 in Australia and Sweden.\n\nMany surveys around the world\, across modes and methods\, have tended to show a slight left-leaning political bias. Weighting to past vote or party affiliation is a common solution\, but these corrections alone may create excessive variance inflation. We faced this problem in our surveys fielded on the mixed-mode Life in Australia probability panel\, administered by the Australian National University’s Social Research Centre. To combat this bias\, we tested a “voting-adjusted” sampling approach recommended by our partners at SRC\, in parallel with our previous standard stratified sampling design. Taking advantage of panel information and recent Australian elections\, the new method incorporates self-reported 2022 vote into individual weights which are used as a measure of size for PPS sampling. After reviewing the technical details behind this approach\, we’ll discuss our findings on its impact on variance and substantive estimates compared to the standard design.\n\nPush-to-web (P2W) designs are gaining traction in Europe as an alternative to costly – and methodologically challenged – interviewer-administered approaches. For instance\, the European Social Survey announced that by 2027 online and paper self-administered surveys will be their primary means of data collection replacing their traditional face-to-face approach. To better understand this mode and its potential for future waves of GAP\, we recently piloted an ABS-style\, sequential P2W survey in Sweden to compare with our traditional dual-frame phone design (DFRDD). Our presentation will compare P2W and DFRDD sample outcomes in terms of data quality (such as response rates\, response differentiation\, survey engagement\, and open-ended answer quality)\, representativeness (versus demographic parameters for gender\, education\, age and geography) and attitudinal estimates (considering the viability of long-term data trends if mode transitioned in Sweden). The P2W survey included an unconditional incentive experiment as well as a paper questionnaire mailing\, allowing us to present findings regarding the value of these design elements. This section of the talk concludes with key takeaways and recommendations for future mode-transition trials. \n\nSofi Sinozich is a research methodologist in international methods at Pew Research Center. She advises on complex sample design\, survey implementation\, and data quality assessment for international projects across the Center. Prior to joining the Center\, she was a senior research analyst at Langer Research Associates\, where she managed and contributed to a wide variety of survey projects\, including serving as lead analyst on the ABC News/Washington Post poll. She holds a master's degree in survey methodology from JPSM and is a member of the WAPOR Professional Standards committee.\n\nPatrick Moynihan is the associate director of international methods at Pew Research Center. Prior to joining the Center\, Patrick was the survey methodologist in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Opinion Research (INR/OPN)\, assistant director of the Program on Survey Research at Harvard University\, and senior polling analyst at ABC News. He is a past president of the New England Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)\, served on multiple national AAPOR committees\, and is currently a member of the Committee on Professional Standards for the World Association for Public Opinion Research. Moynihan received his doctorate in sociology from SUNY Stony Brook. UID:139829-21886103@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139829 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Basic Science,brown bag,Cognition,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Free,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Livestream,Mathematics,Political Science,Research,Science,seminar,Social Sciences,Statistics,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Room 1070, Institute for Social Research CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T063139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894043Just 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:144202-21894837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144202 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 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:143999-21894425@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:20260323T100405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T140000 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:142310-21890457@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:20260127T104706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Charlyn Partridge DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae\, HWA) is a small invasive insect threatening hemlock forests throughout the eastern United States and Canada. Eastern hemlocks are a foundation tree species found in sensitive coastal dunes and riparian zones. Once infested\, HWA feeds on the nutrients of hemlocks\, often resulting in hemlock mortality within 4 – 10 years. This can lead to landscape-level changes in biodiversity as infestations progress. Management efforts in Michigan are underway to control this invasive pest with a key focus on early detection. Current monitoring methods involve visual assessment of hemlocks for the presence of HWA ovisacs. However\, this is a demanding task considering there are an estimated 170 million hemlock trees in Michigan. Our lab is using a combination of airborne environmental DNA (eDNA) methods and population genomics analysis to help detect new infestations and gain insight into the historical spread of HWA throughout eastern North America. The information we gain from our work\, will hopefully contribute to faster detections and more accurate range expansion models as HWA continues to spread throughout the Great Lakes region.\n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Charlyn Partridge is an Associate Professor at Annis Water Resources Institute – Grand Valley State University. Her research uses genetic and genomic tools to aid in conservation and management efforts. Her current projects involve using environmental DNA approaches for targeted species detection and understanding how invasive species rapidly adapt to new environments.\n\nAs of July 2025 the GLERL facility can no longer accept visitors for the Great Lakes Seminar Series due to staffing shortages. Please attend virtually using the link above. UID:144613-21895569@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Ecology,Environment,Free,Great Lakes,Lecture,Science,seminar LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T111612 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar | Bulk Locality from Infrared Entanglement DESCRIPTION:For quantum field theories coupled to any massless fields\, one generally encounters “IR divergences” which arise due to the fact that the asymptotic description of the state contains an infinite number of soft radiative quanta. These quanta have recently gained interest due to their connections to unitarity\, asymptotic symmetries and the memory effect. However\, for the description of any bulk experiment\, these quanta are generally viewed as a nuisance with little physical relevance for the predictions of any bulk\, finite time observable.\n\nIn this talk\, I will explain that this is not the case. In fact\, the situation is quite the opposite: all local physical observables and phenomena depend on the entanglement and absorption of soft radiation. I will explain (1) how this phenomenon arises and (2) why it was missed in the literature and (3) why this result agrees with the predictions of collider experiments. I will primarily focus on the case of QED with and will comment on the analogous issues in QED with massless electrons\, Yang-Mills theories and Quantum Gravity. UID:143132-21892189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143132 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T121714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T135000 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:144373-21895243@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144373 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T105752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Overcoming Financial Anxiety DESCRIPTION:This workshop is designed for students who are looking to learn more about how being a first-generation wealth builder may impact their lives. Through exploring how our relationship with money develops\, financial anxiety\, and our money mindsets\, we will discuss how this impacts our financial behaviors. Personal finance has often left the nuances of emotion and culture out of the conversation when highlighting the necessary money moves to build wealth. This conversation seeks to highlight where our beliefs about money originate\, how building and creating wealth impact emotional well-being\, and strategies to cope with the shift while remaining true to one's values.\n\nObjectives: Define and identify money narratives and foundational beliefs about money\; label feelings around money and the potential change of socioeconomic status or class\; learn how to navigate the emotions brought up due to being a first-generation wealth builder.\n\nSpeaker Bio: Aja Evans is a licensed mental health counselor\, speaker\, and author specializing in financial therapy. With over a decade of experience\, Aja is determined to help more people break the taboo of keeping money and emotions secret. In addition to her practice\, Aja serves on the board of the Financial Therapy Association\, consults to fintech companies\, and released her book Feel Good Finance.\n\nAja has been featured in a variety of major news outlets including the New York Times\, Business Insider\, NerdWallet\, and CNBC. Aja is on a mission to get more people engaged in living their best lives while attuning to their thoughts\, feelings\, and behaviors around money. Outside of work\, you can find Aja chasing after her two young children as they hunt down the next delicious place to eat. UID:142219-21890230@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T123140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894121Are 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:144213-21894848@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144213 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:20260216T013419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning seminar in algebraic combinatorics: How to describe general torsion classes? DESCRIPTION:Last time we saw that we can describe torsion classes of quiver representations of Type A_n by bracket vectors. In this talk\, I will give some more general approaches to describing torsion classes\, First I will illustrate them through the familiar Type A_n example. I will also demonstrate how to use them to describe the torsion classes of the representations of the Kronecker quiver. In the second part of the talk\, I will use these new descriptions to construct a dual notion of torsion classes\, the torsion free classes\, and prove that torsion classes form a complete lattice. UID:145513-21897452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T151532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Number Theory: An introduction to Borcherds lifts DESCRIPTION:Let L be an even lattice of signature (2\, n). The Borcherds lifting takes a weakly holomorphic modular form f for Mp(2\, ℤ) of weight 1-n/2 valued in ℂ[L'/L] and produces a meromorphic modular form Ψ(f) for O⁺(L). The divisors of Borcherds lifts are supported on Heegner divisors. In fact\, the weight and the divisor of Ψ(f) are completely determined by the constant term and the principal part of the Fourier expansion of f respectively. Furthermore\, Borcherds lifts admit infinite product expansions known as Borcherds products. In this talk\, we will use the regularized theta lifts of weak Maass forms to sketch the construction of Borcherds lifts. UID:145578-21897546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145578 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T075230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | The Final Fermilab muon g-2 result DESCRIPTION:The muon magnetic moment anomaly arises due to quantum interactions of muons and the vacuum\, mostly due to quantum electrodynamics (QED)\, but with contributions from ALL Standard Model interactions as well as Beyond-Standard-Model physics. The Fermilab muon g-2 experiment employed a 50m circumference 1.45 T magnetic storage ring and measured the precession of muons with respect to the momentum of the cyclotron orbits for six years. The precision of the final Fermilab result\, 127 ppb\, combines statistically limited measurement of the muon precession and measurement of the magnetic field averaged over the muon storage volume employing novel magnetometry and analysis techniques developed at UM. The Standard Model calculation\, based on known physics\, is confounded by the strong interaction and has incorporated new approaches based on Lattice Gauge Theory. Experiment and theory are currently consistent\, though the theory uncertainty has gotten worse while the experimental uncertainty has improved. In this talk I will tell the story of this precision measurement. UID:145023-21896558@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145023 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 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:138848-21890500@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:20260109T094551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T151000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T161000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MIPSE Seminar | Extreme Matters\, Pressure to Explore New Worlds\, Exotic Solids\, and Star Power DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nA science revolution is underway with the discovery of thousands of planets outside of our solar system\, the creation of revolutionary materials\, and the potential for harnessing fusion energy. Unlocking these discoveries hinges on our ability to understand and manipulate matter to and beyond atomic pressures\, conditions that alter the nature of atoms themselves. At such conditions our intuition for matter begins to breakdown\, with hydrogen becoming a metal and perhaps a superconducting super-fluid\, water becoming superionic where protons flow through a compact oxygen crystal\, and unbound electrons getting squeezed interior to core orbitals of an atom. I will show how laboratory laser experiments are opening this science frontier at light speed\, revealing how we might make transparent aluminum-like in Star Trek\, a new exploration into the nature and implications of planets-potential platforms for life throughout the universe\, and controlled thermonuclear fusion. You might take a look at one of our videos as a primer to our discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqabT21d8VM\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nGilbert ‘Rip’ Collins is Tracy Hyde Harris Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics and Astronomy\, and Associate Director for the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University. From 1989 to 2016\, he held positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory\, including Group Leader\, Physics Associate Division Leader\, Director for the Center for High Energy Density Physics\, and Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff. Rip works with a world-class team of scientists exploring the nature and implications of matter at conditions where external forces overwhelm the quantum forces of the atom and the microphysics leading to thermonuclear fusion. He is the Director of the NSF Physics Frontier Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures. He holds visiting Professorships at Oxford University and the University of Edinburgh. He is a recipient of the Bridgman Award\, APS Fellow\, AAAS Fellow\, APS Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics\, DOE Weapons Recognition of Excellence Award\, NNSA Award for Excellence for Stockpile Stewardship Program\, and NNSA Science and Technology Award.\n\nThis seminar is free and open to the public. It will be conducted in person and on Zoom\, please check MIPSE website for details: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2526.php UID:143572-21893406@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143572 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,In Person,Lecture,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Plasma,seminar,Talk LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1003 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T150437 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Intersections in the Bézout Range DESCRIPTION:Given subvarieties X\, Y of a complex algebraic variety S of complementary dimension\, must they intersect?\n\nFor projective space this follows from the classical Bézout theorem\, and an analogue for simple abelian varieties was established by Barth. The moving lemma further suggests that\, after suitable translations\, one may even ensure intersections of the expected dimension.\n\nI will present new refinements in the abelian setting and discuss extensions to Shimura varieties\, framed within the ''completed Zilber–Pink philosophy.'' (Joint work with D. Urbanik) UID:141460-21888826@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141460 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T093541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"Reform as Process: Implementing Change in Public Bureaucracies\" Book Launch DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Martin J. Williams’s Reform as Process\, an in-depth study of civil service reform across six African countries. Williams will be joined by discussants Donald Moynihan (Ford School) and Omolade Adunbi (Anthropology and African and African American Studies). Elizabeth Popp Berman (Organizational Studies) will moderate.\n\n\nMore about the book:\nBuilding an effective civil service is crucial for public service delivery and good governance\, but reforming bureaucratic institutions is notoriously difficult. This book takes a fresh perspective on this challenge by documenting and analyzing the implementation of more than one hundred reforms initiated by six African countries over the last thirty years.\n\nMartin J. Williams shows that these efforts largely fell short of their goals because they typically approached organizational change as a matter of changing formal structures and processes through one-off projects. Some did yield positive changes\, however\, when they were able to create opportunities for civil servants to discuss performance and how to improve it. Drawing on this evidence\, Williams develops a new theory of how systemic reforms can lead to meaningful change—not by trying to force it through top-down interventions but by catalyzing an ongoing and decentralized process of continuous improvement.\n\nReform as Process makes theoretical and empirical contributions to research on organizational performance\, civil service reform\, and public service delivery\, and it shares practical insights and strategies to help reformers around the world achieve meaningful change in their organizations.\n\nAbout the Author:\nMartin J. Williams is associate professor of organizational studies and (by courtesy) political science and public policy at the University of Michigan\, as well as associate faculty at the Blavatnik School of Government\, University of Oxford. UID:143759-21893980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143759 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Book Talk,Books LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T155022 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145002-21896264@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145002 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T112836 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CCMB/DCMB Weekly Seminar Series featuring Jack Van Horn\, PhD (Professor of Psychology and Data Science University of Virginia) DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nHow does information move through the brain\, and could the physical shape of a system be just as important as its connections? In this lecture\, I will explore a new way of thinking about neural networks—where signals travel as waves across curved surfaces\, and learning happens by slowly reshaping the space through which those waves flow. Using networks inspired by cells arranged as 3D “digital neural organoids”\, I will illustrate how activity spreads across layered\, spherical networks\, forming wavefronts\, spirals\, and rhythmic patterns. These waves are not just visual curiosities: their timing\, direction\, and stability determine how well information reaches key regions of the system. By modulating the positions of individual nodes\, the network trains itself\, focusing signals inward\, synchronizing their arrival\, and reducing noise—much like adjusting the shape of a lens to bring an image into view. The lecture will include animated visualizations of nested organoid surfaces changing over time\, directing signals toward a central core\, and sometimes swirling into persistent spatial patterns that can store information. No particularly advanced mathematics is required. Instead\, I hope to build intuition around familiar ideas—waves\, flow\, and geometry—to show how learning and computation might emerge from space itself. This fresh perspective opens new ways to think about brain development\, artificial intelligence\, and the future of biologically inspired computing. UID:143689-21893651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143689 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science,Research LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T161720 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Information Session: Accelerated Master’s Degree Program in Transcultural Studies DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about Transcultural Studies\, an interdisciplinary accelerated master's degree program designed to enable current undergraduate students in LSA to earn their MA degree with one additional year of study beyond their bachelor’s degree.\n\nTuesday\, February 17\, 2026 @ 4 PM\nWednesday\, February 18\, 2026 @ 4 PM\n\nThe fall application cycle is open to current LSA juniors.\nFall term applications are due March 15\, 2026.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nDo you anticipate pursuing a PhD or a career involving international travel\, cross-cultural partnerships\, or collaborative work in a diverse workplace? U-M's accelerated MA program in Transcultural Studies can help you develop the historical\, theoretical\, and practical knowledge you need to navigate forward-looking graduate education and career pathways in an increasingly cosmopolitan and interconnected world. Transcultural Studies uses approaches from across the Humanities and Social Sciences to foster a critical and historically informed understanding of human communication and interaction across perceived boundaries of culture\, nationality\, race\, and religious identity.\n\nThis interdisciplinary program is intended to provide both advanced training and a capstone experience for current LSA undergraduates who anticipate pursuing a PhD or working in business or non-profit contexts where intercultural competency and a critical framework for thinking systematically about connections\, comparisons\, and translations among human communities will be desirable skills. UID:144798-21895957@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Graduate School,Information Session,Interdisciplinary,Transcultural Studies,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T112042 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Probability/Analysis Circle: Functional calculus calculus DESCRIPTION:If A is an n x n matrix\, you might have seen the matrix e^A in a linear algebra or differential equations class. You might not\, however\, have seen a matrix like |A|^e. What does this even mean? One excellent answer involves a construction known as functional calculus\, which appears in numerous areas of mathematics and physics and enables the applications of scalar functions to matrices. In this talk\, I plan to tell you a little bit about functional calculus and then to explore the \"calculus of functional calculus\,\" i.e.\, how the matrix f(A) depends on A when f is a scalar function. Time permitting\, I'll say a few words about the \"infinite-dimensional case\" in which A is an operator on a Hilbert space. I shall assume the audience is familiar with linear algebra\, multivariable (differential) calculus\, and a bit of real analysis. UID:145384-21897218@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145384 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T142125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Reform as Process: Implementing Change in Public Bureaucracies Book Launch: Professor Martin J. Williams DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Martin J. Williams's Reform as Process\, an in-depth study of civil service reform scross six African countries. \nBuilding an effective civil service is crucial for public service delivery and good governance\, but reforming bureaucratic institutions is notoriously difficult. This book takes a fresh perspective on this challenge by documenting and analyzing the implementation of more than one hundred reforms initiated by six African countries over the last thirty years.\nMartin J. Williams shows that these efforts largely fell short of their goals because they typically approached organizational change as a matter of changing formal structures and processes through one-off projects. Some did yield positive changes\, however\, when they were able to create opportunities for civil servants to discuss performance and how to improve it. Drawing on this evidence\, Williams develops a new theory of how systemic reforms can lead to meaningful change—not by trying to force it through top-down interventions but by catalyzing an ongoing and decentralized process of continuous improvement.\nReform as Process makes theoretical and empirical contributions to research on organizational performance\, civil service reform\, and public service delivery\, and it shares practical insights and strategies to help reformers around the world achieve meaningful change in their organizations.About the AuthorMartin J. Williams is associate professor of organizational studies and (by courtesy) political science and public policy at the University of Michigan\, as well as associate faculty at the Blavatnik School of Government\, University of Oxford. UID:143761-21893982@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143761 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall 500 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260215T133415 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student AIM Seminar: Quasi-steady modeling predicts the dynamics of free-falling and flapping plates DESCRIPTION:The flight of a thin wing or plate is an archetypal problem in flow-structure interactions at intermediate Reynolds numbers. Free-falling plates display an impressive variety of steady and unsteady motions that are familiar from fluttering leaves\, tumbling seeds and gliding paper planes\, while flapping wings or foils are emblematic of bird flight and fish swimming. This talk will show that the key behaviors of both passive and flapping flight may be captured by a quasi-steady nonlinear aerodynamic model that predicts forces from plate kinematics without needing to solve for the flows. Regarding passive flight\, we show that this nonlinear model successfully reproduces previously documented unsteady states such as fluttering and tumbling while also predicting new types of motions\, and a linear analysis accurately accounts for the stability of steady states such as gliding and diving. Regarding flapping flight\, simulations reproduce the well-known transition for increasing Reynolds number from a stationary state to a propulsive state\, where the latter is characterized by a Strouhal number that is conserved across broad ranges of parameters. These findings extend the phenomena of unsteady locomotion that can be explained by quasi-steady modeling\, and they broaden the conditions and parameter ranges over which such models are applicable. UID:143955-21894311@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143955 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T142125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:TCS Winter 2026 Info Sessions DESCRIPTION:Join us for an info session to  learn more about the Accelerated Master’s Degree Program in Transcultural Studies (TCS).  TCS encourages students to explore methods for understanding the workings of connectivity\, comparison\, and translation across cultures with a curriculum that draws on courses in LSA’s humanities and social sciences departments. The program enables current LSA undergraduates to earn their MA degree with one additional year of study. UID:144413-21895323@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144413 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T135858 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:U.S. at 250 Community Quilt-Making Workshop DESCRIPTION:Using Mother Cyborg's \"messages to the future\" quilting approach\, each participant will create a quilt block that represents a personal story\, memory\, or perspective on living in the US. Together\, these blocks will be stitched into a large community quilt that captures individual stories and creates a shared vision for the next 50 years of the United States.\nNo prior quilting experience is needed. This workshop is a space for conversation\, creativity\, and collective imagination—where individual voices come together to form a powerful\, shared story.\n\nPlease email mdemocracy@umich.edu to register. \n\nSnacks and drinks provided. UID:145632-21897611@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145632 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american history,Civic Engagement,Democracy,Democratic Engagement,Free,Students LOCATION:Michigan League - Michigan Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T085405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 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:143802-21894058@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:20260130T100927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T174500 SUMMARY:Presentation:3rd Year Student Seminar - Analytical Cluster DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, February 18th from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. in CHEM 1640 please join us in watching the following third years present.\n\n*Student Presenters:* Luke Collier\n*Research Advisor:* Prof. David Sherman\n\n*Student Presenters:* Camilla Gonzalez Curbelo\n*Research Advisor:* Prof. Ryan Bailey\n\n*Student Presenters:* Tien Phan\, Riley Stegmaier and G. Thomas Knecht\n*Research Advisor:* Prof. Robert Kennedy UID:144835-21895996@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144835 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T163053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Campus of the Future Student Idea Showcase External Consulting Session DESCRIPTION:The Campus of the Future Student Idea Showcase will offer opportunities for students and student-teams to explore questions and provide insight into the student experience within the Campus of the Future framework\, culminating in presenting to University leadership -- including President Grasso & Provost McCauley -- at a COTF Showcase at the end of Winter 2026. The Showcase will highlight a student-led vision for a campus of the future. All finalists selected to present will receive a monetary award for each team member. Learn more at https://futureoflearning.umich.edu/programs/campus-of-the-future-/ UID:145691-21897697@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145691 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:In Person,Workshop LOCATION:Marsal Family School of Education - Room 2002 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T104956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Community Leadership Fellows 2026-2027 -- Info Session DESCRIPTION:Learn more about The Ginsberg Center's Community Leadership Fellows Program. Students admitted to the program are placed in an internship with a local nonprofit\, community organization\, or government agency. Please register in order to attend. UID:145241-21896919@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145241 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Graduate Students,Internship,Non-profit,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T084450 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series - Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series (RPCSS) invites professionals working in robotics to come talk with current undergraduates about their career path\, how a background in robotics has impacted their professional growth\, and what they hope to see in students looking to enter the profession.\n\nThe 90-minute format of the event will consist of a 40-minute presentation from the invited speaker and up to 30 minutes of moderated Q&A and discussion. Session available as in-person and virtual event. Virtual information is included in registration information.\n\nRSVP Required for Event.\n\nJasmine Jaggers is a Program Specialist at ZLI\, where she manages several student programs\, including Summer Internship Funding\, Launch & Learns\, the Product Innovation Program\, and Silicon Valley Experience. \n\nAt the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship (ZLI)\, we inspire our students and alumni to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset that unlocks new opportunities. We provide them with the knowledge and resources to START a venture\, INVEST in a venture\, or LEAD an entrepreneurial organization. We deliver on this mission through our hands-on programs\, mentorship\, and funding. Any student interested in entrepreneurship or venture capital is welcome and encouraged to attend. We’ll provide a general overview of the programs and resources we offer. Discover ways you can launch your venture\, work at a startup\, learn the entrepreneurial mindset\, learn how to think and act like an investor\, or simply explore what an experience in entrepreneurship could look like. UID:145387-21897225@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145387 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Robotics,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 2300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T142128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SMTD First Gen Gathering DESCRIPTION:Join us for a well-deserved break filled with good vibes\, great company\, and delicious food from Palm Palace & beverages provided for all participants. This event is open to all\, and is meant to be a community building opportunity through the lens of First Gen experiences in the SMTD. UID:144846-21896013@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144846 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Moore Building - EXCEL Lab 1279 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T133743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Story Lab Winter Retreats DESCRIPTION:ABOUT\nStory Lab develops executive-level presence and communication skills through storytelling workshops and events. To be an effective leader—at work\, in the community\, or in your personal life—you must be able to communicate with impact. Often this means telling stories that are meaningful to you and others\, and doing so in the rich language and expressive style of a seasoned storyteller. If you can craft and deliver an effective story\, you will be better able to convey your value to recruiters\, inspire and motivate classmates and colleagues\, and influence your audience. At Story Lab\, you’ll find an immersive experience and an opportunity to hone your skills in a safe and supportive environment.\n\nStory Lab is generously sponsored by M•LEAD and the Ford School’s Leadership Initiative.\n\nDATES\n2/18\, 4:30–9 PM @ the Michigan League OR 2/20\, 10 AM–2:30 PM (virtual) (Choose ONE)\nDevelop your storytelling abilities.\n\nPARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS\nDeep interest in storytelling\, personal growth\, and lifelong learning. \nThis program is open to all U-M students. However\, because space is limited\, virtual offerings of Sanger programs will prioritize the registration of Online\, Weekend\, and Executive MBA students. Any remaining spots will be made available to students in other programs.\n\nREGISTRATION WINDOW\n2/2–2/13\n\nVisit our webpage to learn more! UID:137303-21880096@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Leadership,Storytelling,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T123126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:AlphaSights x University of Michigan Case Study Prep Webinar DESCRIPTION:AlphaSights invites you to an engaging session on the AlphaSights Case Study\, featuring real-world scenarios from our Client Services Team. Gain insight into AlphaSights\, our role in the knowledge economy\, and what it takes to succeed as an Associate.Join us to learn more about the Associate position and get practical guidance on mastering thecase study interview.RSVP via Handshake. Room: 2001 in the LSA Building #UCC UID:142831-21891723@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142831 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T120312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T183000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Scientific Computing Student Club General Meeting DESCRIPTION:Meeting Details:\nPhysical Location: DC 3358\nZoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/3974679189\nTime: 5:00-6:30 PM\nMeeting Agenda:\n- Club Announcements\n- Dinner: Pizza UID:145428-21897327@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:DC 3358 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T110419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 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:138091-21891119@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:Palmer Commons - Window's Lounge (3rd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T123108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Wear Your Impact: Sustainable Screen Printing DESCRIPTION:Learn about sustainable screen printing and how creative choices can reduce environmental impact! The Planet Blue Ambassador program\, Planet Blue Student Leaders\, and the Center for Campus Involvement will lead an educational workshop exploring how the textile industry affects water use\, waste\, and chemical pollution\, and how more sustainable practices help protect our planet. \n\nAttendees will then have the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned by screen printing a reusable tote bag\, highlighting how everyday design decisions can support sustainability and waste reduction!\n\nParticipants will be meeting at the Creation Studio at the Michigan Union\, from 5:00-6:30 pm. Please arrive on time for your time slot to ensure you can fully participate in the workshop. You will receive an email to confirm your attendance.\n\nThe event is free and open to any U-M community member\, but registration is required. Space is limited for this program\, so please confirm your attendance for this event. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions or if you are no longer able to join this event after registering. UID:144104-21894664@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144104 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,CCI,center for campus involvement,climate,Climate Change,Community Engagement,Environment,environmental,environmental education,Free,In Person,planet blue,Sustainability LOCATION:Michigan Union - Creation Studio in the IdeaHub (Floor 2M) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T154110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:February BIndx Meeting DESCRIPTION:The Black Industrial Engineers (BIndx\, pronounced BIND-ex) group is composed of IOE students and faculty who come together informally for meaningful conversations and fellowship to promote learning\, mentoring\, and networking. The BIndx program was initiated to promote a learning space where students feel comfortable engaging with faculty. BIndx meetings occur as informal monthly discussions to help form relationships between faculty and minoritized students. BIndx hosts a diverse group of guest speakers throughout the semester with a specific focus to facilitate conversations\, build connections\, and empower self-reflection. UID:142668-21891279@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 2717 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T130359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Walbridge Corporate Information Session DESCRIPTION:2/18/2025 | 5:30 pm | DOW 2150 (FOOD PROVIDED: Panera)\nMajors: Civil Engineering\, Electrical Engineering\, Environmental Engineering\, Industrial and Operations Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering\nPositions: Intern\nDegrees: Bachelors\nResumes Collected\nUS Citizenship or Permanent Residence Required\n\nWalbridge is one of America’s largest privately held construction companies\, founded in Detroit in 1916. The company offers construction management\, engineering\, and real estate services for customers in manufacturing\, hyperscale data centers\, automotive\, defense\, higher education\, health care\, and government. Walbridge employs more than 1\,500 professionals in North America. UID:143112-21892160@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143112 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Career Fair,Civil and Environmental Engineering,College Of Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Electrical Engineering,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Internship,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,north campus,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Herbert H. Dow Building - 2150 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T101825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 SUMMARY:Other:Wonder Walk: Nature Nurtures DESCRIPTION:Time spent in nature helps us build resiliency and compassion for ourselves and others. Join us for an evening of self-care and creativity in the warmth and green spaces of the conservatory. Guided tours\, watercolors\, and easy crafts. \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:144842-21896006@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Nature,Nature Rx,Sustainability LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T145216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Calls from Home Film Screening and Discussion DESCRIPTION:The Carceral State Project invites you to a free public screening of Calls from Home\, an award-winning short documentary film about a longstanding radio program that broadcasts messages of love through prison walls\, to reach people incarcerated far from home. The film follows the weekly broadcast through prison walls\, portraying the many forms of distance that rural prison building creates—and the ceaseless work to end this racist system of mass incarceration and family separation.\n\nThe screening will be followed by a discussion with the film’s director\, Sylvia Ryerson (Assistant Professor in American Culture and Postdoctoral Scholar in the Michigan Society of Fellows)\, Ken Nixon (Safe & Just Michigan)\, and Chuck Warpehoski (Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration) on current efforts to address the realities of mass incarceration across Michigan.\n\nThis discussion comes at a pivotal moment: In 2025\, the Michigan Department of Corrections accepted bids for a new statewide contract deciding how thousands communicate with their families—through phone calls\, messages\, tablets\, and video visits. Hear firsthand about local advocacy for more just\, transparent\, and affordable prison communications\, and why these systems must serve incarcerated people and their families.\n\nThe event is co-sponsored by the Carceral State Project\, the University of Michigan Department of American Culture and the Michigan Society of Fellows with support from MI-CEMI and Safe & Just Michigan.\n\nTickets can be reserved in advance through the State Theater events page. UID:144977-21896231@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144977 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Advocacy,Ann Arbor,Anti-racism,film,film screening,filmmaker,In Person,Social Impact,Social Justice LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Theater 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250827T123154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 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:138182-21882545@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:20260209T134104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire DESCRIPTION:Eighty years after his liberation from Buchenwald\, we seek to understand the man behind Elie Wiesel's searing and widely read memoir Night. Told largely through his own words and eloquent voice\, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire seeks to penetrate to the heart of the known and unknown Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) — his passions\, his conflicts and his legacy as one of the most public survivors of the Holocaust. With unique access to personal archives\, original interviews\, and employing hand-painted animation\, the film illuminates Wiesel’s biography as a survivor\, writer\, teacher and public figure.\n\nAfter the film\, stay for a discussion between one of the film’s producers\, Patti Askwith Kenner\, and Wallenberg Institute director Jeffrey Veidlinger.\n\nCo-presented by the University Musical Society (UMS)\, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of the University of Michigan\, and the Michigan Theater. UID:145246-21896924@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145246 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Author,Discussion,European Studies,Film,Free,History,Human Rights,Humanitarian,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,International,Michigan Theater,Social Impact,social justice,Storytelling,UMS,Visual Arts,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Screening Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T121456 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:How-to Workshop: Creating Your UROP Poster DESCRIPTION:Are you nervous about creating your poster within Powerpoint? No worries\, the UROP Peer Facilitators have your back! \n\nYou have two opportunities to participate in the “How-to Workshop” designed for anyone ready to get started on their poster. You will walk away understanding the steps needed to create your research poster in PowerPoint. These workshops will be offered virtually. \n\nOnce you have completed the registration form\, a zoom link will be sent to you. UID:145256-21896951@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145256 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T111809 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:QMSS's Build-A-(Data)-Website Workshop DESCRIPTION:Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Science (QMSS) Program for our Build-A-(Data)-Website Workshop focused on building your own (data) projects portfolio website as a way to stand out as a stronger candidate to potential employers and align your abilities with the roles you are interested in. This event will take place on Wednesday\, February 18th from 6-8pm in Weiser 110.\n\nIn the first part of the workshop\, students will learn what a project portfolio website is\, how it can be used\, and things to keep in mind when starting from scratch. Then\, content will transition to specific features we suggest including on your own website and a walk-through of some real portfolio websites from QMSS students as examples. You will learn about recommended platforms for building your website - mostly for free - without needing to know how to code (it's easier than you think!). You will also get in-depth coverage of the type of content you could include with examples of what this might look like for students in different majors or with different career interests. Of course\, we will also include specific ways that QMSS-specific skills can be marketed on your website\, but students will also learn how to incorporate work and skills from other experiences outside of QMSS courses that you can consider including to be beneficial for everyone.\n\nFollowing the workshop\, participants will have an opportunity to share their websites with QMSS and receive written feedback from the presenter and/or QMSS Peer Mentors as well as make one-on-one appointments with the presenter or QMSS Peer Mentors to discuss further.\n\nPreparing for the workshop:\n\nStudents should start brainstorming a list of the various data-related projects and assignments they've completed for consideration on the website. These may include:\n- Any data analysis or visualizations you may have created as a way to develop or practice skills on your own or just because you found the topic interesting (e.g.\, if you keep track of any sports data or stats for certain players\, if you have played around with mapping or geospatial analysis for fun\, etc.)\n- Data analysis projects or reports you've completed as part of a class\, including QMSS courses (more details about whether/how this may be used for a website will be discussed)\nAny data projects you have been involved in for consulting clubs/organizations on campus or elsewhere (more details about whether/how this may be used for a website will be discussed)\n- Projects that\, even if not data-specific\, are highly relevant for your major or your field of interest (e.g.\, business reports\, marketing plans\, etc.)\n\nThe workshop will still be extremely valuable for those that attend without the above prepared in advance! This will just help you hit the ground running for building a website of your own at the end of the workshop.\n\nStudents are encouraged to bring the following to our workshop:\n- A laptop or tablet to take notes and navigate through example websites and website building platforms\n- A copy of your current resume to help you think through ways you can expand on what's included through a portfolio website\n\nOpen to all students! UID:145106-21896675@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145106 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Data Science,Free,Internship,Minors,Professional Development,Quantitative Methods,Social Sciences,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T101906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Zero Waste Movement: Past\, Present & Future (Panel Discussion) DESCRIPTION:This panel will explore the history of the zero waste movement\, where it stands today\, and the steps it will take to combat the waste crisis going forward. We'll delve into everything from early practices of reuse and resourcefulness\, to zero waste in modern daily life and community movements. \n\nPanelists will include: - Dr. Nikki Roulo\, Lecturer at University of Michigan Program in the Environment | Taylor Juleen\, M.S. Candidate in Environment and Sustainability at University of Michigan | Samuel McMullen\, Founder and Executive Director at ZeroWaste.Org UID:145359-21897168@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145359 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Circular Economy,Zero Waste LOCATION:Palmer Commons - 3rd Floor - Great Lakes North CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T180029 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T213000 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:142681-21891292@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142681 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T124920 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T203000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Poetry at Literati DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the releases of \"Fire Series\,\" \"Interglacial\,\" and \"Antediluvian\" at Literati Bookstore with readings by the authors!\n\nLiterati event description: https://literatibookstore.com/event/2026-02-18/poetry-literati-kelly-hoffer-tracy-zeman-and-kameryn-alexa-carter\n\nAbout \"Fire Series\": Fire becomes metaphorically layered—as knowledge\, as desire\, as anger. The book entertains the many strands of this fiery lineage as it undertakes a poetic investigation into grief and sex\, loneliness and restlessness within intimacy\, and language’s ability to make\, unmake\, and remake things. Hoffer engages in questions of gender\, anger\, and nationality—how women are made subject to expectations of care and fidelity. How Americans are called into conflicts that defy sense\, that defy humanist values. \n\nAbout \"Interglacial\": As humanity reshapes geological time in the present\, our origins are still legible in the glaciated landscapes of the Great Lakes. In lyric language spliced with borrowed text and single-sharp moments\, \"Interglacial\" connects a changing region to our deep-past and near-future. Of bird\, rock\, and lake\, this travelogue catalogs species and places both extinct and extant.\n\nAbout \"Antediluvian\": \"Antediluvian\" engages with themes of the ecstatic\, desire\, mental illness\, and spirituality. Written in part during the COVID-19 pandemic\, the book’s speaker calls on an intertextual constellation of artists as they attempt to wade through agoraphobia\, parse out their relationship with God\, and navigate falling in love. Overall\, the landscape of the collection is a deep dive into the speaker’s psyche\, and what it means to push past the confines of one’s oppressive interior. UID:145162-21896748@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145162 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,English Language And Literature,Literati Bookstore,Literature,Poetry,Reading LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T164621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Origami Flower Bouquet at Couzens DESCRIPTION:Stop by to craft your own flower origami boquet with the Couzens Multicultural Lounge Community Assistant! Snacks will be provided! UID:144236-21894943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:Couzens Hall - CAMEO Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T180218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Star Wars Mandalorian Season 2 Watch Party DESCRIPTION:Come join some fellow Star Wars fans as we rewatch The Mandalorian season 2 in preparation for the new movie coming out in May!\nSnacks provided: rebellions are built on food. UID:144954-21896198@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144954 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T180306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 SUMMARY:Community Service:US Coast Guard Auxiliary University Program Meeting DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in learning valuable skills related to environmental protection\, search and rescue\, boating\, and radio communication? Are you looking for public service or volunteer opportunities? Join the Coast Guard Auxiliary University Program at the U-M!\n \nWe are service-minded college students who volunteer in support of US Coast Guard missions\, including search and rescue\; environmental protection\; boating safety\, and more. Members receive training at no cost\, can earn qualifications for their resume and personal development\, and are eligible for Coast Guard internships. \n \nIf you are interested and would like to find out more\, we meet on Wednesdays\,  from 7-8pm in 2135 North Quad! UID:145495-21897433@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145495 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:2135 North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T155914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 SUMMARY:Meeting:USCG Auxiliary University Program Meeting DESCRIPTION:The US Coast Guard Auxiliary University Program at UM is looking for new members! \n\nThe US Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed volunteer component of the Coast Guard. The Auxiliary University Program (AUP) offers leadership and public service opportunities to Michigan students interested in making a difference through volunteer work. In the AUP\, you will have the chance to support Coast Guard missions while simultaneously participating in hands-on work and training of your choice. \n\nYou can explore a variety of opportunities\, including boating\, search and rescue\, marine safety\, disaster response\, environmental education\, environmental protection\, and more. AUP students have the unique opportunity to participate in an internship with the Coast Guard at stations around the country and on vessels that travel the globe.\n\nInterested? We meet Wednesdays from 7 PM to 8 PM\, in North Quad Room 2135. A virtual Zoom option will also be available! UID:145144-21896720@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Environment,Food,Free,Games,Graduate Students,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Internship,Leadership,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,Outdoors,Professional Development,Social Impact,Student Org,Training,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Virtual,Volunteer LOCATION:North Quad - 2135 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T120026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 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:141224-21895088@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:20260211T121629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Chamber Music Honors Concert DESCRIPTION:*This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.* UID:143248-21892549@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T201537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T210000 SUMMARY:Meeting:GeoGuessr Club Meeting DESCRIPTION:Mason Hall 2407 - We play the videogame Geoguessr. You do not have to have a paid account to play! All skill levels welcome. UID:145385-21897220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145385 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Geography,Videogames LOCATION:Mason Hall - 2407 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T172933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Lunar New Year Celebration at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the East Quad Diversity Peer Educators in observing Lunar New Year by trying a variety of traditional dishes and connecting with others! UID:144695-21895735@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144695 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,Free Food,heritage month LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Mulitcultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T140818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Lunar New Year Craft Night at Stockwell DESCRIPTION:Join the Stockwell Multicultural Council and Multicultural Lounge Community Assistant in celebrating the Lunar New Year with crafts\, cards\, and food as we welcome new beginnings! All are welcome to join the festivities! UID:144855-21896047@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Crafts,Free Food,Lunar New Year LOCATION:Stockwell Hall - Rosa Parks Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250910T093118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Solas DESCRIPTION:“the finest Celtic ensemble this country has ever produced” –The Boston Globe\n\nSolas is lighting up stages across the globe as they celebrate three decades of pushing boundaries and honoring traditions in Irish music. Hailed by The Wall Street Journal as “an Irish traditional band bearing all the marks of greatness\,” Solas continues to captivate audiences with their spellbinding musicianship and genre-defying creativity.\n\nFormed in New York City in 1995\, Solas quickly rose to prominence as a revolutionary force in Irish-American music. Now\, with twelve critically acclaimed albums and a reputation for dynamic\, emotionally charged live performances\, Solas has set new standards for musicianship\, repertoire\, and intensity.\n\nWhile Solas has seen various lineup changes over the years\, the spirit of innovation and reverence for Irish tradition has remained constant. Through every chapter\, founding members Séamus Egan and Winifred Horan have steered the band with passion and vision. In 2025\, they are joined by original accordionist John Williams and welcome two celebrated contemporary artists to the stage: renowned Irish singer and flutist Nuala Kennedy and guitarist Alan Murray.\n\nThis powerhouse ensemble brings the magic of Solas to life in a performance that promises to be both a homecoming and a new beginning. Audiences can expect an unforgettable musical journey filled with driving rhythms\, soaring melodies\, and heartfelt vocals that pay tribute to Irish roots while embracing new creative frontiers.\n\nSolas’ music has always existed at the intersection of tradition and transformation. Whether interpreting a centuries-old ballad or unveiling an original composition\, the band approaches each piece with curiosity\, skill\, and deep emotional resonance. Their ability to evolve without losing their essence has made them a cornerstone of the Celtic music scene and an inspiration to countless artists. UID:139091-21884898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Track & Field vs Silverston Invitational DESCRIPTION:Men's Track & Field vs Silverston Invitational UID:145508-21897447@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Track & Field vs Silverston Invitational DESCRIPTION:Women's Track & Field vs Silverston Invitational UID:145507-21897446@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145507 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260305T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Simon Fraser (ex) DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Simon Fraser (ex) UID:145496-21897434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145496 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260214T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Lacrosse vs Central Michigan DESCRIPTION:Women's Lacrosse vs Central Michigan UID:145497-21897435@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145497 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Lacrosse LOCATION:U-M Lacrosse Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T181522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Wisconsin DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Wisconsin UID:145502-21897440@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T181522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Gymnastics vs Clemson DESCRIPTION:Women's Gymnastics vs Clemson UID:145503-21897441@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145503 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Gymnastics LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260307T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260307T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Gymnastics vs Penn State DESCRIPTION:Men's Gymnastics vs Penn State UID:145504-21897442@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Gymnastics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260308T181528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260308T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Nebraska UID:145509-21897448@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145509 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260308T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260308T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Lacrosse vs Colorado DESCRIPTION:Women's Lacrosse vs Colorado UID:145510-21897449@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145510 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Lacrosse LOCATION:U-M Lacrosse Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260308T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260308T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Basketball vs Michigan State DESCRIPTION:Men's Basketball vs Michigan State UID:145511-21897450@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Western Michigan DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Western Michigan UID:145512-21897451@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145512 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T113156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260311T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dance Mix 2026 DESCRIPTION:Dance Mix Core\, consisting of four core dance groups: EnCore\, Funktion\, Impact\, and RhythM\, presents the largest student-run dance show at the University of Michigan. Several guest groups perform alongside the core groups\, showcasing their talent in multiple styles and cultures of dance! UID:145422-21897322@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145422 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Power Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T121707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The MacAdo or the Town of Balleydew DESCRIPTION:Presented by UMGASS. UID:145441-21897355@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Mendelssohn CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T104526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tadhg Ó Raghallaigh\, Aidan Duffy\, Ben Duffy\, Paul Spring\, and Alex Wand Trio DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Residential College Music Program and The Ark present an evening of Irish traditional music and transatlantic songcraft. \n\nTouring from County Meath\, Ireland\, uilleann piper and educator Tadhg Ó Raghallaigh comes from an Irish-speaking family with a legacy in Comhaltas music education. Multi-instrumentalist Aidan Duffy performs on guitar\, mandolin\, and bouzouki\, presenting original songs and Irish ballads. Minnesota-born\, NYC-based songwriter Paul Spring performs music from his new album that fuses Irish traditional and American roots music. Gifted singer and percussionist Ben Duffy backs these performers on bodhrán and drums. Alex Wand presents original resonator guitar compositions and songs with his trio featuring Michael Gould on drums and Joe Fee on bass. The evening features four sets spanning traditional sessions\, original songs\, and instrumental compositions across Irish and American musical traditions.\n\nTadhg Ó Raghallaigh is a uilleann piper from County Meath. Irish is his first language\, and he comes from a long line of respected players. He is also a traditional irish music teacher. His family started the local chapter of Comhaltas Irish music education in County Meath.\n\nAidan Duffy is a traditional musician and songwriter from Trim\, County Meath. He plays traditional Irish guitar\, mandolin\, and bouzouki. He will back up Tadhg in traditional sessions as well as play a set of his own original music. He also has an extensive repertoire of Irish ballads and songs\, and is a gifted singer\, and will sing a few during the trad session. He is also an intermediate-level Irish language speaker. \n\nBen Duffy is a drummer\, singer and songwriter from Trim\, County Meath. He is a gifted singer and guitar player\, with an extensive repertoire of Irish ballads and songs\, and will sing a selection during the trad session. He will back up Tadhg on Bodhran\, Aidan on Drums\, and Paul on Drums. \n\nPaul Spring is a songwriter from Minnesota\, now based in NYC. I recorded an album with these Irish musicians and they will serve as my backing band. Here is a link to my own music\, which fuses trad and American music:\n\nAlex Wand is a composer and performer whose practice spans songwriting\, ecological thought\, field recording\, and alternate tuning systems. He is currently working on a collection of instrumental compositions for resonator guitar entitled “Rufus’s Retreat.” A Metro Detroit native\, he teaches music at the U-M Residential College. He'll be joined by Michael Gould (drums) and Joe Fee (bass). UID:145639-21897623@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145639 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T133638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260424T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Joshua Grekin DESCRIPTION:A Benefit for Musician and Artist Prosperity Project\n\nKnown to locals as the founder and director of Ann Arbor’s Grekin School of Music\, composer\, songwriter\, and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Grekin takes the stage with his own unique blend of soulful\, jazzy\, feel-good music. Joined by an all-star band of Detroit-area veterans\, Grekin will perform music spanning four decades as a composer and performer\, including selections from his nine original musicals.\n\nGrekin’s belief that music has the power to heal and bring people together led him to found the nonprofit Musician & Artist Prosperity Project (MAPP). This concert doubles as a fundraiser for MAPP: there will be opportunities to donate at the performance\, and all profits from the evening will benefit the organization. UID:145640-21897624@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145640 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T151356 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260513T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Leo Kottke DESCRIPTION:\"an American legend in the guitar world\" –Los Angeles Times \n\nAcoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens\, Georgia\, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states\, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child\, flirting with both violin and trombone\, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11. After adding a love for the country-blues of Mississippi John Hurt to the music of John Phillip Sousa and Preston Epps\, Kottke joined the Navy underage\, to be underwater\, and eventually lost some hearing shooting at lightbulbs in the Atlantic while serving on the USS Halfbeak\, a diesel submarine. \n\nKottke had previously entered college at the U of Missouri\, dropping out after a year to hitchhike across the country to South Carolina\, then to New London and into the Navy\, with his twelve string. \"The trip was not something I enjoyed\,\" he has said\, \"I was broke and met too many interesting people.\" Discharged in 1964\, he settled in the Twin Cities area and became a fixture at Minneapolis' Scholar Coffeehouse\, which had been home to Bob Dylan and John Koerner. He issued his 1968 recording debut LP Twelve String Blues\, recorded on a Viking quarter-inch tape recorder\, for the Scholar's tiny Oblivion label. (The label released one other LP by The Langston Hughes Memorial Eclectic Jazz Band.) \n\nAfter sending tapes to guitarist John Fahey\, Kottke was signed to Fahey's Takoma label\, releasing what has come to be called the Armadillo record. Fahey and his manager Denny Bruce soon secured a production deal for Kottke with Capitol Records. \n\nKottke's 1971 major-label debut\, \"Mudlark\,\" positioned him somewhat uneasily in the singer/songwriter vein\, despite his own wishes to remain an instrumental performer. Still\, despite arguments with label heads as well as with Bruce\, Kottke flourished during his tenure on Capitol\, as records like 1972's \"Greenhouse\" and 1973's live \"My Feet Are Smiling\" and \"Ice Water\" found him branching out with guest musicians and honing his guitar technique. \n\nHis collaboration with Phish bassist Mike Gordon\, \"Clone\,\" caught audiences' attention in 2002. Kottke and Gordon followed with a recording in the Bahamas called \"Sixty Six Steps\,\" produced by Leo's old friend and Prince producer David Z. \n\nKottke has been awarded two Grammy nominations\; a Doctorate in Music Performance by the Peck School of Music at the U of Wisconsin\, Milwaukee\; and a Certificate of Significant Achievement in Not Playing the Trombone from the U of Texas at Brownsville with Texas Southmost College. UID:145644-21897628@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145644 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved + Gold Circle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T133517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260606T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jane Siberry DESCRIPTION:\"A superstar of the imagination with a passion for the truth.\" –Interview Magazine\n\nJane Siberry\, a highly respected figure in the international music scene with a career spanning over four decades\, is starting her upcoming tour on March 19th in Oregon and concluding on April 29th in Halifax. Known for her ethereal voice\, poetic lyrics\, and genre-defying sound\, Jane has captivated audiences worldwide since the 1980s\, delivering an impressive catalog of 15 studio albums and countless live performances. \n\nJane's live performances are renowned for their emotional depth\, humourous and moving storytelling\, and the spontaneous magic that happens when she is on stage. Tour audiences can expect an intimate and transformative concert experience\, blending classics from her repertoire with new pieces. UID:145641-21897625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145641 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T134945 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260614T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dan Bern DESCRIPTION:“one of my favourite songwriters… His songs are a mix of thought provoking lyrics and a wonderful dry wit.” –Roger Daltrey\n\nIf you must put him in a box\, make sure it’s a big box! Undefinable by genre\, crossing over and through folk\, rock\, singer-songwriter\, and kids music\, Dan Bern is a captivating live performer with a loyal\, multi-generational following. He has written thousands of songs\, released dozens of albums\, and played shows across North America and Europe–from coffee shops to Carnegie Hall\, and he most recently opened for The Who and Roger Daltrey. \n\nDan’s songs have appeared in numerous films (“Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” “Get Him to the Greek” “The Bubble” “Zero Effect”) and TV shows (Amazon Prime’s award-winning kids program “The Stinky & Dirty Show”). \nA rare\, and true renaissance artist\, Dan is the author of several books\, is a prolific painter\, has his own podcast and internet radio station. UID:145642-21897626@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145642 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T134033 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260821T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Damn Tall Buildings DESCRIPTION:Bluegrass with a little punch\, attitude\, grit and gravy\n\nDamn Tall Buildings is a celebrated folk-bluegrass band known for their soulful melodies and intricate instrumentals. Based in Brooklyn\, this seasoned trio—Max Capistran\, Sasha Dubyk\, and Avery Ballotta—has spent over a decade honing their craft through dedicated touring and recording. With a distinctive sound that weaves heartfelt lyrics into thoughtful fiddle\, guitar\, and bass arrangements\, they embody a unique blend of Americana roots and contemporary style. From intimate local venues to larger global stages\, their captivating performances leave a lasting impression on audiences around the globe.\n\nInitially honing their skills through busking\, Damn Tall Buildings brings an infectious energy to their music. Their varied influences extend beyond bluegrass\, infusing elements of old-time\, blues\, and jazz into their songwriting. With seamless vocal harmonies and captivating instrumental solos\, the trio creates a cohesive sound that feels greater than the sum of its parts. As they continue to travel and grow\, Damn Tall Buildings fosters a welcoming spirit\, inviting audiences to join them on a journey through their vibrant\, well-crafted performances. Critics have praised their ability to establish a musical blend that defies categorization\, offering a warm and reflective embrace that is both enthusiastic and deeply resonant. UID:145643-21897627@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145643 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR