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:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900137@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T235959 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:145013-21896347@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T235959 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:145014-21896397@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T235959 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:145015-21896454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T235959 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:145016-21896518@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:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T235959 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:145222-21896851@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T060056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T210000 SUMMARY:Other:Monumental 7's DESCRIPTION:The Wolverines will be traveling to the Boston area to compete in the Monumental 7's tournament. UID:143776-21893999@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143776 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Veterans Memorial Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T160000 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:143388-21893023@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:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893080@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899520@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T200000 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:142417-21890887@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:20260315T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T210000 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:138431-21890652@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:20251216T111224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T120000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Adult and Pediatric 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\, March 15\, for review and skills testing. UID:142796-21891604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142796 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cpr Class,Health & Wellness LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building - 4600 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T153637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T133000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Beginner Orienteering at the Arb DESCRIPTION:Put your navigation skills to use by joining the Michigan Sustainability Community for an afternoon of orienteering at the Arb. \n\nOrienteering is a fast-paced sport where participants navigate through terrain using specialized compass and maps. This group activity builds navigational and strategic thinking skillsets in a fun\, problem-solving environment. Join students from Michigan Sustainability Community for an introduction orienteering event\, navigating the trails at Nichols Arboretum.\n\nMeet at the Geddes entrance to the Arb\, at approximately 1827 Geddes Ave. This entrance has a gate and is walking distance to Oxford Residence Hall.\n\nPlease complete the registration form if interested. UID:146000-21898251@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146000 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Games,Navigation,Orienteering LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T160000 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:139428-21885532@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:20260210T111958 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T150000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Scientist Spotlight & Young Scientists’ Expo DESCRIPTION:Feed your curiosity! Visit with University of Michigan scientists and participate in engaging\, hands-on activities to learn about their cutting-edge research. These researchers are part of the U-M Museum of Natural History’s Science Communication Fellows\, bringing scientists and the public face-to-face.\n\nThis Spotlight will also feature science projects from Forsythe Middle School students and demonstrations by the Forsythe robotics team.\n\nFree and open to the public.\n\nSuitable for upper elementary through adult visitors.\n\nMade possible with help from the National Science Foundation. UID:145306-21897031@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145306 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Children,Family,Free,Museum,natural history museum,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:136442-21897065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136442 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260222T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs Iowa DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs Iowa UID:145797-21897829@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145797 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T181639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T133000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jake Nowell\, French horn DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Jake Nowell performs a final senior recital. UID:145551-21897514@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145551 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T131159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ann Arbor Art + Feminism 2026 DESCRIPTION:Listen to a panel of University of Michigan faculty members talk about creating a feminist\, inclusive\, and more equitable internet\, then participate in a Wikipedia and Wikidata Edit-a-thon. We'll provide a hands-on workshop for beginners\, reference materials\, and lunch from Jerusalem Garden.\n\nWhat would a truly feminist internet look like? Artists and activists who identify as women\, non-binary\, trans\, queer\, Black\, Indigenous\, or people of color only make up a fraction of contributors and content subjects in Wikimedia. As generative AI plays a larger role on the internet\, it is more important than ever to diversify the content. Join us to learn how you can take action to address this imbalance by editing Wikipedia and Wikidata! \n\nThis is the first time Ann Arbor Art + Feminism will incorporate Wikidata as well as Wikipedia. Wikidata can be described as Wikipedia’s structured data counterpart\, designed as an open platform that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. Wikidata ensures that all Wikimedia projects — like Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons — can get their information from the same place. As a freely available information resource\, it also can be used to standardize and enrich other open databases and software. \n\nThis event is in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library\, the U-M Library\, and LSA Technology Services. UID:145942-21898161@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145942 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Wikipedia LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 4th Floor Program Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T162231 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Art in the Arb: Make a Mini Glade DESCRIPTION:Take home a mini glade! Come join us at Nichols Arboretum and make a model forest with dried herbaceous plants. Bring a dried bouquet from your own garden or play with natural materials we provide. \n\nJoin Arb Caretaker Jenna in an interactive workshop exploring landscape architecture\, design\, and imagined futures. Starting with a sketch walk\, participants will look at winter’s leftover plant material and sketch the architecture they see. They will then use these sketches to design the shape and texture of a mini-forest. Using foraged dried blooms and grasses from last summer\, the group will create a mini-forest glued onto foam board. \n\nNo prior art experience is required\; all levels are welcome. All materials are provided. Bring your curiosity and love for the outdoors!\n\nArtist Bio:\nJenna James is a second-year landscape architecture student and Arboretum caretaker. She has been creating art since she was a teenager and uses these skills to communicate ideas and site analysis in her studies at the School of Environment and Sustainability. Her multi-media practice and appreciation of the genius of botany's unique textures and structural characteristics inspired this workshop that encourages others to create out of what is often tossed away. \n\nLocation:\nThis session takes place at the entrance to Nichols Arboretum located at 1610 Washington Heights. Upon entering the Arb\, look for the James D. Reader Center\, a large white farmhouse. Follow the ramp or stairs to the main entrance with the green door.\n\nRegistration required: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/16054 UID:145840-21897941@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145840 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Arts Initiative,Botany,Ecology,Landscape Architecture,Outdoors LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T134500 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:141325-21897093@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T120143 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T153000 SUMMARY:Other:Weekly Reset - Central Campus DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the ADHD Student Group's Weekly Reset! This weekly event combines peer support with 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 plan 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 1:30pm - 3:30pm\nZoom: Sundays 4:30pm - 6:30pm UID:145226-21896890@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T121649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Maitri White\, voice DESCRIPTION:This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. UID:146239-21898702@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146239 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T120110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T150000 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:144487-21895414@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144487 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ann Arbor BJJ CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T120041 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T160000 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:143238-21892539@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Room 4 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T181737 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Exhibition Tour: Zina Saro-Wiwa: Table Manners Season I DESCRIPTION:Dive deeper into UMMA’s collection of African art with this tour starting with *Table Manners: Season 1*\, by Nigerian artist Zina Saro-Wiwa.  In this installation\, eight videos portray individuals from the Niger Delta eating meals tied to the region’s cultural and natural landscapes. The intimate dining experiences challenge our assumptions about identity\, culture\, and power. Our tour will then move to *We Write to You About Africa*. Featuring a wide range of artworks—from historic Yoruba and Kongo figures to contemporary works by African and African American artists—the exhibition directly addresses the complex histories inherent to African art collections in the Global North\, including their entanglements with colonization and global efforts to repatriate African artworks to the continent.\n\nFree and open to the public\, registration required. UID:145146-21896731@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T100345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Women in the Ancient World DESCRIPTION:In this tour\, we will look at artifacts from the ancient world that include images of women—from goddesses to mythological figures to people who really lived. Along the way\, we will explore what depictions of women reveal about the ancient Middle East\, Cyprus\, Etruria\, Egypt\, Greece\, and Rome.\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:145523-21897467@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145523 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Culture,Free,History,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T144500 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:136347-21897110@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T154500 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:141325-21897097@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T181644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Telegraph Quartet DESCRIPTION:Known for their technical prowess and appreciation for the history behind the music\, the Telegraph Quartet brings fluid synchronicity and refined artistry to a program that showcases the work of two contemporary American composers\, Kenji Bunch (b. 1973) and George Rochberg (1918 – 2005). \n\nThe ensemble will perform Kenji Bunch’s String Quartet No. 5\, *Music for a Shared Space*\, and George Rochberg’s String Quartet No. 3. Bunch’s fifth string quartet encrypts beautiful lines from the second movement of W.A. Mozart’s divertimenti\, which pulse throughout the work\, culminating in a joyous\, rocking final anthem. Rochberg’s String Quartet No. 3 was born of profound loss and a longing for meaning. Rochberg breaks from strict modernism and rebuilds his musical world using memory\, woven into something newly vulnerable. The resulting quartet feels like a raw confession of grief and slow recovery of beauty.\n\nOf these two works\, the Telegraph Quartet says:\n\n“Despite being written 50 years apart\, both the Rochberg and the Bunch share a kinship as art that finds its voice and power by embodying the styles of others as their own. Rochberg's String Quartet No. 3 marked a turning point for this composer\, who released himself from only composing in a dissonant\, academically acceptable 20th-century style. Instead\, he allowed himself what was then the heresy of speaking fluently in the musical language of past composers like Mahler and late Beethoven\, juxtaposing those with his former thorny modernist dialect. Similarly\, Kenji Bunch's *Music for a Shared Space* accomplishes something very similar\; between Afro-funk grooves and rhythm and blues versions of Mozart divertimenti\, we find Bunch moving fluently from one popular style to the next and sweetly mixing that music with those of the past\, continuing this opening of styles\, cultural and chronological\, that Rochberg dared to break open during his time.”\n\n\nABOUT TELEGRAPH QUARTET\nErin Chin & Joseph Maile\, violins\nPei-Ling Lin\, viola\nJeremiah Shaw\, cello\n\nThe TELEGRAPH QUARTET formed in 2013 with an equal passion for standard and contemporary chamber music repertoire. Described by the *San Francisco Chronicle* as “…an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape” and “powerfully adept… with a combination of brilliance and subtlety\,” the Telegraph Quartet was awarded the prestigious 2016 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. The quartet is currently the quartet-in-residence at the University of Michigan.\n\nThe quartet has performed in New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center\, San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre\, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s *Chamber Masters Series*\, and at festivals including the Chautauqua Institute\, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival\, and the Emilia Romagna Festival. They have collaborated with pianists Leon Fleisher and Simone Dinnerstein\; cellists Norman Fischer and Bonnie Hampton\; violinist Ian Swensen\; and the St. Lawrence Quartet and Henschel Quartett. A fervent champion of 20th- and 21st-century repertoire\, the Telegraph Quartet has premiered works by Osvaldo Golijov\, John Harbison\, Robert Sirota\, and Richard Festinger.\n\nIn 2023\, the Telegraph Quartet released *20th Century Vantage Points: Divergent Paths*\, the first in a trilogy of recordings on Azica Records exploring the string quartets of the first half of the 20th century – an era of music that the group has felt especially called to perform since its formation. *Divergent Paths*features two works that (to the best of the quartet’s knowledge) have never been recorded on the same album before: Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major and Arnold Schoenberg’s String Quartet no. 1 in D minor\, op. 7. The quartet’s new album\, *20th Century Vantage Points: Edge of the Storm* is out now on Azica Records.\n\nwww.telegraphquartet.com UID:143249-21892550@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Michigan Youth Symphonic Band / Philharmonia Orchestra / Symphony Orchestra Spring Performance DESCRIPTION:Join us for the spring performance of the Michigan Youth Symphonic Band\, the Michigan Youth Philharmonia Orchestra\, and the Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra. These ensembles are part of the Michigan Youth Ensembles (MYE) program\, which brings together exceptional high school students for weekly rehearsals at SMTD. MYE Students\, who are selected by audition\, have the opportunity to engage in a stimulating environment\, while learning from U-M conductors\, applied faculty\, and graduate students.\n\nMichigan Youth Symphonic Band (MYSB)\nCourtney Snyder\, conductor\n\nMichigan Youth Philharmonia Orchestra (MYPO)\nMichael Hopkins\, conductor\n\nMichigan Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO)\nJayce Ogren\, conductor\n\nPROGRAM (MYSB)\n*Love and Nature*\, Gala Flagello\n*Chorale and Alleluia*\, Howard Hanson\n*Angels in Architecture*\, Frank Ticheli\n*Mothership*\, Mason Bates \n\nPROGRAM (MYPO)\n*Acropolis (City of Bows)*\, Michael Hopkins\n*Fugue* (from \"L'estro Armonico\")\, A. Vivaldi & J.S. Bach / arr. Bob Lipton\n*Contemplation*\, Elena Roussanova Lucas\n*A Little Stream (Xiao He Tang Shui)*\, arr. Albert Wang\nSymphony No. 9 in C - *Allegro Molto*\, F.J. Haydn\, arr. Sandra Dackow \n\nPROGRAM (MYSO)\nPrelude from Concerto Gross #1\, Ernest Bloch\n*Dream Elegy*\, Jonathan Bailey Holland\nViolin Concerto No. 1 - 1st movement\, Max Bruch\nSymphony No. 1\, Gustav Mahler UID:135449-21876841@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135449 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T120015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T180000 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:142606-21891214@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142606 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sophia B Jones Room - 1st Floor Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T181636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Felix Guggenheim\, violin DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Felix Guggenheim performs a junior recital. UID:145553-21897516@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145553 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250814T181659 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Fawn DESCRIPTION:Associate Professor of Dance Charli Brissey directs and performs in this hour-long show created through interrelated experiments in dance\, writing\, video\, and sound. The choreography includes the design of an original surround sound score which will be experienced “in the round” by audience members\, as well as lighting by Design and Production faculty Jess Fialko.\n\nWhile the word “fawn” is most commonly used to refer to a baby deer\, another meaning of the word describes a trauma response in which someone tries to appease a threat and/or ensure survival through flattery or cringing. The word “fawn” is also commonly confused with “faun\,” a human-animal deity and the protagonist of Nijinsky’s famously controversial ballet “Afternoon of a Faun.” This performance weaves these various etymological and mythological lineages of “fawn” and “faun” into an inherently queer dreamscape that asks questions about grief\, survival\, desire\, power\, and vulnerability in a precarious ecosystem. The performance blends methods and practices from both autofiction and science fiction\, weaving the artists’ lived experiences with speculative experiments in how to hold immense contradictions and overwhelming emotional states in one body.\n\nAge Recommendation: 12+\nTickets Required (free and donation)\n\nhttps://www.charliisananimal.com/\n\n*This performance is made possible through generous support from the University of Michigan Arts Research: Incubation and Acceleration Grant (ARIA)\, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)\, the Research\, Catalyst\, and Innovation Program (RCI)\, and the Department of Dance.* UID:137593-21880432@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137593 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Dance,Faculty,Free,LGBT,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T204245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T200000 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:144605-21895551@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:20260219T133210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mini Terrarium Making at Bursley DESCRIPTION:Join the Bursley Diversity Peer Educators in celebrating the start of spring with mini terrarium making! Enjoy free food and fun connection. UID:145744-21897768@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145744 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bursley,Community Engagement,Crafts,Free,Nature,Social LOCATION:Bursley Hall - Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T095830 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Holi Celebration at Markley DESCRIPTION:Join the Markley Diversity Peer Educators and Resident Advisors for free henna and crafts in celebration of Holi! UID:145821-21897851@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145821 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,community gathering,Crafts,Culture,Holiday LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall - Arati Sharangpani Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T181645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:John Ellis\, piano DESCRIPTION:Professor of Piano John Ellis will perform a recital including *Ma plus belle histoire d'amour* by Monique Serf/arr. Michel Block\, *Novelette* no. 1 by Poulenc\, *Ballade* no. 4 in F minor\, Op. 52 by Chopin\, *Prélude\, Choral et Fugue* by Franck\, and *Fantasy* in C\, Op. 17 by Schumann.\n\nFACULTY BIO\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/profiles/john-ellis/ UID:140066-21886573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140066 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Alan Cook\, flute DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Alan Cook performs a recital. UID:145554-21897517@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T132015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore DESCRIPTION:An electroacoustic soundscape\n\nJulianna Barwich and Mary Lattimore are longtime friends\, tourmates\, and two of contemporary ambient and experimental music's most celebrated composers. Synthesizing their respective crafts within the walls of Philharmonie de Paris after being given access to the extraordinary instrument collection of the Musée de la Musique in partnership with the French label InFiné\, their new single\, “Perpetual Adoration\,” blends historical harps\, celestial synths\, and Barwick’s singular voice into an immersive electroacoustic soundscape of memory\, spirituality\, and timeless resonance. It is the first piece of new music from the duo since “Canyon Lights\,” a single released as part of 2021’s Adult Swim compilation\, Digitalis.\n\nTogether in improvised dialogue\, voice and instrument — Lattimore selecting an Érard double movement harp (France\, 1873) and Barwick behind a Sequential Circuits PROPHET-5 analog synthesizer (USA\, circa 1975) — the duo channels an immense volume of emotion drawn from a visit to Basilica of Sacré Cœur de Montmartre. On a rainy night\, they saw a sign outside the cathedral labeled \"ADORATION PERPÉTUELLE\" and entered the reverberant space where a nun was singing above organ drones during Sunday Mass. They carried the powerful scene with them into a session. The resulting performance honors both the moment and the history within their instruments: the gilded\, ornate Érard harp\, the first modern pedal harp\, remains open for innovation\, still carrying the simplest\, universally beautiful tone of human fingers on strings. The PROPHET-5 has shaped several decades of exploratory music\, and Barwick continues this legacy. Her skyward synth and vocal lines ascend alongside Lattimore's tender harp strums\, creating a meditation on the restorative power of shared experience. UID:140566-21887354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T121651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Michael Baker\, chamber euphonium DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Michael Baker\, euphonium\, performs in a chamber music recital. UID:145555-21897518@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145555 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900138@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T235959 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:145013-21896348@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T235959 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:145014-21896398@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T235959 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:145015-21896455@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T235959 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:145016-21896519@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:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T235959 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:145222-21896852@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T154951 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T235900 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Poetry & Poetics Workshop DESCRIPTION:We are excited to welcome Professor Nikki Skillman to present a lecture this spring! Nikki Skillman is an Associate Professor in the English department at Indiana University Bloomington. She is the author of \"The Lyric in the Age of the Brain\" (Harvard UP\, 2016)\, which was awarded the Thomas J. Wilson Prize by Harvard University Press for an outstanding first book across the arts and sciences.\n\nThe Poetry & Poetics Workshop is excited to announce a semester of several events that build toward our Zine Initiative. Throughout the semester\, we aim to make a collaborative zine\, culminating with an event where we learn how to construct it together.\n\nRegister on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/14954 UID:144799-21895952@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144799 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature,Poetry LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 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:143388-21893024@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:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026. UID:145837-21897890@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Bicentennial,American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T100000 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:145904-21898031@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899521@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph DESCRIPTION:Joyce Rudolph has photographed some iconic actors and characters in her role as still photographer for the movies. This sampling of images from her papers\, which are housed as part of the Special Collections Research Center's Mavericks & Makers collection\, include the first images of Freddy Krueger in \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\,\" Arnold Schwenegger in \"The Terminator\,\" legends Jack Nicholson\, Diane Keaton\, Sean Penn\, and Robert DeNiro\, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino\, Martin Scorsese\, and her husband\, Alan Rudolph. UID:146264-21898753@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 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:142773-21891480@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:20260316T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T200000 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:142417-21890888@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:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Metamorphosis: Clay in Flux DESCRIPTION:\n\nMetamorphosis: Clay in Flux is an exhibition celebrating the creative potential of student ceramics\, designed to correspond with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Detroit\, and the surrounding ceramics events in Southeast Michigan.\n\nThis exhibition is organized and juried by members of the Stamps Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC) and will be on display in the Art & Architecture Building’s Street Gallery from March 11- 25\, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday\, March 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. \n\nSEC Jurors\n\nElan Povirk (project lead)\nAlexis Albert\nRachel Deveyra\n\nExhibiting Artists\n\nZoe Dvorin\nLilly Fredericks\nMaría E. García-Murguía\nMikayla Holcomb\nVirginia Holland\nMagdalyn Hubbard\nMira Hughes\nAudrey Jarrett\nEry Millican\nIsabella Possin\nMo Pofahl\nNatalie Radabaugh\nNik Roy\nMihika Shukla\nAbigail Watters UID:146483-21899176@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T103344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T101500 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:142813-21891705@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:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 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:142768-21891393@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:20260316T092052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Study Days | March Magic DESCRIPTION:Hello College of Engineering Students!This is a come-and-go casual shared working space like a library or office (you can work on homework\, writing\, research reading\, anything!) for only engineering graduate students to build community. Join us on March 16th from 9 AM - 11:30 AM in the Lurie Engineering Center (LEC) Johnson Rooms. There will be free snacks and swag!Please come by and join us! RSVP is not necessary but is encouraged to give us an approximate number of folks to expect!With care\,Jordan Peyton UID:144502-21895430@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Lurie Engineering Center | Johnson Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T063134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1915064Just 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:145614-21897593@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145614 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T202426 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:ASC Winter 2026 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series: Materials\, Resources\, and the Just Energy Transition in Africa DESCRIPTION:This series features the Winter 2026 University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics and to share their research with the larger U-M community.\n\nMonday\, March 16 | Materials\, Resources\, and the Just Energy Transition in Africa\n\nYetunde Ajayeoba (Nigeria) | “Energy band modulations in Molybdenum Disulfide/Zinc Sulfide-based van der Waals heterostructure for enhanced flexible optoelectronic applications”\n\nBahati Kayaga (Tanzania) | “Gender and Energy Access in Rural Tanzania”\n\nJanet Munakamwe (South Africa) | “Unlocking the Potential of Artisanal & Small-scale Mining (ASM) in the Just Energy Transition: Rethinking a Unified Pan-African Regulatory Framework”\n\nPlease register to attend: https://forms.gle/89CYfCjPpTrJAyGEA UID:145711-21897722@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145711 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African Studies,African Studies Center,Colloquium LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T125113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T140000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Friezes and geometry DESCRIPTION:Abstract: A fundamental problem in distance geometry aims to recover a finite tuple of points\, viewed up to oriented isometry\, from a small collection of input measurements. This thesis explores approaches to this problem based on the use of frieze patterns\, numerical arrays whose entries satisfy certain local algebraic relations.\n\nThe thesis consists of two main parts. The first part focuses on quadratic 3-term relations that underlie Coxeter-Conway frieze patterns. It surveys and extends existing work interpreting the values appearing in these relations as geometric measurement data\, and establishes direct connections between several geometric contexts in which these relations arise.\n\nThe aim of the second part of the thesis is to exhibit the broader applicability of frieze patterns as a tool in distance geometry. We identify measurement data that determines a finite configuration of points on a two-dimensional sphere in three-dimensional Euclidean space. Extending the work of Fomin and Setiabrata\, we introduce spherical Heronian and Cayley-Menger frieze patterns that organize this measurement data. Like classical Coxeter-Conway frieze patterns\, these new frieze patterns exhibit glide symmetry and a form of the Laurent phenomenon. UID:145589-21897561@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145589 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:School of Education - 2340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T084741 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Making Durable Environmental Progress DESCRIPTION:Nancy Stoner\, senior attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center\; former president of the Potomac Riverkeeper Network\; as former Acting Assistant Administrator for Water at the EPA\n\nBased on her decades of experience working to protect the environment\, especially clean water\, Stoner will discuss how to make environmental progress that lasts and that is less vulnerable to governmental transition flip flops and political divisiveness. UID:142886-21891765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142886 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Discussion,Energy,Environment,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Law,Politics,Pre-Law,Public Health,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Sustainability LOCATION:Jeffries Hall - 1020 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T111906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T125000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Readiness: Preparing State Early Childhood Systems for a Brighter Future DESCRIPTION:Elliot Regenstein will discuss how state early childhood systems really work – how state governments oversee publicly funded programs\, how community capacity supports state work\, how advocates and philanthropists try to exercise influence\, and how data is used to shape policy.\n\nElliot Regenstein\, Law '99\, is a Chicago-based partner at Foresight Law + Policy. Elliot has extensive experience in state-level policy and advocacy\, with an emphasis on early learning. Much of his work focuses on decision-making in state education and early education systems: who is responsible for which decisions\, what information they have to support those decisions\, and what incentives are acting on key stakeholders. UID:144615-21895574@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Education Policy LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 1110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T144152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T140000 SUMMARY:Well-being:ResNavs #SoYF Plant a Shamrock DESCRIPTION:It's time for the luck 'o the Irish\, so stop by and plant a shamrock for your very own lucky charm. Here's some trivia: the word Shamrock is derived from the Irish seamróg\, meaning “young clover\,\" and is thought to ward off evil spirits\, either through the Christian lens of the holy trinity or by Druids believing carrying a three-leaf Shamrock would enable them to escape bad luck. It's also from the Druids that the lore of the leprechaun\, a mischievous elf who plays tricks on humans\, began. \n\nShamrocks\, while their stems are seemingly delicate\, are a pretty hardy plant. Requiring indirect sunlight and good drainage\, they'll thrive outdoors in Michigan summers. (We have some personal experience with growing them\, but we used this website for reference: https://www.planetnatural.com/shamrock-plant/.) Also\, don't confuse them: Shamrocks have three leaves\, while clover has four.\n\nThe odds of finding a four-leaf Shamrock are 1:10\,000\, so why not plant your own\, instead? Caring and nurturing nature is a good for your overall wellbeing\, whether or not you're feeling lucky!\n\nThe #SoYF series (Smile on Your Face) are wellbeing breaks designed to introduce students to the eight facets of the Wolverine Wellness wheel\; for more on the U-M Wellbeing Collective\, visit the website on the right under Links. UID:144137-21894715@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144137 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,St Patrick's Day,Well-being LOCATION:Michigan Union - First Floor Information Desk CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 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:143999-21894451@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:20260310T153344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Siteimprove Training + Live Q&A DESCRIPTION:Building on our previous Siteimprove training sessions\, please join us for a focused 90 minutes to put Siteimprove to work - checking\, improving\, and monitoring the accessibility of your sites.\n\nSession Format\n- 45 minutes of live virtual training led by Siteimprove\n- 45 minutes of live hands-on Q&A with U-M accessibility staff\n\nOptions for Participating\n- Join virtually via Zoom\n- Attend in person in a shared viewing space\n- Both sessions are identical\; attend whichever date works best for you\n- Both sessions will be recorded then shared on the Siteimprove Service Page\n\nDates\n- Monday March 16 from 12 to 1:30 PM EST\nUse this Zoom Registration Link for both Zoom and in-person registrations: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/f6uOJrRQRomk3yWz0-JXnQ#/registration\nIn-person location: ISR 6050\, 426 Thompson St\n\n- Monday March 23 from 12 to 1:30 PM EST\nUse this Zoom Registration Link for both Zoom and in-person registrations: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/TvUKBv62TUatr9V5K2nmSg#/registration\nIn-person location: Hatcher Library\, room TBD\n\nWho should attend: Admins\, support staff\, developers\, and content editors who want to use Siteimprove to improve their sites. \n- CMSes: Siteimprove works with any CMS - WordPress\, Drupal\, AEM\, etc.\n- LSA\, Engineering\, ISR\, Michigan Medicine\, Law\, Nursing\, and UM-Dearborn\n\nWhile ITS manages Siteimprove across all of U-M\, your units have their own Siteimprove signup processes which should be followed.\n\nYou're still welcome to attend!\n\nPlease share this invitation with others who may benefit. Thanks!\n\nMikhail Zolikoff (he/him)\nDigital Accessibility Services Manager Lead\nInformation Technology Services (ITS)\nUniversity of Michigan UID:146428-21899076@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:access,accessibility,Digital Accessibility,digital technology,Disability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121738 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T123000 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:144523-21895454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144523 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T164923 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T134500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CommUNITY Seminar with Sylvia Hurtado \"Strategies for Expanding Participation in STEM Research Training\" DESCRIPTION:Dr. Hurtado has two decades of NIH and NSF-sponsored research on a variety of campus practices to enhance participation in STEM research training at the undergraduate and graduate level. The projects move from student experiences toward understanding faculty as campus change agents\, and extending practices for organizational learning and institutional transformation. She will provide key features of recent published studies that focus on building long term change and extending program interventions to embed them in the culture and structure of the institution. Results are based on mixed methods designs that underscore the value of mentoring\, and leadership support for turning faculty-driven initiatives toward adoption as campus daily work. Implications for investment at the federal\, state\, and institutional level to train the next generation of diverse and innovative researchers are discussed. UID:139514-21885679@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139514 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemical Education,Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T121641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T135000 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:144524-21895455@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144524 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T163744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T163000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Arline Geronimus Book Talk\, “Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society” DESCRIPTION:Stream a book talk with Dr. Arline Geronimus talk about her renowned work around \"weathering\". UID:144948-21896180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144948 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Public Health LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T121343 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Axion Dark Matter Searches: ADMX and BREAD DESCRIPTION:In the early 1980s\, axions and WIMPs were identified as promising dark matter candidates. The last forty years have seen a spectacularly successful experimental program attempting to discover the WIMPs\, with sensitivity that has by now improved by many orders of magnitude compared to the earliest results. The parallel program to search for axions has made less progress and has reached the necessary sensitivity only over a very limited mass range. However\, progress has recently accelerated\, with the invention of many new axion detection techniques that may eventually provide a definitive answer to the question of whether the dark matter is made of axions. I will review some of these new developments with emphasis on Fermilab’s program\, including ADMX-G2 and Broadband Reflector Experiment for Axion Detection (BREAD). UID:146456-21899134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251208T140436 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T151600 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Seminar Series on Social Connection: Rosie Shrout DESCRIPTION:Rosie Shrout\nUniversity of British Columbia\nBridging Relationship Science and Psychoneuroimmunology: \nHow Partners Shape Each Other’s Health and Longevity\nMarch 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\nJoin 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:142480-21891001@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142480 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Medicine,Psychology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T163153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Appreciative Interviewing: Featuring the Ginsberg Center DESCRIPTION:Participants develop and practice skills to effectively build rapport with\, interview\, and collect stories or information from communities.\n\nFor intermediate and advanced students who are working on projects with large communication\, rapport\, and/or interviewing elements. Students at this level may be: establishing relationships with community members while working with community partner organizations\, conducting qualitative research or assisting with a research project\, collecting stories or interviews from community partners and/or community members.\n\nThis workshop is open to all master's students\, Ph.D. students\, and postdoctoral scholars at the University of Michigan. Any questions\, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu. UID:144870-21896068@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:West Conference Room, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T143232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Common Circuits: Hacking Alternative Technopolitical Futures DESCRIPTION:A digital world in relentless movement---from artificial intelligence to ubiquitous computing---has been captured and reinvented as a monoculture by Silicon Valley \"big tech\" and venture capital firms. Yet very little is discussed in the public sphere about existing alternatives. Based on long-term field research in the Pacific Rim\, Common Circuits explores a transnational network of hacker spaces and projects that stand as potent\, but often invisible\, alternatives to the dominant tech industry. In what ways have hackers challenged corporate projects of digital development? How do hacker-activist collectives prefigure alternative technological futures through community projects? In this talk\, I will address these questions through the analysis of the hard challenges of collaborative\, autonomous community-making through technical objects conceived by hackers as convivial\, shared technologies.\n\nLuis Felipe R. Murillo is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. His work is dedicated to the anthropological study of the \"commons\" in science and technology with a focus on the intersections between moral economies\, political cultures\, and infrastructures of computing. UID:144689-21895694@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144689 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Science LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T091341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Donia Human Rights Center Panel | Human Rights and LGBTQ Love: Art and Fiction as Resistance DESCRIPTION:Speaker and Panelists: Hala Al-Karib\, Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Fellow\, Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA)\; Dr. Frieda Ekotto\, University of Michigan Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Comparative Literature\; B.Caroline Kouassiaman\, Initiative Sankofa d’Afrique de l’Ouest\; Jude Dibia\, Nigerian Novelist.\n\nThis interdisciplinary panel will discuss ongoing efforts around the continent of Africa to defend and advocate for LGBTQ+ people and their rights. Speakers will address the role of art and fiction as a tool to celebrate love and resist harmful attitudes and actions towards LGBTQ+ communities. This panel will include speakers from Sudan\, Nigeria\, Côte d'Ivoire\, and Cameroon. This event is free and open to the public and is in-person only.\n \n Co-sponsored by: the African Studies Center\, the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS)\, the Spectrum Center\, and the Women's and Gender Studies Department.\n \n Chair:\n \n Hala Al-Karib\, Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Fellow\, Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA)\n \n Al-Karib has dedicated her life to the cause of human rights in Africa. Her work is focused on women's rights\, social justice\, and equal citizenship in the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa (particularly Sudan and South Sudan). Her expertise spans advocacy\, conflict resolution\, research\, capacity building\, policy engagement\, and feminist organizing\, making her a leading voice in fighting for legal reforms and amplifying women’s voices in revolutions and post-war transitions.\n \n Panelists:\n \n B. Caroline Kouassiaman\, Executive Director\, Initiative Sankofa d’Afrique de l’Ouest\n \n Caroline (pronouns: she/her) is the Executive Director of Initiative Sankofa d’Afrique de l’Ouest (ISDAO)\, an activist-led fund dedicated to strengthening and supporting a West African movement for gender diversity and sexual rights. She joined ISDAO in February 2019. She is a queer\, bilingual (English/French) African feminist of Ivorian and African-American heritage\, and currently calls Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana home(s).\n \n Caroline has 23+ years of diverse professional experiences in philanthropy\, human rights activism\, social justice and education\, and has been in the field of feminist and human rights centered-philanthropy since 2011\, both as a staff member in leading philanthropic organizations\, and as a strategic advisor in other innovative grantmaking initiatives\, including VOICE program\, the ACTIF Fund\, and the Numun Fund. She holds a B.A. in Economics and Diplomacy & World Affairs from Occidental College (USA)\, a Master of Public Administration degree and a master’s in international relations from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University (USA).\n \n Caroline sees herself as a builder\, a connector and a perpetual question-asker.\n \n Frieda Ekotto\, Lorna Goodison Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Comparative Literature\, and Francophone Studies\n\n As an intellectual historian and philosopher with areas of expertise in 20th and 21st-century Anglophone and Francophone literature and in the cinema of West Africa and its diaspora\, Dr. Frieda Ekotto concentrates on contemporary issues of law\, race and LGBTQIA2S+ issues. Her primary research to date has focused on how law serves to repress and mask the pain of disenfranchised subjects\; her intention in this work is to trace what cannot be said in order to address and expose suffering from a variety of angles and cultural intersections and reassess the position and agency of the dispossessed.\n \n Dr. Ekotto is the author of multiple books\, and numerous book chapters as well as many articles in prestigious literary journals. She is currently working on LGBTQIA2S+ issues\, with an emphasis on Sub-Sahara African cultures within Africa as well as in Europe and the Americas. In addition to her academic work\, she is also a creative writer.\n \n Dr. Ekotto received the Nicolàs Guillèn Prize for Philosophical Literature in 2014 and in 2015 she was awarded the Benezet Award for excellence in her field. In 2016\, she was awarded the John H. D’Arms Faculty for Distinguished Graduate Mentoring in the Humanities at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. In 2018\, she was awarded an Honorary Degree at Colorado College. She has produced two documentaries\, Vibrancy of Silence: A Discussion with My Sisters (2017) and Zurura Zurura: A Smile Blooms (2021) as part of the ongoing research on Vibrancy of Silence: Images and Cultural Production of Sub-Saharan African Women. She is the president of the Modern Languages Association (2023-2024) and served as chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies from 2014-2018\, among other leadership roles.\n \n Jude Dibia\, Nigerian Novelist\n\n Jude Dibia is a Nigerian novelist\, short story writer\, and editor whose work is known for its fearless engagement with sexuality\, identity\, class\, and power in contemporary African society. He is the author of Walking with Shadows\, Unbridled\, and Blackbird\, and the co-editor of Love Offers No Safety: Nigeria’s Queer Men Speak. His writing has been widely recognised for opening space for marginalised voices within African literature.\n \n A recipient of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose\, Sweden's Natur och Kultur Priz and a finalist for the Nigeria Prize for Literature\, Dibia has also contributed fiction and essays to numerous international anthologies. Now based in Sweden\, he works across writing\, editing\, and cultural advocacy\, bridging African and global literary conversations while mentoring emerging writers and supporting freedom-of-expression initiatives.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:145582-21897551@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145582 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:african and afroamerican studies,Lgbtq,women studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T140900 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate Info Session DESCRIPTION:Curious about applying an entrepreneurial mindset to your next step? Join the Center for Entrepreneurship’s Graduate Certificate Learn More virtual info session to see how this flexible credential can add entrepreneurial capability to your discipline and help you stand out.\n\nWhen: March 16\, 2026\, 4-5pm\nWhere: Zoom (link will be sent after registration)\n\nWe’ll cover:\n• What the certificate offers you\n• How you can fit it into your degree plan\, no matter your major\n• Q&A - Ask us Anything\n\nCome with your questions\, leave with inspiration + actionable next steps to build your entrepreneurial toolkit. UID:146422-21899064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146422 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Networking,Startup,Startups,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T102957 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Extreme Superposition: Rogue Waves of Infinite Order\, Universality\, and Anomalous Temporal Decay DESCRIPTION:Focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation serves as a universal model for the amplitude of a wave packet in a general one-dimensional weakly-nonlinear and strongly-dispersive setting that includes water waves and nonlinear optics as special cases. Rogue waves of infinite order are a novel family of solutions of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation that emerge universally in a particular asymptotic regime involving a large-amplitude and near-field limit of a broad class of solutions of the same equation. In this talk\, we will present several recent results on the emergence of these special solutions along with their interesting asymptotic and exact properties. Notably\, these solutions exhibit anomalously slow temporal decay and are connected to the third Painlevé equation. Finally\, we will extend the emergence of rogue waves of infinite order to the first several flows of the AKNS hierarchy—allowing for arbitrarily many simultaneous flows—and report on recent work regarding their space-time asymptotic behavior under a general flow from the hierarchy. UID:143125-21892183@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Seminar LOCATION:East Hall - EH 1866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260307T202415 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GLNT: Igusa stacks and the cohomology of Shimura varieties DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Igusa stacks are $p$-adic geometric objects\, recently introduced by Mingjia Zhang\, that roughly parametrize ways to $p$-adically uniformize (global) Shimura varieties by local Shimura varieties. In joint work with Patrick Daniels\, Pol van Hoften\, and Mingjia Zhang\, we construct Igusa stacks for all abelian type Shimura data and apply them to the study of $\ell$-adic cohomology of Shimura varieties. I will discuss the geometric ingredients that go into the construction as well as how it naturally fits into Fargues--Scholze's framework of categorical local Langlands UID:143321-21892900@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143321 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T100800 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T172000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Public Finance Seminar: Monday\, March 16 DESCRIPTION:-- UID:145438-21897351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145438 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Public Finance,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T095920 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The six vertex model and symmetric polynomials DESCRIPTION:Lattice models from statistical mechanics have become increasingly ubiquitous in algebraic combinatorics. In this talk\, we will discuss the six vertex model and see relations with combinatorial objects like Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns and alternating sign matrices. We will also introduce the Yang-Baxter equation and use it to prove Tokuyama's theorem and build a connection with Schur polynomials. UID:146608-21899346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146608 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T114940 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T183000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bracelet Making at Baits II DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for a bracelet-making event! Design your own custom bracelets\, snack on some tasty treats\, and vibe with your peers in a fun\, creative space. UID:145596-21897573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145596 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:Baits House II - Grace Lee Boggs Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T121839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2026 Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:Presented by Professor Edward Watts\, the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of History at UC San Diego\, received his BA in Classics from Brown University in 1997 and his PhD in History from Yale University in 2002. His research centers on the intellectual\, political\, and religious history of the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire. He is the author of seven books and the editor of five more\, including The Final Pagan Generation (UC Press\, 2015)\, Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher\, (Oxford University Press\, 2017)\, Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny (Basic Books\, 2018)\, and The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Oxford University Press\, 2021). His most recent book\, The Romans: A 2000 Year History (Basic Books\, 2025)\, traces the history of the Roman state from the 8th century BC through 1204 AD. His work has also been featured in Time\, Vox\, Smithsonian\, the Economist\, the Wall Street Journal\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, British Museum Magazine\, and the New York Times. Before coming to UCSD in 2012\, Professor Watts taught for ten years at Indiana University. He teaches courses on Byzantine History\, Roman History\, Late Antique Christianity\, Roman numismatics\, and the history of the Medieval Mediterranean. \n\nThe Roman citizen body lived an almost inconceivably long life. Between the 8th century BC and the 15thcentury AD\, nearly 100 generations of Romans superintended a political legacy they had inherited from their ancestors and handed down to their children. Nearly every element of Roman life changed during those two millennia. The state expanded from a hilltop settlement into a massive empire. Its center moved from Italy to Constantinople. Its dominant language changed from Latin to Greek. Its weaponry evolved from iron swords and bronze spears to Greek fire and gunpowder. It incorporated countless new gods before ultimately becoming Christian. And yet the thread linking the Roman present to its past never snapped. For all of their history\, Romans used this past to help understand their world and determine the contours of its future. Tradition served as a governor on the pace of necessary change.\n\nThis Thomas Spencer Jerome lecture series introduces the idea of Roman interchronological history to explain how Romans found and maintained this balance between innovation and tradition. Interchronological history recognizes that Roman scholastic\, social\, familial\, and religious traditions created situations in which Romans in the present spoke the words and felt the feelings of figures from the real or imagined past. These ancient situations encouraged people to connect personally and emotionally with figures from the past and made it natural to see in the past a set of frameworks that allowed one to both understand the present and imagine possible futures that might result from it. \n\nThese lectures explain how Roman educational\, family\, religious\, and literary culture produced this way of interpreting the present and imagining the future through deep engagement with the past. They will then show how an interchronological approach to Roman history expands our understanding of everything from the political power of Roman women to the nature of Iconoclasm and the surprising durability of the Roman bond market. By their conclusion\, the lectures will point to new ways to answer questions about the Roman past and suggest non-Roman contexts in which this historical method can also be applied.\n \nProfessor Watts will present four lectures and one seminar between March 9 and 19\, 2026: \n\n• What is Interchronological Roman History? Monday\, March 9\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League\nThis lecture reconstructs an interchronological historical method based on how Romans were educated and socialized to connect with the words\, experiences\, and feelings of people in their shared past in a fashion that ensured their reactions in the moment and plans for the future remained connected to the traditions of the past.\n\n• Interchronological History and the Political Power of Roman Women\, Thursday\, March 12\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League\nUsing an interchronological approach\, this lecture shows how literature\, public commemorations\, and monuments encouraged Romans of both genders to recognize the political power of Roman women by speaking the words of female political exemplars\, feeling their emotions\, and understanding the circumstances surrounding their political interventions. \n\n• Classical Studies Graduate Student Seminar: Containerization and the Creation of Interchronological Spaces in Imperial Rome\, Friday\, March 13\, 12:00 pm \nThis seminar will look at how the creators and sponsors of a series of monuments in Rome curated space to generate an experience that joined the present in which the monument was unveiled with elements of the past to define a transition to a promised future. Using the theory of artistic containerization\, we will see how each space was designed to showcase elements of the Roman past in a way that channeled specific themes important to both the present identity of the monument’s sponsor and a future they were promising to deliver.\n\n• An Interchronological Approach to Roman Religion and Political History Monday\, March 16\, 5\;30 pm\, Vandenberg Room\, Michigan League\nThis lecture explains how an interchronological history of Roman religion and politics can help us understand why this basic understanding of the role of the divine in shaping the tangible realities of Roman life persisted as Roman religion evolved from the practices of a small pagan city state into those of a large Christian empire.\n\n• The Failures of Justin II and the Case for Interchronological Roman Macroeconomic History\, Thursday\, March 19\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League \nThis uses an interchronological comparative framework to reconstruct the institutional history of Roman finance and macroeconomics in order to explain how the sixth century emperor Justin II inadvertently crippled Rome's nearly 800-year-old financial system. UID:145427-21897338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145427 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Free,History,Interdisciplinary,Lecture LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T093318 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:March 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:142662-21891273@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142662 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:20260311T181740 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T183000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Migration as Imagination — with Writer and Journalist Ismail Einashe DESCRIPTION:Join Ismail Einashe\, award-winning British-Somali writer and 2025/26 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow\, for a deeply personal presentation exploring how art can reclaim the humanity of migrants and their stories\, too often lost in the headlines of global displacement.\n\nDrawing on his decade of reporting on migration\, alongside artists including Mona Hatoum\, Arshile Gorky\, Tania Bruguera\, and his recent book *Strangers* by Tate Publishing—as well as his own journey from Somalia to Britain—Einashe will recontextualize the migrant experience as an act of imagination\, showing how art has the ability to challenge our dominant cultural narratives and bring us closer to the struggles and humanity of people we too easily categorize as ‘strangers’.\n\nFree and open to the public. Registration required UID:145600-21897576@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145600 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:penny stamps speaker series,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T172050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T191500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:School of Public Health DESCRIPTION: UID:144110-21894677@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144110 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T172051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T191500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CANCELLED- Visual Arts & Publication Orgs Gathering DESCRIPTION:The Arts Initiative invites members of Visual Arts and Publications student orgs to discuss your various orgs' needs and wants at Michigan\, and to share your thoughts with fellow org members and the Arts Initiative. We want to learn about what we can do to help your orgs here at Michigan! We'll also have some snacks\, giveaways\, and prizes. This is part of a series of gatherings we're planning with groups across shared artistic practices-- we're excited to learn from the Visual Arts and Publications orgs!Please RSVP to let us know you're coming! UID:145766-21897793@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145766 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Union, room TBD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T120910 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T210000 SUMMARY:Other:March 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:146369-21898963@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146369 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T121646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lingjia Zhang\, piano DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Lingjia Zhang performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145847-21897950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145847 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T181642 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Rescheduled] Shuaizhi Wang\, piano DESCRIPTION:This dissertation recital has been rescheduled for Monday\, March 23. UID:145848-21897951@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900139@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T235959 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:145013-21896349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T235959 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:145014-21896399@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T235959 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:145015-21896456@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T235959 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:145016-21896520@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:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T235959 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:145222-21896853@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 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:143388-21893025@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:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T090647 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T140000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Innovation Summit: AI & the Future of Learning DESCRIPTION:*Note: The event is currently at capacity and no longer accepting registrations.*\n\nAs part of the University of Michigan Life-Changing Education theme year and Campus of the Future event series\, the AI & the Future of Learning Summit will bring together the brightest minds in education and the latest advanced technologies\, including artificial intelligence tools\, that are reshaping our academic landscape. \n\nThe summit\, hosted by the Center for Academic Innovation\, explores the campus of the future through a deliberate arc: first examining how AI is reshaping industries and work\, then reimagining the learner experience\, exploring the innovation infrastructure required to scale change\, and finally asking what responsibility and opportunity mean for universities in an AI-capable world.\n\nThe day will feature thought-provoking conversations\, presentations\, and panel discussions\, asking the audience to engage with big ideas facing higher education today. \n\nThose registered to attend or on the waitlist can find event information\, including the full agenda and speaker information\, on the official registration page. \n\nWhether you are discovering new tools\, experimenting with AI in your teaching or work\, or contributing to the broader conversation about technology and education\, the AI & the Future of Learning Summit offers a space to engage\, connect\, and move ideas forward.\n\n____\n\nOur Speakers\n\nAnant Agarwal\n*Chief Academic Officer\, 2U/edX*\n\nMJ Bishop\n*Founder\, MJ Bishop Consulting\, LLC*\n\nKevin Connell\n*GTM for Education\, OpenAI*\n\nJames DeVaney\n*Founding Executive Director and Associate Vice Provost for Academic Innovation\, Center for Academic Innovation*\n\nBhushan Heda\n*Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer\, Emeritus*\n\nKemi Jona\n*Vice Provost for Online Education and Digital Innovation\, University of Virginia*\n\nJohn Katzman\n*Chief Executive Officer\, Noodle*\n\nStephanie Khurana\n*Chief Executive Officer\, Axim Collaborative*\n\nCarissa Little\n*Associate Dean\, Stanford University School of Engineering*\n\nMargo Martinez\n*Vice President and General Manager of Education\, Salesforce*\n\nJenny Maxwell\n*General Manager of Superhuman for Education\, Superhuman*\n\nQuentin McAndrew\n*Global Academic Strategist\, Coursera*\n\nChris Parrish\n*Co-Founder and President\, Podium*\n\nDeborah Quazzo\n*Managing Partner\, GSV Ventures*\n\nDavid Rhew\, MD\n*Global Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Healthcare\, Health\, and Life Sciences\, Microsoft*\n\nValerie Singer\n*General Manager of AWS Global Education\, Amazon/AWS*\n\nTigran Sloyan\n*Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder\, CodeSignal*\n\nClaire Zau\n*Partner and AI Lead\, GSV Ventures* UID:143467-21893237@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143467 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Innovation,Academic Technology At Michigan,Artificial Intelligence,Education,Higher Education,Information and Technology LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026. UID:145837-21897891@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Bicentennial,American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T100000 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:145904-21898032@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899522@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph DESCRIPTION:Joyce Rudolph has photographed some iconic actors and characters in her role as still photographer for the movies. This sampling of images from her papers\, which are housed as part of the Special Collections Research Center's Mavericks & Makers collection\, include the first images of Freddy Krueger in \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\,\" Arnold Schwenegger in \"The Terminator\,\" legends Jack Nicholson\, Diane Keaton\, Sean Penn\, and Robert DeNiro\, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino\, Martin Scorsese\, and her husband\, Alan Rudolph. UID:146264-21898754@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T154541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T163000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Research Day DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about firearm injury prevention research happening at the University of Michigan? Join us on March 17\, 2026 to meet with faculty\, students and staff engaged in this field of work. Our leading experts will be available throughout the day to answer questions and chat with those interested in preventing firearm-related harms. Registration is required. UID:145337-21897135@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145337 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,Community Safety,Community Service,Community Violence,Firearm,Free,Graduate Students,health,health behavior,health care policy,Healthcare,Injury Prevention,Interdisciplinary,Medicine,Mental Health,Multidisciplinary,Networking,Nursing,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Public Policy,Research,Safe Storage,Social Impact,Social Justice,Student Affairs,Student Org,Suicide Prevention,Undergraduate LOCATION:Palmer Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 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:142773-21891481@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:20260317T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T200000 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:142417-21890889@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:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Metamorphosis: Clay in Flux DESCRIPTION:\n\nMetamorphosis: Clay in Flux is an exhibition celebrating the creative potential of student ceramics\, designed to correspond with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Detroit\, and the surrounding ceramics events in Southeast Michigan.\n\nThis exhibition is organized and juried by members of the Stamps Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC) and will be on display in the Art & Architecture Building’s Street Gallery from March 11- 25\, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday\, March 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. \n\nSEC Jurors\n\nElan Povirk (project lead)\nAlexis Albert\nRachel Deveyra\n\nExhibiting Artists\n\nZoe Dvorin\nLilly Fredericks\nMaría E. García-Murguía\nMikayla Holcomb\nVirginia Holland\nMagdalyn Hubbard\nMira Hughes\nAudrey Jarrett\nEry Millican\nIsabella Possin\nMo Pofahl\nNatalie Radabaugh\nNik Roy\nMihika Shukla\nAbigail Watters UID:146483-21899177@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 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:142768-21891394@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:20260304T114528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Learning Theory in the AI for Science Era: From Classical Foundations to Operator Learning DESCRIPTION:Operator learning has emerged as a powerful paradigm in scientific computing\, with applications including surrogate modeling of partial differential equations and data-driven simulation of complex experimental systems\, even in the absence of explicit governing equations. In this talk\, I will discuss operator learning through the lens of statistical learning theory and identify several new learning-theoretic phenomena that arise in this setting. I will then focus on the role of data collection protocols and show that transitioning from passive (i.i.d sampling) to active data collection can fundamentally change which operator classes are learnable. Moreover\, even for operator classes learnable under both protocols\, active data collection can significantly improve sample efficiency\, sometimes yielding exponential gains over passive approaches. I will conclude by highlighting open problems and exciting future directions in active data collection and\, more broadly\, in operator learning. UID:146169-21898615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146169 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - 438 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T095119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T110000 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:143465-21893225@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:20260314T095507 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Inequality or Incompetence? Urban Fiscal Crisis and the Spatial Politics of Blame” DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host Mo Torres\, Junior Fellow of the Michigan Society of Fellows and an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Mo will present\, “Inequality or Incompetence? Urban Fiscal Crisis and the Spatial Politics of Blame.”\n\nAbstract: “The United States is no stranger to urban fiscal crisis. In the 1970s\, cities from New York City and Philadelphia to Cleveland and St. Louis\, on the brink of crisis or bankruptcy or worse\, shocked the world\, revealing the precarious position of cities in the U.S. political economy. But why did cities face such severe economic challenges? Why did the problem in the 1970s suddenly seem so widespread? And what\, or who\, was to blame?\n\nAs early as 1972\, two explanations for urban fiscal crisis were in circulation. Was the culprit inequality\, as rapidly growing suburbs hoarded property taxes\, withholding crucial resources from central city governments and their residents? Was it incompetence\, poor management\, lack of technical expertise\, or outright corruption by elected municipal leaders? While not mutually exclusive\, by the end of the 1970s only the latter story survived. The result was policy prescriptions to correct mismanagement at the local level\, leaving underlying structural inequalities at the metropolitan level unaddressed.\n\nFocusing on Michigan\, this paper builds on the sociology of blame to show how policy elites came to narrate cities as undeserving places run by incompetent\, corrupt leaders beholden to special interests like civil rights groups and labor unions. The result amounts to refusal: neglecting to solve a problem by ultimately ignoring its fundamental causes.” UID:146598-21899335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146598 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Inequality,Political Economy,Social Sciences,Sociology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T123833 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Invariants of Plabic Links DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Plabic graphs were introduced by Postnikov in order to study a stratification of the totally nonnegative Grassmannian. To each plabic graph\, one can associate a quiver\, which is a directed graph that encodes a cluster algebra\, as well as a link. In this thesis\, we study invariants of these links\, called plabic links\, and their connections to the plabic graphs' quivers. \n\nWe focus primarily on forest quivers\, which are quivers whose underlying graphs are forests. We define the HOMFLY polynomial of a forest quiver and show that it agrees with the HOMFLY polynomial of any plabic link coming from a connected plabic graph whose quiver is that forest quiver. We define this polynomial recursively and also prove a closed formula for it. We will also comment on a way to extend the definition of part of this polynomial to some other acyclic quivers. Finally\, we discuss the Khovanov-Rozansky homology of certain plabic links associated to forest quivers and describe how to recursively compute it for a subset of these links. UID:146129-21898423@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146129 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:Off Campus Location - B860G CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T103435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Social Theory Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 20: Jonathan Schoots\n- February 3: Jun Zhou\n- March 17: Kristina M. Fullerton Rico\n- April 7: Mary Shi UID:143800-21894048@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143800 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T153056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Stay in the Blue St Patrick's Day bagel outreach DESCRIPTION:If you are planning to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year\, then you might like to grab a bagel as part of your plans! Beyond The Diag\, Wolverine Wellness\, DPSS and Center for Campus Involvement will be on The Diag 11:00am-1:00pm\, and are offering bagels\, fun and lots of information about how to stay safe while you celebrate. UID:146271-21898822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146271 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:beyond the diag,st patricks day,stay in the blue,Well-being,Wolverine Wellness LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T102054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:U-M Advising: Student Success and Advising Technology (SS&AT) Update Event DESCRIPTION:Join leaders of the U-M Student Success and Advising Technology team for updates on the LSA Advising File transition project. Learn about current progress\, next steps\, and how to get involved!  This hybrid event is co-sponsored by the ACUM Technology Committee.  UID:145185-21896775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145185 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T150059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:How to Model Science as a Complex System DESCRIPTION:Tracing the historical dynamics of science can reveal how scientific knowledge emerges and evolves over time. Because scientific knowledge is embedded in increasingly complex systems\, comprising shifting relationships among people\, the organisms and matter they study\, technology\, data\, publications\, and the concepts they utilize\, scholars are looking beyond traditional historiographical methods towards quantitative and computational tools. Big data\, network analysis\, and machine learning enhance the scale and speed of analysis\, but these methods often ignore or erase the critical roles that context (like time period\, geography\, and discipline) and different types of data (like image and audio data) play in the development of new knowledge. In this talk\, I present context- and data-sensitive computational methods that extend efforts to model the evolution of science as a complex system. These methods reveal when new knowledge emerges and how the features of old scientific information constrain features of new scientific knowledge. UID:144941-21896174@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144941 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Agent Based Modelling,Complex Systems,Complex Systems Minor,Complex Systems Modelling,Complexity,Information,Science,seminar LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 747 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T112055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T124000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:WISE & Shine DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in becoming a peditrician or passionate about public health? Join us for a networking brunch with local physician\, Rachel Nash\, MD\, CLS\, MPH\, FAAP. Dr. Nash is a board-certified pediatrician based in Livonia\, Michigan. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Integrative Physiology and Psychology before completing a Master’s Degree in Public Health\, blending clinical expertise with a strong foundation in population health. Dr. Nash completed her pediatric residency at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus\, Ohio\, where she further developed her commitment to comprehensive\, evidence-based care for children and adolescents.\nDr. Nash’s professional interests extend beyond the clinic and she is excited to meet with students considering medical school/graduate school or careers in public health. Her educational and scholarly work focuses on trainee advocacy\, injury prevention\, adolescent transitions of care\, health equity\, and addressing the social determinants of health. Through both her clinical practice and academic pursuits\, Dr. Nash is passionate about creating systems of care that support all children and families\, ensuring healthier futures for the communities she serves. UID:145872-21897974@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:3236 Undergraduate Science Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T085729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T125000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Zoning: Externalities or Misallocation? DESCRIPTION:-- UID:143297-21892652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143297 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T112056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CommuniTEA w/ CAPS 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:143867-21894141@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143867 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T153550 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Seminar Series- Within-lineage evolution across time scales: Reconciling the recent and the fossil record DESCRIPTION:Description: Connecting generational processes (microevolution) to the larger-scale patterns of phenotypic diversification (macroevolution) remains a fundamental challenge in evolutionary biology. Phenotypic time series\, defined as sequences of measurements drawn from multiple organisms in the same lineage over time\, offer a direct window into this problem. Time series from the fossil record typically span tens to hundreds of thousands of years or more\, documenting historical patterns of evolutionary change in a single species over durations far beyond what we can observe in the present. This makes fossil trait series a uniquely valuable data source for addressing fundamental questions about how evolution operates across time scales. I will present analyses of large compilations of phenotypic time series from both living populations and the fossil record\, with the goal of assessing whether evolutionary processes are continuous across generations to millions of years\, or whether something changes as we move between scales. UID:146429-21899078@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146429 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T153452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Hustle\, Learn\, Repeat: Building Entrepreneurial Muscle for Today’s Economy DESCRIPTION:The modern career landscape is constantly changing\, and success depends on taking initiative and learning by doing. Join Rishi Narayan\, ‘03\, MSE’05\, serial entrepreneur\, angel investor\, and co-founder of Underground Printing\, as he shares his side hustle framework\, a hands-on approach to turning ideas into action. In this session\, you’ll learn how side projects can help you build real-world skills\, test ideas quickly\, and develop resilience\, adaptability\, and a proactive mindset while exploring opportunities beyond traditional employment.\n\nTogether\, we’ll learn how to:\n\nTreat side projects as low-risk experiments to develop entrepreneurial skills.\nBuild resilience\, adaptability\, and confidence in uncertain situations.\nGain practical experience through freelancing\, volunteering\, or other nontraditional projects.\nEstablish habits for continuous learning and proactive career growth. UID:143858-21894130@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143858 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Economics,Entrepreneurship,Free,Livestream,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121739 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T123000 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:144525-21895456@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T112056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Leadership Certificate Info Sessions 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join University of Michigan Leadership Certificate program staff and student representatives for an info session and Q&A prior to submitting your application! We will offer both an in-person session (snacks provided) and a virtual session. Personal pre-advising appointments are also available by contacting LeadershipCertificate@umich.edu.Attending an info session or pre-advising appointment is highly recommended to support your application to the program.*The Leadership Certificate is open to UM-Ann Arbor undergraduates with an anticipated graduation term of Winter 2027 or later. UID:144796-21895949@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144796 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Located across from the elevator bay. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897493@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T125900 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Globalizing Chinese Theatre: Chinese Dramatists and Transnational Media Ecologies 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/mRz1N\n\nDr. Zhao’s new project investigates the transnational engagements of Chinese dramatists\, actors\, and intellectuals with world theatre from the 1910s to the 1930s and illustrates how they significantly shaped the global perceptions of Chinese theatre. Through case studies of Chinese dramatists working in the United States\, France\, and Britain\, this talk will present how they articulated their own visions of Chinese theatre\, establishing it not as an exotic spectacle but as a site of theoretical experimentation and aesthetic authority. By re-centering Chinese agency within transnational theatre networks\, their work reframed Chinese theatre as a constitutive rather than derivative force in global theatre history and laid the groundwork for the forms and debates that continue to shape Chinese theatre today.\n \n Sophia Tingting Zhao (Ph.D.\, East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Stanford University) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at Virginia Tech\, where she also serves as director of the Chinese program. Her research focuses on Chinese theatre and performance\, performance historiography\, and the intersections of literature\, gender\, urban space\, media\, and global modernity\, with particular emphasis on transnational Chinese theatre. She is the co-author of three scholarly books on Chinese theatre\, including two scholarly editions of traditional poetry on Chinese Kun opera and a scholarly edition of a sixteenth-century dramatic text.\n \n Her forthcoming monograph\, “Globalizing Chinese Theatre”《面向世界的中国戏剧》 (Fudan University Press\, 2026)\, examines how Chinese dramatists\, performers\, and intellectuals engaged transnationally with world theatre and reshaped global narratives of Chinese theatre between 1911 and 1949. She is also the author of Mei Lanfang and Gender Studies 《梅兰芳与女性文化研究》(Beijing Publishing House\, 2026)\, the first book-length gender analysis of female impersonation and theatrical stardom in twentieth-century Chinese theatre. Her article “Wang Guowei’s Weltanschauung: Chinese Theatre in the Age of Globalization” won the 2019 Wang Guowei Award for Academic Paper on Drama. Her scholarship on Mei Lanfang has also been recognized as Top-Ten Papers at the 1st\, 2nd\, and 7th Mei Lanfang Research Young Scholars Forums. Additional honors include the Emerging Scholar Award from the Association for Asian Performance. UID:143619-21893527@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143619 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,chinese,Performance,Theater LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T105703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T124500 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:138074-21891594@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:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 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:143999-21894452@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:20260209T181640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Stearns Collection Lunchtime Concert Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for this month's free lunchtime concert at NCRC. In celebration of St. Patrick's Day\, local musicians offer a set of traditional Irish dance tunes for the season including jigs\, reels\, polkas\, and more! In addition\, members of the SMTD Baroque Orchestra will perform on historical instruments. \n\nFeatured performers:\nMarty Somberg\, fiddle\; Hannah Harris\, fiddle\; Alberto “Bear\" Whitmer\, guitar\; John Driscoll\, flute\; Tristan Pruss\, Irish *uilleann* pipes\, tin whistle\, and *bodhrán*\; Evan Chambers\, fiddle\n\nFeel free to bring your lunch or buy it in the NCRC cafe. Paid visitor parking is available across the street with the AMP parking app. UID:145287-21897008@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145287 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Culture,Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T164648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Interactive Process: Determining Reasonable Workplace Accommodations DESCRIPTION:This workshop will provide an overview of the Interactive Process and how Accessibility Specialists can facilitate effective\, collaborative conversations with employees and units to navigate reasonable workplace accommodations. Presenters will discuss how accommodation reasonableness is determined and how accommodations can support employees in performing their essential job functions.\n\nThe session will also include a role-play scenario\, giving attendees a practical look at the questions asked and materials reviewed throughout the process.\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:145756-21897783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145756 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Communication,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250919T094546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T133000 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:138237-21882656@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:20260206T192256 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T140000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Undergraduate Town Hall DESCRIPTION:This semester\, we will be doing our yearly IOE Undergraduate Town Hall. Food will be provided. This is your chance to ask and give input to the IOE Department about anything related to curriculum\, opportunities\, and more. UID:145206-21896801@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145206 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - G690 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T143641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Faculty Student Lunch Event: Viswanath Nagarajan DESCRIPTION:Please fill out the form below if you would like to attend the faculty-student lunch with Prof. Viswanath Nagarajan on Tuesday\, March 17th from 1:00 - 2:00pm! Space is limited\, so please only sign up for this event if you are sure you will be able to attend. Spots for this lunch will be filled on a first come\, first served basis\, and a waitlist will be formed after all spots have been filled. UID:146234-21898688@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T091103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T142000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Natural Language Equilibrium II DESCRIPTION:“Natural Language Equilibrium I” studies the effect of a commonly understood language on signaling game equilibria under the convention that off-path statements are interpreted as true unless they can be seen as a rational attempt to deceive. With this convention it was shown that\, generically\, only stable equilibrium outcomes of the setting with language can arise. Here\, we strengthen the convention by also requiring that any statement must be interpreted as true according to its literal meaning unless doing so would make it profitable to use the statement deceptively. This strengthening refines equilibria even in pure communication games. UID:143377-21892965@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143377 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Theory LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T094127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T142000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Economy Workshop DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, 1-2:20pm\, Eldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall (unless a different time and location have been specified)\n\nFaculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley\, Edgar Franco-Vivanco\, Mark Dincecco\, Iain Osgood\n\nGraduate Student Coordinators: Jun Fang and Pedro Luz de Castro UID:112502-21893399@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld, Room 5670 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T090929 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T143000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Ryan Van Daele - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Ryan Van Daele for their dissertation defense titled \"Chloride Mediation for Ethanol Oxidation with Particle and Electrochemical Catalysts\".\n\n*Date:* Tuesday\, March 17th\n*Time:* 1:00 PM\n*Where:* CHEM 1706\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 97256923783\nZoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97256923783 UID:146388-21898982@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121740 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T135000 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:144526-21895457@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144526 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T105248 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Fast Summation for Geophysical Fluid Dynamics DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \n\nGeophysical fluid dynamics is the study of fluids on the sphere in which the Coriolis force plays an important role\, and is of great interest and importance\, both theoretically and practically\, as the foundation of modern weather and climate modeling. Many problems in geophysical fluid dynamics can be formulated in a way to take advantage of convolutions and fast summation techniques\, which are methods for approximating integral transforms quickly.\n\nThe thesis starts by presenting a Cubed Sphere Fast Multipole Method (CSFMM) that is suitable for $O(N)$ fast summation on the sphere\, adapting techniques from the Barycentric Lagrange Tree Code and the Barycentric Lagrange Dual Tree Traversal Fast Multipole Method for use for problems with spherical geometry\, and showing a number of speed up and error results\, demonstrating that the CSFMM is both fast and accurate for a variety of different problems. This technique is then applied to three different problems.\n\nThe first problem is that of computing Self Attraction and Loading in ocean models\, an important term encompassing physical effects relating to the gravitation of water and the elastic deformation of the Earth. The computation of Self Attraction and Loading has been challenging in the past\, mainly being computed using a scalar approximation or using spherical harmonics. This thesis demonstrates a new technique for computing the Self Attraction and Loading by deriving a new integral kernel for the problem\, before then discussing the implementation of this convolution and CSFMM in the Modular Ocean Model.\n\nThe next problem is that of solving the Barotropic Vorticity Equation with a Lagrangian Particle Method. This equation describes the conservation of potential vorticity for a two dimensional incompressible inviscid fluid on a rotating sphere. The fluid velocity can be related to the vorticity through a Biot-Savart law\, and when discretized using a Lagrangian particle Method\, the dynamics naturally admit a formulation as a $N$-body problem\, to which we apply the CSFMM. The accuracy and speed of this technique is tested\, before using the method to explore a variety of problems.\n\nLastly\, the previous solver is extended to work for the Shallow Water Equations\, an equation set which in addition to vorticity effects\, also allows for fluid divergence. For this problem\, the Biot-Savart law is more complicated\, incorporating both vorticity and divergence. This solver is then tested on a range of test cases to check for accuracy. Additionally\, this solver is designed for portability\, including with graphical processing units\, allowing for significant speedups. UID:145244-21896922@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145244 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:School of Education - 2228 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T150000 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:138848-21890491@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:20260304T103205 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:PhD Defense: Hyesun Chung DESCRIPTION:Join us for Hyseun's doctoral defense.\n\nTitle: From Dyads to Teams: Modeling Multi-Referent Multi-Level Trust in Human-AI Teams\nChair: X. Jessie Yang\nLearn more: https://ioe.engin.umich.edu/people/chung-hyesun/ UID:146162-21898608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146162 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 2717 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T142056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Built for Abundance: Black Digital Communities and the Art of Imagining Otherwise DESCRIPTION: UID:146350-21898942@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146350 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Hybrid - Leinweber 4320 (Dow Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T101306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Enlightenment Under Autocracy: The Origins of Liberalism in China DESCRIPTION:This paper studies how ideas emphasizing individual moral agency shape political behavior under autocracy by tracing the rise of Wang Yangming’s School of Mind in late imperial China. Using a new dataset of over 24\,000 historical texts from 1000 to 1900\, we measure regional exposure with two indicators: the frequency of core concepts and the count of associated authors. We also introduce a semantic similarity measure that compares local texts to Wang Yangming’s writings. A difference-in-differences design exploiting the staggered introduction of public lectures shows that exposure rises after a prefecture’s first lecture\, with effects that persist in subsequent cohorts. Prefectures with higher exposure were more likely to produce reformist leaders in the Donglin Movement (1604–1627). Under the Qing (1644–1911)\, public lecturing was curtailed and the intellectual agenda shifted\, so the lecture channel that helped seed Yangming learning in the Ming largely disappears from the record. Using contemporary survey data from 2010\, we nevertheless find that detectable traces remain: residents in historically exposed prefectures express stronger support for the right to discuss public affairs and for limiting government involvement in private affairs. Together\, the results link Yangming learning to reformist mobilization among elites and to long-run variation in attitudes toward political voice and the appropriate scope of government. UID:143569-21893396@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143569 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Development,Economics,History,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T142055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Lucky Bingo DESCRIPTION:Feeling lucky? Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a classic favorite! Join us for Lucky Bingo on March 17 from 2:30–3:30 PM in THSL 2955.\nPlay a few rounds\, eat some snacks\, and try your luck at winning fun prizes. UID:145951-21898173@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145951 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:THSL 2955 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T080142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bertini Theorems DESCRIPTION:Let X ⊆ ℙ^n be a smooth variety over an algebraically closed field. Bertini's theorem states that for a general hyperplane H ⊆ ℙ^n\, the intersection X ∩ H is also smooth. In general\, a \"Bertini theorem\" is a result like this\, which states that some type of singularity is preserved under taking intersections with a general hyperplane\, such as reduced\, normal\, Cohen-Macaulay\, Gorenstein\, and more. \n\nWe interpret these theorems in the language of commutative algebra (graded rings). Additionally\, we discuss Bertini theorems for local rings and Bertini theorems for classes of singularities arising in the minimal model program. UID:146628-21899366@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146628 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T092923 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Portrayals of Engineering and Technical Roles in an Engineering Workforce Development Program: An Embedded Qualitative Case Study DESCRIPTION:Abstract: U.S. competitiveness in advanced manufacturing depends not only on engineers\, but on an interdependent engineering and technical workforce that includes engineering technologists and technicians. Yet\, how federally funded engineering workforce development (EWD) programs define\, differentiate\, and communicate the value of engineering and technical roles remains underexamined. Positioned within engineering education research that examines pathways\, professional formation\, and the education–workforce interface\, this study investigates how a national\, federally supported EWD initiative constructs and portrays engineering and technical occupational roles through its public-facing program materials and leader narratives. Drawing on qualitative document analysis and semi-structured interviews within an embedded qualitative case study of a national EWD initiative\, the study applies a sociocultural value-systems lens to examine how patterned beliefs about knowledge\, skill\, and expertise are enacted at the programmatic and organizational level. Findings reveal consistent distinctions in how roles are framed across dimensions of work\, worker\, and occupation\, with implications for engineering pathways\, learner identity formation\, and program alignment across educational and workforce contexts. By foregrounding the often-overlooked roles of technologists and technicians\, this work contributes new empirical insight to engineering education scholarship and extends EER conversations beyond degree-centric models to include federally supported workforce pathways relevant to contemporary manufacturing practice.\n\nBiography: Winifred Opoku is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She is an embedded researcher with the NSF-funded HAMMER Engineering Research Center\, where her work engages questions of engineering workforce development\, advanced manufacturing\, and cross-sector collaboration. Winifred is also a member of the Beliefs in Engineering Research Group\, contributing to scholarship that examines how beliefs\, values\, and cultural assumptions shape engineering education and practice. Her broader research interests sit at the intersection of engineering education\, workforce development\, and innovation systems\, with a focus on how educational and workforce institutions construct pathways and roles across the engineering and technical workforce. Prior to graduate study\, Winifred trained and worked as an HVAC/MEP design engineer\, an experience that continues to inform her research perspective. Outside of research\, she enjoys graphic design and creative projects that blend technical thinking with visual storytelling. UID:145974-21898201@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145974 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Graduate,Michigan Engineering,Research,Stem LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Presentation Room 1180 and Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T102237 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Water@Michigan Coffee Talk DESCRIPTION:The Huron River watershed in Southeast Michigan is home to nearly 100 dams that alter the chemical\, physical\, and biological processes of its main stem and tributaries. These structures often harm wildlife\, impose high maintenance costs\, and in some cases\, pose safety risks to downstream communities. This panel will highlight recent initiatives led by the Huron River Watershed Council and its partners to restore the river’s natural flow through the removal of aging and obsolete dams and improved flow management strategies. Panelists will explore the ecological impacts of dams\, discuss the status of dams within the Huron\, share updates on a dam removal project in Ypsilanti\, and introduce a budding initiative leveraging real-time data and communication to foster more collaborative dam management along the Huron’s main stem. \n\nAbout the Speakers: \nDaniel Brown\, Climate Resilience Strategist\, Huron River Watershed Council\nDaniel has worked to address the effects of climate change across North America. He helps develop strategies that preserve land for waterway protection\, reduce planet-warming emissions\, and improve climate resilience. He also works on efforts to restore the main river corridor through dam removal\, leads HRWC’s efforts to address PFAS contamination\, and coordinates the Huron River Water Trail. He enjoys empowering conservation based on sound science and getting people to enjoy Michigan’s natural resources. Daniel joined HRWC in 2018 and lives in the Horseshoe Creekshed.\n\nAndrea Paine\, Program Manager\, Huron River Watershed Council \nAndrea coordinates HRWC’s stormwater management\, fee-for-service stormwater services\, and community engagement work. She also supports local policy and other watershed planning and management projects. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in environmental policy and planning from the University of Michigan. She joined HRWC in 2018\, lives in the Allens Creekshed\, and is originally from Manistee\, MI.\n\nBranko Kerkez\, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Associate Department Chair for Research\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\nBranko Kerkez is an Arthur F. Thurnau associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at U-M. His research interests include water\, data\, and sensors. Branko is driven by the desire to both rationalize water management decisions\, and put tools into the hands of community members to allow them to contribute to those decisions. The National Academy of Engineering recognized his work in smart water systems in 2018 as a Gilbreth Lecturer. Branko’s Digital Water Lab is untangling the role of tech in water…one sensor at a time! He earned his PhD in 2012 from the University of California\, Berkeley in Civil and Environmental Engineering.\n\nAbout Coffee Talks: Coffee Talks provide a monthly opportunity for U-M faculty\, staff\, and students interested in water\, and water-interested people in southeast Michigan to connect with colleagues\, learn about pressing and/or emerging water-related issues\, and meet new partners. This academic year\, we are excited to explore the intersection of water + energy and what this nexus means to U-M researchers\, institutes\, and external partners. Coffee Talks are in-person convenings designed to build connections as part of the U-M Water Center's mission and programs\; we are not recording sessions at this time.\n\nYou can register for this session here: https://graham.umich.edu/wateratmichigan/coffee-talks UID:143331-21892918@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143331 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:adaptation,biodiversity,Biology,Construction,Rivers,Water LOCATION:Michigan Union - Koessler CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Toledo DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Toledo UID:145969-21898193@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145969 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T091106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CM-AMO Seminar | Tailoring Rydberg interactions for expanding quantum capabilities DESCRIPTION:Rydberg atoms provide a uniquely versatile platform for engineering strong\, tunable interactions in otherwise weakly interacting neutral-atom systems. They couple strongly to each other and to external fields. The former enables controllable atom-atom\, atom-photon and even photon-photon interactions\, while the latter promises exceptionally sensitive and broadband microwave (MW) and radio frequency (RF) sensing capabilities. Typically\, the Rydberg-Rydberg interactions are leveraged as a blockade mechanism. In contrast\, we explore the antiblockade regime in atom arrays\, where interactions facilitate rather than suppress excitation. I will present our numerical studies demonstrating directional quantum information and entanglement transfer [1]\, as well as robust avalanche amplification for weak signal detection [2]. For atom-field coupling\, I will present our experimental work expanding MW sensing capabilities with cold atomic ensembles. First\, we demonstrate 3D field characterization via multi-parameter extraction\, which holds potential as a testbed for machine-learning-enhanced measurement protocols and has broad implications for information extraction from complex measurements. Second\, we address the intersection of atom-atom and atom-field interactions by investigating the role of nonlinear atomic interactions in probing external fields [3]. Together\, these studies show how tailoring Rydberg interactions expands the accessible measurement and dynamical capabilities of cold-atom platforms.\n \nReferences:\n[1] Yupeng Wang\, Junjie Wang\, Aishik Panja\, Xinghan Wang\, Qi-Yu Liang\, “Directional Transport in Rydberg Atom Arrays via Kinetic Constraints and Temporal Modulation”\, Phys. Rev. Research 7\, L022035 (2025)\n[2] Xinghan Wang\, Yupeng Wang\, Qi-Yu Liang\, “Robust Rydberg facilitation via rapid adiabatic passage”\, Phys. Rev. Research 8\, 013154 (2026)\n[3] Xinghan Wang\, Yupeng Wang\, Aishik Panja\, Qi-Yu Liang\, \"Nonlinear optical spectra from Rydberg-mediated photon photon interactions\"\, arXiv:2602.11563 (2026) UID:146387-21898981@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146387 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T204301 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: Accelerating Earth system simulation DESCRIPTION:Providing high-quality “actionable information” for strategic risk analysis is amongst the primary goals of the U.S. Dept. of Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM). The simulation speed required to generate high-quality localized predictions at seasonal-to-decadal time scales is very high. In this talk we highlight some algorithmic design decisions that combine new research with classical numerical methods to enable E3SM’s ultra-high resolution configuration to achieve exascale performance and win the inaugural Gordon Bell Prize for Climate in 2023. \n\nOur design strategies tailor mathematical methods to both the unique features of the application space and to the heterogeneous computing architectures of exascale supercomputers. Ultimately\, these efforts doubled the speed of the most computationally demanding component of E3SM\, its atmosphere model. We will also discuss new and ongoing research associated with opportunities afforded by these performance gains. UID:145352-21897161@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145352 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics,Mathematics LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T143243 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Design of 3d Metal Complexes for Cooperative Catalysis & Mechanistic Insight DESCRIPTION:Over the past 4 decades\, transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling and olefin functionalization reactions have transformed the discovery and manufacture of pharmaceuticals\, agrochemicals\, pigments\, and materials. However\, responsible sourcing of preferred precious metal catalysts (like Pd\, Rh\, or Ir) has become increasingly challenging with ongoing geopolitical conflict and inconsistent labor practices. This limited availability thus hinders the sustainability and economic viability of these processes. Despite the clear impetus to pursue reaction development with more terrestrially abundant elements\, first-row (3d) transition metals are not typically suitable as direct substitutes for their precious metal congeners. Nonetheless\, there is growing interest in exploring the unique reactivity of earth-abundant and relatively inexpensive 3d metals to generate novel products and/or take advantage of substrate combinations that remain difficult to access with established methods. However\, compared with the detailed understanding of the fundamental reactivity of precious metals informed by decades of mechanistic elucidation\, the identity\, speciation\, and controlling features of 3d metal catalysts remain poorly defined in many cases\, thus limiting their development. Here\, I will describe my team’s progress using well-defined nickel and copper precatalysts to tease apart the structural features and mechanistic steps necessary for achieving high activity and chemoselectivity in cross coupling and olefin functionalization reactions. Our work relies on a synergy between mechanistic study of and precatalyst design for homogeneous catalysis\, taking advantage of cooperative design principles informed by heterogeneous and biological catalysis. These insights are translated into the design of novel catalyst structures and synthetic transformations with enhanced efficiency. UID:138412-21882917@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138412 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T125252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Illuminate and Inspire: Black Alum Panel & Networking Mixer DESCRIPTION:Illuminate and Inspire: Black Alum Panel & Networking Mixer \n\n \n\nPlease join us on March 17th\, 2026 from 4 to 6pm on campus at the Trotter Multicultural Center for an inspiring evening with an opportunity to hear from multiple Black Alums! This conversation will highlight the Alums’ time at U-M\, their journeys to the careers they are in today\, and the challenges they’ve overcome. \n\n \n\nThe evening will give students interested in various industries the opportunity to ask questions\, gain insight\, and build meaningful connections. \n\n \n\nFood will be provided. \n\nBusiness attire is not required\, so please come as you are.\n\nThis event is open to all LSA students and is proudly sponsored by the LSA Opportunity Hub and the Black Student Union.\n\nRSVP now to reserve your spot! Dinner will be served. \n\n \n\nAlum Bios: \n\nJasmine Brooks\nJasmine Brooks is the founder of JMB Advising and a Detroit-based educator with over a decade of experience in student advising and school leadership. A University of Michigan alum\, she began supporting student success during her undergraduate years and has continued this work since 2010.\nHer career spans roles as a classroom teacher\, Assistant Principal\, and Dean of Students where she has consistently focused on improving college access\, matriculation\, and graduation outcomes.\nJasmine currently serves as Senior Director of Graduate 313 at the Detroit College Access Network\, where she leads initiatives to expand postsecondary credential attainment through the development of community-based support hubs across Detroit.\n\n\n\nJade Harris \nJade Harris is a compliance and audit ethics professional currently serving as Program and Process Compliance Lead at Stellantis. She leads large-scale audits\, develops risk and compliance frameworks\, and has identified significant cost recovery through data analysis and process improvement.\n\nJade holds an MBA from Wayne State University\, where she worked as a Program Coordinator developing STEM leadership programs and managing large-scale program budgets. Jade got her Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology\, Cognition\, and Neuroscience from the University of Michigan\, with additional executive education from the Ross School of Business.\n\nTerrence Quinn\nTerrence G Quinn is an estate planning attorney in Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, and the founder and president of The TGQ Law Firm. Mr. Quinn graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 2002 and spent the next six years practicing in the Trusts and Estates Practice Group for a major Michigan firm.\n\nIn 2008\,Terrence founded his own firm where he assists Michigan clients with legal assistance to help them find comfort in what lies ahead. Specifically\, the firm provides legal assistance to clients with main focuses in estate planning\, probate law\, and elder law.\n\nMiles Jackson\nMiles is the Director of Development for Angel City Sports with over 15 years of experience in sport\, health equity\, and community development. Throughout his career\, he has partnered with Nike and EA Sports to raise over $2M for community infrastructure for his company Cuba Skate. \n\nMiles was a former varsity men's soccer player at UM and a dual MBA graduate (USC Marshall/HSG)\, combining his athletic discipline with strategic business acumen. Driven by his lived experience with diabetes and his tenure as a Board Member for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)\, Miles specializes in using storytelling to build high-impact partnerships and drive social change. \n\nTanisha Hemphill\n\nTanisha Hemphill is a product leader at Ulta Beauty\, with experience building global consumer products at companies like Apple\, Expedia Group\, and Google-acquired Motorola Mobility. She has led large-scale loyalty and growth initiatives used by millions of customers worldwide and is passionate about helping people navigate careers in tech and leadership. Tanisha is also the former Chicago Chapter Lead of the University of Michigan Black Alumni Association\, where she focused on mentorship\, community building\, and supporting the next generation of leaders. UID:145375-21897205@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145375 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,All Majors Welcome,Alum Connections,Alumni,Black Student Union,Career,Early Career Exploration,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Networking LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T123127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1916095Are 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:145701-21897712@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145701 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T115057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T200000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Shakespeare in the Arb: Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare in the Arb is a collaboration between the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum and Residential College. Since 2001\, university and community members have provided audiences with a magical night of Elizabethan theater in an inspiring natural setting. We are looking for actors and musicians to join this beloved Ann Arbor tradition for our 2026 season!\n\nPerformances are every weekend in June in Nichols Arboretum. Rehearsals are every Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday beginning April 27th.\nAll roles are available! \n\nAuditions will be in East Quad on the following dates:\n\n March 17th (4-8PM)\n March 19th (5-9PM)\n March 20th (4-8PM)\n\nActors will be expected to memorize a monologue from a given selection (available in the link below). Musicians will submit a short self tape in place of in-person auditions. Anyone is welcome to do both!\n\nCallbacks will be on March 21st from 12-4PM in the Keene Theater. \n\nFor more information\, and to sign up for an audition slot\, go to bit.ly/sita2026.\n\nEmail Ari Richardson at arijrich@umich.edu with any questions. UID:145538-21897486@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:artists,arts,arts at michigan,Audition,Auditions,Free,Theater,theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T103819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Case for Hope in Dystopian Times DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Privacy@Michigan event with Albert Fox Cahn. In this session\, we won’t just examine the ways that novel technologies are driving inequality\, eroding autonomy\, and undermining the rule of law\; we’ll also look at the glimmers of hope piercing the darkness of this moment. Albert will highlight litigation\, legislation\, and grassroots organizing campaigns that are pushing back every day on the growth of Orwellian technologies. See how a new generation of dystopian storytellers are highlighting the once-invisible harms of government surveillance. Learn how groups defending undocumented immigrants\, abortion care\, and the bedrock principles of the rule of law are fighting and winning in local communities across the United States. And see the strategies that can be deployed in your local communities in the months and years ahead.\n\nThis event will take place on March 17 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Vandenberg Room on the 2nd floor of the Michigan League. If you are unable to attend\, the event will be livestreamed. Event information and access to the livestream can be found on the events webpage: https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/privacy/albert-fox-cahn UID:146091-21898356@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,All Majors Welcome,Artificial Intelligence,Big Tech,cyber security,Cybersecurity,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,digital technology,Discussion,Free,Genai,General Public,Generative Ai,government,In Person,information,information and technology,information law,information policy,information science,information studies,information technology,internet security,it,Its,Law,michigan it,Politics,Pre Law,Pre-Law,privacy,public health law,Social Impact,social influence,Social Justice,social science research,Social Sciences,Talk,Umsi LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T135950 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Future of Health AI DESCRIPTION:Join industry and startup leaders as they break down how AI is transforming healthcare now and where it’s headed next. Note: This event is for U-M students\, faculty\, and staff.\n\nMarch 17\, 2026\n4PM - 6PM\n​Ross School of Business\n701 Tappan Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\, USA\nRobertson Auditorium\n\nRSVP here: https://myumi.ch/y1EmP\n\nEvent Schedule\n\n​4:00 PM\nArrival and Networking\n\n​4:30–6:00 PM\n​Welcome and Introduction\n\n​Perspectives on the Future of Health AI\nJim Mault\, MD\nFounder & Chairman\, BioIntelliSense\n​David Rhew\, MD\nChief Medical Officer\, Microsoft\n\n​Spotlight on U-M Health AI Startups\n\n​Fireside Conversation and Audience Q&A\n\n​6:00–6:30 PM\nNetworking Reception\n\n​This event is hosted by: \n​Pinkert Healthcare Accelerator (Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship)\n​Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund (Center for Entrepreneurship + Fast Forward Medical Innovation)\n\n​UM Partner Groups:\n​AI & Digital Health Innovation + e-HAIL\n​Michigan Medicine\n​Innovation Partnerships\n​Dept of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics UID:146126-21898419@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146126 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Biomedical Engineering,Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Founder,Free,Genai,Generative Ai,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,In-person,Lecture,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurial Studies,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurship,Zli LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Robertson Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T141036 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Something in the Woods Loves You Book Club DESCRIPTION:Jarod Anderson is coming to the University of Michigan in March of 2026 to talk about his book\, Something in the Woods Loves You!\n\nProgram in the Environment (PitE) is hosting weekly book clubs to talk about each section of the book. We will provide a free e-book or hard copy of the book\, but you can also listen to the audiobook on Spotify Premium. Feel free to come to one\, some\, or all of our cozy conversations to enjoy hot chocolate and cookies! RSVP to reserve a copy of the book at the link in \"Related Links\".\n\nFebruary 10th - \"Winter\"\nFebruary 24th - \"Spring\"\nMarch 10th - \"Summer\"\nMarch 17th - \"Fall\" UID:144396-21895287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Books,climate,Climate Change,conservation,ecology,Environment,environmental,Environmental Humanities,food,Free,In Person,literary,Literature,nature,Pite,Planet Blue,Social Sciences,sustainability LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 1520 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T162053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Hasidic Women in the Media DESCRIPTION:In a compelling lecture performance\, author Jessica Roda presents themes from her groundbreaking book *For Women and Girls Only*\, joined by actress\, writer\, and producer Malky Goldman—the book’s remarkable protagonist. The event offers a nuanced exploration of the representation of Hasidic female identity in media\, on screen\, and on stage. Goldman\, who was raised in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem\, shares her deeply personal journey navigating the arts from within and beyond the boundaries of her Hasidic upbringing. Through dialogue\, multimedia\, and live performance\, the evening exposes the tensions between tradition and self-expression\, visibility and erasure\, community expectations and artistic freedom. Roda contextualizes Goldman’s story within broader questions of gender\, religion\, and representation\, challenging reductive portrayals of Hasidic women in mainstream media. Goldman’s voice—grounded\, creative\, and courageous—offers a powerful counter-narrative\, reclaiming agency and complexity for Hasidic female identities on public stages. The performance invites audiences to reconsider assumptions and listen to stories often silenced or misunderstood. UID:142482-21891003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T101504 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Hasidic Women in the Media DESCRIPTION:In a compelling lecture performance\, author Jessica Roda presents themes from her groundbreaking book \"For Women and Girls Only\"\, joined by actress\, writer\, and producer Malky Goldman—the book’s remarkable protagonist. The event offers a nuanced exploration of the representation of Hasidic female identity in media\, on screen\, and on stage. Goldman\, who was raised in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem\, shares her deeply personal journey navigating the arts from within and beyond the boundaries of her Hasidic upbringing. Through dialogue\, multimedia\, and live performance\, the evening exposes the tensions between tradition and self-expression\, visibility and erasure\, community expectations and artistic freedom. Roda contextualizes Goldman’s story within broader questions of gender\, religion\, and representation\, challenging reductive portrayals of Hasidic women in mainstream media. Goldman’s voice—grounded\, creative\, and courageous—offers a powerful counter-narrative\, reclaiming agency and complexity for Hasidic female identities on public stages. The performance invites audiences to reconsider assumptions and listen to stories often silenced or misunderstood. UID:142487-21891009@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142487 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,History,Humanities,Jewish Studies,Media,Social Sciences,Storytelling LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T095602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T183000 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:139870-21886246@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:20260302T161613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T190000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Mindful Movement: Workshop for Adults DESCRIPTION:Are you feeling out of balance or overwhelmed by the pace of everyday life? Looking for practical skills to help you reconnect with yourself\, manage stress\, and find emotional balance? The Mary A. Rackham Institute (MARI)’s Psychological Clinic invites you to our 5-week Mindful Movement Workshop for Adults designed to help you build mind-body awareness and handle life’s challenges with greater presence.\n\nWhat You’ll Learn in Mindful Movement:\n+ Develop mind-body connection through mindful movement practices\n+ Practice mindfulness\, breathing exercises\, and gentle movement\n+ Gain tools for managing difficult emotions and staying present every day\n\nWhy Choose a Group Approach?\nGroup workshops offer a unique space to build calm and presence alongside others seeking similar skills. You’ll share strategies\, learn together\, and provide support as you build healthy\, sustainable habits—progress you can truly feel in both body and mind.\n\nPrefer a one-on-one experience? We also offer short-term individual Mindful Movement therapy tailored to your personal goals.\n\nWorkshop Details:\n- Who: Adults 18+ interested in improving mindfulness skills (whether you’re new to it or already practicing)\, or anyone seeking greater presence and emotional balance\n- When: Wednesdays\, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.\, for five weeks\n- Dates: March 17\, 2026 – April 14\, 2026\n- Where: In-person at our offices at 210 S. 5th Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI. UID:146097-21898365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:anxiety,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Group Therapy,Life Balance,managing anxiety,mental health,Mindfulness,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons DESCRIPTION:Prison Creative Arts Project's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the U.S. Now in its 30th anniversary\, this exhibition features over 800 original works by 600+ artists currently incarcerated in Michigan. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls. \n\nGallery Opening and Celebration: March 17\, 2026\, 6-9pm\n\nGallery Hours following Opening Night:\nSun–Mon: 12pm–6pm\nTues–Sat: 10am–7pm\n\nGallery Closes: 5pm\, March 31\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145409-21897261@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T170334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T210000 SUMMARY:Presentation:30th Annual Exhibition Opening Reception and Celebration DESCRIPTION:Join us for opening night of the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons!\n\n6:00 PM: Exhibit opens and artwork sales begin in Duderstadt Gallery. Enjoy light refreshments in the Chesebrough Lobby.\n7:00 PM: Celebration program in Chesebrough Auditorium.\n8:30 PM: Line closes for artwork sales.\n9:00 PM: Gallery closes.\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145412-21897286@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145412 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T091841 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dancing with the Dragon | WORKSHOP for Decorating the Dragon DESCRIPTION:Presented as part of the Dancing with the Dragon Inititative. Learn more: https://myumi.ch/JPVp8\n\nAttend a workshop to decorate the dragon body with garlands and glitter\, bells and bottlecaps\, sequins and sparkle! Events will be held on March 12\, 17\, 19 from 6 - 9 PM at the Duderstadt Design Lab (1321 Duderstadt Center).\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.* UID:146122-21898410@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,ArtsEngine,Asia,china,Chinese Studies,Community LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Design Lab (1321 Duderstadt Center). Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251114T154427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T190000 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:117080-21897211@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:20260312T181652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Chamber Music & Dance with a View DESCRIPTION:Enjoy LIVE collaborative performances by U-M SMTD faculty & students in an intimate setting. Join us in the Dance Building's Perry Kasper Granoff Studio.\n\nThe event runs 6:30 - 7:15pm. \n\nFree parking is available. Seating is limited. UID:146409-21899049@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Faculty,Free,Interdisciplinary,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T182308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T195000 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:142266-21890294@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:20260224T081048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T203000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mosaics and Memory DESCRIPTION:Join the Institute for the Humanities for Mosaics and Memory\, a creative workshop that invites students to explore the history and significance of mosaics in Islamic visual culture through art\, conversation\, and community. The evening will begin with a short talk by Professor Christiane Gruber\, offering insight into how mosaics have been used to convey meaning\, beauty\, and spirituality across Islamic history.\nFollowing the talk\, participants will take part in a hands-on workshop\, crafting their own faux paper mosaics inspired by these traditions. The event will include a shared Iftar meal\, providing space to relax\, reflect\, and connect with fellow students. No prior art experience is necessary—just curiosity and an appetite for learning (and dinner). UID:145386-21897224@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145386 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,History,Sessions,Social And Cultural Event,Undergrad,Visual Arts,Workshop LOCATION:Suite 1111, 202 S. Thayer Street CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Violin Studio Evening of Encores DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand! \n\nEncores offer a chance to delight\, surprise\, and dazzle our audiences – sometimes playful and intimate\, other times bold and virtuosic. In this off-campus performance at the beautiful Temple Beth Emeth\, nineteen violinists from the studio of Danielle Belen join with pianists Naki Kripfgans and Bogum Park in a fast-paced evening of short works from the repertoire. UID:143735-21893725@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143735 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251222T120122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:II Cineforum DESCRIPTION:II Cineforum: Italian Classics on Campus Film Screening Series\n\nFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!\nFilm in Italian with English subtitles\n\nLocated in North Quad Space 2435\n\nTuesday\, February 10 @7pm\, Ladri di biciclette\, Vittorio De Sica\, 1948.\n\nFilm synopsis: Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made\, the Academy Award–winning Bicycle Thieves\, directed by Vittorio De Sica\, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar Rome\, a man is on his first day of a new job that offers hope of salvation for his desperate family when his bicycle\, which he needs for work\, is stolen. With his young son in tow\, he sets off to track down the thief. Simple in construction and profoundly rich in human insight\, Bicycle Thieves embodies the greatest strengths of the Italian neorealist movement: emotional clarity\, social rectitude\, and brutal honesty.\n\nTuesday\, March 17 @7pm\, La strada\, Federico Fellini\, 1954. \n\nFilm synopsis: There has never been a face quite like that of Giulietta Masina. Her husband\, the legendary Federico Fellini\, directs her as Gelsomina in La Strada\, the film that launched them both to international stardom. Gelsomina is sold by her mother into the employ of Zampanò (Anthony Quinn)\, a brutal strongman in a traveling circus. When Zampanò encounters an old rival in highwire artist the Fool (Richard Basehart)\, his fury is provoked to its breaking point. With La Strada\, Fellini left behind the familiar signposts of Italian neorealism for a poetic fable of love and cruelty\, evoking brilliant performances and winning the hearts of audiences and critics worldwide.\n\nTuesday\, April 7 @7pm\, Il bell'Antonio\, Mauro Bolognini\, 1960. \n\nFilm synopsis: In the lush city of Catania\, Sicily\, Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni) is regarded as the ultimate lover of women\, a title he holds dear. Yet not long after marrying the beautiful Barbara (Claudia Cardinale)\, Antonio’s new obligations begin to weigh on him\, and soon he is faltering in the bedroom. In short order\, his impotence is the talk of the town\, and Antonio is a laughingstock. As he tries to repair the damage to his marriage\, Barbara considers her options for leaving. UID:142270-21890310@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142270 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:film,film screening,Free,italian LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T121959 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:March Madness Watch Party at Mosher Jordan DESCRIPTION:Kick off March Madness with the Mosher Jordan Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants! Watch the first game of March Madness and enjoy free snacks and refreshments! UID:145597-21897580@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145597 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Michigan Housing,Social,Sports,Watchparty LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall - Nikki Giovanni Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T144045 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Shamrock Showdown DESCRIPTION:Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with nonstop fun and fresh activities! Dive into arcade classics and friendly competitions. Snap memorable moments at our photo booth and try out exciting new games—all in a safe and welcoming space. Enjoy tasty snacks and connect with fellow Wolverines! Hosted by CCI\, Beyond the Diag\, Wolverine Wellness\, and DPSS\, this event promises games\, good vibes\, and surprises at every turn. UID:146235-21898689@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:beyond the diag,Cci,Food,Free,Fun,St Patricks Day,Wolverine Wellness LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T093908 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T205000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sober Skate DESCRIPTION:Join the Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) for a fun night of ice skating in a supportive\, substance-free space + free food and beverages! Open to all students. UID:146236-21898690@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Collegiate Recovery Program,Community,Fitness,Food,free,Free Food,Fun,Health & Wellness,St Patrick's Day,Student Life,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T143816 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sporcle Trivia North Campus DESCRIPTION:Got luck? See if you do! Come celebrate St. Patricks Day with CCI and compete in Sporcle Trivia! We will have prizes and food! UID:146331-21898902@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146331 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,St Patrick's Day,Trivia LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T181636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T194500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pre-Concert Lecture: Concert Band DESCRIPTION:This lecture begins at 7:15 pm before the 8:00 pm Concert Band performance. UID:142873-21891753@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142873 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Hill Auditorium - Lower Level Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T181643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Concert Band DESCRIPTION:Courtney Snyder\, conductor\nJohn Mange\, student conductor (Reed)\nRachel Zephir\, student conductor (Pierson)\n\nPROGRAM\n*Easy Tiger*\, Griffin Candey\n*Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner*\, Alfred Reed\n*We Are Made of Star Stuff*\, Brooke Pierson\n*Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme*\, Michael Gandolfi\nSecond Suite in F\, Gustav Holst UID:135450-21876842@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900140@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T235959 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:145013-21896350@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T235959 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:145014-21896400@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T235959 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:145015-21896457@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T235959 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:145016-21896521@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:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T235959 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:145222-21896854@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T180046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T235959 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ ACHA Nationals DESCRIPTION:Nattys UID:143444-21893181@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Centene Community Ice Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 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:143388-21893026@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:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893083@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026. UID:145837-21897892@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Bicentennial,American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T091950 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Career Cafe featuring Sandia National Labs DESCRIPTION:Stop by the Career Cafe to speak with representatives from Sandia National Labs who will networking with candidates for future opportunities.\n\nThe Career Cafe provides students with an opportunity to connect with employers for networking and/or recruitment purposes in a casual setting. The Career Cafe is open to students across all majors and degree levels within the College of Engineering. Students participate on a drop in basis and may use this opportunity to explore different career paths\, learn about various employment opportunities\, and when appropriate\, present themselves as a candidate for open positions.\n\nAbout Sandia\n- Sandia National Labs is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation. We are a world-class team of scientists\, engineers\, technologists\, post docs\, and professionals all focused on cutting-edge technology\, ranging from homeland defense\, global security\, biotechnology\, and environmental preservation to computer security\, and nuclear defense. We are looking for people like you who share our dedication to Sandia's mission-serving the nation. Sandia offers many challenges and rewarding career opportunities for engineers\, scientists\, computer specialists\, technologists\, professionals and students throughout our mission areas of defense\, nonproliferation\, energy\, and homeland security.\n\nStudent pre-registration is not needed for this event. You can find more information in Career Fair Plus (CF+)\n\nThis is a College of Engineering event. UID:143996-21894384@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143996 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Second Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T100000 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:145904-21898033@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899523@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T115228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS FACULTY EXCLUSIVE!\n\nSign up for a two-hour work session\, followed by a hot lunch with colleagues. The Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats offer a quiet space to work with other scholars and artists\, and an opportunity for you to prioritize your research and creative work by committing to one or two work sessions before teaching\, service\, and email take over the semester. Lunch\, after the work session\, is a chance to share interests and work with other colleagues\, to learn about each others’ research\, to grow professional and social networks\, and to experience the University as a collective.\n\nThe Work Retreats are open to all ~7\,600 members of the Faculty Senate\, including tenure-track professors\, lecturers\, research faculty\, clinical faculty\, librarians\, archivists\, and curators. The series was developed by the Faculty Senate Office\, is supported by the Office of the Provost\, and is co-sponsored by Librarian Mary Lawrence.\n\nThe retreats officially run from 10-1 (10-12 for quiet work time and 12-1 for lunch). Faculty are also invited to arrive at 9am to get in an extra hour of work (and enjoy coffee\, tea\, and breakfast snacks). You’re welcome to arrive early\, any time after 9 am. UID:136839-21891913@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Networking LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph DESCRIPTION:Joyce Rudolph has photographed some iconic actors and characters in her role as still photographer for the movies. This sampling of images from her papers\, which are housed as part of the Special Collections Research Center's Mavericks & Makers collection\, include the first images of Freddy Krueger in \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\,\" Arnold Schwenegger in \"The Terminator\,\" legends Jack Nicholson\, Diane Keaton\, Sean Penn\, and Robert DeNiro\, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino\, Martin Scorsese\, and her husband\, Alan Rudolph. UID:146264-21898755@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 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:142773-21891482@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:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 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:142417-21890890@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:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Metamorphosis: Clay in Flux DESCRIPTION:\n\nMetamorphosis: Clay in Flux is an exhibition celebrating the creative potential of student ceramics\, designed to correspond with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Detroit\, and the surrounding ceramics events in Southeast Michigan.\n\nThis exhibition is organized and juried by members of the Stamps Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC) and will be on display in the Art & Architecture Building’s Street Gallery from March 11- 25\, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday\, March 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. \n\nSEC Jurors\n\nElan Povirk (project lead)\nAlexis Albert\nRachel Deveyra\n\nExhibiting Artists\n\nZoe Dvorin\nLilly Fredericks\nMaría E. García-Murguía\nMikayla Holcomb\nVirginia Holland\nMagdalyn Hubbard\nMira Hughes\nAudrey Jarrett\nEry Millican\nIsabella Possin\nMo Pofahl\nNatalie Radabaugh\nNik Roy\nMihika Shukla\nAbigail Watters UID:146483-21899178@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 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:142768-21891395@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:20251118T163345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 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:136300-21889795@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:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons DESCRIPTION:Prison Creative Arts Project's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the U.S. Now in its 30th anniversary\, this exhibition features over 800 original works by 600+ artists currently incarcerated in Michigan. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls. \n\nGallery Opening and Celebration: March 17\, 2026\, 6-9pm\n\nGallery Hours following Opening Night:\nSun–Mon: 12pm–6pm\nTues–Sat: 10am–7pm\n\nGallery Closes: 5pm\, March 31\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145409-21897272@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T092052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GBD UMSI Morning Session DESCRIPTION: UID:146721-21899551@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146721 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250627T142841 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Leadership at U-M DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:136263-21878335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136263 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Leadership,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T200407 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T233000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:PhD Defense: Doo Won Han DESCRIPTION:Join us for Doo Won Han's PhD defense titled\, \"Towards Trustworthy Human-Autonomy Interaction: Understanding Human Behavior in Interaction with Automated Vehicles.\"\nChair: X. Jessie Yang\nLearn more: https://ioe.engin.umich.edu/people/han-doowon/\nZoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93016437635 UID:146383-21898978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146383 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Ioe Defenses LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 2717 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T102059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Major/Minor Expo DESCRIPTION: UID:146473-21899152@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146473 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T110601 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T150000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:2026 Major/Minor Expo DESCRIPTION:The Major/Minor Expo\, held every March\, is a great way to learn about academic opportunities at U-M! During this event\, you can talk with advisors\, faculty\, and students in the 70+ majors and 100+ minors LSA has to offer\, as well as many non-LSA academic programs. You can also gather information about opportunities for research on campus\, internships\, study abroad\, professional development\, and experiential learning. UID:144912-21896136@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144912 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,All Majors Welcome,Majors,Newnan,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan Union - 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 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:138032-21881311@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:20251219T144605 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Negotiation Basics for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:Negotiation is something that many people feel unprepared for\, especially during the job search process. We'll talk through the steps involved in salary negotiation\, as well as negotiation tips that can be utilized in other contexts. Bring your questions\, as there will be plenty of time for questions and answers. 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. UID:142947-21891839@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142947 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T063111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Negotiation Basics for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:Negotiation is something that many people feel unprepared for\, especially during the job search process. We'll talk through the steps involved in salary negotiation\, as well as negotiation tips that can beutilized in other contexts. Bring your questions\, as there will be plenty of time for questions and answers. This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available. Brought to you by theUniversity Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School 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. 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/edu/events/1896868 We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have 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\, we kindly request that you inform us as soon as possible.#UCC UID:144311-21895145@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144311 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T160752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T130000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Information Session for Invited Students DESCRIPTION:Discover what membership in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi can do for you. Drop by the Michigan Union Pond Room on Wednesday\, March 18th\, anytime between 11 am and 1 pm. Presentations start every 30 minutes\, and you can chat with chapter leaders to get your questions answered. Registration is required—check your invitation letter for details! UID:146430-21899079@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Honor Society,Honors,Information Session LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T102059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T131500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Program in Survey and Data Science DESCRIPTION: UID:146588-21899318@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146588 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T093903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T130000 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:139740-21894087@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:20260126T121741 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T123000 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:144527-21895458@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144527 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T102059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CMW: Navigating Different Types of Relationships DESCRIPTION:Campus Mind Works Wellness GroupCollege has a lot of different relationships - friends\, advisors\, professors\, peers\, family. Join our wellness group on Navigating Different Types of Relationships to learn some tips for balancing relationships\, hear from other students and get some free lunch!March 18 | 12:00 - 1:00 E.T. | Chrysler Center\, Room 265 | Register: campusmindworks.org\n UID:143308-21892888@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143308 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897494@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T120322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Navigating Different Types of Relationships DESCRIPTION:College has a lot of different relationships - friends\, advisors\, professors\, peers\, family. Join our wellness group on Navigating Different Types of Relationships to learn some tips for balancing relationships\, hear from other students and get some free lunch! This FREE in-person educational wellness group is for students only and will include an interactive presentation facilitated by staff from the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and is a collaborative service with U-M Engineering's C.A.R.E. Center and the Newnan Academic Advising Center.\n\nRegistration is not required for in-person wellness groups\, but is recommended so there is enough lunch for all attendees. You can register using the link. Learn more at campusmindworks.org UID:143482-21893255@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Campus Mind Works,Food,Free,Free Food,Graduate and Professional Students,Health & Wellness,In Person,mental health,north campus,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Wellness,Workshop LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 265 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T063122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1915074Just 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:145617-21897596@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 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:143999-21894453@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:20260318T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T140000 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:142310-21890461@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:20250926T163221 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Communication Styles in the Workplace: Learning in Action Lab DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139958-21886419@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139958 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Intergroup Dialogue,Self Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T154829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar | Comments on the gravitational path integral approach to cosmology DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will discuss various aspects of the gravitational path integral (GPI) approach to cosmology. First\, I will revisit the Hartle-Hawking no-boundary proposal taking into account the norms of states computed using the GPI\, and explain how this dramatically alters the predictions of the proposal. I will then propose an alternative prescription\, which relates cosmological initial conditions to asymptotically AdS boundary conditions. Preliminary results show this approach predicts a long inflationary period ending in a metastable de Sitter universe (modulo some technical issues I will discuss). Finally\, if time allows\, I will comment on recent results that the Hilbert space of closed universes is one-dimensional\, and discuss the role of an ingredient common to all proposed resolutions of this issue: ensemble averaging. UID:144821-21895979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144821 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Brown Bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T123124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1916117Are 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:145705-21897716@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145705 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:20260126T121742 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T135000 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:144528-21895459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144528 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T132056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GBD UMSI Afternoon Session DESCRIPTION: UID:146722-21899552@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146722 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T161239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Strengthening Your Professional Network (Growing Your Community) Workshop DESCRIPTION:You may have heard people encourage you to “network.” Though\, what does it mean to network\, and how do you build your professional community? In this workshop\, we will discuss how to tap into networks you already have\, explore introducing yourself professionally\, and strategize ways to create long lasting authentic connections.\n\n \n\nYou should attend this session if you are:\n\nAn undergraduate U-M LSA student\n\nInterested in learning more about networking and exploring networking strategies\n\nInterested in maintaining connections made with professionals\n\n \n\nWhat you’ll gain by attending:\n\nLearn the overarching purpose and goals of networking\n\nDiscuss your concerns around networking and strategize how to address them\n\nIdentify what networks you already have access to and who you want to connect with\n\nBrainstorm effective introductory messages to grow your network\n\n \n\nRSVP now to reserve your spot for this hybrid workshop! The link to join this hybrid workshop will be emailed to you after you RSVP.\n\nThe LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences for all students. This hybrid event allows students to join in-person at Lorch Hall room 142 or virtually via Zoom. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair-accessible building\, including wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor\, places to sit or stand during the event\, and accessible parking options nearby on Tappan Ave and the Hill St parking garage. Ramps and a powered door are located at the East entrance (towards the School of Education). We will be using microphones for all speakers and participant questions and automated closed captions (although imperfect) will be generated through google slides which also include alt text for screen readers. To request additional accommodations\, please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu. UID:145081-21896633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Networking,Workshop LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 142 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T103853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning seminar in algebraic combinatorics: The Fundamental Theorem of Finite Semidistributive Lattices DESCRIPTION:Last time\, we saw that the lattice of torsion classes is completely semidistributive. Motivated in part by this fact\, Reading–Speyer–Thomas proved a fundamental theorem of finite semidistributive lattices. We'll give the necessary definitions to state the theorem\, give some examples\, and explain the connection to torsion classes. Time permitting\, we will also describe canonical join representations and the canonical join complex of a finite semidistributive lattice. UID:146675-21899445@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146675 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T091303 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Number Theory: Counting points on hyperelliptic curves over finite fields DESCRIPTION:I will explain elementary methods for computing the zeta function of an arithmetic scheme over a finite field\, focusing on the case of hyperelliptic curves. It turns out that the number of points on such curves over a finite field can be packaged into traces of certain explicit matrices (called Hasse-Witt matrices) constructed from some coefficients of suitable powers of the defining polynomial. A highlight of this approach is that it is entirely elementary\, in the sense that no cohomology is involved. I will also discuss efficient algorithms for computation and their complexity. UID:146639-21899375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146639 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T101849 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Understanding Sorting in Modern Housing Markets DESCRIPTION:This paper explores how the changing role of sorting by race in driving neighborhood change. Building on prior research focused on localized incumbent responses to localized changes in the racial composition of nearby neighbors\, we explore how such micro-level sorting behavior may inform understanding of broader neighborhood transitions and heterogeneity across cities. Evidence suggests that local context\, density\, and housing-market conditions generate important heterogeneity across place. UID:143690-21893652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143690 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Labor,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260314T194106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:An introduction to braid groups DESCRIPTION:We'll define (pure) braid groups in 3 different ways: as the fundamental group of configuration spaces\, as mapping class groups of the punctured disk\, and algebraically via generators and relations. To do this we'll develop some background on configuration spaces\, including two \"forgetful\" maps. We'll also define the integral Burau representation\, a map which relates braid groups\, mapping class groups\, and symplectic groups\, and whose properties remain an active area of research. UID:146604-21899342@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 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:138848-21890504@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:20260316T114809 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Math Grad Show and Tell Seminar DESCRIPTION:In Pointless Topology - known by serious people as Pointfree Topology - a change of perspective to regular point-set topology is done\, shifting the focus from the points in the space to its collection of open sets.\n\nIn the first part of the talk\, we will motivate this new point of view\, describe what it means to \"focus on open sets\" and investigate in what situations we are able to recover points back from the information in the collection of open sets.\n\nIn the second part of the talk\, we will see a counterexample by johnstone\, originally published in a paper that this talk is named after. In the process\, we will introduce Scott (the topology)\, and learn how to tell a sober topology apart from one that's seeing double! UID:146647-21899398@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146647 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T103302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T151000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T161000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:NEW DATE: MIPSE Seminar | Magnetic Confinement Fusion: The Path to the Spherical Tokamak and NSTX-U DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nNuclear fusion research has been ongoing since the 1950’s. Following the development of atomic weapons\, scientists have been searching for methods to achieve controlled and sustained nuclear fusion for clean and abundant energy production. Magnetic fields quickly became a viable option for confining the high-temperature\, high-density plasmas needed. Many magnetic confinement schemes were developed (magnetic mirrors\, stellarator\, tokamak\, spherical tokamak). Each design has had various degrees of success\, and each has its own drawbacks. With the invention of the stellarator in 1953\, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has been a pioneer in fusion research. Researchers have produced computational and experimental contributions to fusion research\, culminating in the 2026 construction and operation of the National Spherical Tokamak Experiment – Upgrade (NSTX-U). This talk will introduce nuclear fusion\, discuss why we need a confinement scheme\, introduce the basic principles of magnetic confinement fusion (MCF)\, and provide an overview of the popular confinement schemes. The talk will focus on tokamaks and the potential advantages of the spherical tokamak\, examine upcoming experiments on NSTX-U\, projected to be the world’s most powerful spherical tokamak\, and conclude with open questions in MCF.\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Phillip Bonofiglo is a Staff Research Physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). He received his B.S. in physics from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor where he was introduced to plasma physics research through high energy density physics experiments. Phil then received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison where his career in magnetic confinement fusion began. After obtaining his Ph.D.\, Phil joined PPPL as a postdoc where he specialized in the confinement and transport of energetic particles\, often combining numerical simulations and experimental measurements. His research career has since spanned almost every magnetic confinement fusion concept including reversed-field configurations\, stellarators\, tokamaks\, and spherical tokamaks. He participated in the recent DT-campaign on the Joint European Torus (JET)\, examining DT-alpha confinement\, and has upcoming experiments on the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak – Upgrade (MAST-U) and National Spherical Tokamak Experiment – Upgrade (NSTX-U) devices.\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:143082-21892027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143082 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Plasma,seminar,Talk LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1003 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T153622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T165000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Seminar -- Prym-Brill-Noether Theory for Covers of Elliptic Curves DESCRIPTION:Brill-Noether theory is the study of algebraic curves and their maps to projective space. A series of results in the 80's describe the Brill-Noether theory of sufficiently general curves. More recently\, many researchers have become interested in the Brill-Noether theory of special curves -- if a curve admits one unusual map to projective space\, what does that imply about the existence and behavior of other such maps? We will begin with a gentle introduction to this field of study\, and then survey some of the recent results on special curves. We will conclude with recent results on etale double covers of curves -- a subject known as Prym-Brill-Noether theory -- and a surprising relation to the combinatorics of Coxeter groups. UID:142762-21891345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142762 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T113313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning to Lead: MMOL for Master's Students DESCRIPTION:Do you want to better understand your personal leadership style? Are you ready to lead collaborative research projects more effectively? This workshop utilizes the Michigan Model of Leadership (MMOL) to help you recognize your unique strengths and approach. You will explore various leadership styles and reflect on the challenges of collaborating across differences. We will also create a personalized leadership development plan for your future.\n\nThis workshop is tailored exclusively for master’s students at the University of Michigan. If you have any questions\, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshop@umich.edu. UID:144915-21896144@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144915 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:East Conference Room, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T123210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:2026 Education Job Fair - 2026 Education Job Fair DESCRIPTION:March 18\, 2026 / 4pm-7pm / Virtual FormatConnect with 50+ schools coming to see you!How it worksOrganizations create:- 1:1 sessions and/or Group Sessions (informal visits with organizations)- 1:1 sessions are 10 minutes long- Group sessions are 30 minutes long with up to 50 participantsStudents:- Register & reserve (schedule) 1:1 meetings and/or group sessions  March 9th(9am) - March 18th (6:30pm)   Before the Fair:Register for the Fair- Complete your Handshake Profile (under your initials in upper right corner)- Set your Profile to \"Community\" in \"Settings & Privacy\" (under your initials in upper right corner)- In \"Events\" select \"2026 Education Job Fair\"- Register for the Fair (select blue \"register button\" in upper right corner)Sign-up for Sessions  March 9th (9am) - March 18th (6:30pm)- In \"Events\" select \"2026 Education Job Fair\"- Review participating organizations in \"Available Sessions\"- Click the organization(s) you are interested in to reserve 1:1 or group sessions- For Group Sessions: select \"confirm\" to sign up- For 1:1 Sessions: select a time that works for you and then \"confirm\" to sign up (red dots indicate sessions that conflict with sessions you have already scheduled)Day of the Fair- Login to Handshake and navigate to the Education Job Fair- Click on the \"Your Sessions\" tab- Click on \"Launch Video\" to join the session. You can join up to 5 minutes early.- Questions? Visit the UCC Help RoomVirtual Fair Resources From Handshake- Video: Locating and Registering for Virtual Fairs- Article: Guide to Attending a Virtual Fair#UCC UID:141846-21889521@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141846 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T181526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Michigan State DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Michigan State UID:146012-21898269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T130217 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bid-Ask Martingale Optimal Transport DESCRIPTION:Martingale Optimal Transport (MOT) provides a framework for robust pricing and hedging of illiquid derivatives. Classically\, MOT enforces exact calibration of model marginals to mid-prices of vanilla options\, ignoring the uncertainty of bid-ask spreads and thus underestimating model risk. To address this\, we introduce Bid-Ask Martingale Optimal Transport (BAMOT)\, where model marginals are constrained by distinct bid and ask distributions via convex order. We establish strong duality and prove convergence to the MOT limit as spreads vanish\, quantifying the rate using the novel \"bid-ask distance\". We support our findings with examples\, and finally discuss avenues for future research.\n\nJoint work with Bryan Liang (Bloomberg)\, Marcel Nutz (Columbia)\, and Shunan Sheng (Columbia). UID:145064-21896609@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145064 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T120136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 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:145004-21896266@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145004 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T133125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnose bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding.\n\nEvery Wednesday from 4-6pm and Friday from 3-5:30pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) SIGN UP HERE: https://tr.ee/Lp9kLnnfP9\n \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). \n\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!\n\nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer at any skill level for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu or sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QVMuOatF-toPc_ky9QIAeeD0ob-ndBGA4uUFm9EAZ0g/edit?usp=sharing UID:146268-21898802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Biking,Climate Change,Community Service,Cycling,Education,Environment,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,planet blue,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T145140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CCMB/DCMB Weekly Seminar Series featuring Li-San Wang\, PhD (Associate Dean for Computing\, Perelman School of Medicine) DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nLarge-scale human genetics has transformed Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research. Through coordinated efforts such as the Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC) and the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP)\, dozens of reproducible risk loci have been identified across diverse populations. ADSP is now generating whole-genome sequence data at unprecedented scale\, with an eventual goal of 150\,000 genomes integrated with harmonized clinical and functional datasets. As data generation accelerates\, interpretation of genetic discoveries has become the central bottleneck.\n\nIn this seminar\, I will present computational frameworks developed within ADSP to bridge the gap between association and mechanism. These include multi-ancestry meta-analysis and fine-mapping approaches that leverage linkage disequilibrium differences to refine credible sets\; integration of rare and structural variants within joint-calling pipelines\; and colocalization strategies incorporating eQTL and other quantitative trait locus datasets to prioritize target genes. I will also discuss regulatory annotation tools such as INFERNO and BTS that integrate large collections of functional genomic tracks for context-specific variant interpretation\, along with the informatics infrastructure developed within the NIA Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Data Storage Site to support genome production\, quality control\, phenotype harmonization\, and scalable coordination across more than 50\,000 whole genomes. Together\, these efforts illustrate how statistical genetics\, functional genomics\, and production-scale bioinformatics infrastructure can be integrated to advance mechanistic understanding of complex neurodegenerative disease. \n\nThe CCMB Seminar Series (Sponsored by DCMB) is held at Medical Science Unit I - 4B700\, each Wednesday\, at 4:00 pm EST\, on bioinformatics-related topics. Each seminar is presented by an invited guest speaker. These seminars are live-streamed on Zoom. UID:143694-21893657@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,biomedical research,Research LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T123116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Michigan Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign Info Session on Campaign Opportunities DESCRIPTION:The Michigan Democratic Party's Coordinated Campaign is looking to fill 100+ positions for the upcoming 2026 midterm elections!If you are interested in opportunities to work on a campaign for the Michigan Democratic Party\, please attend this information session where theirstaff will share more about upcoming job opportunities such as the field organizer role and campus fellows program.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. 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 thiswebpage:  https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/1908077/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 requestedaccommodation(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:145150-21896735@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Student Activities Building, Maize and Blue Auditorium, 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T105250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Publishing (Student Success Workshops) DESCRIPTION:Join us and the Editorial Coordinator at Michigan Publishing Services\, Dr. Marisa Mercurio\, to learn about undergraduate publishing. We will cover things such as reasons for publishing\, the publishing process\, and publishing opportunities at UM. \nRegister here: https://myumi.ch/Z2qVj UID:141971-21889702@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141971 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop,Workshop,Writing LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 1160 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T213916 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student AIM Seminar: From the Topology of Natural Images to Topological CNNs DESCRIPTION:What kinds of hidden shapes lie in natural images\, and what can they tell us about how neural networks learn? It turns out small patches of natural images are not arranged randomly\, but around unexpected geometric structures such as circles and the Klein bottle. Later works found closely related topological organization in the learned spatial filters of convolutional neural networks (CNN). This leads to a new kind of architecture\, called the Topological CNN\, that builds this topology into the architecture of the neural network. TCNN outperforming the traditional CNN in various tasks suggests that learning can be strengthened by exploiting the topology and latent structure of data itself. UID:146612-21899351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146612 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T152102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Student Success Workshops: Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION:Designed to help with frequently requested topics by students across disciplines\, these workshops aim to provide support and guidance as you navigate your academic and professional growth at the University of Michigan. Differing from UROP’s ongoing Skill-Building Workshops\, the Student Success Workshops focus on improving overall student success\, rather than specific research project skills. Workshops are open to any undergraduate student at UM.  UID:141327-21888586@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141327 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T093733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Tropical Precarity DESCRIPTION:Please join us for two events with leading queer alternative Puerto Rican rock performers Eduardo Alegría (Superaquello\, Alegría Rampante)\, Gisela Rosario Ramos (Macha Colón y Los Okapi)\, and Fofé Abreu (Circo\, Fofé y Los Fetiches). We will be screening music videos on Wednesday and talking about rock in PR on Thursday. For more information\, please contact Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes at lawrlafo@umich.edu.\n\nMarch 18th & 19th\, 2026\n4:00-6:00pm\n3512 Haven Hall\n\nFree and open to the public\, we hope to see you there! UID:146449-21899123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146449 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Department Of American Culture,Film,Free,Latina/o Studies LOCATION:Haven Hall - 3512 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T085405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 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:143802-21896970@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 - Parker Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T162050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 MCSP Next Steps Info Fair DESCRIPTION: UID:146474-21899153@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146474 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T133245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Can We Speak Our Minds\, Change Our Minds AND be Civil?: Building Bridges Across the Political Divide with the Civility Project DESCRIPTION:Americans are at their best when they can talk with another\, disagree\, even argue\, but agree to keep the dialogue going. Unfortunately\, too many people today feel like they can't do that\, and they have to avoid even speaking to people with whom they disagree. The Civility Project aims changing that. Co-founders of the Project\, journalists Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson\, explain how to create an environment of respectful exchange. \n\nThey will also discuss their book\, The Civility Book\, which aims to be \"A Guide to Building Bridges Across the Political Divide.\" (Books will be available for purchase.)\n\nThe event is co-sponsored by: Talking Maize & Blue\, Wallace House Center for Journalists\, Access and Opportunity\, Life-Changing Education\n\nA reception will follow the discussion.\n\nThe How to Speak your Mind / How to Change Your Mind Speaker Series:\n\nThis speaker series is designed to encourage the campus community to think – and talk with one another – about what it means to develop an informed opinion and stand your ground when challenged\; and about changing your mind in light of new evidence\, different perspectives\, and serious reflection. Open inquiry and the thoughtful exchange of ideas can expand what you know (and how you know it)\, change your mind when warranted\, and help cultivate the courage of your convictions when necessary.\n\nSpeaker bios:\n\nNolan Finley began his newspaper career as a copy boy at The Detroit News while a senior in college. After a brief stint with the Jackson Citizen Patriot\, he returned to The News as a reporter\, covering the administration of Mayor Coleman A. Young. He's been the newspaper's City Editor\, Business Editor\, Politics Editor and Deputy Managing Editor. In 2000\, he was named Editorial Page Editor\, where he directs the expression of the newspaper's editorial position on various national and local issues and writes a column in the Sunday newspaper. His columns have appeared in the newspaper ever since. As he wrote in his introductory column\, Nolan is a product of The News and the Detroit community. He graduated from both Schoolcraft College and Wayne State University and in 2012 was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. He is co-host of One Detroit on Detroit Public Television.\n\nStephen Henderson is an American journalist who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and the 2014 National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year Award while writing for the Detroit Free Press. A native of Detroit\, Stephen is a graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and the University of Michigan. Since 2015\, he has been the host of \"Detroit Today\" on WDET. In 2020\, he founded BridgeDetroit\, where he serves as Executive Editor. He has worked for the Baltimore Sun\, the Chicago Tribune\, the Lexington Herald-Leader and Knight Ridder. Henderson is co-host of One Detroit and host of American Black Journal on Detroit Public Television.\n\nNolan and Stephen have been longtime friends\, despite their different perspectives on pretty much everything. The one thing they agree on is the importance of their friendship—which includes a healthy dose of disagreement and mutual respect. UID:145630-21897609@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145630 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Access,Analytics,Conversations,Conversations Across Differences,Democracy And Civic Engagement,Domestic Policy,Ford School,Ford School Of Public Policy,Free,Gerald R Ford School Of Public Policy,Life-changing Education,Management,Non-profit,Open Inquiry,Public Management,Public Policy,Wallace House LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium (1120) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T111415 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:GILE Pop Music Appreciation Night at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Gender Inclusive Living Experience Diversity Peer Educator to listen to an iconic pop playlist while enjoying a sweet treat! UID:145976-21898203@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145976 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,free,Free Food,Music LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Mulitcultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T120222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T183000 SUMMARY:Other:Scientific Computing Student Club General Meeting DESCRIPTION:Meeting Details:\nPhysical Location: DC 3358\nZoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/my/bkhardy\nTime: 5:00-6:30 PM\nMeeting Agenda:\n- Club Announcements\n- Dinner: TBD UID:146611-21899350@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146611 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:DC 3358 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T110419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 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:138091-21891121@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:20260402T123140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:UCC Clothes Closet Drop-In with the Black Business Undergraduate Society DESCRIPTION:You will need to scan your MCard for access to the SAB from 5-6pm! Need an outfit for interviews\, internships\, or a new job? Drop in to the University Career Center’s (UCC) Clothes Closet for a special event in partnership with the Black Business Undergraduate Society (BBUS). This event is open to all students.(Last drop-in at 5:45pm! No appointment needed—just come by!) Spend 10–15 minutes browsing our selection of FREE business professional and business casual clothing. You can select up to 3 items per semester to upgrade your wardrobe\, feel confident\, and look your best.How does the drop-in work? Arrive anytime between 5:00 and 5:45pm. Pick out items to suityour style and needs. Meet new friends\, get tips on dressing for success\, and connect with BBUS members and the UCC Career Team in a relaxed atmosphere.Whether you’re prepping for recruitment\, job interview\, or just want to boost your professional style\, everyone is welcome! Come as you are\, and leave ready to shine.You will need to scan your MCard for access to the SAB from 5-6pm!   This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as onthe 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 webpage: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/1927397/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:146491-21899191@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146491 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, University Career Center office, 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T150226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T183000 SUMMARY:Other:Wonder Walk: Beaver Tales and Co-Existence DESCRIPTION:Big teeth\, webbed feet\, swimming silently through the stream—who might we encounter on our next Wonder Walk?\nJoin us to explore how our local history is intertwined with beavers\, and how rebuilding relationships with nature can shape our future. We’ll begin with a short\, grounding presentation\, then head out at dusk to walk the trails and witness the changes Matthaei has experienced since the return of this beloved keystone species. Together\, let's slow down\, listen\, and deepen our connection to nature.\n\nMatthaei Botanical Gardens is hosting free guided nature walks on select Wednesdays and Sundays. These walks are FREE\, open to the public\, and 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:145333-21897133@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145333 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Nature,Nature Rx,Outdoors,Sustainability,Well-being LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T112102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Business+Tech's 2026 AI Workshops: Applied AI Strategy Mini-Case Competition DESCRIPTION:Learning AI isn’t optional\, it’s essential. Business+Tech’s facilitators started from scratch using ingenuity and determination to master AI. If they can\, then so can you. \n\nThree independent workshops. Attend one\, attend two\, or attend them all.\n________________________________________________\nWorkshop Title and Description:\nThis hands-on workshop challenges participants to tackle a real executive level decision facing modern AI companies: whether to build\, buy\, or hybridize their AI infrastructure as demand scales. Working in small teams\, students will analyze GPU demand growth\, cost structures\, and operational risks to develop a practical infrastructure strategy over a 24 month horizon.\n\nDesigned as a fast paced case sprint with a competitive element\, the workshop mirrors how real technology and operations leaders make infrastructure decisions under uncertainty. Participants will gain exposure to AI infrastructure economics\, strategic trade offs\, and executive level communication in a realistic\, collaborative environment.\n\nGrab a friend and register by March 17th. \n\n**Visit our registration page to learn about other workshops in the series. UID:145871-21897993@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145871 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Business,Graduate Students,technology,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T172049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Equity in Action: Faculty Celebration DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special evening honoring the exceptional contributions of faculty across the academic pathway for faculty groups\, such as LSA Collegiate Fellowship Program\, LSA LEAD\, University Diversity & Social Transformation Professorship (UDSTP)\, Presidential Postdocs\, ARC\, and Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation (M-Pact).\nThis event celebrates scholars who exemplify excellence in creating a more equitable and inclusive society while strengthening connections across career stages and disciplines.\nWe intend to inspire reflection on the power of diversity-centered scholarship\, leadership\, mentorship\, and collaborations in building a more inclusive academic community. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with colleagues\, share experiences\, and explore collaborations that span generations and amplify impact.\nEvent Details:Date: Wednesday\, March 18\, 2026Time: 5:30 -7:30 pmLocation: The Graduate Hotel\, The Regency Ballroom\, 615 E Huron St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104\nLet’s come together to honor milestones\, celebrate achievements\, and cultivate relationships that sustain our shared mission of advancing diversity\, equity\, and inclusion. We look forward to celebrating with you!\nParking OptionsThayer Street Parking Structure216 S. Thayer Street\nFletcher Street Parking Structure508 Thompson Street\n UID:144946-21896178@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144946 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:The Graduate - The Regency Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T142240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Jews & Other Minorities in the 20th-Century Middle East DESCRIPTION:Lior Sternfeld is an assistant professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University. He is a social historian of the modern Middle East with particular interests in the histories of the Jewish people and other minorities of the region. In this lecture\, Sternfeld focuses on how the study of minorities\, especially Jewish communities\, to better understand the histories of Middle Eastern societies in the transformative period of the twentieth century. UID:145997-21898248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145997 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Humanities,Jewish Studies,Middle East Studies,Social Sciences LOCATION:North Quad - 2255 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T100943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Papier Mache Extravaganza DESCRIPTION:Join the United Asian American Organizations (UAAO) and the U-M Seed Library to co-create the next generation of seed distribution systems on campus! Generously sponsored by LSA Sustainability\, these workshops will center on principles of creative re-use to hand-craft and paint papier-maché plastic capsule receptacles for future seed library vending machines. Light fare will be served\, and registration is limited to 18 participants per session. No previous experience required. UID:144105-21894669@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144105 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,Creative Reuse,planet blue,Sustainability LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 5004 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T084128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Preparing a Strong CEW+ Scholarship Application DESCRIPTION:RSVP for the Zoom link here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/i0nIuiQ3QgObvuSr_nktWA#/registration\n\nLearn more about our scholarship funding on our website: cew.umich.edu/funding/cew-scholarships\n\nScholarship applicants are invited to learn more about the CEW+ Scholarship application and the review and selection process. This virtual workshop will answer questions about eligibility\, application elements that can most impact the review process\, and what to expect regarding timing and ongoing communication with applicants. Attendees will have a chance to review selection criteria and comments from past application cycles. Bring your questions! There will be ample time for Q&A at the end of the workshop. UID:145659-21897643@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145659 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Funding,Scholarship,Scholarships LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T112226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science Café: Urban Planning\, Ancient Ruins DESCRIPTION:Tucked away on the western coast of Turkey overlooking the Aegean Sea\, lies the ruins of an ancient city steeped in history. The city of Notion\, which was inhabited from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD\, is mentioned by such notable ancient authors as Aristotle\, Livy\, and Pausanias\, among others. \n\nFor over 20 years\, the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan has been involved in the study of Notion. But what happens when an ancient site needs modern amenities—like research facilities\, housing for visiting scholars\, and public-facing interpretation? Cue an unlikely collaboration between an archaeologist and an architect.\n\nThis month Dr. Chris Ratté\, Director of the Notion Archaeological Project\, will be discussing his research as well as the relationships the archaeological team has formed with the surrounding communities. Kathy Velikov\, Professor of Architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning\, will share how Taubman is contributing to building ethical\, culturally competent\, sustainable\, and climate resilient infrastructure at Notion that supports the archaeological mission.\n\nHors d’oeuvres will be served at 5:30 p.m.\, and the program begins at 6:00 p.m.\n\nSeating is limited—come early.\n\nUMMNH would like to thank Conor O’Neill’s for 15+ years of support for our Science Cafés. UID:145311-21897034@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145311 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture,Museum,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Science LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T172049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Speaking of Seeds... DESCRIPTION:Intermittent weekly workshops featuring dialogue sessions related to seed literacy\, including opportunities to co-create elements emergent seed library technology on Ann Arbor's campus. UID:144169-21894786@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144169 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1100 North University Ave (North University Building) Floor 5 (LSA lab swap shop) rm. 5004 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T160109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Spencer Lecture Featuring Climate Science DESCRIPTION:Join the University of Michigan Department of Climate and Space for a special presentation from Leading Climate Scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe! Everyone is welcome to attend the seminar and reception\, as the University of Michigan welcomes this distinguished scientist. \n\nOn Wednesday\, March 18\, 2026\, the U-M Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering will present the 2026 Nelson W. Spencer Lecture featuring Dr. Katharine Hayhoe\, Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy. The Spencer Lecture will be held at 5:30pm in the Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building\, Room 1355\, with a reception to follow.\n\nAbout the Lecturer:\nDr. Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist from Canada. She is a Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and an Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Public Law at the Texas Tech University Department of Political Science. In 2021\, Hayhoe joined the Nature Conservancy as Chief Scientist.\n\nAmong her accomplishments\, she has been named:\n\"100 Most Influential People\"\, Time Magazine (2014) \n“United Nations Champion of the Earth”\, Science and Innovation Category (2019)\n\"100 Leading Global Thinkers\"\, Foreign Policy Magazine (2014\, 2019) \n\"50 World's Greatest Leaders”\, Fortune Magazine (2017)\n\nAbout the Nelson W. Spencer Lecture:\nNelson W. Spencer became the director of the U-M Space Physics Research Laboratory in 1948 and remained its guiding force until 1960. During his tenure\, SPRL established itself as a prominent leader in the exploration of the Earth's upper atmosphere. Dr. Spencer believed in the importance of including science goals in all space flight missions\, and was a pioneer in America’s space science program. Each year\, a special guest speaker is invited to the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department to present a lecture in Dr. Spencer's honor.\n\nRSVP: https://forms.gle/czFU58HqhuR42RFb9\n\nEvent Location:\nLeinweber Computer Science and Information Building\n2200 Hayward Street\nAnn Arbor\, Michigan\n48109 UID:143922-21894275@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143922 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Climate,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Climate Change,Environment,Natural Sciences,Reception,Science,Social Impact,Sustainability LOCATION:Leinweber LCSIB - 1355 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260314T132037 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Adult/Infant CPR & First Aid Clinical DESCRIPTION:Black Maternal Equity Collective is hosting our first CPR & First Aid Clinical on Wednesday at 6pm! Learn from JNS Health Solutions and practice life-saving aid for FREE! 🫀\n\n✨Interested in getting certified? Pay $45 to receive official certification from an instructor. 💙\n\nSIGN UP IS REQUIRED! Scan the QR Code or visit the link to register! 🩺\n\nBlack Maternal Equity Collective's mission is to advocate for Black birthing people through public health\, outreach\, policy work\, doula/midwifery labor support\, and service. There are no requirements -- we welcome anyone who is interested in maternal equity and protecting the lives of black birth givers and children! UID:146601-21899338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146601 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Community,Community Engagement,Medicine,Public Health,Student Org,Trotter Multicultural Center,Well-being LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260314T134744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Blanket-Making and Meditation DESCRIPTION:Join us to make tie blankets for children in need and practice self-care through meditation!\n\nsign up here: https://forms.gle/v1qTVWQwHRue9FF38 UID:146602-21899339@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Child Welfare,Community Service,Crafts,Meditation,Mental Health,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1804 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250827T123154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 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:138182-21882549@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:20260318T120218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 SUMMARY:Community Service:General Board Meeting - Blanket-Making and Meditation Collab with Heartfulness Meditation DESCRIPTION:Join us to make blankets for children in need and practice self-care! UID:146552-21899263@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146552 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:School of Social Work Room 1804 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T142236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T193000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Lorax Movie Night DESCRIPTION:Come to enjoy a free and relaxing screening of The Lorax Movie with free food from local businesses in Ann Arbor!\n\nRSVP in the form attached\, and we hope to see you there! \n\n📅 Wednesday\, March 18th\n⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM\n📍 LSA Building\, Room 1040 UID:146696-21899490@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146696 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Food,Movie LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T172050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OS 2026 Career Showcase DESCRIPTION:Wondering how Organizational Studies prepares you for real-world careers? Want to hear from alumni working in finance\, law\, consulting\, diplomacy\, and more? Join us for an interactive Career Showcase! Students from all majors and intended majors are welcome.Hear how the major shaped alumni career pathsAsk questions and get adviceNetwork with professionals in small-group conversations\n UID:145631-21897610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145631 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:10th floor, Weiser Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T102044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T210000 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:144192-21894870@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:20260318T180020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T213000 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:142685-21891296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142685 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T180208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Discover Your Inner CEO with Naimish Patel! DESCRIPTION:Bhakti Club is hosting world-renowned speaker\, spiritual leader\, and Ross alum Naimish Patel\, Chairman and Founder of Seva Dental\, on March 18th\, 6:30-8pm\, at East Quad 1512! He will be speaking on how to practically combine material and spiritual success. There will also be a Q&A session and free dinner provided afterwards\, so don't miss it! RSVP here for food! UID:146528-21899239@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146528 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T182049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MSPH 3rd Annual Community Iftar DESCRIPTION:Breaking Bread\, Building Community📍Wednesday March 18 @ 6:30 PM | Cornely Room 1680 & Classroom 1690\, School of Public Health I Join us for the School of Public Health's 3rd Annual Community Iftar — a gathering rooted in the tradition of breaking bread together and building the community bonds that sustain us. Every shared meal is an act of solidarity\, and this Ramadan\, we come together across faiths\, backgrounds\, and experiences not just to share a meal\, but to affirm our collective strength\, care for one another\, and find hope and resilience in the face of today's challenges.This year's Iftar explores questions of identity\, community\, migration\, and unity at a moment when so many are feeling the weight of uncertainty. As our communities face threats to healthcare access\, attacks on minority and women's health\, and the very real fears surrounding immigration enforcement and shifting federal policies\, the need to lean into one another has never been more urgent. Yet it is precisely in these moments that our diversity becomes our greatest strength — our differences not as divides\, but as sources of richness\, solidarity\, and collective power.We invite you all to join us in exploring what it means to show up for one another\, to hold space across difference\, and to find hope not despite the challenges we face\, but through the communities we build together — because in times like these\, coming together is one of the most powerful things we can do.In the spirit of Ramadan and with the end of the semester coming around\, Muslim Students of Public Health is happy to share a space for our school community to get together! Thus\, this is open to all students\, staff\, and faculty to attend. Please feel free to bring your family and loved ones with you. There will be free food\, some chai\, anda good time! :-)  UID:146523-21899233@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146523 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Cornely Room 1680 & Classroom 1690, School of Public Health I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T131926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T203000 SUMMARY:Other:Artwork Sales by Phone: 30th Annual Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Can't make it to the exhibition in person? Schedule a cashier appointment at https://myumi.ch/DJ6M50 to purchase artwork by phone.\n\nA cashier will call you at your appointment time to process credit card payment. Please have the log numbers and titles of artwork you would like to purchase ready. PCAP cannot guarantee the availability of artwork before your appointment. The cashier will verify artwork availability before processing the sale. A U.S. mailing address is required for all purchases. UID:146345-21898929@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146345 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts,Art,Social Justice LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T182050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T203000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IGR/DMUM 3/22/26 (CommonGround) DESCRIPTION: UID:146772-21899603@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146772 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T164259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Questioning Everything\, Finding Faith: A Professor's Story of Doubt\, Belief\, and the Risks of Conversion. DESCRIPTION:If you found a truth that promised to change your life\, would you have the courage to follow it? In this Veritas Forum event at Michigan\, hear from historian and journalist Molly Worthen (UNC-Chapel Hill) as she discusses the most radical pivot of her life: becoming a Christian after years of religious skepticism.\n\nModerated by professor Thad Polk\, you’ll hear Molly’s story of journeying from doubt to faith followed by substantial audience question and response time. Bring your curious—or skeptical—questions about faith\, conversion\, and the purpose of life. UID:146004-21898258@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146004 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Religious LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260301T121208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T220000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Southeast Asia Business Conference (SEABC) 2026 DESCRIPTION:Southeast Asia stands strong as one of the most exciting\, fast-changing\, and dynamic regions in today’s global economy\, powered by a new generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders\, alongside rapid digital transformation\, expanding consumer markets\, and increasing capital inflows.\n\n​Join us at the Michigan Ross Southeast Asia Business Conference (SEABC) 2026 to gain firsthand insights from leaders across corporate\, finance\, and venture and investment ecosystems! ​We welcome participants from across the Ross community and the broader global network!\n\nConference Schedule:\n​📅 Date: Wed\, March 18\, 2026\n⏰ Time: 07:00 - 10:00PM (ET)\n🌏 Format: Virtual\n\n​Program & Speakers:\n​Fireside Chat:\n - Simon Kahn (MBA ’98): VP Marketing of Google Asia Pacific\n​➡️ Dive into conversations on leadership\, regional growth\, and how to navigate complex global markets across APAC!\n\n​Panel Session 1: Growing Business Opportunities in Southeast Asia\n - Eric Luchangco (MBA ’96): EVP\, CFO & CSO\, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)\n - Eddy Tamboto (MBA ’99): Managing Director\, Gunung Sewu Group\n - Bhavna Laroya Anand (MBA ’03): Managing Director\, PT Akraya International\n​➡️ Unpack corporate growth strategies\, capital deployment decisions\, and forces driving sector transformation and long-term value creation across Southeast Asia!\n\n​Panel Session 2: Startup & Innovation in Southeast Asia\n- Choon-Peng Ng (MBA ’04): Co-founder & CEO\, ImmunoScape\n - Pailin “Pie” Vichakul (MBA ’14): CIO\, SCB 10X\n - Jane Sajeekarn Prescott (MBA ’16): Managing Director\, AddVentures (SCG)\n - Melvyn Yeo (BBA ’00): Founder & Managing Partner\, TRIREC\n​➡️ Discover what’s next in venture capital\, corporate innovation\, biotech\, and the new generation of entrepreneurs building the future!\n\n​Registration & Ticketing\n​- Michigan Ross SEABA Members: Free\n - University of Michigan Students & Alumni: $10\n - General Audience: $15\n\n​Payment Options:\n - Zelle: 734-465-4948 (Ryanda Murdani)\n - Venmo: @Ryanda-Murdani\n - Please include in payment description:SEABC 2026_Your Full Name\n\n​Proudly hosted by the Southeast Asia Business Association (SEABA)\, Michigan Ross School of Business. UID:146075-21898340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146075 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/9538888114 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T180225 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Star Wars Mandalorian Season 3 Watch Party DESCRIPTION:Come join some fellow Star Wars fans as we rewatch The Mandalorian Season 3 in preparation for the new movie coming out in May!\nSnacks provided: rebellions are built on food. UID:146679-21899455@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T155914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 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:145144-21896724@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:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 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:141224-21895090@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:20260223T181649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:Oliver Steissberg\, organ DESCRIPTION:Master's degree student Oliver Steissberg performs a recital. UID:145849-21897952@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145849 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T171010 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Omari Booker: Resident Curator Talk DESCRIPTION:Omari Booker\, Resident Curator for the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons\, will discuss his art practice and his experience on the curation team. The philosophy that undergirds Omari's work is FREEDOM THROUGH ART and he aspires to create work that communicates to his audience their unique and intrinsic ability to be free. See his work at omaribooker.com.\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:146102-21898391@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146102 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Chrysler Center - Chesebrough Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T181649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Horszowski Trio DESCRIPTION:As part of a residency hosted by the Department of Chamber Music\, the Horszowski Trio performs a guest recital. The trio will present a program featuring works by Mozart\, Wuorinen\, Bernstein and Ravel. The ensemble members are:\nJesse Mills\, violin\nOle Akahosi\, cello\nRieko Aizawa\, piano\n\nGiving performances that are “lithe\, persuasive” (*The New York Times*)\, “eloquent and enthralling” (*The Boston Globe*)\, and described as “the most compelling American group to come on the scene” (*The New Yorker*)\, the HORSZOWSKI TRIO has quickly become a vital force in the international chamber music world. Since their debut performance in New York City in 2011\, they have toured extensively throughout North America\, Europe\, the Far East\, and India\, traversing the extensive oeuvre of traditional piano trio repertoire and introducing audiences to new music that they have commissioned and premiered.\n\nIn 2023\, the “Horszowski Trio Prize” was created at the Fischoff National Competition to award the piano chamber groups in both Senior and Junior divisions every year. UID:146009-21898265@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146009 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900141@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T235959 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:145013-21896351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T235959 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:145014-21896401@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T235959 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:145015-21896458@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T235959 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:145016-21896522@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:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T235959 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:145222-21896855@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T180046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T235959 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ ACHA Nationals DESCRIPTION:Nattys UID:143444-21893182@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Centene Community Ice Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 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:143388-21893027@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:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893084@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026. UID:145837-21897893@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Bicentennial,American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T100000 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:145904-21898034@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899524@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T115228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS FACULTY EXCLUSIVE!\n\nSign up for a two-hour work session\, followed by a hot lunch with colleagues. The Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats offer a quiet space to work with other scholars and artists\, and an opportunity for you to prioritize your research and creative work by committing to one or two work sessions before teaching\, service\, and email take over the semester. Lunch\, after the work session\, is a chance to share interests and work with other colleagues\, to learn about each others’ research\, to grow professional and social networks\, and to experience the University as a collective.\n\nThe Work Retreats are open to all ~7\,600 members of the Faculty Senate\, including tenure-track professors\, lecturers\, research faculty\, clinical faculty\, librarians\, archivists\, and curators. The series was developed by the Faculty Senate Office\, is supported by the Office of the Provost\, and is co-sponsored by Librarian Mary Lawrence.\n\nThe retreats officially run from 10-1 (10-12 for quiet work time and 12-1 for lunch). Faculty are also invited to arrive at 9am to get in an extra hour of work (and enjoy coffee\, tea\, and breakfast snacks). You’re welcome to arrive early\, any time after 9 am. UID:136839-21891914@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Networking LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T082048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats (March Sessions) DESCRIPTION:Sign up for a two-hour work session\, followed by a hot lunch with colleagues. The Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats offer a quiet space to work with other scholars and artists\, and an opportunity for you to prioritize your research and creative work by committing to one or two work sessions before teaching\, service\, and email take over the semester. Lunch\, after the work session\, is a chance to share interests and work with other colleagues\, to learn about each others' research\, to grow professional and social networks\, and to experience the University as a collective.\nThe Work Retreats are open to all ~7\,600 members of the Faculty Senate\, including tenure-track professors\, lecturers\, research faculty\, clinical faculty\, librarians\, archivists\, and curators. The series was developed by the Faculty Senate Office\, is supported by the Office of the Provost\, and is co-sponsored by Librarian Mary Lawrence.\nThe retreats officially run from 10-1 (10-12 for quiet work time and 12-1 for lunch). Faculty are also invited to arrive at 9am to get in an extra hour of work (and enjoy coffee\, tea\, and breakfast snacks). You're welcome to arrive early\, any time after 9 am. UID:142991-21891924@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142991 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Space 2435, North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T131912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyways DESCRIPTION:Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani explores themes of migration\, political exile\, queerness\, and environmental crisis through the wildly imaginative and intricate scenarios she first stages in her studio. The tableaus—which often include live animals\, props\, even her parents—are then photographed\, documenting the artist’s process. Each photograph becomes a part of Soleimani’s rich visual storytelling. \n\n*Flyways *presents a series of new photographs that include images evocative of her family’s history and migration story in juxtaposition with images of injured birds that are representative of Soleimani’s work as a wildlife rehabilitator. (In 2018\, Soleimani founded Congress of Birds\, a wild bird rehabilitation center in Rhode Island.) The change in her practice to include bird rescue results in a revolutionary body of work steeped in passion and articulated in a completely original visual language. Learn more at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/sheida-soleimani.html. UID:142798-21891605@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Birding,Exhibition,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph DESCRIPTION:Joyce Rudolph has photographed some iconic actors and characters in her role as still photographer for the movies. This sampling of images from her papers\, which are housed as part of the Special Collections Research Center's Mavericks & Makers collection\, include the first images of Freddy Krueger in \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\,\" Arnold Schwenegger in \"The Terminator\,\" legends Jack Nicholson\, Diane Keaton\, Sean Penn\, and Robert DeNiro\, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino\, Martin Scorsese\, and her husband\, Alan Rudolph. UID:146264-21898756@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 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:142773-21891483@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:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 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:142417-21890891@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:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Metamorphosis: Clay in Flux DESCRIPTION:\n\nMetamorphosis: Clay in Flux is an exhibition celebrating the creative potential of student ceramics\, designed to correspond with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Detroit\, and the surrounding ceramics events in Southeast Michigan.\n\nThis exhibition is organized and juried by members of the Stamps Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC) and will be on display in the Art & Architecture Building’s Street Gallery from March 11- 25\, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday\, March 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. \n\nSEC Jurors\n\nElan Povirk (project lead)\nAlexis Albert\nRachel Deveyra\n\nExhibiting Artists\n\nZoe Dvorin\nLilly Fredericks\nMaría E. García-Murguía\nMikayla Holcomb\nVirginia Holland\nMagdalyn Hubbard\nMira Hughes\nAudrey Jarrett\nEry Millican\nIsabella Possin\nMo Pofahl\nNatalie Radabaugh\nNik Roy\nMihika Shukla\nAbigail Watters UID:146483-21899179@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 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:142768-21891396@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:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons DESCRIPTION:Prison Creative Arts Project's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the U.S. Now in its 30th anniversary\, this exhibition features over 800 original works by 600+ artists currently incarcerated in Michigan. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls. \n\nGallery Opening and Celebration: March 17\, 2026\, 6-9pm\n\nGallery Hours following Opening Night:\nSun–Mon: 12pm–6pm\nTues–Sat: 10am–7pm\n\nGallery Closes: 5pm\, March 31\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145409-21897273@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T155152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC Career Cafe featuring IMC Trading DESCRIPTION:Stop by the Career Cafe to speak with representatives from IMC Trading to network for future opportunities.\n\nThe Career Cafe provides students with an opportunity to connect with employers for networking and/or recruitment purposes in a casual setting. The Career Cafe is open to students across all majors and degree levels within the College of Engineering. Students participate on a drop in basis and may use this opportunity to explore different career paths\, learn about various employment opportunities\, and when appropriate\, present themselves as a candidate for open positions.\n\nAbout IMC Trading\nIMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989\, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets\, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US\, Europe\, Asia Pacific\, and India\, our talented quant researchers\, engineers\, traders\, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative\, high-performance culture\, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies\, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies\, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.\n\nStudent pre-registration is not needed for this event. You can also view this event information in Career Fair Plus.\n\nThis is a College of Engineering event. UID:145750-21897777@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145750 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Second Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T095344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T103000 SUMMARY:Meeting:U-M Green Team Coffee Chats Winter Semester 2026 DESCRIPTION:Come with your questions\, experiences\, and ideas to help us build a community of practice around sustainable workplaces at U-M! This monthly informal chat is open to all staff who are interested in workplace sustainability. Chats are held over Zoom\, so grab your favorite hot beverage and log in. We share successes\, mishaps\, and learning experiences as well as new opportunities and resources. (In order to encourage candid conversation\, these meetings are not recorded.) UID:142965-21891855@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142965 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T143918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T114500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IES Energy Seminar Series - Solving Optimal Transmission Switching with De-energization DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nOptimal Transmission Switching (OTS) has been widely studied as a way to improve the secure operation of power systems by adjusting network topology. This presentation introduces an extension of OTS that explicitly allows partial grid de-energization following contingencies. Such a formulation reflects operational situations where disconnecting a limited portion of the grid may be preferable to operating the system under severe overload conditions. The problem is formulated as an optimization model capturing switching decisions and post-contingency feasibility. A fast heuristic based on this model is used to quickly identify feasible network configurations and detect critical contingencies. Building on the same formulation\, the optimization problem is further addressed using a Benders decomposition approach with specialized mechanisms to maintain computational tractability. Results on realistic grid instances illustrate how this approach can improve system resilience by reducing contingency-induced de-energization.\n\nBiography:\nAfter graduating as an electrical engineer from ENSEEIHT (Toulouse\, France)\, Benoît spent more than 20 years at RTE\, the French transmission system operator\, where he held several positions mainly related to power system operations. He first worked as a short-term planning engineer before joining the headquarters\, where he contributed to the development and dissemination of new power system study methodologies. During this time\, he was also involved in European coordination initiatives within ENTSO-E. He later contributed to the development of open-source initiatives for power systems in collaboration with the Linux Foundation Energy. Since 2023\, he has been pursuing a PhD at TU Delft through CRESYM\, focusing on topology optimization of power grids\, with support from RTE. UID:145571-21897540@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145571 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:CAEN,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Energy,Engineering,Environment,Free,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Law,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,North Campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Research,Science,seminar,Social Sciences,Sustainability LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - 1032 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 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:138032-21881312@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:20250904T153242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 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:138834-21896904@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:20260319T102056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Women's Empowerment Brunch DESCRIPTION:March is Women's History Month. Please join us for opening remarks from Dr. Chelsey Spriggs and a roundtable discussions around womanhood and particularly\, being a woman in stem. It will be a casual afternoon of conversation and community. We will have a brunch meal catered. This event is sure to be a great time. Please be sure to RSVP and gather with us--as space is limited. Event is open to all. UID:143839-21894112@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:OGPS Louge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T115552 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T123000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Schwarzman Scholars Info Session DESCRIPTION:Schwarzman Scholars provides a fully-funded 10-month Master’s Degree in Global Affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. The experience encompasses unique opportunities in and outside the classroom\, providing Scholars with extensive leadership training\, a network of senior mentors\, opportunities to engage in high-level interactions with Chinese leaders and visiting speakers\, optional internships\, career development guidance\, and travel seminars around China. Scholars learn about China’s importance on the global stage through a rigorous and dynamic core curriculum\, delivered by world-class faculty and guest speakers. Join ONSF and Schwarzman Scholars for a presentation on how to apply and an opportunity to ask questions after. UID:145537-21897490@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145537 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Chinese Studies,Fellowships,Fellowships & Grants,International,Scholarships LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T112047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T131500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Advisor Connections DESCRIPTION:This program is for advisors of different student organizations! UID:139286-21885245@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139286 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Union - 2210 ABC (2nd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T202353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:ASC Winter 2026 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series: Innovations and Methods for Advancing Health and Reproductive Justice in Africa DESCRIPTION:This series features the Winter 2026 University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics and to share their research with the larger U-M community.\n\nThursday\, March 19\, 2026 | Innovations and Methods for Advancing Health and Reproductive Justice in Africa\n \nTata Coulibaly (Côte d’Ivoire) | “Evaluation of a non-invasive urine-based test for early prostate cancer detection in Côte d’Ivoire”\n \nKassim Tawiah (Ghana) | “Modelling of Years of Cohabitation\, Total Number of Children\, and Number of Living Children of Women of Reproductive Age in Ghana Using Trivariate Poisson Regression Model”\n \nBrigitte Irankunda (Rwanda) | “Evaluating The Current Approaches and Challenges in The Management of Second-Trimester Abortion In Rwanda: Policy\, Practice and Facility Readiness”\n\nPlease register to attend: https://forms.gle/89CYfCjPpTrJAyGEA UID:145712-21897723@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African Studies,African Studies Center,Discussion,engineering,Health LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T125941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Caramel Day at The Connector DESCRIPTION:Stop by The Connector to celebrate National Chocolate Caramel Day! Hosted by the Connector Community Assistants featuring chocolate and caramel candies! UID:140285-21886875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140285 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,free,Free Food,Grab N Go LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T125244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Clear Waters\, Hidden Plastics In Our Great Lakes Watershed DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunch-and-learn seminar exploring the research on microplastics across Michigan’s diverse waterways—from the Great Lakes to rivers\, streams\, and inland lakes. A U-M scientist who has studied this system with her lab since 2013 will share how these tiny pollutants challenge our freshwater resources\, looking upstream for potential solutions. The seminar will highlight the collective efforts of the multidisciplinary U-M team of biologists\, chemists\, modelers\, and engineers who are unraveling the origins\, movement\, and effects of microplastics across the Great Lakes Basin and beyond. \n\nNOTE: LOCATION CHANGE to Chemistry 1706\n\nA light lunch will be served\, so please RSVP.\n\nAfter the talk\, there is an optional guided tour of a new Museum of Natural History exhibit focused on this topic from 1:00-2:00PM. UID:145275-21896976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145275 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ecology,Environment,environmental,environmental education,planet blue,Sustainability,Water LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T105106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Weizhou Qian 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:143263-21892598@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143263 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:20260224T063149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Gearing Up To Apply Q&A DESCRIPTION:If you are getting ready to apply to medical school and have questions about the process\, mechanics or timelines\, this session if for you.Kindly place your question(s) in this google form at: https://forms.gle/5stCf4NTkQNLmDFp7 and plan to attend since these sessions are not recorded.This Q&\;As is organized by the University Career Center and Newnan Academic Advising. This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so thatit will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only registerto 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/1893564/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 inthis 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\, we kindly request that you inform us as soon as possible. #UCC UID:144166-21894762@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144166 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T103013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Grad Student Financial Education Series DESCRIPTION:Financial Education Series\n\nReady to feel more confident about your finances?\n\nJoin Heather Moore\, Ph.D.\, assistant director for U-M Financial Education and Engagement\, for a relaxed and practical three-part financial literacy series designed specifically for graduate students.\n\nThis engaging series covers essential topics such as budgeting\, credit\, debt management\, student loans\, and understanding your paycheck and benefits. Whether you’re just starting to build financial knowledge or looking to strengthen existing skills\, these sessions offer clear strategies and actionable advice to help you make informed financial decisions.\n\nSessions are friendly\, approachable\, and tailored to real graduate student needs. Come with questions—leave with tools\, clarity\, and confidence to better manage your financial well-being. UID:144754-21895813@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144754 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:West Conference Room, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T143737 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T133000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:How to Design a Job Talk for an Industry Interview DESCRIPTION:Learn how to prepare slides and a narrative that will engage listeners and showcase the significance of your research\, thought process\, personal qualities\, and experience that is most relevant to the role and company mission. This session is part of the winter 2026 webinar series\, \"Building Essential Communication Skills for Job Interviews.\" UID:145572-21897542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145572 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Professional Development,Rackham LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T104430 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK) DESCRIPTION:Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid demographic shifts\, including an unprecedented aging of their populations. Kenya is at the front end of these transitions and is projected to experience a 4-fold increase in the number of adults over age 60 in just three decades. The Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK) was developed to collect data on health and economic wellbeing among older Kenyans. LOSHAK is harmonized with other studies in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) families of studies. We anticipate that LOSHAK will serve as an important resource for policy\, public health\, and economic planners in Kenya and the region as they aim to address the varied social\, health\, and economic consequences of aging populations. This talk will focus on the development of LOSHAK and plans for its future.\n\nWatch a preview of this talk at https://youtu.be/uGRcmnvYbBc UID:138328-21882777@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138328 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Insights Speaker Series,Public Health,Social Sciences LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T112048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IPE - Booking Flights on a Budget DESCRIPTION:Learn how to book your flight in the most savvy way! Save money by booking on the right sites at the right time and more. UID:145583-21897554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897495@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T103518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Dissertation Defense Seminar> Bacterial Ribonuclease HII and Ribonucleotide Excision Repair DESCRIPTION:Although RNA-DNA hybrids are essential to the perpetuation of life\, if left unresolved\, ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs) embedded in the genome are a threat to faithful DNA replication\, genomic integrity\, and genetic inheritance. Single rNMPs\, which differ from deoxyribonucleoside monophosphates (dNMPs) by a single 2′ –OH group\, often become misincorporated in the genome by replicative DNA polymerases during DNA replication. Although DNA polymerases have a steric exclusion mechanism to prevent rNTPs from accessing their active site\, rNTPs outnumber dNTPs in the cell and as a result are still frequently used as substrates during synthesis. rNMPs\, also known as “sugar errors\,” that go unrepaired can lead to increased mutagenesis in the form of transitions\, single-stranded breaks\, and even lethal double-stranded breaks (DSBs) due to the reactivity of the 2′ –OH. However\, cells have evolved to combat sugar errors through ribonucleotide excision repair (RER)\, which is initiated by Ribonuclease HII/H2 (RNase HII). RNase HII is a Type 2 RNase H enzyme that makes a 5′ incision to a rNMP in double-stranded DNA (dsDNA)\, permitting subsequent entry by a DNA polymerase. The polymerase extends from the 3′ –OH of the nick\, displacing the downstream DNA containing the rNMP to generate a 5′ flap\, which can be resolved by a flap endonuclease (FEN). Finally\, DNA ligase seals the gap in the backbone. The junction-sensing module of RNase HII is a critical structural element that gives the protein its unique ability to specifically recognize single rNMPs by their 2′ –OH. RER has been previously studied in eukaryotes\, archaea\, and bacteria\, although the breadth of lesions addressed by bacterial RNase HII enzymes has not yet been established. We performed in vitro assays using RNase HII purified from Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis and dsDNA substrates containing single canonical\, mismatched\, and damaged rNMPs. Specifically\, E. coli RNase HII (EcoRNase HII) was equally active on all four canonical rNMPs\, including rUMP\, while B. subtilis RNase HII (BsuRNase HII) was inefficient at processing rGMP. In a mismatched context\, EcoRNase HII activity on rAMP and rGMP was unchanged from that on canonical rNMPs. Conversely\, BsuRNase HII activity on rG:dT was significantly reduced from that on rG:dC. Further\, EcoRNase HII demonstrated weak activity on r8oG:dC\, while BsuRNase HII could not resolve r8oG:dC nor rOH:dC. This observation is similar to that reported for archaeal and eukaryotic RNase HII homologs. Together\, our results show that bacterial RNase HII proteins have different substrate preferences. Surprisingly\, both EcoRNase HII and BsuRNase HII are able to incise rUMP\, suggesting that RER\, and not base excision repair (BER)\, is the primary pathway for rUMP repair. Moreover\, mismatched rNMP errors appear to be substrates for both RER and mismatch repair (MMR). Finally\, damaged rNMP errors in B. subtilis must be repaired by an alternative pathway\, potentially BER\, although this has not yet been tested. UID:146398-21899041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146398 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Dissertation Defense LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T060050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Northwest Challenge 2026 DESCRIPTION:tourney in seattle\, wa! UID:143528-21893352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143528 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Washington CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 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:143999-21894454@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:20260309T135920 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Slavic Chocolate Party! DESCRIPTION:Chocolate is a universal language—especially in the Slavic world!\nJoin us to learn about the Slavic language and regional studies programs offered at U‑M\, and treat your taste buds to chocolate delights from Central and Eastern Europe.\n\nExpand Your Palate\nExperience the diverse flavors of Slavic chocolate and broaden your culinary horizons.\n\nExplore Academic Opportunities\nDiscover the enriching programs and resources available through the Slavic Department.\n\nConnect with Peers\nMeet fellow students who share your interest in Slavic culture and chocolate indulgence.\n\nAll students from any U‑M school\, college\, or unit are welcome to join us in the 1st-floor MLB lobby. UID:146348-21898939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crees,Culture,European,Food,Free,Info Session,Language Resource Center LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 1st-Floor Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T123000 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:144529-21895460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144529 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 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:138950-21884307@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:20260112T181722 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T124500 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 30-minute organ recital performed by doctoral student Chanmi Kim.\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:143788-21894013@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143788 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T123957 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 SUMMARY:Tours:All the plastic you cannot see DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History and Prof. Anne McNeil have collaborated on an interactive exhibit that illustrates how microplastics enter the environment and outlines concrete steps individuals and institutions can take to address these challenges. UID:145456-21897370@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability,Waste Reduction,Water LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171702 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bookmaking Workshop DESCRIPTION:Public Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience. UID:146711-21899541@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146711 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T160030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Scroll To Action: Crafting Environmental Communications with Content Creator Alex Haraus DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop with Alex Haraus\, a creator and impact strategist who knows how to captivate and lead global audiences to meaningful action through social media. His down-to-earth approach includes strategies that break beyond echo chambers and welcome new audiences\, leading over 15 million people to action over the last 6 years and being recognized by Forbes Under 30\, Grist 50 and SXSW.\n\nJoin us to learn how social media can move people from scrolling to real-world impact.\n\nSpace is limited\; reserve your seat now! UID:145394-21897231@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145394 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Engagement,Digital Studies,Energy And The Environment,Free,Global Change,Information and Technology,Media,planet blue,Public Policy,Social Impact,Sustainability LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T105309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Open House DESCRIPTION:Curious about Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering? Come hang with us at the NA&ME Open House!\n\n🗓 March 19th | 1–4 PM\n📍 Marine Hydrodynamics Lab\, West Hall (1085 S. University Ave\, Ann Arbor)\n\nCheck out our labs\, take a ride on the tow tank carriage\, chat with students and professors\, learn what makes our major unique\, and of course grab some snacks and swag. \nDon’t miss it! UID:145237-21896910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145237 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture And Marine Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:West Hall - 126 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim perform on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:144530-21895461@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144530 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T091244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Daisy Haas - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Daisy Haas for their dissertation defense titled \"An Exploration of Equity in Chemical Education: Noticing and Dreaming to Transform Teaching\".\n\n*Date:* Thursday\, March 19th\n*Time:* 2:00 PM\n*Where:* Rackham Earl Lewis Room (3rd Floor)\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 924 7353 4372 \nPassword: CER UID:146389-21898983@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146389 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Earl Lewis Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T151415 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Generative AI Agents DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThis session introduces the basics of generative AI agents in a hands-on\, beginner-friendly format. Participants will learn what an agent is\, how it works\, and how to build a simple agent using guided examples. No prior experience with AI or coding is required\, and the focus is on practical understanding rather than technical detail. UID:145249-21896931@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Artificial Intelligence,Free,Genai,Generative Ai,Tutorial,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan League - Henderson (3rd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T132047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Generative AI Tutorials: Generative AI Agents DESCRIPTION:This session is part of the 2025-2026 Generative AI tutorial series hosted by the Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society (MIDAS)About: This session introduces the basics of generative AI agents in a hands-on\, beginner-friendly format. Participants will learn what an agent is\, how it works\, and how to build a simple agent using guided examples. No prior experience with AI or coding is required\, and the focus is on practical understanding rather than technical detail. UID:142172-21890157@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142172 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Henderson Room, Michigan League (911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 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:143661-21893608@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:20260218T113219 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ukraine: Revolution\, War\, Documentary Photography\, and Immersive New Media DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nUkraine: Revolution\, War\, Documentary Photography\, and Immersive New Media will showcase the impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine as well as explore the distinctions between long-term documentary photography\, photojournalism\, and the innovative use of gaming technology to create documentary experiences in room-scale virtual reality.\n\nJoseph will share his extensive work\, including his coverage of the Euromaidan Revolution\, the Russo-Ukrainian War\, a photo documentary he began 25 years ago\, and his newest project Is the War Close?\, an immersive room-scale virtual reality documentary that places the user in a Kyiv home at night during a large Russian drone and missile attack. \n\nBio\nJoseph Sywenkyj is a long-form documentary and breaking news visual journalist working with lens based and immersive XR technology. He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal.\n\nJoseph is an American photographer of Ukrainian descent who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over 20 years. He is currently the Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor of Journalism in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. He was a 2024-2025 dual Knight-Wallace Fellow and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Distinguished Fellow at the University of Michigan. Among his many awards\, he was the recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography and the Aftermath Project Grant. He received two Fulbright Awards\, one as a student and the other as a scholar. UID:145271-21896966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145271 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Journalism,Media,Ukraine LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T155924 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Patterned Biomaterials: New Tools to Probe and Control Complex Biological Systems\n\nAbstract:\nEngineered materials and molecular sensing tools are transforming how we study and control complex biological systems. Yet many technologies operate at a single scale—either manipulating cellular environments without molecular precision or profiling molecular signals without spatial or mechanical context. My lab addresses this challenge through chemical and materials innovation\, developing scalable platforms that integrate molecular design with quantitative analysis. We focus on two complementary directions: (1) physico-chemical design of soft interfaces with tunable nanoscale architecture and dynamic mechanics to probe and control material–biology interactions\, and (2) biomolecular sensing platforms that combine polymer chemistry\, optical or electrochemical detection\, and data-driven analysis for accessible diagnostics. In this talk\, I will highlight two representative efforts: nature-inspired nanopatterned coatings with dynamically tunable surface topography for long-term antibacterial activity\, and integrated bioanalytical sensing technologies for early\, point-of-care detection of sepsis. \n\nBio:\nDr. Jouha Min is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 2010 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT\, where she was advised by Paula Hammond and Richard Braatz. She conducted her postdoctoral research with Ralph Weissleder at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital\, where she worked at the interface of engineering\, biology\, and clinical translation. Dr. Min’s research group applies core principles of chemical and biological engineering—including transport phenomena\, reaction kinetics\, materials synthesis\, and systems-level analysis—to develop new methodologies for probing and controlling material–biology interactions across three-dimensional space and time. Her work aims to establish a quantitative and mechanistic foundation for transformative advances in disease diagnosis\, treatment\, and prevention. She is the recipient of several honors\, including the NSF CAREER Award (2025)\, the NIH R35 MIRA Award (2025)\, and the V Foundation V Scholar Award (2023). UID:146152-21898595@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,seminar LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T105103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Canvas Accessibility for Panorama DESCRIPTION:Join ITS-Accessibility for an engaging\, in-depth training session on using Panorama to enhance the accessibility of your Canvas course site. Panorama is a powerful accessibility tool integrated into Canvas that enables instructors and instructional support staff to create\, scan\, and fix digital content for accessibility directly within Canvas. In addition\, Panorama allows students to automatically generate alternative formats of Canvas content and attached files\, ensuring materials are accessible in the formats that work best for them. This training will provide practical guidance and step-by-step demonstrations to help you identify and resolve potential accessibility barriers\, making your Canvas course more inclusive and user-friendly for everyone. UID:145041-21896580@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:access,accessibility,Artificial Intelligence,assistive technology,Canvas,Digital Accessibility,digital technology,Disability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 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:136054-21877793@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:20260313T122401 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Irene Lo DESCRIPTION:Designing zones for school choice systems requires eliciting complex preferences and balancing multiple stakeholder objectives. We propose a stakeholder-in-the-loop framework for school zone generation that iterates between using optimization to generate zone boundaries for given preferences\, and allowing stakeholders to participate and learn their preferences by reacting to zones. To facilitate stakeholder participation\, we use LLMs to translate between natural language preferences and optimization constraints. To enable real-time use of our framework\, we develop faster computational approaches for the multi-school zoning problem using both math programming and sampling-based methods. Our framework produces zones with substantially improved diversity and proximity metrics relative to existing benchmarks\, while also generating individual-level preference representations that can be aggregated using standard social choice methods. Our approach has supported preliminary discussions about school zone boundaries in San Francisco and is generalizable to other redistricting contexts.\n\nDr. Irene Lo is an assistant professor in the Department of Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. Her research sits at the intersection of operations research\, computer science theory\, and economic theory. She designs markets and allocation systems that improve both efficiency and equity\, with applications in education\, the environment\, and the developing world. She leads a Stanford Impact Lab on Equitable Access to Education\, co-launched the ACM Conference series on Equity and Access in Algorithms\, Mechanisms\, and Optimization (EAAMO)\, and is a William T. Grant Scholar. UID:146568-21899297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146568 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:20260309T092317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:LSA@Play: Squirrel Jam DESCRIPTION:Go nuts at our trail mix station\, gather clues in an exploration activity for exclusive LSA squirrel swag\, and meet Maizie\, LSA’s squirrel mascot! Show off your trivia skills and learn fun facts about U-M’s bushy-tailed legends as you join in the celebration of our campus’s favorite furry friends.\n\nIn partnership with LSA Sustainability\, the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, Planet Blue Ambassadors\, and The Squirrel Club.\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:146326-21898882@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146326 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Games,Sustainability,Swag,Well-being LOCATION:LSA Building - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T113714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IES Energy Seminar Series - Energy Needs and Opportunities in Wastewater Treatment AND In situ treatment of PFAS using adsorptive and reactive barrier walls DESCRIPTION:IES Seminar Abstract:\nEnergy demands to treat municipal wastewater can represent up to 2% of U.S. electricity consumption\, and 40 to 60% of this demand is required for aeration to biologically oxidize organic waste and nitrify urea-sourced ammonia. This energy consumption is ironic\, given that organics in domestic wastewater have the potential to favorably deliver more than 5 billion amps of current\, and that 50 million GJ/yr of energy are used each year to produce the equivalent amount of ammonia via the Haber-Bosch process. In this talk\, I will explore opportunities to transform wastewater treatment plants into energy factories\, where electrochemical methods are used to direct electrons in wastewater toward synthesis of value-added products\, and advanced separation methods are used to recovery ammonia as a commodity fertilizer.\n\nCEE Seminar Abstract:\nPer and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are extraordinarily stable and widely used chemicals used to create many consumer and industrial products\, including non-stick cookware\, water-resistant textile coatings\, food packaging\, cosmetics\, semi-conductors\, and aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs). Due to their widespread use\, PFAS have been released to the environment and have contaminated at least 9\,500 different sites in the United States. This is a concern because even at very low concentrations PFAS ingestion has been correlated to negative health impacts\, including delayed developmental\, immune system suppression\, and cancer. Efforts to clean up PFAS in groundwater have mainly relied on ex situ approaches\, where contaminated groundwater is pumped it to the ground surface and treated in engineered reactors using energy intensive thermal\, (electro)chemical\, ultrasonic\, or plasma-based technologies. An emerging in situ approach is to create barriers to PFAS migration in contaminated aquifers from sorbent materials\, e.g.\, by injecting colloidal activated carbon (CAC) through wells into contaminated aquifers\, where it becomes immobilized. However\, there remains great uncertainty in how long these sorptive barriers will prevent PFAS migration\, and if sorptive barrier amendments can be engineered to promote PFAS degradation. In this talk\, I will present experimental and modeling results that address mechanisms controlling PFAS migration in CAC barriers\, CAC barrier effectiveness and lifetimes\, and an abiotic reaction pathway that complements CAC barriers by promoting in situ PFAS destruction.\n\nBiography:\nDr. Charles Werth is a Professor and the Bettie Margaret Smith Chair in Environmental Health Engineering in the Maseeh Department of Civil\, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Werth’s research and teaching background includes fundamental and applied studies on pollutant fate and treatment in both natural and engineered water systems\, with applications in electro(catalytic) drinking water treatment\, in situ groundwater remediation\, and subsurface storage of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Dr. Werth received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University\, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. UID:145466-21897381@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145466 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:CAEN,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Energy,Engineering,Environment,Free,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Law,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,North Campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Research,Science,seminar,Social Sciences,Sustainability LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1303 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T103127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Race & Racial Ideologies Workshop DESCRIPTION:January 22: Erykah Benson\nMarch 19: Kyle McCullers\nApril 2: Carlo Handy Charles\nApril 16: Vanessa Jiménez-Read UID:143799-21894042@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143799 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T154317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T162000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents: DESCRIPTION:\"CECILIA: A Benchmark Sample for Studying Galaxy Enrichment at Cosmic Noon\"\n\nA significant fraction of all stars in the Universe today formed during a 2-3 Gyr period around z~1-3\, when both cosmic star-formation rate density and quasar number density reached their peak values. As a result\, this epoch---commonly known as \"Cosmic Noon\"---represents a key phase in galaxy evolution and has been studied extensively over the last decade. In recent years\, our ability to characterize galaxies at these redshifts has improved dramatically thanks to the capabilities of JWST\, which has made it possible to detect extremely faint emission lines sensitive to a variety of physical properties\, including gas temperature and hard ionizing radiation. I will review recent results from CECILIA\, a Cycle 1 JWST program that obtained ultra-deep (30-hour) spectra of typical star-forming galaxies at Cosmic Noon\, extending down to relatively low-mass (10^7.5 solar masses) Milky Way progenitor analogues that have <5% solar O/H in their interstellar medium. These findings include one of the most detailed analyses to date of multi-element chemistry in the distant Universe\, as well as intriguing evidence for differences in these galaxies' massive star populations and the impact of stellar feedback. I will also discuss how deep spectroscopic samples like CECILIA are leading to new best practices for measuring the metallicity of nascent galaxies and highlight future prospects for combining these unique data with other ground- and space-based campaigns. UID:146153-21898596@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T202826 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar: Admissible resolutions DESCRIPTION:Discuss the material in Section 4 of the paper. The main goals are to explain the statement of Theorem 3.15\, to sketch the ideas in the proof\, and to give some examples. UID:144458-21895384@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144458 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T151958 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Conservation Close-up DESCRIPTION:Come chat with the conservators and technicians who care for the library’s rare and special collections. The Preservation Services department is charged with caring for vast and diverse collections — from the world’s first atlas to (fake) blood-stained movie costumes. \n\nProjects on view will include structural repairs of bindings\, complex paper washing\, intricate custom boxes\, and a large scale rehousing project. Some examples of projects involving technical analysis and multi-band imaging will also be presented.\n\nJoin us (on the 6th floor of Hatcher) for Third Thursdays at the Library\, a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a passport and collect a stamp from each of the four Third Thursday Open Houses — Asia Library\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize! UID:144994-21896251@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144994 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T104211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Commonness\, rarity\, and biodiversity on Indo-Pacific coral reefs: Confronting ecological theory with data in species-rich systems DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - Ecologists have long sought to understand spatial and temporal patterns in abundance and biodiversity\, but the classical approach to developing theory to explain such patterns cannot work in species-rich systems\, due to the “curse of dimensionality” – a tendency for the parameters needed to draw inferences about a community to grow faster than the number of observations\, as species richness increases. \nIn this talk\, I will summarize one strand of my lab’s research program\, which aims to explore potential solutions to the curse of dimensionality\, test them with empirical data – mainly from coral reefs – and use them to unveil the factors that structure marine assemblages. I will begin by summarizing our earlier work developing a robust test of neutral theory of biodiversity\, the most aggressively simplifying of biodiversity theories. I will then present work extending an alternative\, intermediate-complexity mathematical theory that evaluates the dynamics of species’ relative abundances to quantify the relative importance of deterministic and stochastic processes that generate patterns in community structure\; when applied to coral reef fishes on the Great Barrier Reef\, that work reveals that reef fish communities are highly niche-structured\, but that this niche structure is eroded by volatility in coral cover. Finally\, I will present work relaxing the simplifying assumptions of the former theory\, which uses dimension-reduction approaches to allow for considerable heterogeneity among species in both interaction strengths and responses to environmental fluctuations. When applied to reef fishes on the GBR\, we find a classically Gleasonian community structure\, where the dynamics of relative abundance are driven by conspecific density-dependence and “response diversity” – differential responses of species’ population dynamics to environmental fluctuations\, but where between-species interactions have negligible impacts on community dynamics. I will conclude with some thoughts on where community ecology stands\, in terms of its ability to rigorously confront theoretical models with empirical data to answer the fundamental questions that have long motivated research in this field. UID:144777-21895837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144777 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,ecosystem,Ecosystems,eeb,environmental,evolutionary biology,seminar,Sustainability LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T151330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:K-Library Collections: The Roots of Blossoming Korean Culture DESCRIPTION:We invite you to discover the richness and diversity of Korean culture. Step into a world of unique and historic treasures\, spanning from the seventeenth century to the present and showcasing voices from both South and North Korea. \n\nK-pop and the Korean Wave (Hallyu) have taken the world by storm — captivating hearts and inspiring fascination — but the story of Korean culture stretches much deeper and further back. For more than a century\, U-M scholars and librarians have explored these roots and built vibrant collections of Korean materials. Today\, thanks to the dedication of scholars\, donors\, community members\, and organizations in Korea\, our library is home to over 100\,000 Korean-language materials.\n\nHighlights at this event include Akhak kwebom (樂學軌範\, 1610)\, the Sambongjip Wooden Print Block (三峰集木版\, 1791)\, the Han’gul Bible translated by John Ross (1887)\, issues of Nodong Sinmun\, children’s literature\, cartoons\, and works by the acclaimed author Han Kang. Join us for this rare opportunity to experience the extraordinary legacy and dynamic spirit of Korean culture—there’s something here for everyone to explore!\n\nThird Thursdays at the Library is a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a passport and collect a stamp from each of this month's Third Thursday locations — Asia Library\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and the Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize! UID:144991-21896248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144991 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Free,Korean,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Asia Library (4th floor-North) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T150903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Mapping Science DESCRIPTION:For centuries\, scientists with all kinds of specializations have used maps to chart their hypotheses and share their findings. From the shifting of tectonic plates to the spread of disease and charts of the night sky\, come see a selection of maps that visualize scientific research by putting data on the map.\n\nJoin us (on the 2nd floor of Hatcher) for Third Thursdays at the Library\, a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a passport and collect a stamp from each of the four Third Thursday Open Houses — Asia Library\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize! UID:144990-21896247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144990 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps,Science LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T160317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Precision Synthesis and Deterministic Placement of Quantum Dots for Quantum Light Technologies DESCRIPTION:Realizing scalable quantum light technologies requires both atomically precise nanocrystal synthesis and deterministic single-particle positioning. This talk explores strategies to achieve these goals by leveraging the extremes of nanocrystal size. First\, we examine kinetically persistent cluster molecules\, which are intermediates in colloidal nanocrystal nucleation\, as high-fidelity models for understanding crystal growth mechanisms\, structure\, and reactivity. By understanding the structure\, formation\, and conversion of these clusters\, we gain insights into synthesis pathways that minimize ensemble heterogeneity and move us toward the chemist's dream of perfect nanocrystals.\nNext\, we address a critical challenge in quantum photonics: the scalable integration of colloidal quantum dots as single-photon emitters. We demonstrate two approaches that exploit QD size to enable deterministic placement into large-scale ordered arrays while preserving photostability and quantum emission properties. Specifically\, SiO2 and CdS shells expand QD size\, facilitating precise positioning via high-fidelity template-assisted self-assembly and electrohydrodynamic inkjet printing. We show that single “colossal” QDs maintain room-temperature antibunching behavior and can be deterministically coupled to photonic cavities\, advancing their viability for quantum technologies. UID:138415-21882920@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138415 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Materials Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T130625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Psychedelics and Large-Scale Brain Networks DESCRIPTION:This talk is part of the Michigan Psychedelic Center's 2026 Seminar Series: Psychedelics — From Cells to Society. Learn more about the series at https://michiganpsychedelic.med.umich.edu/education-events/. \n\nAbout the Talk:\n\nPsychedelic compounds profoundly alter conscious experience\, producing changes in perception\, cognition\, and self-awareness while typically preserving wakefulness. In recent years\, human neuroimaging studies have revealed that these experiential effects are accompanied by robust alterations in large-scale brain network organization. However\, a unifying framework for understanding how psychedelic drugs reshape brain-wide communication remains an open challenge.\n\nIn this talk\, Rui Dai\, PhD\, will present converging evidence from functional MRI studies across classical and non-classical psychedelics\, as well as comparisons with sleep and anesthesia\, to show that psychedelic states are characterized by increased integration across large-scale brain networks alongside heightened interaction complexity. These effects are most prominent along cortical hierarchies spanning unimodal sensory regions to transmodal association networks\, suggesting a systematic reconfiguration of global information flow rather than isolated regional changes.\n\nBy contrasting psychedelic states with unconscious or diminished-consciousness states\, this work highlights large-scale network integration as a core neural feature supporting conscious experience. Together\, these findings position psychedelics as powerful tools for probing fundamental principles of brain-wide communication and the neural basis of consciousness.\n\nAbout the Presenter:\n\nRui Dai\, PhD\, is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Her research uses human noninvasive neuroimaging to investigate the neural basis of consciousness across spatial scales\, with earlier work focusing on the neural representation of conscious content during task performance and more recent work examining how local and large-scale brain dynamics reconfigure across altered states of consciousness\, including psychedelic\, sleep\, and anesthetic states. UID:145173-21896760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145173 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Medicine,Neuroscience,Webcast LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T112933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Slowing Down with Film: Cameras\, Prints & Storytelling DESCRIPTION:In a fast-paced digital world\, film photography invites us to slow down and reconnect with the act of seeing. This relaxed mini-lecture and show & tell explores why film continues to resonate with modern photographers.\n\nParticipants are encouraged (but not required) to bring a film camera\, analog lens\, instant camera\, or film photographs—whether a meaningful image\, a creative accomplishment\, or simply something they’d like to share. Together\, we’ll reflect on process\, intention\, and the tactile qualities of analog photography\, emphasizing conversation and shared experience over technical instruction. UID:145535-21897484@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145535 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts For All,Photography,Workshop LOCATION:Shapiro Library - PIE Space. Shapiro Library, First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T172120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Other:Third Thursday | Late Night at the Kelsey! DESCRIPTION:The Kelsey Museum is open late! On the third Thursday of each month\, the Kelsey will be open from 4:00 to 7:30 PM. Come check out the galleries after work\, after school\, or after dinner downtown.\n\nThe Kelsey 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:142123-21891164@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Mesopotamia,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T140251 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Toward Women’s Power DESCRIPTION:Celebrate women’s history month! This open house will feature books\, periodicals\, and other materials from our International Studies collections exploring the narratives of women who have held leadership roles or had major impacts on political and social movements throughout history.\n\nJoin us for Third Thursdays at the Library\, a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a Third Thursday Passport and collect a stamp from each of the Third Thursday Open Houses — Asia Library\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize! UID:145272-21896967@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - International Studies Reading Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T093733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Tropical Precarity DESCRIPTION:Please join us for two events with leading queer alternative Puerto Rican rock performers Eduardo Alegría (Superaquello\, Alegría Rampante)\, Gisela Rosario Ramos (Macha Colón y Los Okapi)\, and Fofé Abreu (Circo\, Fofé y Los Fetiches). We will be screening music videos on Wednesday and talking about rock in PR on Thursday. For more information\, please contact Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes at lawrlafo@umich.edu.\n\nMarch 18th & 19th\, 2026\n4:00-6:00pm\n3512 Haven Hall\n\nFree and open to the public\, we hope to see you there! UID:146449-21899124@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146449 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Department Of American Culture,Film,Free,Latina/o Studies LOCATION:Haven Hall - 3512 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T164021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUWeekly: Game Night DESCRIPTION:We’re hosting Mario Kart tournaments\, and stacking the tables with your favorite board and card games. We’ve got the food and snacks covered so you can refuel while you play! UID:146522-21899232@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146522 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Game Night LOCATION:Michigan Union - Courtyard CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T084210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:When Rebels Win: Ideology\, Statebuilding\, and Power After Civil Wars DESCRIPTION:What do rebels do with the state if they are able to gain control of it? Many assume civil wars destroy state capacity. In the Democratic Republic of Congo and Libya\, for instance\, victorious rebels perpetuated state weaknesses. Yet elsewhere\, like in China and Rwanda\, they built strong\, capable states. When Rebels Win argues that to explain varying post-victory governance we must look at rebel group ideologies: the ideas and goals around which a group is formed. Where a group's ideology falls along two key dimensions—programmatic versus opportunistic\, inclusive versus exclusive—influences how it governs. Programmatic-inclusive groups seek to reach across territory and work with populations to implement goals\, building the state to try to transform society. Opportunistic-exclusive groups\, by contrast\, prioritize personalized power and private wealth\, neglecting statebuilding. Examining rebel victors in Nicaragua\, Liberia\, Uganda\, and other cases in Africa and Asia\, Thaler challenges accounts of rebel behavior and post-war governance emphasizing factors such as resource availability or international intervention\, demonstrating the impacts of wartime rebel ideology and when civil war can\, counterintuitively\, lead to stronger states.\n\nAttend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/79Dr5\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at emergingdemocracies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:143472-21893239@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143472 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:democracy,International LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T121645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Suzannah Clark Lecture: Distinguished Resident in Music Theory DESCRIPTION:Schubert began composing the “Great” Symphony in C Major (D. 944) during the summer of 1825 and is presumed to have finished it in early 1826. Based on letters by Schubert’s friends\, performances were lined up during that season\, but they fell through. Schubert then gifted the autograph to the Viennese *Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde* in October 1826. The following summer\, the Society produced orchestral parts\, which are still held in the *Gesellschaft* archives. While no public performance occurred during Schubert’s lifetime\, posthumous annotations in these orchestral parts hold clues to how nineteenth-century musicians performed the work. Based on new archival research\, this paper focuses on these nineteenth-century performance choices and illustrates what they reveal about nineteenth-century attitudes towards Schubert’s symphonic structures. The paper will also examine conductor scores belonging to Gustav Mahler and Leonard Bernstein\, which are held in the archives of the New York Philharmonic\, in order to reveal how certain modern-day performance choices came about. A comparison with tell-tale markings in Schubert’s own autograph will be used to propose what Schubert himself may have had in mind.\n\nGUEST BIO\n\nSUZANNAH CLARK is the Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music and the Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University. She has written on the music of Franz Schubert\, the history of tonal music theory\, and medieval vernacular music\, particularly on the songs of the trouvères and the thirteenth-century motet. She has published on theorists ranging from Gottfried Weber\, Arthur von Oettingen\, Hugo Riemann to Heinrich Schenker. Her book *Analyzing Schubert* was published in 2011. Material for her talk at UMich is taken from her forthcoming book *Franz Schubert: The “Great” Symphony in C Major (D. 944)*\, which is commissioned by Cambridge University Press as part of the New Cambridge Music Handbooks series. She is also currently writing a book *Music Theory: A Very Short Introduction* for the Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press. UID:146340-21898921@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146340 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Music,North Campus,Research,Scholarship,Talk LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T115604 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Eisendrath Symposium: Covering Migration in Europe DESCRIPTION:Wallace House Presents a WCEE Panel and Eisendrath Symposium Event\nWith Ismail Einashe\, Jedrzej Slodkowski\, and Sarah Souli\nModerated by Lynette Clemetson\nWelcome by Doug Northrop\, Interim Director of WCEE\n\nAcross Europe\, governments on the right\, left\, and center are rolling back protections for migrants and supporting new European Union proposals that would allow asylum seekers to be sent to third countries. Even as border crossings have dropped significantly in recent years\, human rights groups warn that deterrence-focused policies and sealed borders are pushing people onto more dangerous routes\, increasing the risk of abuse\, displacement and trauma.\n\nEuropean media coverage of migration has largely centered on political debate\, often leaving people’s lives and experiences out of the reporting. What does this imbalance mean for public understanding\, and how can we responsibly cover Europe’s shifting migration politics\, while ethically reporting on trauma and engaging vulnerable sources whose stories are too often overlooked?\n\nThe Eisendrath Symposium honors Charles R. Eisendrath\, former director of Wallace House\, and his lifelong commitment to international journalism.\n\nAbout the Speakers\nIsmail Einashe\, 2025-2026 Knight-Wallace Fellow\, is a London-based journalist and author whose work on migration and refugee issues has appeared in numerous publications – including Foreign Policy\, The Guardian\, BBC News\, The Nation\, The Sunday Times and ArtReview. He is the author of “Strangers” (2023)\, a book by Tate Publishing that explores migration through the lens of art\, and he co-edited “Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere” (2019)\, a collection of critical essays examining how migrants are represented in European media. Einashe is also part of a team of journalists working on a cross-border journalism collaborative called Lost in Europe\, which investigates the disappearance of child migrants.\n\nJedrzej Slodkowski\, 2025-2026 Knight-Wallace Fellow\, is a reporter\, editor and current deputy head of the culture section of “Gazeta Wyborcza\,” Poland’s largest newspaper. He started his professional journalism career as a music critic 20 years ago. He now specializes in interviews with the most interesting figures in Polish culture. Recently\, Słodkowski has focused on migration and refugee issues\, editing an annual special edition of “Gazeta Wyborcza” authored by refugees themselves. He has also covered topics such as child slavery in Ghana\, Kyiv’s music scene during the war and Nepalese mercenaries hired by Russia to fight in Ukraine.\n\nSarah Souli\, 2025-2026 Knight-Wallace Fellow\, has been living and reporting across the Mediterranean for more than a decade. Raised in the U.S. by a French mother and Tunisian father\, her multicultural and multilingual background has deeply informed her perspective and work. She is most interested in how behemoth political structures intersect with the resilient and textured lived experiences of people. Her stories\, including a multi-year investigation of a triple femicide on the Greek-Turkish border\, have appeared in The Atavist\, The Economist\, POLITICO\, The Guardian\, Vice Magazine\, Condé Nast Traveler and others. Prior to her work as an independent journalist\, she was a staff writer for COLORS Magazine.\n\nAbout the Moderator\nLynette Clemetson is the Charles R. Eisendrath Director of Wallace House Center for Journalists\, home of the Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists and the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists at the University of Michigan. UID:145315-21897041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145315 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:eastern europe,Europe,European,Food,Free,Human Rights,immigration,international policy,Journalism,migration,symposium LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Amphitheatre, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T162048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Robotics Advising Super Session - Fall 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Robotics Advising Super Session is your one-stop destination to explore all things robotics—no prior experience required! Discover what exciting courses will be offered in Winter 2026\, along with helpful information on the growing field and undergraduate major of Robotics.\nHere’s what you’ll experience:\nInsider info on Fall 2026 courses — find the perfect class for your interests and schedule.Resource round-up — learn about research\, student orgs\, and hands-on opportunities open to students from any background.Meet-the-faculty — get your questions answered face-to-face during our in-person session (exclusive!)Peer Perspectives — hear from current Robotics majors about what sparked their interest and how robotics can fit with other majors like engineering\, computer science\, art\, and more.Come for the information\, stay for the inspiration—and see how Robotics can be part of your U-M journey!\nJoin via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91759062855 UID:146149-21898452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:FRB 1050 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T162048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SACNAS Abstract Writing Session DESCRIPTION:Join us for a collaborative Abstract Writing Session to prepare your submission for the upcoming SACNAS Conference! Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining a draft\, this is a great opportunity to focus on your abstract\, get constructive feedback from peers\, and strengthen your writing before submission.Date: March 19What to Expect: Dedicated writing time\, optional peer review sessions\, and guidance from experienced mentors. UID:146145-21898442@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146145 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:2960 Taubman Health Sciences Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T115057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Shakespeare in the Arb: Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare in the Arb is a collaboration between the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum and Residential College. Since 2001\, university and community members have provided audiences with a magical night of Elizabethan theater in an inspiring natural setting. We are looking for actors and musicians to join this beloved Ann Arbor tradition for our 2026 season!\n\nPerformances are every weekend in June in Nichols Arboretum. Rehearsals are every Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday beginning April 27th.\nAll roles are available! \n\nAuditions will be in East Quad on the following dates:\n\n March 17th (4-8PM)\n March 19th (5-9PM)\n March 20th (4-8PM)\n\nActors will be expected to memorize a monologue from a given selection (available in the link below). Musicians will submit a short self tape in place of in-person auditions. Anyone is welcome to do both!\n\nCallbacks will be on March 21st from 12-4PM in the Keene Theater. \n\nFor more information\, and to sign up for an audition slot\, go to bit.ly/sita2026.\n\nEmail Ari Richardson at arijrich@umich.edu with any questions. UID:145538-21897487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:artists,arts,arts at michigan,Audition,Auditions,Free,Theater,theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T154406 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Undergraduate Advising Super Session DESCRIPTION:UM students enrolling in Robotics classes for Fall 2026 will have an opportunity to find out more about Robotics classes\, relevant resources\, and our new major concentrations! Students will have the opportunity to connect with departmental faculty\, staff\, and student leaders.\n\nZoom Link available. Information included in RVSP Link. UID:145730-21897740@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145730 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Robotics,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 1050 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T121839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2026 Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:Presented by Professor Edward Watts\, the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of History at UC San Diego\, received his BA in Classics from Brown University in 1997 and his PhD in History from Yale University in 2002. His research centers on the intellectual\, political\, and religious history of the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire. He is the author of seven books and the editor of five more\, including The Final Pagan Generation (UC Press\, 2015)\, Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher\, (Oxford University Press\, 2017)\, Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny (Basic Books\, 2018)\, and The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Oxford University Press\, 2021). His most recent book\, The Romans: A 2000 Year History (Basic Books\, 2025)\, traces the history of the Roman state from the 8th century BC through 1204 AD. His work has also been featured in Time\, Vox\, Smithsonian\, the Economist\, the Wall Street Journal\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, British Museum Magazine\, and the New York Times. Before coming to UCSD in 2012\, Professor Watts taught for ten years at Indiana University. He teaches courses on Byzantine History\, Roman History\, Late Antique Christianity\, Roman numismatics\, and the history of the Medieval Mediterranean. \n\nThe Roman citizen body lived an almost inconceivably long life. Between the 8th century BC and the 15thcentury AD\, nearly 100 generations of Romans superintended a political legacy they had inherited from their ancestors and handed down to their children. Nearly every element of Roman life changed during those two millennia. The state expanded from a hilltop settlement into a massive empire. Its center moved from Italy to Constantinople. Its dominant language changed from Latin to Greek. Its weaponry evolved from iron swords and bronze spears to Greek fire and gunpowder. It incorporated countless new gods before ultimately becoming Christian. And yet the thread linking the Roman present to its past never snapped. For all of their history\, Romans used this past to help understand their world and determine the contours of its future. Tradition served as a governor on the pace of necessary change.\n\nThis Thomas Spencer Jerome lecture series introduces the idea of Roman interchronological history to explain how Romans found and maintained this balance between innovation and tradition. Interchronological history recognizes that Roman scholastic\, social\, familial\, and religious traditions created situations in which Romans in the present spoke the words and felt the feelings of figures from the real or imagined past. These ancient situations encouraged people to connect personally and emotionally with figures from the past and made it natural to see in the past a set of frameworks that allowed one to both understand the present and imagine possible futures that might result from it. \n\nThese lectures explain how Roman educational\, family\, religious\, and literary culture produced this way of interpreting the present and imagining the future through deep engagement with the past. They will then show how an interchronological approach to Roman history expands our understanding of everything from the political power of Roman women to the nature of Iconoclasm and the surprising durability of the Roman bond market. By their conclusion\, the lectures will point to new ways to answer questions about the Roman past and suggest non-Roman contexts in which this historical method can also be applied.\n \nProfessor Watts will present four lectures and one seminar between March 9 and 19\, 2026: \n\n• What is Interchronological Roman History? Monday\, March 9\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League\nThis lecture reconstructs an interchronological historical method based on how Romans were educated and socialized to connect with the words\, experiences\, and feelings of people in their shared past in a fashion that ensured their reactions in the moment and plans for the future remained connected to the traditions of the past.\n\n• Interchronological History and the Political Power of Roman Women\, Thursday\, March 12\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League\nUsing an interchronological approach\, this lecture shows how literature\, public commemorations\, and monuments encouraged Romans of both genders to recognize the political power of Roman women by speaking the words of female political exemplars\, feeling their emotions\, and understanding the circumstances surrounding their political interventions. \n\n• Classical Studies Graduate Student Seminar: Containerization and the Creation of Interchronological Spaces in Imperial Rome\, Friday\, March 13\, 12:00 pm \nThis seminar will look at how the creators and sponsors of a series of monuments in Rome curated space to generate an experience that joined the present in which the monument was unveiled with elements of the past to define a transition to a promised future. Using the theory of artistic containerization\, we will see how each space was designed to showcase elements of the Roman past in a way that channeled specific themes important to both the present identity of the monument’s sponsor and a future they were promising to deliver.\n\n• An Interchronological Approach to Roman Religion and Political History Monday\, March 16\, 5\;30 pm\, Vandenberg Room\, Michigan League\nThis lecture explains how an interchronological history of Roman religion and politics can help us understand why this basic understanding of the role of the divine in shaping the tangible realities of Roman life persisted as Roman religion evolved from the practices of a small pagan city state into those of a large Christian empire.\n\n• The Failures of Justin II and the Case for Interchronological Roman Macroeconomic History\, Thursday\, March 19\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League \nThis uses an interchronological comparative framework to reconstruct the institutional history of Roman finance and macroeconomics in order to explain how the sixth century emperor Justin II inadvertently crippled Rome's nearly 800-year-old financial system. UID:145427-21897339@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145427 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Free,History,Interdisciplinary,Lecture LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T172109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:LSA OptiMize/NPTCG Recharge Night DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce that OptiMize and NPTCG will be partnering to host Winter 2026 Recharge Events this semester! Please join us on Thursday\, March 19 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM in the LSA Multipurpose Room for our OptiMize/NPTCG Recharge Game Night event!These events are designed to create a welcoming and supportive space for non-traditional students (those 24-years or older\; returning to education after a significant break\; part-time students\; those balancing education with other significant life responsibilities such as being a parent/guardian/caretaker\; nontraditional completion of high school education\; military veteran\; or was in the foster-care system 13-years old or older\, experiencing home insecurity or family structure) and post-traditional students (those who might have started their academic journey later in life) while they pursue their education at U-M.If you identity with any one of these identities\, this event is a great chance to:Relax and recharge with calming activitiesEnjoy free food and swag Meet and connect with fellow non- and post-traditional studentsLearn about OptiMize and resources available to support your journey at U-MWhether you are a current NPTCG member or if this is your first semester at LSA and looking for a community to call your own\, we are here for you. So\, no matter your path to U-M\, we want to build a space that supports your success and offers you a place to belong. You are also welcome to bring guests to this event\, such as partners\, kids (no matter their age or interruption ability)\, or family members! We hope you’ll join us for a night of relaxation and connection! UID:146512-21899221@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146512 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LSA Multipurpose Room (Room 1040) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T105449 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Maximize Your Summer with FGE DESCRIPTION:Greetings FGE Community!\n\nWe hope you had a rejuvenating spring break. As we dive into the second half of the semester\, it’s time to look ahead. Join 1st Gen Engin (FGE) for a virtual workshop dedicated to helping you navigate your summer plans and set yourself up for future success. Click the link on the side to RSVP. \n\n📋 What We’ll Cover:\nInternships: Tips on onboarding and networking.\n\nResearch: Finding and securing positions on or off campus.\n\nSummer Classes: Balancing your course load and requirements.\n\nAnd more! We want this to be a conversation\, so bring your questions.\n\n🗓️ Event Details:\nDate: Thursday\, March 19\, 2026\n\nTime: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.\n\nLocation: Virtual\n\nRSVP link is on the side! UID:146452-21899130@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146452 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,First Generation,First-gen-week,First-generation,Michigan Engineering,Professional Development,Social,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T181519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Sheida Soleimani DESCRIPTION:\n\nSheida Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist\, educator\, and activist. The daughter of political refugees who escaped Iran in the early 1980s\, Soleimani makes work that excavates the histories of violence linking Iran\, the United States\, and the Greater Middle East. In working across form and medium—especially photography\, sculpture\, collage\, and film—she often appropriates source images from popular/digital media and resituates them within defamiliarizing tableaux. \n\nThe composition depends on the question at hand. For example\, how can one do justice to survivor testimony and to the survivors themselves (To Oblivion)? What are the connections between oil\, corruption\, and human rights abuses among OPEC nations (Medium of Exchange)? How do nations work out reparations deals that often turn the ethics of historical injustice into playing fields for their own economic interests (Reparations Packages)? How may the layering of memory and familial history both report fact\, and produce a reckoning with the intimate resonances of a geopolitics of violence (Ghostwriter)? In contrast to Western news\, which rarely covers these problems\, Soleimani makes work that persuades spectators to address them directly and effectively. \n\n \n\nSoleimani’s work is held in permanent collections including the Guggenheim Museum\, Museum of Fine Arts Boston\, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts\, MIT List Visual Art Center\, and Kadist Paris. Her work has been recognized internationally in both exhibitions and publications such as The New York Times\, Financial Times\, Art in America\, and Interview Magazine\, among many others. Based in Providence\, Rhode Island\, Soleimani is also an assistant professor of Studio Art at Brandeis University and a federally licensed wildlife rehabilitator.\n\nPresented in partnership with the Institute for the Humanities.\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:142733-21891311@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142733 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T013008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Presenting Research Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn how to concisely present your research with the Undergraduate Research Symposium! UID:144899-21896115@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144899 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Conference,Design,Poster,Poster Presentation,Presentation,Research,Research Symposium,Symposium,Undergraduate,Workshop,Writing LOCATION:Mason Hall - 3401 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T101043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CANCELED EVENT- Learn Writing Dialogue With NERDS DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED\n\nInterested in writing better theatre scripts? Want your dialogue to feel more representative and respectful? Learn some tips for making your dialogue more authentic! No experience necessary!\n\nNERDS (Not Even Really Drama Students) have created Intersectional\, Queer\, student-crafted musical theatre at the University of Michigan since 2016\, and are excited to share some of their knowledge and skills with you\, regardless of your skill level. Bring your laptop or something to write with\, and NERDS will help you develop theatre dialogue that sounds authentic.\n\nThe Arts Initiative's \"Learn/With\" workshops are designed to give students a chance to explore an artform or skill that's new to them by learning with their peers in one of U-M's many student arts orgs. Take a chance and see what you learn! UID:146330-21898903@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146330 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,Arts Initiative,Artsrx,Free,Student Org,Theater,Workshop,Writing LOCATION:Michigan League - League Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T120201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore truth at this week’s big question—plus pizza—this Thursday. DESCRIPTION:\nHi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, March 19th\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nOur current series\, Challenge Your Thinking and Explore Truth\, features this week’s big question:: \"Does the Bible ethically justify pro-life or pro-choice positions?\"\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! 🍕\nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team 😊\n UID:146435-21899084@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146435 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Study Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T120031 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 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:143046-21891979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143046 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Design Lab 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T092752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dancing with the Dragon | WORKSHOP for Decorating the Dragon DESCRIPTION:Presented as part of the Dancing with the Dragon Inititative. Learn more: https://myumi.ch/JPVp8\n\nAttend a workshop to decorate the dragon body with garlands and glitter\, bells and bottlecaps\, sequins and sparkle! Events will be held on March 12\, 17\, 19 from 6 - 9 PM at the Duderstadt Design Lab (1321 Duderstadt Center).\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.* UID:146124-21898418@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146124 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,ArtsEngine,Asia,china,Chinese Studies,Community LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Design Lab (1321 Duderstadt Center). Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T122803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Go\, Blue: A History of Michigan Athletics and International Travel DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan has forged a worldwide reputation for its teaching and research\, but less well known is the long history of international ties forged by its student athletes. Join us and Bentley archivist jay winkler as he shares stories of U-M’s sports teams’ global travels starting with the football team’s forays to Canada in the 1880s to the baseball team’s voyages to Japan in the 1920s to the “lost” history of basketball legend Cazzie Russell in Egypt and beyond. \n\nPresented with support from the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.\n\nRefreshments will be provided. UID:142450-21890969@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,free,history,lecture,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T101551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Kelsey Book Club | *What the River Knows* DESCRIPTION:*The Mummy* meets *Death on the Nile* in Isabel Ibañez’s *What the River Knows*\, a YA historical fantasy set in 19th-century Egypt. This novel follows Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera as she travels to Cairo to investigate her parents’ mysterious deaths\, uncovering ancient magic\, a dangerous archaeological world\, and a rivals-to-lovers romance with her guardian’s assistant. The first book in the Secrets of the Nile duology\, *What the River Knows* blends adventure\, mystery\, and romance with themes of colonialism and history.\n\nJoin us in Room 124 of Newberry Hall for an evening of community and conversation led by Ginny Miglierina\, PhD candidate in the Interdepartmental Program in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology. Light refreshments will be served.\n\nIf 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.\n\n*Note: Registration for this session is now closed. Visit our book club web page to learn about future meetings: https://myumi.ch/Drn1Q.* UID:145524-21897469@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145524 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,egypt,Egyptology,Graduate Students,Literature,Talk LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T085822 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pro-Social Design with Pluralistic and Narrative AI Systems DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nIn this talk\, I will present two complementary lines of work that explore how AI systems can be designed to serve pro-social outcomes not by collapsing social diversity into a single voice\, but instead surfacing pluralism and by making abstract societal issues more personally meaningful.\n\nFirst\, I will discuss Plurals\, a system that uses multi-agent deliberation to simulate socially diverse ensembles rather than a single neutral model output. Plurals provides a flexible framework for configuring agents\, interaction structures\, and moderation strategies inspired by deliberative democracy. Across multiple case studies and experiments\, we show that simulated social ensembles can produce outputs that better resonate with real audiences than standard single-model generation.\n\nSecond\, I will introduce an ongoing line of work that explores AI-assisted narrative autocompletion as a tool for reducing psychological distance to complex societal issues. This work uses interactive\, personalized narratives co-written with users to help people imagine how distant or abstract events could plausibly unfold in their own lives. \n\nTaken together\, these projects illustrate two complementary strategies for AI in society: one that emphasizes pluralistic deliberation across perspectives\, and another that leverages narrative imagination to connect individual experience with collective outcomes. UID:146248-21898714@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Ai,Ai Literacy,Democracy,Free,Genai,Lecture,Public Policy LOCATION:Dana Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T170612 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 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:142549-21891143@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:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T104443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Voices & Visions: The Arts\, Democracy\, and Race DESCRIPTION:Voices & Visions: The Arts\, Democracy\, and Race will bring together the U-M community for an evening of civic dialogue and the performing arts. The evening will include special performances from SMTD Students and The Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit\, dialogue in small groups\, and free dinner for all participants.\n\nThis event is in partnership with The SMTD Student Success Office\, U-M Dearborn\, U-M Flint\, The Arts Initiative\, USA at 250\, The SMTD EXCEL Lab\, and The Program on Intergroup Relations.This project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan and the U.S. at 250 Grant Program. UID:145303-21897029@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Dance,dialogue,Dinner,Free,Music,Theater LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T164810 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:What I Wish I Had Known Before Law School DESCRIPTION:Planning to attend law school in the fall? Thinking about applying to law school in the future? Join our panel discussion featuring lawyers & law students sharing their experiences as applicants\, students\, and professionals working in the legal field\, and the advice they wish they’d had before law school.\n\nFood will be served and attendees will be entered for a chance to WIN one of 3 FREE 7Sage LSAT prep packages. UID:145354-21897163@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145354 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Law,Law School,Lsa,Lsa Honors,Lsa Newnan Academic Advising Center,Panel,Pre-law,Sessions LOCATION:West Hall - 411 West Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T153710 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mixed Race Families: U-M Community Photo Share DESCRIPTION:Please join us in a community photo share event! Bring your family photos and family stories to share with others\, or just come and be in community with us. Each person will have a chance to share their photos (digital or paper photos are great) and stories if they like. Everyone is welcome\, bring friends and family if you like!\n\nSnacks and beverages will be provided\, and a viewing of the latest exhibit\, \"Mixed Race Creators\,\" will be available for viewing\, along with a selection of library resources about mixed race topics.\n\nBrought to you by the U-M Library-based Mixed Race Project\, the student group Mixed@Michigan\, and the Mixed Race and Interracial Family Community employee resource group. UID:145907-21898084@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145907 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T171321 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 SUMMARY:Tours:New Art//New Music: Gallery Tour DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons and a concert featuring music created by University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre\, and Dance student composers. These pieces will be performed by the contemporary music collective FLYDLPHN and the chamber ensemble Myriad Project and will be inspired by artwork featured at the exhibition. \n\nPublic tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition \n6:30 pm Duderstadt Gallery\n\nConcert\n8pm Stamps Auditorium\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145749-21897776@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T115749 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception for *Flyways* DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the opening reception of Sheida Soleimani's debut Michigan exhibition *Flyways *immediately following her Penny Stamps Lecture at the Michigan Theater. See the exhibition\, meet the artist\, and enjoy some light refreshments. All are welcome!\n\nAbout the exhibition: \nIranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest iteration of Soleimani's ongoing Ghostwriter series\, in which she continues to explore her parents’ experiences of political exile and migration as a lens to examine broader systems of geopolitics. Soleimani creates detailed compositions in the studio that combine photographs\, props\, live animals\, and even her own parents\, resulting in surreal\, magical realist scenes.\n\nThe artist's most recent works include imagery evocative of her family’s history alongside photographs of injured birds from her care work as a wildlife rehabilitator. As an extension of her art practice\, Soleimani founded the non-profit Congress of the Birds\, a wild bird rehabilitation center in Rhode Island. The sheer range of Soleimani's practice—her choice of imagery\, subject matter\, and method—informs a visual language that is surprising\, inventive\, imaginative\, and contemporary. Soleimani’s exhibition in the Institute for the Humanities Gallery will feature a newly curated selection of photographs from the Ghostwriter series\, along with a new site-specific wall drawing created as part of the project.\n\nAbout the artist:\nSheida Soleimani is an artist\, educator\, and licensed wildlife rehabilitator whose work examines power\, environmental crisis\, queerness\, migration\, and care. The daughter of political refugees who escaped Iran in the early 1980s\, Soleimani draws on archival materials\, props\, and sculptural elements to create visually lush\, politically incisive tableaux. She works across various mediums\, investigating themes such as oil politics and human rights abuses\, confronting the systems of violence linking the SWANA region and the United States\, unraveling their implications in American culture. Though her images are dreamlike\, they are grounded in lived experience: her parents frequently appear as subjects\, in compositions made from elements of their (sometimes harrowing) tales. Increasingly\, wildlife enters the frame – injured and orphaned birds\, with their own quiet stories of migration and survival. Before the lens\, these animals encapsulate Soleimani's multifaceted practice: care as art\, storytelling as resistance.\n\nHer work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in institutions such as the International Center for Photography\, New York (2025)\, the Contemporary Arts Center\, Cincinnati (2025)\, the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston (2023)\, Southern Utah Museum of Art\, Cedar City (2019)\, Atlanta Contemporary\, Atlanta (2018)\, and MoMA PS1\, New York (2017)\, to name a few. Soleimani’s work is held in permanent collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, the Victoria & Albert Museum\, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, MIT List Visual Arts Center\, and Cranbrook Art Museum. In 2018\, she founded Congress of the Birds\, (originally) a home-based clinic in Providence\, Rhode Island\, where she provides care for wild birds. UID:142801-21891654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142801 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Birding,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T152929 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:CJS Winter 2026 Film Series | *The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (星くず兄弟の伝説)* DESCRIPTION:A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers\, a girl-friendly\, silver-jumpsuited\, synth-pop sensation. Along with their #1 fan\, who herself dreams of a music career\, the duo rockets to stardom.\n \n Attendance is free and open to the public\, and no prior registration is required. Seating is first-come\, first-served\, and doors open at 6:30 PM.\n \n Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film\, including ratings\, at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419821/\n \n Learn more about the CJS Winter 2026 Film Series at: https://myumi.ch/AZ8Ep\n This film series is in partnership with Marquee Arts.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142757-21891341@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Film Series,Free,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Naomi Fan\, violin DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Naomi Fan performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145850-21897953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145850 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:This Dance is About Leslie Cheung - Dance MFA Thesis Performance by Tim Tsang DESCRIPTION:The Department of Dance presents a performance created by Tim Tsang\, candidate for the Master of Fine Arts in Dance.\n\nBlending contemporary dance\, live performance\, and concert spectacle\, this event will unfold as a concert-meets-dance experience\, featuring ensemble choreography\, live vocals\, spoken reflection\, and cinematic lighting by collaborator David Goodman-Edberg. \n\nThe performance invites audiences into a shared emotional landscape – one shaped by ambition\, grief\, resilience\, and connection. Drawing on Hong Kong cultural icon Leslie Cheung’s concerts\, films\, and public persona\, the performance traces a journey from glamour to intimacy through Cheung’s legacy. It examines pressure\, visibility\, and the search for care. At its core\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* is not only about legacy\, but about how legacy\, identity\, and inspiration is carried forward. \n\nRather than offering a biography of Leslie Cheung\, the concert stages an encounter with his legacy. Cheung appears as an influence\, a fantasy\, and a point of departure – someone whose artistry opened doors while also revealing the emotional cost of visibility. The performance traces how admiration can slip into imitation\, how confidence can fracture under pressure\, and how failure might become a pathway toward care.\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\n\nCreated by choreographer and Dance MFA candidate Timothy Tsang\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* reflects Tsang’s ongoing inquiry into how performance carries memory\, pressure\, and care. Tsang is a queer Chinese American dance artist whose work bridges movement\, cultural memory\, and embodied research. Shaped by a transnational upbringing between Shanghai and Chicago\, his choreography often moves between different cultural contexts – asking how bodies navigate identity\, visibility\, and belonging. UID:145447-21897362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145447 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Dance,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T093504 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T194000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T213000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Student Art Meetup: SMTD Creative Arts Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Looking to explore art with other students? Join us on Thursday\, March 19th as we check out the the Creative Arts Orchestra! This performance will feature a unique fusion of performance fields such as dance\, theatre\, and music technology through improvisation. \n\nWe will meet outside of Great Greek in Pierpont Commons at 7:40 PM\, and walk together to the Moore Building for the show (about a 5-minute walk). Hope to see you there! UID:145234-21896898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Art Meetups,arts,Artsrx,Music,orchestra,Social LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T181717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Creative Arts Orchestra DESCRIPTION:This is a unique\, largely improvisation-based group that invites interaction with other performance fields such as dance\, theatre\, and music technology.\n\nMarcus Elliot\, director UID:135451-21876843@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135451 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Interdisciplinary,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251029T095232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Larry McCray DESCRIPTION:Legendary rustbelt blues shouter and guitar slinger\n\nLarry McCray is a powerhouse bluesman with a soul-soaked voice\, blistering guitar chops\, and a story embodying the spirit of his music. With his new album Heartbreak City\, McCray turns the page on a new chapter—raw\, joyful\, and deeply personal. Produced by blues-rock champions and Grammy Nominated duo Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith\, Heartbreak City finds the legendary singer and guitarist firing on all cylinders\, reconnecting with his roots while stepping boldly forward.\n\nFrom the first notes of the title track\, McCray reminds listeners why he’s long been hailed as one of the most expressive blues artists of his generation. Heartbreak City showcases Larry’s gritty vocals and searing guitar work\, evoking the decades he spent grinding it out in clubs\, pouring heartache and redemption into every solo. Elsewhere\, standout single “Bye Bye Blues” draws on McCray’s teenage years in Michigan\, when soul music still ruled the airwaves. Co-written with longtime collaborator Charlie Walmsley\, it nods to giants like Johnnie Taylor and Bobby Bland while delivering a sound all his own—grooving\, head-nodding\, and utterly timeless.\n\nThe release follows 2022’s Blues Without You\, which marked McCray’s long-awaited return after a seven-year hiatus. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Blues chart and was named the #1 Blues Album of 2022 by Blues Rock Review\, solidifying his status as a torchbearer of modern blues. In 2024\, McCray was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame\, a testament to his deep roots in the state and his enduring impact on American music. Now\, Heartbreak City builds on that momentum. It’s a record that reflects Larry McCray at his most self-assured -grounded in tradition\, but more fearless than ever.\n\nBorn in 1960 in Smackover\, Arkansas\, McCray grew up steeped in gospel\, soul\, and the electric blues of the three Kings—B.B.\, Albert\, and Freddie. He moved to Saginaw\, Michigan at 12\, where he honed his guitar style by blending classic blues with the psychedelic edge of Hendrix and the southern fire of the Allman Brothers. After years of gigging while working a factory job\, he was signed in the late ’80s as the first artist on Virgin Records’ blues imprint Point Blank. His debut Ambition (1990) was followed by acclaimed albums like Delta Hurricane\, Meet Me at the Lake\, and Born to Play the Blues\, solidifying his role in defining modern blues-rock through the ’90s and early 2000s.\n\nOver the years\, McCray has played alongside a who’s who of music legends —B.B. King\, Buddy Guy\, Albert King\, the Allman Brothers\, Joe Walsh\, Jonny Lang\, Levon Helm\, and of course\, Joe Bonamassa. He was named Orville H. Gibson Male Blues Guitarist of the Year in 2000 and won the Top Guitarist prize in the International Blues Matters writer’s poll in 2014.\n\nBut accolades aside\, it’s the soul in McCray’s music that keeps fans coming back. “I feel totally reborn\,” he says. “This new album lets me show the full scope of what I do —it’s blues\, it’s soul\, it’s real stories. This is who I am.” UID:140574-21887362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140574 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:New Art / New Music: Collaborative Concert DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons and a concert featuring music created by University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre\, and Dance student composers. These pieces will be performed by the contemporary music collective FLYDLPHN and the chamber ensemble Myriad Project and will be inspired by artwork featured at the exhibition.\n\nPublic tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition\n6:30 pm Duderstadt Gallery\n\nConcert\n8pm Stamps Auditorium\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145664-21897658@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T171352 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:New Art//New Music: Collaborative Concert DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons and a concert featuring music created by University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre\, and Dance student composers. These pieces will be performed by the contemporary music collective FLYDLPHN and the chamber ensemble Myriad Project and will be inspired by artwork featured at the exhibition.\n\nPublic tour of the 30th Annual Exhibition\n6:30 pm Duderstadt Gallery\n\nConcert\n8pm Stamps Auditorium\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145751-21897778@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Composition,Concert,Music,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Trombone Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:Trombone students of Professor David Jackson perform a recital. UID:145663-21897657@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900142@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145013-21896352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145014-21896402@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145015-21896459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145016-21896523@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:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145222-21896856@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T060050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Northwest Challenge 2026 DESCRIPTION:tourney in seattle\, wa! UID:143528-21893353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143528 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Washington CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T180046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ ACHA Nationals DESCRIPTION:Nattys UID:143444-21893183@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Centene Community Ice Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T060147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Cycling Race at St. Louis DESCRIPTION:Cycling Race at St. Louis UID:146437-21899086@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146437 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:St. Louis CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 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:143388-21893028@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:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893085@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250729T092652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:LSA Graduate School Exploration Symposium DESCRIPTION:LSA Graduate School Exploration Symposium\nFriday\, March 20\, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM\nLSA Building\, First Floor\n\nDescription: Grad school on your mind? Whether you're just starting to think about it or you’re already working on applications\, the Graduate School Exploration Symposium is your chance to explore your next steps\, ask your big questions\, and connect with people who have attended a variety of programs.\nJoin us for a full day of learning\, exploration\, and community with current grad students\, faculty\, alums\, admissions reps\, and career professionals—here to support your journey from curiosity to confidence.\n\nA flexible\, choose-your-own-adventure structure\nSessions are organized around the stages of the grad school journey. Register NOW to receive more information about how to sign up for sessions. \n\nDiscover – Get curious and test the waters\nExplore – Build your focus and figure out what fits\nPursue – Tackle the application process with confidence\nAdvance – Step into interviews and decisions with support behind you\n\nEvent highlights include:\nInteractive workshops and sessions on topics like:\nGrad School 101: What\, Why\, and When to Go\nTesting the Waters: Research\, Volunteering\, and Shadowing as Try-Outs\nTalking to Faculty: How to Ask Smart Questions Early\nThriving as You Are: First-Gen and BIPOC Experiences in Grad School\nFinding Programs That Fit and How to Read Curricula & Grad School Websites\nFunding Grad School Without Debt\nLife in Grad School (student panel)\nGap Years: Designing One That Works for You\nPersonal Statements That Stand Out\nMock Interviews and so much more\n\nGrad School Fair over lunch\nMeet and network with graduate program representatives from across the country—learn about admissions\, culture\, curriculum\, and more.\n\nWho should attend?\nAll LSA undergraduates are welcome! Whether you’re a first-year just starting to explore or a senior preparing applications\, you’ll find something for you. First-gen\, transfer\, international\, and historically marginalized students are especially encouraged to attend.\n\nAccessibility statement: \n\nThe LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences for all stakeholders. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair-accessible building\, including 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. UID:136706-21879034@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,All Majors Welcome,Career,Career Fair,Education,Grad School,Graduate,Graduate And Professional Students,Graduate School,Higher Education,Lsa Opportunity Hub LOCATION:LSA Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026. UID:145837-21897894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Bicentennial,American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T190712 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Other:AHA Heart Walk Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:Interested in supporting the first ever University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University Heart Walk fundraising competition? Help raise critical funds supporting the American Heart Association’s mission. Buy donuts to support at the table in Mason Hall. UID:146789-21899622@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146789 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Student Affairs,Student Org LOCATION:Mason Hall - Hallway CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T143743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:architecture <> record /// a symposium DESCRIPTION:How do architecture and the record – whether archives\, media\, or technologies of capture – shape one another? This symposium positions architecture as a dynamic register of social\, political\, and material conditions\, while also examining how practices of recording – from historical documentation to contemporary data infrastructures – transform the ways we see\, interpret\, and project architecture. These reciprocal lenses illuminate how current research is expanding what counts as architectural knowledge\, and point toward how architectural research might navigate and define its role within a rapidly shifting technological and political landscape.\n\nKeynote speakers: \nCaitlin Blanchfield (Cornell University) \nMenna Agha (Carleton University) \nAnooradha Iyer Siddiqi (Barnard College\, Columbia University)\n\nFeaturing PhD student lightning talks in conversation with each keynote. \n\nCo-sponsors: \nTaubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning \nPlanning and Architecture Research Group (P+ARG)\nCenter for South Asian Studies (CSAS)\nAfrican Studies Center \nAfrica Alliance at Taubman College\nDepartment of Anthropology \n\nFor further information and a full schedule\, visit www.archrecord.info\n\n*This event is generously supported by the Colin Clipson Endowment Fund and the Taubman College Annual Fund.* UID:146818-21899656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146818 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Architecture,Data Infrastructures,Historical Documentation,Politics,Record Keeping,Technology LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - The Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 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:145904-21898035@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899525@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T131912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyways DESCRIPTION:Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani explores themes of migration\, political exile\, queerness\, and environmental crisis through the wildly imaginative and intricate scenarios she first stages in her studio. The tableaus—which often include live animals\, props\, even her parents—are then photographed\, documenting the artist’s process. Each photograph becomes a part of Soleimani’s rich visual storytelling. \n\n*Flyways *presents a series of new photographs that include images evocative of her family’s history and migration story in juxtaposition with images of injured birds that are representative of Soleimani’s work as a wildlife rehabilitator. (In 2018\, Soleimani founded Congress of Birds\, a wild bird rehabilitation center in Rhode Island.) The change in her practice to include bird rescue results in a revolutionary body of work steeped in passion and articulated in a completely original visual language. Learn more at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/sheida-soleimani.html. UID:142798-21891606@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Birding,Exhibition,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph DESCRIPTION:Joyce Rudolph has photographed some iconic actors and characters in her role as still photographer for the movies. This sampling of images from her papers\, which are housed as part of the Special Collections Research Center's Mavericks & Makers collection\, include the first images of Freddy Krueger in \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\,\" Arnold Schwenegger in \"The Terminator\,\" legends Jack Nicholson\, Diane Keaton\, Sean Penn\, and Robert DeNiro\, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino\, Martin Scorsese\, and her husband\, Alan Rudolph. UID:146264-21898757@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251009T132018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Legacy Lab Winter Workshop (In-Person) 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 (IN-PERSON)\nSession 1 & Session 2: 3/20/26\, 9 AM–1:30 PM\n\nPARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS\nAny U-M Student with the ability to attend both sessions.\n\nREGISTRATION WINDOW\nRegistration: 2/23/26–3/11/26\n\nVisit our webpage to learn more! UID:140492-21887220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Leadership,Personal Development,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 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:142773-21891484@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:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 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:142417-21890892@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:20260317T083017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Checkpoint 2 Seminar> Understanding how C. elegans solves its chromosome end protection and end replication problems DESCRIPTION:Checkpoint 2 Seminar\nMentor: MCDB Professor Jayakrishnan \"JK\" Nandakumar UID:146400-21899043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146400 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Graduate Students LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 4150 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Metamorphosis: Clay in Flux DESCRIPTION:\n\nMetamorphosis: Clay in Flux is an exhibition celebrating the creative potential of student ceramics\, designed to correspond with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Detroit\, and the surrounding ceramics events in Southeast Michigan.\n\nThis exhibition is organized and juried by members of the Stamps Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC) and will be on display in the Art & Architecture Building’s Street Gallery from March 11- 25\, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday\, March 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. \n\nSEC Jurors\n\nElan Povirk (project lead)\nAlexis Albert\nRachel Deveyra\n\nExhibiting Artists\n\nZoe Dvorin\nLilly Fredericks\nMaría E. García-Murguía\nMikayla Holcomb\nVirginia Holland\nMagdalyn Hubbard\nMira Hughes\nAudrey Jarrett\nEry Millican\nIsabella Possin\nMo Pofahl\nNatalie Radabaugh\nNik Roy\nMihika Shukla\nAbigail Watters UID:146483-21899180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T091941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Rahul Jha - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Rahul Jha for their dissertation defense titled \"Electrochemical Repurposing of Waste Poly(vinyl chloride)\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, March 20th\n*Time:* 9:00 AM\n*Where:* CHEM 1300\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 916 7430 5018\nPassword: 03202026 UID:146390-21898984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146390 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 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:142768-21891397@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:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons DESCRIPTION:Prison Creative Arts Project's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the U.S. Now in its 30th anniversary\, this exhibition features over 800 original works by 600+ artists currently incarcerated in Michigan. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls. \n\nGallery Opening and Celebration: March 17\, 2026\, 6-9pm\n\nGallery Hours following Opening Night:\nSun–Mon: 12pm–6pm\nTues–Sat: 10am–7pm\n\nGallery Closes: 5pm\, March 31\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145409-21897274@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T092054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bagels with Baro DESCRIPTION:Bagels with Baro: A Conversation with Baro Hyun\nJoin us for a casual morning conversation with Rackham alumnus Baro Hyun\, Founder and CEO of LunaTone Inc.\, a Tokyo-based playable studio exploring how gaming and interactive digital environments can help prepare the next-generation workforce for the AI era.\nOver bagels and coffee\, Baro will share insights from his career journey\, from earning his PhD in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan\, to working on advanced vehicle technologies at Hyundai Motor Company\, to consulting on innovation and esports strategy at KPMG\, and ultimately founding LunaTone.\nThis informal Q&A is a chance to hear about Baro’s work at the intersection of technology\, gaming\, and workforce development\, ask questions\, and connect with a fellow alum and students.\nBaro HyunFounder & CEO\, LunaTone Inc.Baro Hyun is the Founder and CEO of LunaTone Inc.\, a Tokyo-based Playable Studio focused on developing learning and workforce infrastructure for the AI era. Through gaming\, esports\, and interactive digital environments\, LunaTone designs programs that help organizations and institutions cultivate transferable skills\, leadership\, and collaboration required in rapidly evolving industries.Baro earned his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan\, where his research focused on human-in-the-loop autonomous systems for military applications. His earlier work included research on satellite attitude determination and control.Following academia\, he worked as an engineer at Hyundai Motor Company\, contributing to next-generation vehicle technologies including advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and electric vehicles. He later transitioned into management consulting at KPMG Japan\, where he helped establish the firm’s gaming and esports advisory practice and led innovation initiatives including holographic manufacturing solutions recognized globally by Microsoft.Drawing on this multidisciplinary background\, Baro founded LunaTone to explore how gaming and interactive environments can function as platforms for education\, workforce development\, and organizational transformation. Today\, LunaTone collaborates with universities\, public institutions\, and industry partners across Asia\, the Middle East\, and North America to design applied learning programs and capability-building initiatives for the next-generation workforce.Baro is also the author of the book Demystifying Esports and frequently speaks on the intersection of technology\, gaming\, and future workforce development. UID:146494-21899194@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:East Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T115211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Bookworm #89 - Author Conversation with Molly Beer\, \"Angelica: For Love and Country in A Time of Revolution\" DESCRIPTION:Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics with Angela Oonk in this webinar series.\n\nBy researching and writing the life and experiences of the ambitious\, charismatic Angelica Schuyler Church\, Beer tells the U.S. origin story from the perspective of a woman situated at the heart of the American Revolution and the founding era.\n\nFew women of the American Revolution have come through 250 years of US history with such clarity and color as Angelica Schuyler Church. She was Alexander Hamilton’s “saucy” sister-in-law\, and the heart of Thomas Jefferson’s “charming coterie” of artists and salonnières in Paris. Her transatlantic network of important friends spanned the political spectrum of her time and place\, and her astute eye and brilliant letters kept them well informed.\n\nIn telling Angelica’s story\, Beer illuminates how American women have always plied influence and networks for political ends\, including the making of a new nation.\n\nSponsored by The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan Lifelong Learning program. UID:145109-21896678@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145109 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,book discussion,Book Talk,Books,Culture,Literature,Talk,Virtual,William L Clements LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260314T100451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Crafts & Candy DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Shapiro Library first floor lounge on March 20th from 10 am to 1:30 pm for a fun crafting session! If you've been working hard during midterms or just need a break from homework\, we will have paper\, origami\, and clay crafts for you to enjoy. We will also have some candies if you are craving a snack. This event is free for all students\, so come on down for a fun Friday morning! UID:146599-21899336@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146599 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Food,Free,Games,Social LOCATION:Shapiro Library - First floor Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T120748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Graduate Admissions Visit Days DESCRIPTION:Friday March 20 Schedule of Events\n\n10:00-10:45 am\n\"Counting points on spaces over finite fields\" - Presented by Professor Sam Payne\nLocation: East Hall 4096\n\n1:00-1:45 pm\n\"The Mathematics of Gravitational Waves\" - Presented by Professor Lydia Bieri\nLocation: East Hall 3866\n\n1:15-1:45 pm\n\"Network science and network-related mathematical biology\" - Presented by Professor Naoki Masuda\nLocation: East Hall 2866\n\n2:00-3:00 pm\nDepartment Tea Time\nLocation: East Hall 2075\, Math Graduate Student & Faculty Lounge\n\n4:00-4:45 pm\n\"Dynamics in Geometry - or is it: Geometry in Dynamics?\" - Presented by Professor Ralf Spatzier\nLocation: East Hall 1084\n\n4:15-4:45 pm\n\"Interplay between classical numerical analysis and quantum computing\" - Presented by Professor Zhiyan Ding\nLocation: East Hall 3096\n\n6:30 pm\nGame Night with current math grad students\nLocation: East Hall\, Math Upper Atrium\n\n\nSaturday March 21 Schedule of Events\n\n10:00-10:30 am\n\"Max-Entropy Moment Filtering for Stochastic Hybrid Systems\" - Presented by AIM PhD student\, Kaito Iwasaki\nLocation: East Hall 2866\n\n10:30-11:00 am\n\"Singularities in algebraic geometry\" - Presented by Math PhD student\, Hyunsuk Kim\nLocation: East Hall 2866\n\n4:00-5:00 pm\n\"Get to know you\" - Presented by Association for Women in Mathematics members & students\nLocation: East Hall 2075\, Math Graduate Student & Faculty Lounge UID:146751-21899585@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Prospective Graduate Students,Recruiting LOCATION:East Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T093408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 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:143170-21892367@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:20260320T060053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Sparty Invite DESCRIPTION:MSU tournament UID:144450-21895374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:McCaffree Pool CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T142029 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series: Bodhisattva Sen\, Professor\, Department of Statistics\, Columbia University DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The quantity of interest in the classical Cramer-Rao theory of unbiased estimation (i.e.\, the Cramer-Rao lower bound\, exact efficiency in exponential families\, and asymptotic efficiency of maximum likelihood estimation) is the variance\, which represents the instability of an estimator when its value is compared to the value for an independently-sampled data set from the same distribution. In this paper we are interested in a quantity which represents the instability of an estimator when its value is compared to the value for an infinitesimal additive perturbation of the original data set\; we refer to this as the \"sensitivity\" of an estimator. The resulting theory of sensitivity is based on the Wasserstein geometry in the same way that the classical theory of variance is based on the Fisher-Rao (equivalently\, Hellinger) geometry\, and this insight allows us to determine a collection of results which are analogous to the classical case: a Wasserstein-Cramer-Rao lower bound for the sensitivity of any unbiased estimator\, a characterization of models in which there exist unbiased estimators achieving the lower bound exactly\, and a guarantee that Wasserstein projection estimators achieve the lower bound asymptotically. We use these results to treat many statistical examples\, sometimes revealing new optimality properties for existing estimators and other times revealing new estimators. This is joint work with Nicolas Garcia Trillos (U Wisconsin) and Adam Jaffe (Columbia) and is based on the paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.07414. UID:146423-21899065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146423 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 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:137880-21880973@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:20260317T103830 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Friday Seminar Series - The past\, present\, and future of mass bleaching on coral reefs DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - The past\, present\, and future of mass bleaching on coral reefs UID:144788-21895845@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144788 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,Ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,ecosystem,Ecosystems,eeb,Environment,environmental,evolutionary biology,Research Museums Center,Science,seminar LOCATION:Research Museums Center - Demo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 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:138032-21881313@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:20260320T102056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Nineteenth-Century Forum: Book Club (March 20th) DESCRIPTION: UID:144307-21895140@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:3184 Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T104533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Other:Southeast Asian Noodle Day DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, March 20th from 11 am - 1 pm in the Language Resource Center (1500 North Quad) for our Southeast Asian Noodle Day!\n\n-Attend the language presentations\n-Engage in fun activities\n-Explore various cultures\n-Embrace new opportunities\n-Sample noodles from Indonesia\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and Vietnam\n\nFREE ADMISSION for U-M students!\n\nRegistration is required. Please register here: https://myumi.ch/W6WPd\n\nQuestions? Contact agustini@umich.edu UID:146222-21898674@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Asia,Asian Languages And Cultures,center for southeast asian studies,Culture,Food,Free,In Person,indonesia,Multicultural,Philippines,Southeast Asia,Southeast Asian Studies,thailand,Vietnam LOCATION:North Quad - 1500 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T181508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:What We Tend: The 2026 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11\, 2026. The exhibition presents seven artists whose practices unfold through care—care for land\, for bodies\, for memory\, and for one another. Working across ritual\, non-linear time\, and intersectional inquiries into labor and domestic life\, these artists treat familial\, site-specific\, and sociopolitical histories as living structures rather than sealed archives. What We Tend features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry\, Michelle Cieloszczyk\, Zoë Dong\, Fiona Hoffer\, Michael ​“Modius Modi” King Jr.\, Michaela Nichelle\, and Sujay Saple.\n\nJoin us to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the Opening Reception on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.\n\nPlease note: \n\nThroughout the exhibition\, visitors are encouraged to bring clean and empty aluminum cans to participate in Michaela Nichelle’s installation. \nThe exhibition will be closed to the public on Friday\, April 10. UID:144188-21894810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T155353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T122000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EHour: Fred Richard DESCRIPTION:Ready to flip your perspective on entrepreneurship and resilience? \n\nJoin us for Entrepreneurship Hour featuring Frederick Richard\, Olympic bronze medalist\, NCAA champion\, U-M student athlete\, and CEO of FrederickFlips. Fred’s journey as the youngest American male to medal at the World Championships and Paris Olympics is all about breaking boundaries—both in sport and in business.\n\nDuring this inspiring session\, Fred will share how he turned challenges into strengths\, from overcoming adversity in gymnastics to leading his own startup. Hear about the mentality and creative process behind FrederickFlips\, practical lessons in brand-building\, leadership\, and making your passion accessible. No matter your academic background\, you’ll leave with real\, actionable insights on turning resilience into opportunity.\n\nEntrepreneurship Hour is open to everyone at Michigan. Don’t miss this chance to connect\, ask questions\, and learn from an Olympic athlete who’s making an impact beyond the gymnastics mat.\n\nFriday\, March 20\n11:30 AM – 12:30 PM\nStamps Auditorium\, North Campus UID:146144-21898441@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Founder,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,In-person,Innovation,Leadership,Lecture,Media,Michigan Engineering,Networking,North campus,Startup,Startups,Storytelling,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T143729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Community Service:World Water Day Cleanup DESCRIPTION:Microplastics are tiny\, but they normally don't start out that way. Plastic litter in the environment -- bottles\, snack wrappers\, personal care items -- break down into smaller and smaller pieces and make their way to nearby waterways through storm drains. As snow melts\, plastic trash hidden through the winter becomes a concern.\n\nHelp us break the cycle by joining the LSA Sustainability and Planet Blue Ambassador teams for a cleanup focused on storm drains and streets near campus. Waste will be catalogued as part of a larger microplastic tracking initiative\, with some plastics being set aside for a community art piece in the fall of 2026.\n\nPlease RSVP to help us plan. Join for all or part of this time period.\n\nIf you can't make it this day\, consider taking a team or class out on another day this spring\, or volunteer to clear debris from storm drains near your home. UID:145278-21896980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145278 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Environment,Outdoors,planet blue,Sustainability LOCATION:LSA Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Austin Zhu\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Economics graduate student Austin Zhu 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:144531-21895462@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144531 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T092412 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T124500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and light snacks while improving your Portuguese! All language levels are welcome.\n\n-Meet in the RLL Commons: located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nQuestions? Contact Maria Teresa Mattos at (mtmattos@umich.edu). UID:143753-21893744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143753 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Brazil,Coffee,Communication,Community,Community Based Learning,Community Engagement,Culture,Discussion,Europe,Faculty,Food,Free,Games,Global,Global Engagement,Humanities,In Person,Media,Mulitcultural,Multilingual,Portuguese,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Storytelling,Talk,Translate,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T110119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Nations\, DissemiNation\, ImagiNation and its people: Internal Exiles in post-coup Burma DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: http://myumi.ch/798dj\n\nWhile the nationalizing of education—in which the very idea of nation is disseminated—makes a certain kind of citizen that the nation requires\, in a double gesture of hope and fear\, it also produces forms of exclusion. The desire to be included in the very thing that excludes creates ‘internal exiles’ with lost identities—individuals who are ‘a stranger to one’s own country\, language\, sex and identity.’ In the case of Burma\, the education system fashions the desired type of citizen\, specifically the Burmese-speaking\, Buddhist Burman. At the same time\, this process establishes the constituted outside as Others (non-Burman or non-Buddhist). However\, in the aftermath of the 2021 coup\, a distinctive educational space arose\, enabling its participants to imagine new forms of social belonging.\n   \n   Drawing from Homi Bhabha’s two distinct forms of nation—the pedagogic and the performative—this presentation explores how the nation’s people are made in a double narration: one as the objects of nationalist pedagogy in the fixed discourse of the nation\, and the other as the. subjects of the processes that erase those discursive fixations.\n   \n   Ei Thin Zar is the 2025–26 Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellow at the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development\, Chiang Mai University. Ei earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her dissertation investigates the consequences of exclusionary ethnic nationalism by examining historical and contemporary approaches to language in Burma’s educational practices. Her post-dissertation project examines the formation of collective knowledge and educated subjects\, focusing on the effects of transmissible memories from historical and contemporary social movements as they relate to the education of stateless youth along the Thailand–Burma border. Since the February 1\,2021 military coup in Myanmar\, she has been active in supporting Burmese youth through the creation of People’s Radio Myanmar and Yone-Htwat-Soh-Mon\, two nonprofit organizations.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142980-21891874@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Burma,center for southeast asian studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T170716 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T135000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Environmental exposures and health in agricultural settings DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, March 20 (12-1:50 pm) in 1690 SPH 1 for a conversation on Environmental exposures and health in agricultural settings with special guests Rafael Buralli\, PhD (University of São Paulo\, Brazil)\, Madeleine Scammell\, DSc (Boston University)\, and Alexis Handal\, PhD (University of Michigan). The panelists will discuss what is known and what can be done. UID:146527-21899238@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146527 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Ecology,Environment,environmental,Free,Graduate,Health,Health & Wellness,human rights,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Lifelong Learning,Medicine,Natural Sciences,Nursing,Nutrition,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Pre-Health,Public Health,Public Policy,Rackham,Research,Science,Social Justice,Sustainability,Talk LOCATION:Public Health I (Vaughan Building) - 1690 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165909 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Foundations of Community Engagement DESCRIPTION:Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop for students that introduces principles and practices of equitable\, ethical community engagement. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of what the term “community engagement” means\, as well as the many forms it might take - from research and course-based projects to philanthropy\, activism\, policy\, and direct service. Across all these forms of engagement\, participants will learn concepts and actions that promote equitable partnerships\, center community-defined priorities\, and disrupt entrenched power dynamics between universities and community members. Participants will also discuss real-world community engagement scenarios that ask them to apply what they’ve learned in the workshop to various situations.\n\nhttps://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/19663 UID:142752-21891340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142752 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Organzing,Community-based Learning,Free,Social Impact,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T093432 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 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:143758-21893939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T110427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 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:144358-21895211@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:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897496@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T095155 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar> Unlocking Circuits and Designing Cross-species tools for Pain Discovery and Therapeutics DESCRIPTION:This seminar will discuss key spinal neural circuitry underlying mechanical pain caused by trauma and disease\, a new organizational plan for how neuron subtypes that make up the dorsal horn should be defined across species and our use of machine learning together with multi-species multi-omics to engineer novel genetic tools for interrogating specific neuron subtypes across species and develop novel chronic pain therapies. \n\nHost: Bo Duan UID:144929-21896161@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144929 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,seminar LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T091256 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Molecular Kinetics of Gene Regulation DESCRIPTION:During embryonic development gene expression patterns progressively emerge as cell fates are determined and the embryo takes form. The emergence of these expression patterns is coincident with changes in the spatial distributions of transcription factors\, chromatin remodelers\, and transcriptional machinery within nuclei. The mechanisms that drive these changes in spatial distributions and their functional implications are not well understood. I will discuss the application of high-resolution light-sheet microscopy and single-molecule tracking in live pre-implantation mouse embryos and blastoderm stage Drosophila embryos to understand the emergence and functional implications of nuclear protein distribution patterns during development. I will show data and simulations on the molecular diffusion and binding kinetics that underlie the appearance of high-local concentrations of transcription factors\, repressive complexes\, and transcriptional machinery\, and the functional impact of these high-local concentrations on transcription regulation during development. Finally\, I will discuss how our new insights on how the molecular kinetics of regulatory nuclear proteins drive changes in their spatial distributions challenge current models of transcription regulation and nuclear organization. UID:136575-21878873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136575 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biophysics LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T091140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:NERS Colloquium: The NERS Mural DESCRIPTION:Michigan-based artist Devin J. Wright will present a talk exploring the NERS Mural\, a collaborative\, multi-year artwork located in the tunnel connecting the Cooley Building and the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project. The mural stands as a visual reflection of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences\, highlighting its history\, values\, and forward-looking research through the lens of student creativity.\n\nThe NERS Mural is a living artwork composed of student-driven panels added annually through the NERS 250 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering course. Each panel is developed in close collaboration with sophomores\, who contribute their ideas through questionnaires\, group discussions\, and concept development workshops. Their perspectives shape the themes\, imagery\, and symbols that appear on the wall\, ensuring the mural is not only about the department\, but created by its community.\n\nWright will discuss the artistic process behind the mural\, including the decision for the panels to read from right to left in reference to Japanese narrative traditions. This design choice honors the department’s historical ties to Japan and underscores its global connections.\n\nThe talk will also highlight the origins of the project\, which was sparked by former department chair Todd Allen and realized through partnerships with NERS leadership and the University of Michigan Arts Initiative. Together\, the mural and its ongoing additions serve as a lasting expression of the intersection of art\, science\, and education within NERS.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field. UID:142960-21891858@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142960 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 220 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 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:143999-21894455@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:20260219T131903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Rocking Into Spring at Baits II DESCRIPTION:Join the Baits II Diversity Peer Educator and Resident Advisors in welcoming spring with rock painting and enjoying tasty ice cream! UID:145742-21897760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145742 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community Building,Community Engagement,Crafts LOCATION:Baits House II - Coman Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T010000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:136442-21897057@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136442 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T142626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Seed Ball Making DESCRIPTION:Native Wildflower Seed Balls Event\nCome to LSA Room 1174 on March 20th from 12-3 to make a free seed ball with Native Michigan wildflowers! All materials are provided\, and you will bring home a free seed ball to plant in the spring! \n\n📅 Friday\, March 20th\n⏰ 12:00–3:00 PM\n📍 LSA Building\, Room 1174 UID:146697-21899491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146697 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Plant LOCATION:LSA Building - 1174 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 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:138950-21884340@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:20260107T081458 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Other:English Graduate Group DESCRIPTION:English Graduate Group Reading Event UID:143359-21892947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143359 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T010302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Cookies\, Snacks\, and Transfer Cords DESCRIPTION:Are you a transfer\, international\, or non-traditional student? UNITERS is giving out free cookies and snacks for students on Friday! If you are a transfer student graduating this year\, come pick up your cord as well! UID:146792-21899625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146792 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Free Food,International Students,Nontraditional Students,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1174 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T113459 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Performing Fluency: Drama-Based Speaking Workshop DESCRIPTION:Struggling with speaking confidence? Join us for an interactive session where we use drama techniques to help you speak more naturally and boost your teaching self-efficacy! Whether you are leading a lab\, teaching Calculus\, or facilitating a discussion\, this workshop will help you feel more expressive and effective in your U-M classroom. Lunch will be provided!\n\nOpen to all International Students & International GSIs (from any department!) UID:146084-21898349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146084 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate And Professional Students,Graduate Students Instructors,International,Language,Social Event,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T183121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1915114Just 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:145649-21897633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145649 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:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T134500 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:141325-21897077@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Spring Pop-Ups DESCRIPTION:Spring is a time for new beginnings... and new clothes! Shop sustainably and local at our pop-up sales on March 20th and 28th from 1-4pm. All proceeds go to our associated Nonprofit VIPS Fund for their conservation efforts in Madagascar.  UID:146624-21899362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146624 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Outside Joe's Pizza CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T113907 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Type theory seminar: The Curry-Howard correspondence 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 7 of Rijke's book\, on using the Curry-Howard correspondence to formalize math within type theory. UID:146919-21899792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jenna Moon\, carillon DESCRIPTION:SMTD doctoral alumna Jenna Moon 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:144532-21895463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144532 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T102942 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building Social Capital by Balancing Voices in School Governance DESCRIPTION:We propose that schools can build social capital through an explicit school governance framework called Balancing Voices that concerns decisions about implementing and evaluating new schoolwide policies or practices\, engaging community members\, and evaluating teachers and administrators. In an RCT of role play simulations\, those assigned to a Balancing Voices approach versus business-as-usual reported higher levels of key precursors of social capital — procedural fairness and legitimacy of authority figures. The estimated effects are especially positive for those who played roles other than administrator. Accordingly\, schools that more explicitly and formally balance the interests of different stakeholders in their decision making may be able to cultivate greater flows of social capital to improve instructional practices and student outcomes\, including equity. UID:141751-21889312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community-based Learning,Discussion,Diversity,Education,Free,Humanities,In Person,Inclusion,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lecture,Org Studies,Org. Studies,Organizational Studies,Presentation,Psychology,Public Policy,seminar,Social Science,Social Sciences,Sociology,Speaker,Talk LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135221 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 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:112863-21896033@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:20260120T132933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:19th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work DESCRIPTION:Each spring\, Ford School faculty and staff nominate dozens of outstanding student research and service projects for recognition at the Gramlich Showcase of Student Work. Established in 2008 to honor internationally renowned economist and former Ford School dean\, Ned Gramlich\, this event features exceptional student work on a broad range of local\, national\, and international policy challenges.\n\nFor students\, the showcase is an opportunity to share their academic work and service engagement with the broader community – to teach others about major policy challenges\, to respond to thought-provoking questions\, and to engage in dialogue about complex problems. For guests\, the showcase represents an opportunity to learn about contemporary domestic and international problems\, and the policy interventions designed to tackle them.\n\nJoin us as we celebrate the insightful policy work of our talented students. You're sure to learn something new!\n\nLearn more about Ned and his legacy at the Ford School and at the University of Michigan. UID:144216-21894886@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144216 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ford school,ford school of public policy,Free,gerald r. ford school of public policy,public policy LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - The Becky Blank Great Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T121646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Christopher Kendall Alumni Award Talk and Gathering with recipient Jessica Bonenfant (MFA ’13\, dance) DESCRIPTION:Jessica Bonenfant\, who earned her MFA in Dance at U-M in 2013\, is the founder and director of Greywood Arts in County Cork\, Ireland. She will talk about her career\, which spans community engagement\, performance\, arts administration\, creative projects\, roles in academia\, and more.\n\nBonenfant's path illuminates how a career in arts can be built\, and exists as a counterweight to the persistent push of the expectations to be a gig artist with a company contract. This may be of particular interest for our students and others interested in entrepreneurship.\n\nThis event will be held in The Berg Studio (Studio 2) in the Dance Building. UID:145665-21897659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145665 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Dance,Free,North Campus,Talk LOCATION:Dance Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T133302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Frequency Fridays: Tape Loop Workshop DESCRIPTION:This workshop walks you through the steps to make looping cassettes tapes. Drop in anytime between 2 and 3pm.\n\nYou'll be supplied with some tools/instruments to create sounds\, and instructed in techniques for creating tape loops by disassembling the case\, cutting and splicing the tape\, and reassembling the cases to create looping cassettes that you can take home with you.\n\nFrequency Fridays is a weekly media workshop series\, every Friday from 2-3pm in the Design Lab PIE Space on the first floor of Shapiro. Workshops will feature instruction in music production\, video editing\, sound design\, motion graphics\, and more. All skill levels welcome.\n\nIf you have questions about Frequency Fridays\, please reach out to alvin hill\, the library's Media Production Specialist\, at munk@umich.edu. UID:145479-21897394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T131948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 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:117617-21894335@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:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T144500 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:136347-21897102@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T132103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:U-M Library Sip and Paint 2026 DESCRIPTION:Come express your creativity and unwind by painting a canvas and enjoying a beverage! All painting materials are provided. Be sure to register for a 30-minute time slot to save your spot! UID:146492-21899192@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Shapiro Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T142126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Look to Michigan Biostatistics Student Research Showcase DESCRIPTION:The Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan welcomes current community members\, admitted students\, and the general public to attend this showcase of outstanding student research. Nearly two dozen students will present their work\, via a poster session and/or short talks\, on a wide range of topics including:Spatial\, imaging\, and network modeling in cancer biology\, neuroimaging\, and precision medicineBayesian methods and adaptive clinical trial design\, including patient-preference and dynamic treatment studiesCausal inference and real-world evidence using large healthcare databasesMachine learning and AI methods grounded in statistical rigor\, with theoretical guarantees and scalable algorithms for high-dimensional biomedical dataComputationally efficient approaches for analyzing massive imaging\, genomic\, and clinical datasetsA full list of tentative presenters can be found on the event website.Light refreshments will be served to all attendees.  UID:145956-21898178@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145956 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T084917 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:On Fox’s trapezoidal conjecture (Combinatorics Seminar) DESCRIPTION:Fox’s trapezoidal conjecture from 1962 states that the absolute values of the coefficients of the Alexander polynomial of alternating links form a trapezoidal sequence. Stoimenow strengthened Fox’s conjecture to log-concavity (without internal zeros) in 2005. Fox’s conjecture remains open in general with special cases settled by Hartley (1979) for two-bridge knots\, by Murasugi (1985) for a family of algebraic alternating links\, and Ozsvath and Szabo (2003) for genus 2 alternating knots\, among others. We will show how to prove Fox’s conjecture for special alternating links by lifting the Alexander polynomials of these links to\"nice” multivariate polynomials with 0\,1 coefficients. The terms of the lift correspond to integer points of a generalized permutahedron\, allowing for an application of the theory of Lorentzian polynomials developed by Branden and Huh (2019). This talk is based on joint works with Hafner and Vidinas. UID:141923-21889638@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141923 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T082422 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Who and How? Adverse Selection and Flexible Moral Hazard (by Henrique Castro-Pires\, Deniz Kattwinkel\, and Jan Knoepfle) DESCRIPTION:We characterize incentive compatible mechanisms in environments with hidden types and flexible hidden actions. Our approach introduces extended recommendation schedules that specify prescribed actions also off-path\, after misreports. This approach yields a tractable and complete characterization of incentive compatibility\, which includes a generalized integral monotonicity condition capturing the interaction between adverse selection and moral hazard. We demonstrate the usefulness of the characterization across a range of contracting problems. UID:143378-21892966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143378 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Theory LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T142127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:60 Minutes Around the Globe DESCRIPTION: UID:143518-21897073@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143518 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:International House Ann Arbor (921 Church Street) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T095200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Particle Mechanics Applications to Hazards in Civil Engineering DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Many of the natural hazards that threaten infrastructure and communities are driven by particulate interactions and particle kinematics. Land surface hazards like landslides and earthquake surface rupture occur in particulate systems of sands and rocks. Coastal scour and erosion occur one grain of sand at a time. Even wildfire spread into communities at the wildland urban interface occurs through the wind-driven flow of millions of discrete firebrand particles. This presentation will showcase how our research group represents various hazards as fundamentally discontinuous particulate systems using the discrete element method (DEM). DEM uses relatively simple contact physics to model how discrete particles interact and the motions of these particles resulting from their interactions. With the aid of modern high-performance computing systems\, we model discontinuous systems composed of millions of discrete particles\, including particles of irregular shape and size to elucidate how these factors affect the macroscopic properties traditionally used to characterize material behaviors in constitutive models. Our simulations show how with simple boundary conditions\, we can replicate complex mechanics of landslide runout\, shear rupture propagation through soil\, and firebrand accumulation in simulations validated not only on laboratory experiments but also on observed case histories. Our virtual experiments advance the understanding of natural hazards in a broad range of fields including civil engineering\, mechanics\, geology\, and seismology. \n\nContact: Silas Alben UID:141901-21889616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141901 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T133125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnose bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding.\n\nEvery Wednesday from 4-6pm and Friday from 3-5:30pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) SIGN UP HERE: https://tr.ee/Lp9kLnnfP9\n \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). \n\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!\n\nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer at any skill level for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu or sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QVMuOatF-toPc_ky9QIAeeD0ob-ndBGA4uUFm9EAZ0g/edit?usp=sharing UID:146268-21898808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Biking,Climate Change,Community Service,Cycling,Education,Environment,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,planet blue,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T151732 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department Colloquium: Lucy Allais (Johns Hopkins) DESCRIPTION:Human free agency: (part of) a sketch\nWhat might it mean for reason to determine the will?\n\nAbstract:\nMy aim in this talk is to present a part of a bigger project on human free agency. The aim of the bigger project is to present a big picture account that brings together the metaphysical\, moral/rational\, and political aspects of free agency in relation to each other. The first part is about the metaphysics of the free will problem. The middle\, the topic of this talk\, is about rational or intentional agency. And the third part is about political freedom. The aim of the talk is to present an account of practical rational capacities that shows how the idea of acting under rational constraints gets us (part of) an account of free will\, as well as to say a little about how I see this as relating to the metaphysics\, especially the intuitive idea that\, when the agent acts\, the future is (at least in some ways) open. \n\n\n\nLucy Allais is a philosopher who holds academic positions at both the University of the Witwatersrand and Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests include the philosophy of Immanuel Kant as well as forgiveness\, punishment\, and bioethics. UID:138655-21883534@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138655 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - tbd CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fish Tank Grand Opening! DESCRIPTION:After years in the works\, we are finally opening our own club tank! Join us this Friday to celebrate :) UID:146727-21899557@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146727 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Quad Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T131358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar | Revisiting Matrix String Theory DESCRIPTION:I will revisit matrix string theory as a possibly non-perturbative formulation of the superstring S-matrix\, and discuss its implications and tests. UID:145155-21896741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T144347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 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:95236-21895064@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:20260313T144639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Many Voices\, One Community: Oral Histories of Black Life at Michigan Law DESCRIPTION:Critical Oral Histories captures the evolving story of Michigan Law through the stories of its alumni. As part of the University’s efforts to create a more inclusive history\, this project strengthens intergenerational connections between professors\, students\, and alumni and celebrates the diverse experiences that have shaped the Michigan Law community. Join us for an interactive experience of Michigan Law’s Oral History archives\, highlighted by a panel of alumni participants whose stories form the heart of the project. They will offer reflections on their time at Michigan Law\, the impact it’s had on their careers\, and guidance for today’s students. UID:146579-21899308@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146579 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Alumni,Discussion,Education,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,In Person,Inclusion,Interdisciplinary,Law,Leadership,Multicultural,Pre-Law,Research,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Student Affairs,Talk LOCATION:Hutchins Hall - Robert B. Aikens Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T103759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Dissertation Defense Seminar> The Nucleoid as a Global Regulator for Spatial Organization in Bacteria DESCRIPTION:Unlike eukaryotes\, bacteria store their DNA un-encased in the cytoplasm of the cell. Through this lack of compartmentalization\, the bacterial DNA or nucleoid\, is free to act as a platform for both organization and coordination of complex bacterial structures and processes. A lack of a membrane boundary also increases the influence that the metabolic state of the cell can have on the DNA. The ParA family of ATPases is a well characterized family of positioning systems that is known to use the nucleoid as a matrix to organize chromosomes\, plasmids\, chemotaxis arrays\, and bacterial microcompartments (BMCs). One of the best characterized BMCs is the carboxysome. Carboxysomes are proteinaceous structures that encapsulate the enzyme ribulose-1\,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). Cyanobacteria and some chemoautotrophs use carboxysomes to enhance carbon fixation\, maximizing the amount of carbon that can later be turned into biomass. Our group has worked to characterize the ParA-like positioning system\, the maintenance of carboxysome distribution (Mcd) system\, that organizes carboxysomes along the length of the cell. This is a two-component system\, with the ParA-like ATPase\, McdA\, and its partner protein McdB\, that interacts with carboxysomes. When McdA binds the nucleoid non-specifically in its ATP-bound state\, McdB-coated carboxysomes stimulate the hydrolysis of ATP\, causing McdA to dissociate from the nucleoid. This creates dynamic gradients of McdA\, with McdB bound carboxysomes constantly chasing higher concentrations of McdA\, thereby distributing carboxysomes along the nucleoid. \nWe have worked to characterize both McdA and McdB and their role in carboxysome positioning\, however\, until my thesis work\, we did not consider the contribution of the nucleoid in the organization of carboxysomes. As a result\, current models treat the nucleoid as a benign matrix for positioning by the McdAB system. Also\, the McdAB system has been primarily studied in exponential cells grown under continuous light conditions. However\, the natural environment of cyanobacteria fluctuates\, with changing amounts of nutrient availability. Cells often change the compaction state of their DNA in response to environmental changes\, so we used several environmental conditions\, to induce changes in nucleoid architecture\, to assess effects on the McdAB system and carboxysome organization. We found that the nucleoid is not a passive matrix and can contribute to carboxysome positioning during times of reduced McdAB localization. These findings likely apply to other cargoes that use the nucleoid as a positioning scaffold\, and it is necessary to reassess how we understand subcellular organization in bacteria under this new paradigm. \nWhile we have investigated carboxysome organization and its McdAB positioning system\, we have largely not considered other subcellular structures that could influence carboxysome distribution. Polyphosphate granules are a storage form of phosphate that is conserved across all domains of life and have been implicated in diverse cellular processes\, including the regulation of bacterial chromatin. Through electron microscopy studies\, carboxysomes and polyphosphate (polyP) granules have been shown to physically interact. The exact mechanism of this relationship and the significance of this association have not been investigated. We find that polyP influences both nucleoid compaction state and carboxysome positioning in the model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Together\, this work highlights the broader roles of both the nucleoid and other subcellular structures in the organization of the model BMC\, the carboxysome. UID:146399-21899042@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Dissertation Defense LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T184026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Residential College Aquarium Grand Opening! DESCRIPTION:Michigan Fishkeeping is partnering with the Residential College and the University of Michigan Arts Initiative (through their student mini-grant program) to unveil an aquarium in East Quad! This aquarium will be available for all to enjoy: hobbyists\, non-hobbyists\, and students that just want to unwind and watch some cute fish. Come celebrate with us! There will be snacks... UID:146723-21899555@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Art,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,Arts Initiative,community gathering,Ecology,Faculty,food,Free,Free Food,Health,Health & Wellness,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Nature,residential college,Science,Student Org,Water,Well-being LOCATION:East Quadrangle - East Quad Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T154409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:SAPAC Care Collective: Feel Good Fridays DESCRIPTION:SAPAC's Care Collective is focused on fostering drop-in\, confidential\, community spaces for UM students who identify as survivors of sexual violence\, intimate partner violence\, sexual harassment\, stalking and/or other forms of harm. Students do not need to label their experiences to join Care Collective spaces\, and all students are welcome. These community spaces are facilitated by SAPAC student staff members\, offer various low-pressure connection opportunities\, and foster resilience\, reconnection\, healing\, and self-care.\n\nFeel Good Fridays are low-pressure\, drop-in gatherings focused on wellness\, grounding\, and community. Crafting\, light discussions\, and snacks can be expected. UID:146663-21899421@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,sapac LOCATION:Michigan Union - 4100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T154500 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:141325-21897081@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T235501 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Algebraic Geometry: Brauer Groups\, Twisted Sheaves\, and Geometric Realizations of Cohomology Classes DESCRIPTION:A recurring theme in algebraic geometry is that cohomology classes often have concrete geometric realizations. In this talk\, I will discuss the many geometric avatars of classes in H^1_et(X\, PGL_n)\, including Brauer–Severi varieties\, Azumaya algebras\, and PGL_n-torsors\, as well as their relation to the Brauer group via twisted sheaves. Interpreting cohomology through these objects gives a powerful way to prove vanishing results for certain cohomology groups. A nice application of these ideas shows H^i_{et}(X\, Z/n) is what we expect when X is a smooth projective curve. UID:146614-21899352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146614 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 2866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T110419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 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:138091-21891112@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:20260320T120134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145012-21896316@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T122224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Dorr Lecture: Ashley Matheny DESCRIPTION:Forests recycle roughly ~62\,000 km3 of water to the atmosphere annually. The transport of water from the subsurface to roots\, stems\, and leaves out through stomata\, and into the atmosphere links the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum while coupling Earth’s water and carbon cycles. This biological process is regulated dynamically and often varies substantially between species in the same ecosystem in response to multiple and often combined internal and external stressors. We will analyze vignettes from two distinct ecosystems and their responses to different sets of combined stressors to gain new insight into plant function. First\, we will visit mangrove ecosystems exposed to both atmospheric dryness and salinity extremes to explore how water transport regulation strategies shift from leaves to roots to maximize productivity while maintaining hydraulic function. Then we will visit semi-arid woody savanna to detangle to combined influence of soil water limitation and atmospheric aridity on wood-water storage in drought tolerant trees. Understanding the storage and transport of water through soil\, woody biomass\, and leaves in this and many other ecosystems is critical for predicting forest resilience\, carbon sequestration\, and wildfire susceptibility. Finally\, we will assess the implications of both studies for the ways we simulate the dynamic regulation of water acquisition\, storage\, and use by trees and how these findings can directly improve predictions of forest water\, carbon\, and energy cycles from coastlines to the continental interior. UID:144910-21896134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144910 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260228T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Nebraska UID:146066-21898331@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146066 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T164658 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:BLI Alumni Panel DESCRIPTION:Want to connect with UofM alumni\, hear real stories from successful people\, and get your burning post-grad questions answered? Join us for our annual alumni panel and catered dinner! We have alumni joining us from many different industries\, including real estate\, policy\, law\, and business! We hope to see you there!\n\nBLI Alum - \nChristopher Pumford is a Manager of International Affairs at the American Institute of Architects. Prior to his current role\, Christopher was a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. State Department\, a Fulbright lecturer in Rabat\, Morocco\, and a Critical Language Scholar (Arabic). Christopher obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Michigan and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University Fletcher School. At Michigan\, Christopher was BLI's first Program Manager of Grants and Funding and was a part of the Drumline\, Men's Glee Club\, Pops Orchestra\, MUSKET musical theater\, and Michigan in Washington Program.\n\nDipita Das is a two-time alumna from the University of Michigan. She was a BLI student in Fall 2018 and then became a facilitator in Spring 2019. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Gender and Health\, with minors in Intergroup Relations (IGR) and Community Action and Social Change (CASC). Following graduation\, she worked as a Civic Engagement Coordinator at Planned Parenthood\, advocating for reproductive freedom. She later completed her Master's degree in Higher Education\, graduating in 2023. Her professional background is rooted in grassroots organizing and the use of evidence-based research to advance healthy equity and student outcomes. She currently works as a Data Analyst for Wayne County Community College.\n\nJonae Maxey is a real estate developer\, investor\, and entrepreneur committed to community-centered development and wealth education. She graduated from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in 2021 and was appointed the youngest board member of Huntington Bank’s Emerging Leaders Board that same year. After graduation\, Jonae served in Community Strategy at Huntington Bank\, helping lead investment initiatives across Detroit and supporting the deployment of over $5 billion into Michigan communities. She purchased her first investment property at age 21 and later founded Maxey Real Estate Investments and Maxey Consulting Services\, where she focuses on neighborhood revitalization\, wealth creation\, and empowering others through smart financial strategies.\n\nAdam Cohn (’21) BA International Studies\; minor\, Entrepreneurship\, lives in Detroit and works as an Account Director at LinkedIn. Adam is passionate about smart cities\, public-private partnerships\, and initiatives that fuel talent attraction\, economic growth\, and urban revitalization. He is deeply interested in Detroit’s history and neighborhoods and strives to be a connector across the city’s communities. UID:146479-21899162@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Collaborative,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Networking,Panel LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T152118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BLI Alumni Panel 3/20 DESCRIPTION:Want to connect with UofM alumni\, hear real stories from successful people\, and get your burning post-grad questions answered?We have alumni joining us from many different industries\, including real estate\, policy\, law\, and business! We hope to see you there!Join us on Friday\, March 20\, 4-6 p.m. on the 10th floor of Weiser Hall (500 Church St\, Ann Arbor\, MI) for our annual alumni panel and catered dinner!  UID:145636-21897616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145636 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall, 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T160816 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Linguistics Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Join us for a colloquium presented by Huteng Dai (University of Michigan) in NQ2435 on Friday\, March 20\, 2026\, from 4-5:30 PM!\n\nColloquium Title: Engram: Encoding N-Grams in Adaptive Memory UID:144033-21894563@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Talk LOCATION:North Quad - 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T115057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Shakespeare in the Arb: Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare in the Arb is a collaboration between the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum and Residential College. Since 2001\, university and community members have provided audiences with a magical night of Elizabethan theater in an inspiring natural setting. We are looking for actors and musicians to join this beloved Ann Arbor tradition for our 2026 season!\n\nPerformances are every weekend in June in Nichols Arboretum. Rehearsals are every Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday beginning April 27th.\nAll roles are available! \n\nAuditions will be in East Quad on the following dates:\n\n March 17th (4-8PM)\n March 19th (5-9PM)\n March 20th (4-8PM)\n\nActors will be expected to memorize a monologue from a given selection (available in the link below). Musicians will submit a short self tape in place of in-person auditions. Anyone is welcome to do both!\n\nCallbacks will be on March 21st from 12-4PM in the Keene Theater. \n\nFor more information\, and to sign up for an audition slot\, go to bit.ly/sita2026.\n\nEmail Ari Richardson at arijrich@umich.edu with any questions. UID:145538-21897488@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:artists,arts,arts at michigan,Audition,Auditions,Free,Theater,theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T153609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:IGR Minor Party DESCRIPTION:IGR MINORS: Join us for the IGR Minor Party! Enjoy a night of karaoke and amazing food with your fellow IGR peers. Take a break\, unwind\, and make new connections!\n\nMORE IGR EVENTS\nhttps://igr.umich.edu/student-activities-events UID:145784-21897809@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145784 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T140100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 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:138768-21883844@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:20260318T163555 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Maize in Bloom DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the start of spring at Maize in Bloom! A spring celebration with inflatable games\, balloon animals\, face painting\, cotton candy\, & Mini-Melts ice cream! Stop by anytime from 5–8 PM on March 20 and enjoy the festivities! UID:146462-21899146@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146462 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Outdoors,Spring LOCATION:Ingalls Mall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260228T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Softball vs Washington DESCRIPTION:Softball vs Washington UID:146067-21898332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146067 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Softball LOCATION:Alumni Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Star Wars Game Nights DESCRIPTION:Come join some fellow Star Wars fans as we play Star Wars themed board games\, card games\, video games\, or dive into the lore of the franchise through debates! UID:146678-21899454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146678 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T124653 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stir and Scribble at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the East Quad Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants to write a letter to someone in your life who inspires you! Hot chocolate will be provided! UID:145623-21897602@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145623 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T181649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Angela Bonello\, voice DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Angela Bonello\, soprano\, performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145851-21897954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145851 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Catherine Yoon\, piano chamber music DESCRIPTION:Master's degree student Catherine Yoon performs piano in a chamber music recital. UID:145852-21897955@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T095919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:March Masterpieces DESCRIPTION:Come to our painting workshop and let your imagination flow onto the canvas and other fun items! Whether you’re a complete beginner or already love to paint\, everyone is welcome!\n\nWe'll have free food from Wing Snob. Please register on Sessions! UID:146556-21899267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146556 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Crafting,Free Food,Fun,Health & Wellness,Well-being,Wolverine Wellness LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Room 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T172123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:March Masterpieces DESCRIPTION:Stop by our drop-in painting space and let your imagination flow onto the canvas! Whether you’re a complete beginner or someone who already loves to paint\, stop in\, create for a bit\, enjoy some food\, and enjoy a relaxing moment whenever it fits your schedule. 🎨 UID:146558-21899269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:East Quad | Room 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T121921 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The English Undergraduate Assocation presents ... Citation Workshop! DESCRIPTION:For anyone who has questions about formatting\, or needs help with assignment citations! (MLA\, APA\, Chicago) UID:146651-21899403@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146651 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs Holy Cross DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs Holy Cross UID:146620-21899358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146620 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T143553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:International Film Series - ASL Movie Screening DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of a film by the ASL program at the RC!\n\nFree and open to the UM community. UID:144733-21895783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144733 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Free LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception: What We Tend DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the opening reception of the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.\n\nWhat We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11\, 2026. The exhibition features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry\, Michelle Cieloszczyk\, Zoë Dong\, Fiona Hoffer\, Michael \"Modius Modi\" King Jr.\, Michaela Nichelle\, and Sujay Saple. UID:144189-21894824@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144189 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Origins Banquet (APALSA) DESCRIPTION:No description is provided. \nPlease visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/6151/6180 for more detail. UID:142088-21889994@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142088 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Z - GA 300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T180133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Visit the UMMA with the ADHD Student Group DESCRIPTION:When: Friday\, March 20th\, 6:30pm\nWhere: University of Michigan Museum of Art\, 525 S State St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nWhat: Join the ADHD Student Group at the UofM Museum of Art! Instant film cameras and mini sketchbooks will be available for you to capture your favorite pieces. Hope to see you there! UID:146204-21898652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: University of Michigan Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T230000 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:143097-21892079@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:20260213T143643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Into the Woods DESCRIPTION:In Into the Woods\, the brilliant Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine take us to a magical\, bewildering place full of witches\, wolves\, giants\, and mysterious strangers. Here\, wishes come true\, but at a price. The story opens with the characters professing their desires\, at the heart of which is baker and his wife longing to have a child. In order to do so\, the witch sends them on a journey through the woods. Here\, they cross paths with familiar fairytale characters\, each chasing their own desires and learning their own lessons. As we witness the consequences of their wishes\, we’re forced to reckon what we owe to those around us. UID:145019-21896554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Power Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T101628 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Martin Hayes & the Common Ground Ensemble DESCRIPTION:\"In the decades to come\, we’ll surely talk of having seen [Martin Hayes] in the way others talk of Miles Davis or Jimi Hendrix or John Coltrane.” (The Irish Times)\n\nLegendary Irish fiddler Martin Hayes leads a wide-ranging concert celebration a few days after St. Patrick’s Day\, featuring an exciting variety of special guests\, traditional sean-nós singing and dancing\, and modern takes on Irish traditions. Regarded as one of the most significant talents to emerge in the world of Irish music\, Hayes has drawn inspiration from many musical genres but remains grounded in the music he grew up with in East County Clare.\n\nHis soulful interpretations of traditional Irish music are recognized the world over for their exquisite musicality and irresistible rhythm. He has a unique ability to place the tradition within a wider contemporary context\, creating a unique and insightful interpretation of Irish music. “This music is\, at its essence\, a direct and simple expression of feeling. The melodies are sometimes deceptively simple but almost always beautiful\, and the rhythm is both understated and entrancing\,” Hayes says. This concert features his new ensemble\, Common Ground\, comprising musicians from different backgrounds whose connections to Irish music are complemented by improvisation\, jazz\, avant-garde\, and contemporary classical music. UID:137176-21879846@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ArtsRx,Culture,dance,hill auditorium,music,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:This Dance is About Leslie Cheung - Dance MFA Thesis Performance by Tim Tsang DESCRIPTION:The Department of Dance presents a performance created by Tim Tsang\, candidate for the Master of Fine Arts in Dance.\n\nBlending contemporary dance\, live performance\, and concert spectacle\, this event will unfold as a concert-meets-dance experience\, featuring ensemble choreography\, live vocals\, spoken reflection\, and cinematic lighting by collaborator David Goodman-Edberg. \n\nThe performance invites audiences into a shared emotional landscape – one shaped by ambition\, grief\, resilience\, and connection. Drawing on Hong Kong cultural icon Leslie Cheung’s concerts\, films\, and public persona\, the performance traces a journey from glamour to intimacy through Cheung’s legacy. It examines pressure\, visibility\, and the search for care. At its core\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* is not only about legacy\, but about how legacy\, identity\, and inspiration is carried forward. \n\nRather than offering a biography of Leslie Cheung\, the concert stages an encounter with his legacy. Cheung appears as an influence\, a fantasy\, and a point of departure – someone whose artistry opened doors while also revealing the emotional cost of visibility. The performance traces how admiration can slip into imitation\, how confidence can fracture under pressure\, and how failure might become a pathway toward care.\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\n\nCreated by choreographer and Dance MFA candidate Timothy Tsang\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* reflects Tsang’s ongoing inquiry into how performance carries memory\, pressure\, and care. Tsang is a queer Chinese American dance artist whose work bridges movement\, cultural memory\, and embodied research. Shaped by a transnational upbringing between Shanghai and Chicago\, his choreography often moves between different cultural contexts – asking how bodies navigate identity\, visibility\, and belonging. UID:145448-21897363@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145448 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Dance,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T181639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Bradley Smith\, violin DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Bradley Smith performs a recital. UID:145916-21898094@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145916 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T121641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dorian Hall\, voice DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Dorian Hall\, baritone\, performs a dissertation recital. UID:146022-21898280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146022 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T125647 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ryan Montbleau DESCRIPTION:Poetic Americana\n\nA relentless road warrior and masterful wordsmith\, Ryan Montbleau has spent the better part of thirty years cultivating a devoted audience on the strength of his ecstatic live shows and exhilarating sonic versatility. He’s collaborated with artists as diverse as Trombone Shorty\, Galactic\, Steel Pulse\, Tall Heights\, Martin Sexton\, Anders Osborne\, and George Porter\, Jr\; shared bills with the likes of Tedeschi Trucks Band\, Ani DiFranco\, Todd Snider\, The Wood Brothers\, Rodrigo y Gabriela\, and Mavis Staples\; and racked up more than 150 million streams on Spotify alone. NPR’s Mountain Stage compared his “eloquent\, soulful songwriting” to Bill Withers and James Taylor\, while Relix celebrated his “poetic Americana\,” and The Boston Herald raved that “he’s made a career of confident\, danceable positivity.”\n\nMontbleau’s freewheeling new album finds him exploring the full spectrum of his influences like never before\, touching on folk\, rock\, funk\, soul\, hip-hop\, and reggae\, all with a preternatural ease that belies the intensely focused craftsmanship behind it. The songs are sprawling and unpredictable\, grappling with a modern world perpetually teetering on the edge of chaos\, but the performances are relentlessly optimistic\, insisting on hope and joy in the face of it all. The result is Montbleau’s most vulnerable and cathartic work yet\, an album that acknowledges the inevitability of doubt and pain while at the same time celebrating our limitless capacity for growth and love. UID:144664-21895665@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T121640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Stuart MacKenzie\, bass trombone DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Stuart MacKenzie performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145854-21897957@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145854 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T123102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Indonesian Cultural Festival 2026 DESCRIPTION:INDONESIAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL 2026\nIslands of Rhythm\, Oceans of Stories: Experience Indonesia\n\nThe Indonesian Cultural Festival (ICF) 2026 is an annual cultural celebration organized by the Indonesian Student Association at the University of Michigan (ISA-UM). The festival aims to introduce and celebrate the richness of Indonesian culture while fostering cross-cultural exchange within the University of Michigan community. This year’s theme\, “Islands of Rhythm\, Oceans of Stories: Experience Indonesia\,” highlights the diversity of Indonesia’s cultural heritage\, traditions\, and artistic expressions. Through a series of engaging programs\, ICF invites participants to explore the stories\, creativity\, and vibrant spirit of Indonesia.\n\nJoin us for a month of culture\, art\, music\, and celebration! \n\n📸 Photography Contest\nSubmission due: March 20\, 2026 - 11:59pm\n\n🎬 Movie Screening\nMarch 27\, 2026 (5:00pm - 7:00pm)\nWeiser Hall - 110\n\n🎵 Angklung Musical Workshop\nMarch 28\, 2026 (2:00pm - 3:00pm)\nInternational House Ann Arbor / IHAA (921 Church St)\n\n🎨 Batik Coloring Workshop\nApril 2\, 2026 (3:00pm - 5:00pm)\nWeiser Hall Level 1\n\n🎉 Festival Night\nApril 3\, 2026 (5:00pm - 8:00pm)\nMichigan League Ballroom\n\nICF 2026 welcomes all students\, faculty\, staff\, alumni\, and the broader community to experience Indonesian culture. Let's celebrate Indonesian heritage together! Stay tuned for the event details! #ICF2026ExperienceIndonesia UID:146309-21898860@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146309 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Asia,Culture,Dance,Exhibition,Festival,International,MESA,Multicultural,Music,Sessions,Southeast Asia LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900143@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 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:145012-21896317@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 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:145013-21896353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 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:145014-21896403@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 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:145015-21896460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 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:145016-21896524@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:20260320T060147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Cycling Race at St. Louis DESCRIPTION:Cycling Race at St. Louis UID:146437-21899087@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146437 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:St. Louis CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 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:145222-21896857@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T060050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Northwest Challenge 2026 DESCRIPTION:tourney in seattle\, wa! UID:143528-21893354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143528 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Washington CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T060053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T234500 SUMMARY:Other:Sparty Invite DESCRIPTION:MSU tournament UID:144450-21895375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:McCaffree Pool CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T180046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ ACHA Nationals DESCRIPTION:Nattys UID:143444-21893184@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Centene Community Ice Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T060136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T223000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Battle at the Block M 2026 DESCRIPTION:So excited to host our 3rd annual home meet for both our men's and women's team! UID:146339-21898920@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146339 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Champion Gymnastics - 2362 Bishop Cir E, Dexter, MI 48130 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T160000 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:143388-21893029@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:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893086@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T060141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:MIVA League Championships DESCRIPTION:A and B final tournament before Nationals. UID:146373-21898967@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146373 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Hammond Sportsplex CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T060134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T210000 SUMMARY:Other:Sparty Showdown DESCRIPTION:Club Tennis will travel to East Lansing\, MI to compete in the Sparty Showdown UID:146302-21898853@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146302 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Lansing, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T082045 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Art in the Arb DESCRIPTION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum invites you to explore your connection to nature and creativity. Join us for \"Art in the Arb\"\, a special workshop series designed to welcome U-M students\, staff\, and faculty to Nichols Arboretum through a shared arts experience.  Through these events\, you'll be inspired by the beauty of nature and invited to explore your creativity\, all while connecting with others.No prior art experience is required\; all levels are welcome.  All materials are provided. Bring your curiosity and love for the outdoors! UID:143083-21897701@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143083 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1610 Washington Heights, Nichols Arboretum CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T150420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Art in the Arb: Embodied Ecologies DESCRIPTION:Embodied Ecologies: Restoration through Movement Workshop\n\nJoin Student Life Sustainability Cultural Organizers for a unique Art in the Arb event focused on restoring the natural environment and community relationships. Leaning into movement as healing and empowering\, this workshop opens up new pathways for understanding environmental challenges. Led by Kaitlyn Wilson\, a UM student studying environmental science and dance\, this workshop will give participants the opportunity to engage in ecological restoration efforts and then\, based on their experience\, create movement in a group setting. \n\nArtist Bio: Kaitlyn Wilson is a senior at the University of Michigan earning a Dance BFA and Environmental Studies BA with a specialization in Environmental Behavior and Communication. Using her background in ecological research and her deep understanding of environmental systems\, she aims to create meaningful experiences and performances that investigate how humans can adapt to our changing world.\n\nRegistration required: https://myumi.ch/R3zN5 UID:144415-21895325@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144415 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community Service,Dance,Ecological Restoration,Outdoors,Sustainability LOCATION:Nichols Arboretum CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899526@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 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:142417-21890893@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:20260321T060032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Cup DESCRIPTION:A home tournament for the Wolverines UID:143118-21892167@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143118 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mitchell Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons DESCRIPTION:Prison Creative Arts Project's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the U.S. Now in its 30th anniversary\, this exhibition features over 800 original works by 600+ artists currently incarcerated in Michigan. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls. \n\nGallery Opening and Celebration: March 17\, 2026\, 6-9pm\n\nGallery Hours following Opening Night:\nSun–Mon: 12pm–6pm\nTues–Sat: 10am–7pm\n\nGallery Closes: 5pm\, March 31\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145409-21897275@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T060147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T140000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Quilt-A-Thon DESCRIPTION:A full day of sewing\, designing\, and creating climate quilts to open conversations about resilience and memory in the midst of the Climate Crisis. All quilts will be a part of the National Climate Quilt Project. We welcome all campus members at ALL SKILL levels (beginners welcome!) and snacks will be provided! UID:146617-21899355@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Shapiro Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T190000 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:138032-21881314@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:20260401T181508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:What We Tend: The 2026 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11\, 2026. The exhibition presents seven artists whose practices unfold through care—care for land\, for bodies\, for memory\, and for one another. Working across ritual\, non-linear time\, and intersectional inquiries into labor and domestic life\, these artists treat familial\, site-specific\, and sociopolitical histories as living structures rather than sealed archives. What We Tend features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry\, Michelle Cieloszczyk\, Zoë Dong\, Fiona Hoffer\, Michael ​“Modius Modi” King Jr.\, Michaela Nichelle\, and Sujay Saple.\n\nJoin us to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the Opening Reception on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.\n\nPlease note: \n\nThroughout the exhibition\, visitors are encouraged to bring clean and empty aluminum cans to participate in Michaela Nichelle’s installation. \nThe exhibition will be closed to the public on Friday\, April 10. UID:144188-21894811@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T160000 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:139428-21885501@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:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897497@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:136442-21897061@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136442 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T121630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Seonghun Jeong\, piano chamber music DESCRIPTION:Master's degree student Seonghun Jeong performs piano in a chamber music recital. UID:146023-21898281@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146023 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T115057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T160000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Shakespeare in the Arb: Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare in the Arb is a collaboration between the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum and Residential College. Since 2001\, university and community members have provided audiences with a magical night of Elizabethan theater in an inspiring natural setting. We are looking for actors and musicians to join this beloved Ann Arbor tradition for our 2026 season!\n\nPerformances are every weekend in June in Nichols Arboretum. Rehearsals are every Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday beginning April 27th.\nAll roles are available! \n\nAuditions will be in East Quad on the following dates:\n\n March 17th (4-8PM)\n March 19th (5-9PM)\n March 20th (4-8PM)\n\nActors will be expected to memorize a monologue from a given selection (available in the link below). Musicians will submit a short self tape in place of in-person auditions. Anyone is welcome to do both!\n\nCallbacks will be on March 21st from 12-4PM in the Keene Theater. \n\nFor more information\, and to sign up for an audition slot\, go to bit.ly/sita2026.\n\nEmail Ari Richardson at arijrich@umich.edu with any questions. UID:145538-21897489@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:artists,arts,arts at michigan,Audition,Auditions,Free,Theater,theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T181526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs UCLA DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs UCLA UID:146068-21898333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146068 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T121650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T133000 SUMMARY:Performance:Heather Hippchen\, bassoon DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Heather Hippchen performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145876-21897996@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145876 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T120054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T143000 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:144474-21895401@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144474 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BULK X Stamps Gallery: Reflections on Legacy DESCRIPTION:\n\nInspired by the exhibition Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay—presented by Stamps Gallery at DDD Gallery and organized in conjunction with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 2026 conference in Detroit—Reflections on Legacy is a hands-on printmaking workshop that explores how artistic traditions are preserved\, translated\, and transformed across generations.\n\nThe exhibition brings together intergenerational artists working in clay and honors practices such as painting\, mark-making\, and pottery as forms of resistance and resilience. In response\, this workshop considers printmaking as a parallel site of inheritance and innovation. Participants will work with risograph printing\, exploring its layered color process\, tactile textures\, and capacity for repetition as tools for storytelling and collective image-making.\n\nParticipants are encouraged to reflect on personal\, diasporic\, and ancestral histories while examining how symbols\, gestures\, and material processes carry memory. Attendees are invited to bring photographs\, family documents\, and meaningful images to incorporate into their prints\, collectively building visual archives that honor family legacies and lived histories. What marks do we inherit? What forms do we reimagine? Together\, we will explore printmaking as a method of recovery and regeneration\, translating embodied knowledge into contemporary visual language.\n\nOpen to artists of all levels\, Reflections on Legacy centers collective making as an act of world-building that bridges past and present while imagining future lineages through print.\n\nThis workshop is organized by BULK in collaboration with Stamps Gallery. UID:146567-21899294@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146567 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T181719 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T143000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Come Sketch With Me DESCRIPTION:Join Helicon\, the History of Art Undergraduate Society at the University of Michigan\, for a discussion about the exhibit *Come Talk to Me* and sketching! \n\n*Come Talk to Me* is an intimate two-work exhibition that brings together paintings by Hernan Bas and Gisela McDaniel—two celebrated contemporary artists who explore queer identity\, storytelling\, and the power of conversation. \n\nDuring this event\, you'll hear about and discuss these works\, and learn how to expand your museum visit by developing a sketching practice. Sketching materials provided!\n\nFree and open to the public. UID:145923-21898101@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145923 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Jan and David Brandon Family Bridge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T134500 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:141325-21897086@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T181526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Nebraska UID:146070-21898335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146070 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T161914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Flowers for Friends at Couzens DESCRIPTION:Get creative with the Couzens Diversity Peer Educator by making yourself or someone important in your life a pipe cleaner flower bouquet! UID:145753-21897780@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145753 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community Building,Community Engagement,Crafts LOCATION:Couzens Hall - Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T141410 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Early Christians and Late Pagans DESCRIPTION:Early Christians and late pagans interacted in ways both surprising and predictable across the Mediterranean region. This tour explores Kelsey Museum objects that offer revealing glimpses of this complex story during a period of religious transition.\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:145526-21897471@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145526 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Culture,Free,History,Museum,Mythology,Research,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T112515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T160000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Scientist Spotlight DESCRIPTION:Feed your curiosity! Visit with University of Michigan scientists and participate in engaging\, hands-on activities to learn about their cutting-edge research. These researchers are part of the U-M Museum of Natural History’s Science Communication Fellows\, bringing scientists and the public face-to-face. Please note this event takes place at the Ypsilanti Library and not the museum.\n\nFree and open to the public.\n\nSuitable for upper elementary through adult visitors.\n\nMade possible with help from the National Science Foundation. UID:145312-21897036@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145312 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Children,Family,Free,Museum,Natural Sciences,Science LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Ypsilanti District Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T181526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Softball vs Washington DESCRIPTION:Softball vs Washington UID:146069-21898334@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146069 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Softball LOCATION:Alumni Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T144500 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:136347-21897107@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T153000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jóia Findeis\, viola DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Jóia Findeis performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145877-21897997@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145877 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T181651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T160000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jennie Rupp\, voice DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Jennie Rupp\, soprano\, performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145878-21897998@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145878 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T154500 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:141325-21897090@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251110T145627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T170000 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:138019-21881198@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:20260310T145655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T173000 SUMMARY:Performance:Korean Performing Arts Initiative | Transfigurations: Han Kang's The Vegetarian in Music and Words DESCRIPTION:Experience an extraordinary evening where text\, sound\, and performance converge to explore themes of awakening\, resistance\, and transformation. Renowned Korean American jazz pianist Lisa Sung\, together with her ensemble of musicians and actors\, presents original songs inspired by The Vegetarian—the celebrated novel by Han Kang\, recipient of both the 2016 International Booker Prize and the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.\n \n Drawing on the psychological intensity\, delicate lyricism\, and affective power of Han Kang’s writing\, Sung’s compositions blur the boundaries between text and sound\, inviting audiences into a world of sonic and scenic metamorphosis. The ensemble deepens the immersive experience\, with actors reading selected passages from The Vegetarian and animating Han Kang’s prose\, while shifting soundscapes and imaginative staging evoke the novel’s profound transformations\, encouraging deep listening and emotional resonance.\n \n Adding scholarly perspective\, Dr. Youngju Ryu—Professor of Korean Literature in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan and Director of the International Institute—will deliver a special lecture examining Han Kang’s literary works. Dr. Ryu’s insights provide illuminating context\, enriching the audience’s appreciation of both the music and its literary inspiration.\n \n Lisa Sung Ensemble:\n Eva Rosenwald / Reading\n Tae Hoon Yoo / Reading\n Andrew Bishop / Saxophone & Flute\n Marcus Miller / Saxophone\n Max Welterlen / Drum\n Brynn Hilliker / Bass\n \n This program is offered as part of the Korean Performing Arts Initiative\, highlighting innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to Korean arts on the global stage.\n \n To purchase ticket\, please visit: https://myumi.ch/pVq8z\n \n Ticket Pricing:\n Students can get tickets tickets for $10 with code: TENSTU\nRed Dot Tier 1: $40 \nBlue dot Tier 2: $35 \nGreen dot Tier 3: $30 \n \n Join us for a unique event that transcends artistic boundaries\, offering a multi-sensory journey through jazz\, text\, sound\, and theater.\n\n*This event is co-sponsored by Arts Initiative and Kerrytown Concert House.*\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:145300-21897027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145300 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,Concert,Jazz,Korea,Korean Studies,Music,performance,Piano LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T121640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Joshua Elwood\, saxophone DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Joshua Elwood performs a final senior recital. UID:145879-21897999@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145879 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T121641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Alan Sun\, clarinet DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Alan Sun performs a final senior recital. UID:145880-21898000@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T181646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Britta Pingree\, horn & Plamen Fung\, voice DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate students Britta Pingree & Plamen Fung perform a recital. UID:145881-21898001@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T181637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Harp Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:Harp students of Professor Joan Holland perform a recital. UID:145288-21897009@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145288 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T125650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:March Madness Watch Party at South Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the South Quad Diversity Peer Educators and Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for a March Madness watch party! Watch the Duke v. Mt. Saint Mary's basketball game\, play board games\, and enjoy ice cream! UID:146520-21899228@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,community gathering,Free Food,Games LOCATION:South Quad - Ambatana - The Afro American Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T142858 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learn Brazilian Zouk Steps with Zouk Dance Club DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning a new dance? Learn the basic steps of Zouk\, then try them out after at the social dance! No experience necessary!\n\nThe Arts Initiative's \"Learn/With\" workshops are designed to give students a chance to explore an artform or skill that's new to them by learning with their peers in one of U-M's many student arts orgs. Take a chance and see if it's your new thing!\n\nWorkshop will start at 6:30 and will include light snacks.*\nSocial Dance will follow at 8pm.\n\n*This workshop is for students only\, but the social dance is open to community members as well UID:145785-21897812@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145785 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts For All,Artsrx,Dance,Music,Student Org,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251105T094904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Alden J. “Butch” Carpenter Scholarship Gala (BLSA) DESCRIPTION:The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at the University of Michigan Law School cordially invites you to join them at the 2026 Butch Carpenter Memorial Scholarship Gala.\n\nWe hold this annual event in memory of Alden J. “Butch” Carpenter\, a former University of Michigan Law School student. In 1977\, Carpenter entered law school to advocate for disinvested communities through his business and lawyering skills. Sadly\, Carpenter passed away during the winter semester of his first year of law school and did not get the chance to realize his dreams. On February 21st\, 1978\, only a few weeks after Carpenter’s untimely passing\, the BLSA membership voted unanimously to honor his memory by establishing the Alden J. “Butch” Carpenter Memorial Scholarship Fund. Paying homage to Carpenter’s lifework\, each year the fund awards scholarships to outstanding first-year BLSA members who are interested in business law and have demonstrated a commitment to community development. UID:141507-21888953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141507 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Z - GA 300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T121633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:Student Choreography Showcase DESCRIPTION:The Dance Student Assembly (DSA) at the University of Michigan Department of Dance presents the Winter 2026 Student Choreography Showcase. This free performance features new choreographic works created by student artists across disciplines.\n\nThe Student Choreography Showcase is a student-led and student-produced performance platform designed to provide emerging choreographers opportunities to develop and present original dance work in front of an audience each term.\n\nBurke Brickner (junior musical theatre major) presents a work grounded in theatrical sensibility and compositional craft\, drawing from his training in performance-driven storytelling.\n\nCharlotte Blanc (senior philosophy & mathematics major) explores the emotional tensions within romantic relationships through contemporary and lyrical movement.\n\nAngelica White (junior dance major\, PAME minor) investigates personal passion and artistic expansion\, using movement as a vehicle to stretch expressive and performative range.\n\nGrace Su (PhD candidate in chemical biology) draws inspiration from Chiharu Shiota’s *Silent Emptiness* and the Chinese myth of the red thread of fate. Her solo examines entanglement\, connection\, and embodied relationship through a synthesis of contemporary and classical Chinese dance influences.\n\nAmanda Chizuk (junior dance & education major) presents a solo exploring grief in its varied emotional forms – anger\, depression\, bargaining\, and acceptance – through contemporary movement language.\n\nDrew Brown (senior communication major\, dance minor) examines internal tension and personal resilience in a contemporary work reflecting on the challenges of navigating complex social and political climates.\n\nSofia D’Agostino (sophomore chemical engineering major) presents a contemporary piece centered on the metaphor of mirages in friendship\, tracing the evolution of perception\, disillusionment\, and growth.\n\nMaura Puro (senior biomedical engineering major\, dance minor) offers an intimate\, bedroom-inspired contemporary solo that captures emotional processing and vulnerability within a casual\, personal atmosphere.\n\nKennedy Marshall (junior dance major) presents a dance film originally developed in composition class. The work explores the early conceptual themes of her thesis research around Black joy and community.\n\nAlyssa Hernandez (senior dance major\, PAME minor) shows a contemporary piece that explores the collaborative relationship between the dancer and saxophonist Lauren Troutman.\n\nAlex Hackbardt (junior elementary education major\, dance minor) presents a solo choreographed for a composition course and set to the song “Cast the Bronze\" by Raynes.\n UID:143811-21894070@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143811 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T095921 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:CANCELLED EVENT: Sheku Kanneh-Mason\, cello and Isata Kanneh-Mason\, piano DESCRIPTION:Update 2/25/2026: We regret to inform you that the concert featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason\, scheduled for Saturday\, March 21 in Hill Auditorium has been canceled.\n\nSheku’s ongoing recovery from a finger injury is taking longer than he had anticipated to heal\, and with huge regret\, he is withdrawing from all of his concerts through the end of May 2026. We plan to invite Sheku and Isata to return to Hill Auditorium once they are touring together again.\n\nSiblings Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason bring their extraordinary musical chemistry to a program that bridges Romantic lyricism and 20th-century innovation.\n\nOpening the program is Felix Mendelssohn’s first cello sonata\, a work of luminous interplay that reveals both the cello’s expressive depth and the piano’s crystalline brilliance. Then\, Nadia Boulanger’s striking miniatures demonstrate the full range of the cello’s capabilities\, as do Robert Schumann’s folk-inspired short compositions. The program concludes with the trailblazing composer Rebecca Clarke\, whose rich\, expressive Viola Sonata is presented here in its cello arrangement. Written in 1919 for a competition\, the work tied for first place with a sonata by Ernest Bloch and is admired for its sweeping lyricism\, harmonic richness\, technical brilliance\, and sheer expressive power. UID:137183-21879889@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Classical,classical music,hill auditorium,music,performance,piano,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T121652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Julian Toogood\, percussion DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Julian Toogood performs a recital. UID:145882-21898002@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145882 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181730 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Anna Sykes\, violin DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Anna Sykes performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145883-21898003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145883 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T154337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Avgo Atlantica: A Heist Dramady DESCRIPTION:A show written by University of Michigan students Sabrina Barnes and Gabriella Sarti!\n\nWhat will happen when veteran heister Andy scrambles together a motley crew of daring personalities for her final heist: stealing the priceless and fabled Avgo Atlantica? Will the plot be foiled by heister Elle’s detective girlfriend? Will Devin’s recon ensure the mission’s success? Will Frankie find his place in the group? Will Blake and Charlie ever stop fighting? Full of twists\, turns\, and laughs\, this student-written dramady is sure to have audiences on the edge of their seats as characters navigate relationships\, experience unexpected setbacks\, and deal with the consequences of their actions.\n\n8pm\, March 21st in the Keene Theater in East Quadrangle\n2pm\, March 22nd in the Keene Theater in East Quadrangle UID:145946-21898167@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145946 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,arts,Arts Initiative,Comedy,Drama,Free,In Person,Inclusion,LGBT,live performance,performance,Theater,theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251203T095628 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes DESCRIPTION:“Imagine if a John Steinbeck short story had been written as a song\, and this will give you a fairly good idea as to what Chicago Farmer accomplishes on his albums.” –Honest Tune\n\nThe son of a small town farming community\, Cody Diekhoff logged plenty of highway and stage time under the name Chicago Farmer before settling in the city in 2003. Profoundly inspired by fellow midwesterner John Prine\, he’s a working-class folk musician to his core. His small town roots\, tilled with city streets mentality\, are turning heads North and South of I-80.\n“I love the energy\, music\, and creativity of Chicago\, but at the same time\, the roots and hard work of my small town\,” he shares. Growing up in Delavan\, Illinois\, with a population less than 2\,000\, Diekhoff’s grandparents were farmers\, and their values have always provided the baseline of his songs. \n\nHe writes music for “the kind of people that come to my shows. Whether in Chicago or Delavan\, everyone has a story\, and everyone puts in a long day and works hard the same way\,” he says. “My generation may have been labeled as slackers\, but I don’t know anyone who doesn’t work hard - many people I know put in 50-60 hours a week and 12 hour days. That’s what keeps me playing. I don’t like anyone to be left out\; my music is for everyone in big and very small towns.”\n\nHe listened to punk rock and grunge as a kid before discovering a friend’s dad playing Hank Williams\, and it was a revelation. Prine and Guthrie quickly followed. The name Chicago Farmer was originally for a band\, but the utilitarian life of driving alone from bar to bar\, city to city - to make a direct connection to his audience and listener\, took a deeper hold. UID:142228-21890246@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142228 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T181527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Ohio State DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Ohio State UID:146866-21899733@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T180142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T235900 SUMMARY:Other:March Brazilian Zouk Social DESCRIPTION:Hi zoukinis! Join us for our monthly Brazilian Zouk Dance Socials!\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! \n6:30 - 8:00 pm-Zouk Workshop (MUST RSVP THROUGH THE ARTS INITIATIVE: https://events.umich.edu/event/145785 )\n8 pm-Midnight (or later) Social\nOur lessons/socials are open level and require no experience\, feel free to drop in and meet our fun-loving and welcoming community. There will be lots of music\, lights\, and fun times. See you soon! UID:146372-21898966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146372 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181701 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T220000 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:143812-21894071@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143812 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181701 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Timothy Kulawiak\, clarinet DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Timothy Kulawiak performs a final senior recital. UID:145884-21898004@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145884 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T070000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs NC State DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs NC State UID:146886-21899753@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146886 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T001523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs NC State DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs NC State UID:146881-21899748@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Toledo DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Toledo UID:146621-21899359@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146621 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260403T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:rXn: Bend the Stage DESCRIPTION:rXn is a Chinese American co-ed dance group\, under the Chinese Student Association\, that showcases the unique bridge between cultures through self-choreographed dances in both traditional and modern styles. Our show this year is based on Avatar: the Last Airbender\, a series that has been quintessential for many Asian Americans. For much of our community\, Avatar was a rare moment in childhood media that allowed us to identify with heroes rather than side-characters or stereotypes. The world-building\, cultural practices\, and morals draw heavily from Asian cultures\, allowing Asian Americans to see elements of themselves reflected with depth\, strength\, and respect. In addition to representation\, whether it is between elements\, responsibilities\, and identities\, Avatar explores the idea of balance. Similar to the lives of many Asian American students\, we are forced to navigate through keeping a careful balance between being American and staying connected to our cultural heritage. Through our choreography and storytelling\, we aim to translate this ambiguity\, but also the community being Asian American. Beyond performance\, our event serves as a space for learning and artistic expression\, where diverse narratives can be recognized\, celebrated\, and shared with the wider campus community. UID:146802-21899634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146802 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Mendelssohn CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T152909 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260404T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:End-of-Year Cocktail Party DESCRIPTION:Come join Michigan Law OUTlaws for our End-of-Year Cocktail Reception! There will be drinks and food and laughs\, along with the presentation of our annual Public Service Fellowship. Held in honor of Kevin E. Kennedy ('89 LAW)\, an LGBTQ+ activist and lawyer\, the Reception is an opportunity for the broader UM and legal community to come together for an evening of celebration and remembrance. All are welcome! UID:146821-21899661@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146821 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Z - GA 300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T181524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Softball vs Ohio State DESCRIPTION:Softball vs Ohio State UID:146606-21899344@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146606 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Softball LOCATION:Alumni Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T181524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Water Polo vs CWPA Championship DESCRIPTION:Water Polo vs CWPA Championship UID:146605-21899343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146605 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Donald B. Canham Natatorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T202047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MUNGER GRADUATE RESIDENCES 2025-2026 DESCRIPTION:Join the Munger Community by attending events hosted by our Resident Advisors (RAs)! Feel free to select and attend as many events as you would like! UID:135673-21899419@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135673 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Start at Munger Lobby → loop through Nichols Arboretum trails → finish back in 8th‐floor Fellows Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T181525 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Softball vs Ohio State DESCRIPTION:Softball vs Ohio State UID:146623-21899361@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146623 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Softball LOCATION:Alumni Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T181525 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs Maryland DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs Maryland UID:146622-21899360@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146622 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T181525 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Michigan State DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Michigan State UID:146791-21899624@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146791 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T181524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260315T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Rowing vs Texas DESCRIPTION:Rowing vs Texas UID:146607-21899345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146607 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Rowing LOCATION:Michigan Boathouse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T181526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs Rutgers DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs Rutgers UID:146882-21899749@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146882 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T181526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Softball vs Ohio State DESCRIPTION:Softball vs Ohio State UID:146883-21899750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146883 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Softball LOCATION:Alumni Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T181526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs Oakland DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs Oakland UID:146884-21899751@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146884 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T181527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Eastern Michigan DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Eastern Michigan UID:146885-21899752@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146885 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T144440 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Big Ticket Presents...Indigo De Souza DESCRIPTION:Big Ticket Productions is proud to present Indigo De Souza! Celebrate the end of the semester with music from the indie rock artist at the Power Center on Tuesday\, April 21st. Known for their genre-blending sound and raw performances\, Indigo De Souza brings an energy that’s both intense and unforgettable.\n\nThe show is open to all\, not just students! Join us for a night of live music and a perfect send-off to the semester!\n\nBe sure to follow us @bigticketumich on Instagram and TikTok for more information and keep up with all things Big Ticket! UID:146667-21899432@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146667 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Power Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T111532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260616T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Bob Schneider DESCRIPTION:“one of the best kept secrets in rock and roll” –Goldmine Magazine\n\nAustin\, Texas-based singer-songwriter and former frontman of Joe Rockhead\, The Ugly Americans and The Scabs\, Bob Schneider is one of the most-celebrated musicians in the live music capital. Combining diverse styles\, Schneider’s music spans genres\, blending elements of folk\, rock\, rap\, funk\, bluegrass\, reggae and country with the more traditional singer/songwriter aesthetic. In short\, FRUNK.\n\nSchneider has won more than 59 Austin Music Awards including Best Album\, Best Songwriter\, Best Musician\, and Best Male Vocals making him the most decorated artist in Austin’s storied music history.\n\nSchneider’s fan base reaches far beyond the city limits of Austin. He started gaining national recognition with his major-label debut for Universal Records\, Lonelyland. A fiercely-independent artist\, Schneider opted to start his own label\, Shockorama Records\, which has afforded him the freedom to make the music his fans love\, on his own terms.\n\nSchneider’s live performances\, both solo and with the band\, are legendary. A two-time performer on his hometown’s famed Austin City Limits television show\, he still does his weekly residency at The Saxon Pub\, as he has for over 20 years. All told\, he plays over 150 shows a year all over America and he doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon. UID:146716-21899546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146716 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155715 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260618T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:North Mississippi Allstars DESCRIPTION:Raw\, roots-driven rock & roll\n\nNMA was started by brother Luther and Cody Dickinson in 1996 as a loose collective of musicians from their North Mississippi home inspired by their father Jim Dickinson as well as neighbors and musical elders of their community\; RL Burnside\, Junior Kimbrough\, Otha Turner and Fred McDowell.\n\nLuther’s first national tour was the RL Burnside Ass Pocket of Whiskey tour in 1997\, selling out shows in the US and Canada. “Kenny Brown hired me to tour with RL and Cedric and showed me the ropes. That experience blew my mind. Cody and I have been on the road ever since.”\n\nNMA began touring in 1998 and over the years the touring lineup has included Cedric\, Duwayne and Garry Burnside\, Chris Chew\, Berry Oakley Jr\, Oteil Burbruidgem  and currently Joey Williams of the Blind Boys of Alabama and Ray Ray Hollowman\, guitar player for Eminem and Nee-O. \n\nSince their debut album in 2000 and hitting the never ending road\, they have shared the stage with countless legends\; Phil Lesh\, Mavis Staples\, Robert Plant\, John Hiatt\, the Allman Brothers\, The Black Crowes\, Buddy Guy\, Snoop Dogg\, and Jon Spencer to name a few\, while earning multiple grammy nominations for their experimental albums of what they like to call Modern Mississippi Music. UID:146718-21899548@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T094532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260711T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The James Hunter Six DESCRIPTION:New music!\n\nThe James Hunter Six returns with their first album on Easy Eye Sound\, delivering another dose of timeless rhythm & soul. British singer\, songwriter and GRAMMY-nominated James Hunter has been a legendary fixture in the scene for over three decades with his gritty voice and sharp songwriting earning him acclaim around the world. This new record features a rare duet with longtime collaborator Van Morrison (‘Ain’t That A Trip’)\, marking a full-circle moment for the artist hailed by MOJO magazine as “The United Kingdom’s Greatest Soul Singer.”\n\nHunter and his six-piece band have toured the world for decades from tiny clubs to large festivals\, with Hunter also sharing the stage to support legends including Mavis Staples\, Aretha Franklin\, BB King\, Etta James\, Bonnie Raitt\, and Van Morrison. Whether belting out up-tempo R&B or crafting candle-lit ballads\, James Hunter is a must-see artist who effortlessly draws from the depths of his musical well\, leaving audiences captivated and craving more. \n\nSet for release January 16th\, ‘Off The Fence’ is a landmark album for James Hunter himself for a number of different reasons. In many ways it represents his past\, his present and his future. The new album is the perfect amalgam of everything that is great about James Hunter’s songwriting\, delivery and outlook. It also marks a fresh start. His first release on Dan Auerbach’s (The Black Keys) Easy Eye Sound label\, 2026 is going to be a big year for Hunter\, striking the world with music that matters. Get ready to ride with The James Hunter Six. UID:146713-21899543@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146713 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T111210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260807T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Moonmill DESCRIPTION:Ethereal folk pop stories\n\nMoonmill is a folk pop duo based in Brooklyn\, NY. Nine years after meeting in high school choir class in Ann Arbor\, Mary Collins and Kaye Hamada accidentally moved two blocks away from each other in Brooklyn and realized that the songwriting partners they’d been looking for had been one text away all along. One song led to another\, and Moonmill came to be! Through sophisticated guitar lines and rich\, crystal clear vocal harmonies\, Moonmill blends classic Simon & Garfunkel-esque folk sensibilities with contemporary singer/songwriter confessional lyricism and ethereal pop production elements\, creating songs that feel like entire worlds listeners can escape to. UID:146714-21899544@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146714 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160318 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260810T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The High Kings DESCRIPTION:“A Folk Juggernaut” –The New York Times \n\nAs global ambassadors of Irish heritage and storytelling\, The High Kings have consistently brought the timeless tradition of folk music to audiences worldwide\, earning them chart-topping success and widespread acclaim. With their signature blend of classic tradition and modern edge\, The Rocky Road Tour promises to be a vibrant showcase of Irish culture\, energy\, and musicality. \n\nFollowing a record-breaking 2024 – including a sold-out world tour\, a feature on Disney’s critically acclaimed Only Murders in The Building\, and over 5 million weekly streams – the band are showing no signs of slowing down. Their momentum continued in 2025 with a string of sold-out U.S. tour dates.\n\nBut it was their inclusion on the soundtrack of Sinners\, starring Michael B. Jordan and directed by Ryan Coogler\, that marked a defining moment in their global recognition. The film’s soundtrack\, already topping international streaming charts\, was curated by Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson\, a long-time admirer of The High Kings’ distinctive vocal blend and musicianship. After attending their sold-out show at The Troubadour in Los Angeles earlier this year\, Göransson selected two tracks—“The Rocky Road to Dublin” and “Go Lassie Go”—to feature prominently in the film’s score.\n\nThe Rocky Road Tour 2026 will build on this global success\, offering audiences a high-energy live show that reinforces The High Kings’ place at the forefront of Irish folk. With a renewed focus on storytelling\, musicianship\, and connection\, the tour reflects the group’s ongoing commitment to honouring Ireland’s folk legacy while pushing creative boundaries. UID:146719-21899549@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T111810 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261006T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Bad Plus Farewell Tour DESCRIPTION:Powerful\, groove-oriented jazz-rock fusion\n\nThe Bad Plus are the ultimate originals. A democratic unit with a clear vision and a refusal to conform to convention. For the past two decades they have played with spirit and adventure\, made their own rules and done so with a bold sense of creativity and intent. Avoiding easy categorization\, The Bad Plus has won critical acclaim and a legion of fans worldwide with their unique sound and flair for live performance.\n\nThe Bad Plus continues to push boundaries as founding members Reid Anderson (bass) and Dave King (drums) embark on a new piano-less incarnation of the band with Ben Monder (guitar) and Chris Speed (tenor saxophone) – instigating a new wave of excitement and anticipation within the band that is re-energizing their sound and inspiration. The Bad Plus have constantly searched to bridge genres and techniques while exploring the infinite possibilities of exceptional musicians working in perfect sync. UID:146717-21899547@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146717 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T112026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261018T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Emily Slomovits & Friends DESCRIPTION:Emily Slomovits began playing violin at the age of seven\, and has been joining her father and uncle (the duo Gemini) on stage since she was eight years old. She studied classical violin for more than ten years\, adding jazz and folk fiddle styles to her repertoire along the way. In her early teens she began singing and playing guitar and has since then been performing solo\, with Gemini\, and in groups ranging from classical string quartets to folk and country bands. You may also have seen her play with the Encore Theater\, Performance Network\, and productions of Shakespeare in the Arb. UID:146715-21899545@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146715 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR