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: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:china,Chinese Studies,Community,art,art and design,ArtsEngine,Asia 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:20260404T123119 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: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:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T230000 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:146980-21900144@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:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T235959 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:145012-21896318@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:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T235959 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:145013-21896354@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:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T235959 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:145014-21896404@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:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T235959 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:145015-21896461@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:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T235959 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:145016-21896525@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:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Cycling Race at St. Louis DESCRIPTION:Cycling Race at St. Louis UID:146437-21899088@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:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T235959 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:145222-21896858@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T060141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:MIVA League Championships DESCRIPTION:A and B final tournament before Nationals. UID:146373-21898968@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146373 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Hammond Sportsplex CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T060050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Northwest Challenge 2026 DESCRIPTION:tourney in seattle\, wa! UID:143528-21893355@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:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T234500 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ ACHA Nationals DESCRIPTION:Nattys UID:143444-21893206@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:20260322T060115 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T233000 SUMMARY:Other:2026 MSU Scrimmage DESCRIPTION:Please join us in competing at MSU in Poomsae and Sparring! UID:146496-21899196@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146496 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan State University CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 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:143388-21893030@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:20260322T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T170000 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:143403-21893087@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:20260322T060047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T150000 SUMMARY:Other:MSU Play Day DESCRIPTION:MSU Play Day - 3/22 UID:143523-21893339@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143523 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan State University CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T163000 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:146709-21899527@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:20260322T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T200000 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:142417-21890894@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:20260322T121523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Nebraska UID:146892-21899757@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146892 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T180000 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:145409-21897276@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:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 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:139428-21885533@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:20260310T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T130000 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:136442-21897066@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:20260322T121523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Softball vs Washington DESCRIPTION:Softball vs Washington UID:146072-21898337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146072 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Softball LOCATION:Alumni Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T121523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Tennis vs USC DESCRIPTION:Women's Tennis vs USC UID:146071-21898336@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146071 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T181527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Nebraska UID:146076-21898341@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146076 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T134500 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:141325-21897094@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: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:20260210T150850 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 SUMMARY:Other:Wonder Walk: Spring Equinox Time for Change DESCRIPTION:The Spring Equinox can be a transformative time: the weather is warming\, the winds are picking up\, and the buds are swelling. Join us on Sunday\, March 22nd\, as we hit the trails to look for signs of spring and learn about how the equinox is celebrated all across the globe. We'll listen for early spring birds returning and look for early Spring bloomers\, such as witch-hazel. Tune up your well-being by spending time outdoors to celebrate the Spring Equinox. \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:145336-21897134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Nature,Nature Rx,Outdoors,Sustainability,Well-being LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T094717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T143000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Painting the Scene Inside: Artist Talk DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a panel discussion led by exhibiting artists from previous Annual Exhibitions of Artists in Michigan Prisons. Artists will share their stories and answer questions about their artistic practice and experience. \n\nPCAP's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the US. The 30th Annual Exhibition includes over 800 original artworks by 600+ artists incarcerated in Michigan.\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:145419-21897310@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Chrysler Center - Chesebrough Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T154337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 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:145946-21898168@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:20260322T120100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T150000 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:144488-21895415@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144488 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ann Arbor BJJ CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T120036 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 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:143240-21892541@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143240 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:TBD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T181812 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Exhibition Tour: American Sampler — with Labadie Curator Julie Herrada DESCRIPTION:Julie Herrada\, Curator of U-M's Joseph A. Labadie Collection\, will lead a tour of *American Sampler: Activating the Archive.*\n\nThis research-driven\, immersive exhibition in UMMA’s Vertical Gallery is a collaboration with the Joseph A. Labadie Collection of anarchism\, protest\, and social movements housed in the U-M Library’s Special Collections Research Center.\n\nThe exhibition centers on 1950s–1970s movements for Black freedom\, civil rights\, and antiwar activism\, clarifying the aspirations and effects as well as the violent opposition these movements encountered. *American Sampler* invites visitors to examine how legacies of grassroots organizing and protest in U.S. history shape the present. This ambitious project is the inaugural collaboration of the new Labadie Collection and UMMA Fellowship Program.\n\nFree and open to the public\, registration required. UID:145697-21897707@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145697 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Museum of Art - Vertical Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Gymnastics vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Men's Gymnastics vs Nebraska UID:146077-21898342@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146077 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Gymnastics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T181639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:Michigan Youth Jazz Orchestra DESCRIPTION:The Michigan Youth Jazz Orchestra (MYJO) provides advanced experience performing a variety of big band repertoire in venues throughout Southeast Michigan. The Michigan Youth Jazz Orchestra is open by audition to all high-school aged instrumentalists interested in jazz and/or improvisation.\n\nConductor/ Faculty Director Dennis Wilson UID:135452-21876844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135452 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T120137 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Screen Printing for Aquamarine Spring Collection DESCRIPTION:In honor of our Aquamarine Spring Collection drop\, we will be having a screen printing event where you can print this spring’s designs on any clothing you have\, or you can buy a shirt from us and take home a unique and new (to you) screen printed shirt!! Meet us in the IdeaHub of the Michigan Union for this event! UID:146615-21899353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IdeaHub of Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T120139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Screen Printing for Aquamarine Spring Collection DESCRIPTION:In honor of our Aquamarine Spring Collection drop\, we will be having a screen printing event where you can print this spring’s designs on any clothing you have\, or you can buy a shirt from us and take home a unique and new (to you) screen printed shirt!! Meet us in the IdeaHub of the Michigan Union for this event! UID:146616-21899354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146616 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IdeaHub of Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T101908 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Animals of the Kelsey Museum DESCRIPTION:Animals abound in the art and artifacts of the ancient Middle East\, Greece\, Egypt\, and Rome. On this guided tour\, learn more about different aspects of animals in antiquity. We’ll take a look at animal-themed artifacts in the Kelsey and ask\, “Was that animal food? A laborer? A pet? A sacrificial victim?” We’ll also discuss what kinds of animals were symbols of power and strength\, as well as the meanings different animals had in the ancient world.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:145527-21897472@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145527 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,History,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T144500 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:136347-21897111@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:20260220T121644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 SUMMARY:Performance:An Evening of Soundtracks and Scores DESCRIPTION:Members of the Carillon Guild at the University of Michigan perform sweeping scores and soundtracks from a variety of popular films\, television shows\, and musicals on the 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon. The carillon will be open to visitors. \n\nThe 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). Earplugs are available from the carillonist upon request. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. UID:145775-21897800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145775 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T170847 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T163000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Dream of Being a Raindrop Launch Party and Reading DESCRIPTION:Hear selections from Dream of Being a Raindrop: The Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing\, Volume 18. PCAP’s Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing seeks to showcase the talent and diversity of Michigan's incarcerated writers. The Review features writing from both beginning and experienced writers —writing that comes from the heart\, and that is unique\, well-crafted\, and lively. Books are available for purchase in the Duderstadt Gallery.\n\nPresented with support from the Residential College\, Department of English Language and Literature\, and the Sweetland Center for Writing.\n\nIn conjunction with the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons\, March 17-31\, 2026. UID:145416-21897289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145416 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Literature,North Campus,Poetry,Reading,Social Justice,Writing LOCATION:Chrysler Center - Chesebrough Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T154500 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:141325-21897098@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:20260107T121635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T170000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Sunny Wilkinson Vocal Jazz Master Class DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Sunny Wilkinson presents a vocal jazz master class\; free and open to the public.\n\nSunny Wilkinson has taken her place in that elite group of jazz vocalists who have stretched the boundaries and found themselves “one of a kind.”\n\nSunny has sung with music icons such as The Count Basie Orchestra\, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass\, Clark Terry\, Mark Murphy\, Milt Hinton\, Curtis Fuller and many more. She has recorded four CDs as leader and numerous guest appearances. “Into the Light\,” her newest CD\, is all about family – not just Wilkinson’s immediate family\, but her extended musical family as well.\n\nThis master class is generously supported by the Don Chisholm Jazz Master Class Series Fund. UID:142028-21889839@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142028 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Talk,Workshop LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T181640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T173000 SUMMARY:Performance:Michigan Youth Chamber Singers DESCRIPTION:The Michigan Youth Chamber Singers (MYCS) is a select SATB choir composed of outstanding vocalists from across the region. Students interact with U-M SMTD faculty and graduate students to perform challenging standard chamber choir repertoire. MYCS is open to advanced high-school aged singers as part of the Michigan Youth Ensembles program.\n\nMatthew Abernathy\, conductor\n\nPROGRAM\n*Don Pasquale* \"Servants Chorus\,\" Donizetti\n*How Can I Keep from Singing*\, Gwyneth Walker \n*Fyer\, Fyer*\, Thomas Morley \n*I Dream A World*\, Rosephanye Powell UID:135453-21876845@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135453 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T101023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T200000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Xin Chào Việt Nam (Hello Vietnam): Ticket to Childhood DESCRIPTION:Xin Chào Việt Nam 2026: Ticket to Childhood invites you on a heartfelt journey back to the wonder of growing up in Vietnam. Inspired by the beloved book Cho tôi một vé đi tuổi thơ (Give Me a Ticket to Childhood)\, the event celebrates imagination\, joy\, and the cultural values that connect us across generations and borders.\n\nOver four hours\, participants will experience Vietnam through storytelling\, movement\, and play:\n\n1. Cultural Presentation (30–45 minutes): Discover the sights\, sounds\, and traditions that shape the everyday lives of Vietnamese children\, from schoolyard games to family values\, through an engaging multimedia showcase.\n\n2. Dance Performance (45 minutes): Enjoy an original student-choreographed performance set to traditional Vietnamese music\, blending grace and energy in a celebration of community and identity.\n\n3. Cultural Immersion Activities (90 minutes): Join the lively Vietnamese bamboo dance and take part in hands-on workshops featuring traditional childhood games. Participants will receive a “VISA passport” filled with fun\, interactive challenges. Complete them all to earn a special prize!\n\nWhether you grew up in Vietnam or are discovering it for the first time\, this event offers a welcoming space to connect\, laugh\, and relive the universal magic of childhood. Come ready to move\, learn\, and make new memories\, with a “ticket” back to the wonder years. UID:145972-21898196@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145972 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Culture,International,Multicultural,Music,Networking,Social,Social Impact,Social Sciences,Student Org LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T121644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T173000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jiyeon Lee\, piano chamber music DESCRIPTION:Master's degree student Jiyeon Lee performs piano in a chamber music recital. UID:145917-21898095@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145917 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T120014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T180000 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:142607-21891215@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142607 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sophia B Jones Room - 1st Floor Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T135919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T190000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Xin Chào Việt Nam 2026 - A Ticket to Childhood DESCRIPTION:Xin Chào Việt Nam 2026 – Ticket to Childhood is inspired by the beloved Vietnamese book Cho tôi một vé đi tuổi thơ and invites audiences to rediscover the joy\, imagination\, and cultural values rooted in childhood. The event centers on the universal idea that we were all once children\, using nostalgia as a bridge to foster empathy\, belonging\, and cross-cultural understanding. For the Vietnamese community\, being far from home\, the program offers a comforting reminder of familiar traditions\, while international guests gain a meaningful window into everyday life growing up in Vietnam. The showcase begins with a cultural presentation exploring the environments\, values\, and experiences that shape Vietnamese childhood. This is followed by an original dance performance set to traditional music\, choreographed and performed by student members to preserve authenticity and community voice. Attendees will be invited to join a traditional Vietnamese bamboo dance\, a lively folk activity many Vietnamese children grow up watching or trying at festivals\, school events\, and community gatherings. The final segment features an interactive workshop highlighting classic Vietnamese childhood games\, creating space for laughter\, learning\, and shared experience. UID:145633-21897612@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145633 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Culture,International,Multicultural,Music,Social,Student Org LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T204245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T200000 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:144605-21895552@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:20260312T181703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Paige Madden\, percussion DESCRIPTION:DMA candidate Paige Madden performs a dissertation recital. UID:145918-21898096@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145918 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jazz Piano Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:Students of Professors Ellen Rowe and Andy Milne perform a joint studio recital. UID:145289-21897010@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145289 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T120053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:Pure Corruption DESCRIPTION:Pure Corruption\nPresented by Kaes Holkeboer as part of their RC Music Honors Thesis.\nWith opening sets by Olive Garden 2 and Alex Wand.\n\nSunday\, March 22nd\, Keene Theater\, 7pm\n\nFree and open to the public. UID:146798-21899631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Art,artists,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Concert,Culture,Faculty,Free,In Person,live performance,music LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater 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:20260115T123503 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Celebrating Dick Siegel & His Music DESCRIPTION:Celebrate a midwestern songwriting icon\n\nBeloved\, legendary songwriter\, Michigan’s own Dick Siegel\, has performed his iconic songs across the country\, from New York to Texas\, and internationally\, since he exploded on the Detroit/Ann Arbor music scene in the 1980s with the release of his critically acclaimed first album\, SNAP! Celebrating his nearly 50 year musical career\, Dick will be honored tonight by his musical friends and family with tributes and performances of some of his most well-known songs on the stage of The Ark\, where Dick has performed countless times over the years. The lineup will be announced soon. Per Dick and his family’s request\, all proceeds from this concert will go to support The Ark. UID:143805-21894064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143805 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Music,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T123643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Donut Stress at North Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the North Quad Diversity Peer Educators and Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for a study break. Enjoy donuts and play games with your neighbors! UID:145621-21897600@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145621 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Game Night,housing,Social LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T181641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Michigan Youth Trombone Ensemble / Michigan Youth Percussion Ensemble Spring Performance DESCRIPTION:The MYTE and MYPE 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 Trombone Ensemble (MYTE)\nFaculty Director David Jackson\n\nMichigan Youth Percussion Ensemble (MYPE)\nDoug Perkins & Ian Antonio\, co-directors \n UID:135454-21876846@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135454 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T230000 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:146980-21900145@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:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T235959 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:145012-21896319@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:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T235959 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:145013-21896355@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:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T235959 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:145014-21896405@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:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T235959 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:145015-21896462@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:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T235959 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:145016-21896526@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:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T070000 SUMMARY:Other:Cycling Race at St. Louis DESCRIPTION:Cycling Race at St. Louis UID:146437-21899089@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:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T235959 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:145222-21896859@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:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T234500 SUMMARY:Other:Northwest Challenge 2026 DESCRIPTION:tourney in seattle\, wa! UID:143528-21893356@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:20260323T000047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:USAT Collegiate Club Nationals DESCRIPTION:National championship for collegiate club teams in Gulfport\, Mississippi UID:144079-21894623@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jones Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T160000 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:143388-21893031@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:20260323T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 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:143403-21893088@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:20260323T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T164500 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:145837-21897897@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:20251219T155122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T140000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 Injury Prevention Research Symposium DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day of discovery at the Injury Prevention Research Symposium. This event brings together researchers\, staff\, students\, and post-doctoral fellows dedicated to advancing injury prevention science. Experience poster presentations\, connect with colleagues across disciplines\, and learn from research presentations. The day will be filled with meaningful discussions and collaboration with a community committed to working together to prevent injuries. UID:143023-21891956@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143023 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Adverse Childhood Experiences,Concussion,Free,Injury Prevention,Older Adult Falls,Opioid Overdose,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Professional Development,Public Health,Research,Suicide Prevention,Violence LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T100000 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:145904-21898038@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:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T163000 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:146709-21899528@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:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 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:142798-21891609@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:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T163000 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:146264-21898760@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:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 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:142773-21891487@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:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T200000 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:142417-21890895@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:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 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:146483-21899181@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:20260323T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 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:142768-21891400@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:20260309T040741 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:PhD Defense: Yuanchen Wang DESCRIPTION:Join us for Yuanchen Wang's PhD defense titled\, \"Experimental Investigation and Queueing Network Modeling of Human Performance in Robot Target Prediction.\"\nChair: X. Jessie Yang\nZoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/3068267870 UID:146324-21898880@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146324 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Ioe Defenses LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T115954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 23\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nHiten Madhani\, MD\, PhD\nProfessor\, Biochemistry and Biophysics\nStuart Lindsay Endowed Professor in Experimental Pathology VII\nUniversity of California\, San Francisco\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Sundeep Kalantry\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nThe Madhani lab investigates gene regulation in health and disease\n\nThis is what the banner says\, but in reality\, we work on anything we find cool. Why? Because our aspiration is to not only discover new knowledge but also new principles. Accomplishing this higher goal requires intellectual curiosity\, adventurousness\, and nimbleness (and a sense of humor!). The lab is best known for its work on regulation of chromatin\, RNA-based regulation\, and host-fungal pathogen interactions (see our publications here). Depending on the question\, the lab exploits different model systems\, including the opportunistic pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans\, which the lab has developed as both a model organism and a model pathogen\, as well as mice and haploid human cells. UID:143368-21892961@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143368 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,basic sciences,biolgical chemistry,biological chemistry,biological science,Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,cancer,Chemistry,Discussion,epilepsy,Faculty,Free,genetics,genome,genomics,human genetics,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Neurogenetic Diseases,Information and Technology,lecture,Life Science,lifton,Medicine,Natural Sciences,neel,neurological disease,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Public Policy,Reception,research,Science,seminar,sodium channel,symposium LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T063115 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1915068Just 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:145615-21897594@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T140158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Thriving in STEM | Chemistry Majors & Mocktails DESCRIPTION:Connect with current students majoring in Chemistry\, Biochemistry\, and Biomolecular Science.  Engage with your peers to learn about their experience in courses\, degree paths\, and how they came to their major decisions.  Enjoy some tasty beverages and boost your scientific skills by sampling chemistry mocktails. A Chemistry Advisor will be available throughout the event if you are ready to declare your major.  \n\nThis is a drop-in style event.  Feel free to come and go as your schedule allows.  Registration is appreciated\, but walk-ins are welcomed. UID:145534-21897483@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145534 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Basic Science,chemistry,First-gen,first-generation,Food,Free,In Person,Majors,Natural Sciences,Open To All Majors,pre health,Pre Med,Pre-Health,science,science learning center,Sessions,slc,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Women In Science LOCATION:1720 Chemistry, Science Learning Center Flex Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T135521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. UID:144533-21895464@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144533 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 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:145409-21897277@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:20260218T203214 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:ASC Winter 2026 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series: Artificial Intelligence\, Gender\, Culture\, and Electrochemical Sensing 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 23\, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence\, Gender\, Culture\, and Electrochemical Sensing in Africa\n\nZainab Bello (Nigeria) | “Cultural Reclamation of Textile Narratives: A Visual Exploration of Hausa Folktales as Inspiration for Wax Print Designs in Northern Nigeria”\n \nVanessa Mokwebo (South Africa) | “Detection and Removal of Antidepressant Drugs in the Aquatic Environment: Fluoxetine Studies”\n \nNuniyat Abebe (Ethiopia) | “Gender Imbalance in Research Areas of Artificial Intelligence\, Machine Learning\, NLP\, and Related Topics in the Context Of The Country Ethiopia”\n\nPlease register to attend: https://forms.gle/89CYfCjPpTrJAyGEA UID:145713-21897724@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145713 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African Studies,African Studies Center,Artificial Intelligence,gender studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T144413 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Beyond Attendance: Elevate Faculty Engagement and Impact in Professional Organizations DESCRIPTION:This webinar is designed for faculty who aspire to move beyond membership and become impactful in their fields. Discover practical strategies to elevate your role\, whether through spearheading initiatives\, shaping the direction of your association\, or mentoring emerging scholars. Learn how to leverage your expertise to lead national conversations\, drive meaningful collaborations\, and create lasting change within your discipline. Join us to explore faculty leadership within professional associations and involvement that is truly impactful. UID:146425-21899071@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146425 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Leadership,Professional Development,Research Development,Researchers LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260406T112623 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T124500 SUMMARY:Tours:Exploring the Reef: Coral Reef Sustainability Tour DESCRIPTION:Learn about coral reefs and how these unique ecosystems have a crucial role in supporting our planet. U-M researcher Dr. Bardwell will lead a tour of his coral reef tanks and share how sustainability and coral reefs are intertwined. Participants will have the opportunity to get a close-up look at coral reefs and discover the intricate lives of the creatures who live here.\n\nWe will be meeting at the BSB West Atrium before traveling to Dr. Bardwell’s office together. Swipe access is required to access the coral reefs\, so please arrive on time to ensure you can join us for the tour.\n\nThe event is free and open to any U-M community member\, but registration is required. Space is limited for this program\, so please only sign up for one of the tours. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions or if you are no longer able to join this event after registering. UID:144148-21894727@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ecology,Education,Environment,environmental,environmental education,Free,In Person,Museum,museums,Nature,planet blue,Science,Sustainability LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Meet at West Atrium Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T103013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T140000 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:144754-21895814@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:20260309T174615 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Museums at Noon DESCRIPTION:At the conclusion of 2025\, the National Palace Museum of Taipei celebrated its centennial with displays highlighting a hundred years of collection\, preservation\, exhibition\, and education. This landmark exhibition series\, “Enduring Legacy\,” is recognized globally as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view more than a hundred masterpieces: exceptional treasures and artworks housed in this prestigious museum’s collection. Many of the objects have never been on public display\, and others have appeared only rarely due to conservation restrictions. \n\nIn this presentation\, four graduate students from the Department of History of Art will share their experiences visiting the museum. Addressing the artworks and the exhibits\, the presenters will discuss their impressions and the potential trajectories of another century of museology.\n\nPresentation takes place in Room 180 Tappan Hall / or join via Zoom at https://umich.zoom.us/j/95003774833 UID:146366-21898960@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146366 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art History,Museum LOCATION:Tappan Hall - 180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T160000 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:143999-21894458@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:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T133000 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:146428-21899077@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:20260316T154520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T140000 SUMMARY:Presentation:FORMS: Etiquette and Piety in Safavid Marriage DESCRIPTION:Please join The Forum for Research in Medieval Studies (FoRMS) on Monday\, March 23rd\, in 1014 Tisch for a presentation from Glenn Ellis (Middle East Studies) titled \"Etiquette and Piety in Safavid Marriage\". This presentation will explore the etiquette of marriage as seen in a Safavid Shī’ī compendium of hadith\, Ḥilyat al-Mottaqīn or The Adornment of the Pious\, written by Moḥammad-Bāqir Majlisī\, a significant scholar. Published in 1671 in Persian\, Majlisī’s book was intended for an everyday audience and describes quotidian customs in great detail. One of the most striking hadith in the chapter on marriage notes prohibited and exhorted times of day for sexual intercourse\, and it further reveals medical ideas of generation and ways to ensure the morality of one’s offspring and thus society as a whole. This chapter is a useful case study on the expectations held of marriage\, and indicates the specificity of religious instruction for one who wanted to be an exemplary Muslim. By studying this text\, we can gain a richer picture of the expectations\, ideals\, and boundaries of Safavid marriage as well as ideals of reproduction.\n\nGlenn Ellis is a first year PhD student in Middle Eastern Studies. They graduated from Hampshire College in 2022 with a concentration in Medieval Middle Eastern History\, and their thesis focused on race and race-making in Persian mirrors for princes and epic poems. Interested in Persian literature very broadly\, they also Judeo-Persian\, Judeo-Arabic\, and Arabic\, and use these languages to better contextualize Persian poetry. Their interests include race and race-making\, romance and epic\, and comparative poetics. In their spare time they enjoy cooking\, baking without a recipe\, and fiber arts. UID:145525-21897470@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Medieval Studies,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T124527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Institutional Global Health Summit DESCRIPTION:You're invited to the Institutional Global Health Summit\, an afternoon showcasing cutting-edge research\, dynamic debate\, and global perspectives on health for all.\n\nHosted by the Center for Global Health Equity\, this event brings together U-M faculty\, staff\, trainees\, students\, and global health leaders to showcase innovations addressing health for all through the dynamic exchange of ideas between local and international contexts.\n\n📅 Monday\, March 23\, 2026 | 1:00-6:00 PM\n📍 Rackham Amphitheatre\, University of Michigan\n🎟 Registration required (limited to members of the University of Michigan and Michigan Medicine community)\n\nEvent Highlights\n🔬 Research Lightning Talks | 1:15-3:05 PM\nFast-paced presentations from CGHE-supported Impact Scholars\, students\, and faculty across career stages \n \n🤖 Debate: The Role of AI in Global Equity | 3:15-4:15 PM\nFarhana Alarakhiya (Chief Data Innovation Officer\, Aga Khan University) and Bilal Butt\, PhD (Professor\, SEAS\; Senior Advisor\, CGHE) examine whether AI advances or undermines health equity\, moderated by Lou Edje\, MD \n \n🌍 Panel: Global Health in Transition | 4:15-5:00 PM\nMembers of CGHE's External Advisory Board share insights on navigating funding landscapes\, building partnerships\, and career pathways \n \n🎨 Poster Reception | 5:00-6:00 PM\nEngage with fellow researchers\, explore innovative projects\, and network with colleagues \n \nView the full program at https://myumi.ch/y15d4 UID:145260-21896960@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145260 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African Studies,Anthropology,Biomedical Engineering,Business,Climate,Ecology,Economics,Education,Environment,Global,Global Health,Health,Health Disparities,Health Equity,History,India,Information and Technology,innovation,Interdisciplinary,International,Latin America,Medicine,Mental Health,Networking,Nursing,Nutrition,Pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Public Health,Public Policy,Research,Right To Health,Science,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Southeast Asia,symposium,Women's Health,Women's Studies LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T122053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Forum for Research in Medieval Studies (FoRMS) DESCRIPTION:The Forum for Research in Medieval Studies (FoRMS)\, first formed as a\nRackham Interdisciplinary Workshop (RIW) in Fall 2010\, serves as a structure\nfor the Medieval Lunch series and a reading group for graduate students. In its geographical\, historical\, and disciplinary scope\, FoRMS aims to\nprovide an important forum for graduate students and faculty to discuss their\nwork as contributions to the broad field of “medieval studies.” At FoRMS\nsponsored lunches throughout the semester\, graduate students can present their\nongoing research and receive feedback from other members of the FoRMS\ncommunity. FoRMS also sponsors interdisciplinary reading groups and other\nsocial events\, which are organized on a more ad-hoc basis.\n UID:139197-21899389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Tisch 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T181633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. UID:144534-21895465@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144534 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T160659 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T143000 SUMMARY:Other:ONSF UK and Truman Scholarships: Double Feature DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in public service or going to the UK for graduate school and tired of having to sit through long info sessions?\n\nJoin ONSF on Monday\, March 30th for a combination High Tea/Public Service Party kickoff event: get the information you need while having tea and snacks. You can drop in any time between 11:30 and 1:00pm OR 1:30 and 2:30pm and ONSF will be available to answer any questions you have about our UK programs or the Truman Scholarship. UID:146934-21899810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146934 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate School,Scholarships LOCATION:LSA Building - LSA 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T091436 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T153000 SUMMARY:Other:Critical Conversations on Generative AI and Higher Education DESCRIPTION:Critical Conversations on Generative AI and Higher Education is a monthly\, cross-campus Community of Practice (CoP) for instructors and instructional staff who are navigating the evolving role of AI in their teaching. This community offers space to explore\, question\, and learn alongside colleagues across U-M—helping educators stay grounded in their pedagogical values while adapting to new technological realities.\n\nThe phrase “critical conversations” reflects our balanced approach—rooted in critical pedagogy and intergroup dialogue—that encourages open\, evidence-based exploration of AI’s implications for higher education.\n\nThrough engagement and reflection\, participants share diverse perspectives\, embrace productive tension\, and connect questions of technology to the core values of teaching and learning. Each conversation invites inquiry and shared meaning-making to support reflective innovation. UID:142494-21891027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Center For Research On Learning And Teaching,Community Of Practice,Faculty,Flint,Genai,Information and Technology,Staff LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T132053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MADS Application Tips Webinar DESCRIPTION:We want you to have all the information you need to make informed decisions about your education and your future.\nMADS Admissions & Recruitment coordinator Meryl Baker leads an application tips webinar with a live Q&A. Attendees will hear about the MADS program\, the skills-based admission process\, what's required as part of the application\, and how the assessment process works. Please join us to get your questions answered\, and benefit from the curiosity of like-minded peers! UID:144393-21895296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144393 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:https://umich.zoom.us/j/95932717290 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T163648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Statistical and Practical Study of Deploying Fair\, Safe\, and Productive AI DESCRIPTION:This thesis presents a series of results that study the deployment of fair\, safe\, and productive AI. We begin in Chapter one by both motivating and introducing the three topics of study: algorithmic fairness in performative prediction\, weak-to-strong generalization\, and benchmarking AI adoption and capability across the economy. Additionally\, a brief synopsis of the results we will present in subsequent chapters is included.\n\nIn Chapter 2\, we study the problem of enforcing fairness under distribution shift caused by human behavior. This distribution shift is known as performativity and is often caused by the reactions of individuals with vested interests in the outcome of the predictive model. While performativity is generally problematic\, as it leads to changes in the data at test time\, we develop algorithmic fairness practices that leverage performativity to achieve stronger group fairness guaranties in social classification problems (compared to what is achievable in non-performative settings). In particular\, we show that it is possible to enforce traditionally conflicting group fairness definitions if performativity is present. \n\nIn Chapter 3\, we study the problem of superalignment through the analogy of weak to strong generalization\; or using weaker (less capable) feedback to train a stronger (more capable) model. We prove that weak-to-strong generalization is possible by eliciting latent knowledge from pre-trained LLMs. In particular\, we cast the weak-to-strong generalization problem as a transfer learning problem in which we wish to transfer a latent concept from a weak model to a strong pre-trained model. We prove that a naive fine-tuning approach suffers from fundamental limitations\, but an alternative refinement-based approach suggested by the problem structure provably overcomes the limitations of fine-tuning. Finally\, we demonstrate the practical applicability of the refinement approach in multiple LLM alignment tasks.\n\nFinally\, in Chapter 4\, we work towards measuring both AI adoption and the capability of AI to perform discrete labor tasks across various occupations. To measure adoption\, we develop an open-source economic index that uses publicly available user-LLM chat data and O*NET tasks to replicate studies produced by leading AI labs. To measure capabilities\, we build a system that generates benchmark scenarios grounded in O*NET occupations\, tasks\, and model-context-protocol (MCP) servers. We test Kimi-K2-Thinking with an OpenAI harness on scenarios across 13 occupations appearing frequently in our index\, finding that there is ample room for improvement across tool calling\, workflow completion\, and hallucination rates. UID:146359-21898954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146359 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - 470 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T150131 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Curating Human Remains with Respect: A Collaborative Case Study DESCRIPTION:Because many anthropological collections were established during the 19th and early 20th centuries\, attempts to trace their origins can become a research topic with its own history. Join the U-M Department of Anthropology and guests from the Hungarian National Museum for a collaborative presentation on how researchers from multiple countries can support each other’s work to identify the provenience of human remains collections with respect and expertise. These collaborators will explain how their research traced the origins of human remains in U-M Anthropology’s collection\, establishing connections to the work of Austrian anthropologist Felix von Luschan (1854–1924) and early-1900s Hungarian antiquities dealer József Lichtneckert. UID:146673-21899441@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146673 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Anthropology,Archaeology,Museum LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T095634 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Realizing a Polarized 3He++ Ion Source at Brookhaven National Lab with Metastability Exchange Optical Pumping DESCRIPTION:A high intensity (2 x 10ˆ11 ions per pulse) polarized 3He++ ion source is being developed at BNL for use at the future Electron Ion Collider (EIC). The helium gas will be polarized using a novel technique based on metastability-exchange optical pumping (MEOP) in the 5T field of the existing Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS)\, where it can be ionized and prepared for injection into the Booster. An infrared laser system has been developed for optical pumping and measuring the polarization of the gas inside of the EBIS field. Previous results in a test setup have shown up to 80% polarization for ultra-pure 3He in an “open” cell configuration\, with isolation valve and refilling tubes closed. Now\, the setup has been moved into an exact copy of the EBIS magnet to prepare for final integration and injection into the Booster. An absolute nuclear polarimeter and spin-rotator has been constructed to measure the 3He polarization near 6 MeV in the EBIS to Booster transit line. The ion source will be an essential component of future polarized neutron studies at the planned Electron Ion Collider (EIC). \n\nIn this seminar\, I will provide a brief introduction to the theory behind the MEOP process and a discussion of relevant technical challenges in implementing the source at BNL. The status of the project and plans for integration and polarization measurements inside of EBIS during the 2026 RHIC shutdown will be presented. UID:145459-21897374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145459 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T123124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T160000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1916102Are 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:145702-21897713@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T164301 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T163000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Services for Students with Disabilities Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Introducing Services for Students with Disabilities Office Hours! Stop by the Spectrum Center to learn about Services for Students with Disabilities\, how to connect with us\, and how we can support you. Also\, we‘ll have some cool swag for you\, including stickers! UID:145083-21896644@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145083 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:academics,access,accessibility,Accommodations,disabilities,disability,educational,Inclusion,lgbt,services for students with disabilities,sexuality,student life LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center, Room 3020 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251208T143751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Seminar Series on Social Connection: Samuele Zilioli DESCRIPTION:Samuele Zilioli\nWayne State University\nSocial Threat and Social Safety: How Relationships Shape Stress Biology and Health Across the Lifespan\n\nMarch 23\, 2026\n\nRobin Edelstein organizes the Winter 2026 RCGD Seminar Series: The Ties that Bond: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Connection.\n\nABOUT THE SERIES\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:142484-21891006@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142484 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Psychology,Well-being LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T122003 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GLNT: Algebraic theory of indefinite theta functions DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Jacobi's theta function $\Theta(q) := 1 + 2q + 2q^4 + 2q^9 + \cdots $\, and more generally the theta functions associated to positive-definite quadratic forms\, have the property that they are modular forms of half-integral weight. The usual proof of this fact is completely analytic in nature\, using the Poisson summation formula. However\, $\Theta$ is also related to diffusion of heat on a uniform circle-shaped material: it is a restriction of the fundamental solution to the heat equation on a circle. By algebraically characterizing the heat equation as a specific flat connection on a certain bundle on a modular curve\, we produce a completely algebraic technique for proving modularity of theta functions. More specifically\, we produce a refinement of the algebraic theory of theta functions due to Moret-Bailly\, Faltings--Chai\, and Candelori. As a consequence of the algebraic nature of our theory and the fact that it applies to indefinite quadratic forms / non-ample line bundles (which the prior algebraic theory does not)\, we also generalize the Kudla--Millson analytic theory of theta functions for indefinite quadratic forms to the case of torsion coefficients. This is joint work in progress with Akshay Venkatesh. UID:143322-21892901@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T155228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T173000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Sameroff Lecture | Celebrating and Leveraging Dr. Arnold Sameroff’s Legacy: From Transaction to Transformation: Integrating Developmental Theory\, Context\, and Preventive Interventions DESCRIPTION:Renowned developmental scientist Dr. Velma McBride Murry will deliver this year’s distinguished lecture honoring the legacy of Arnold J. Sameroff. The keynote will highlight the enduring influence of Sameroff’s transactional model of development\, which transformed the field of developmental psychology by demonstrating that children and their environments shape one another through ongoing\, dynamic exchanges. Drawing from her landmark longitudinal research with African American families—including the Strong African American Families (SAAF) and Pathways for African Americans Success (PAAS) programs—McBride Murry will illustrate how culturally grounded\, community-partnered\, family-centered interventions bring transactional theory into practice. Her work shows that strengthening parenting\, racial socialization\, and family processes can reduce risk behaviors\, promote resilience\, and improve long-term developmental and health outcomes for youth during critical developmental periods. This lecture celebrates Sameroff’s theoretical vision while showcasing how Murry’s translational research carries that legacy forward—advancing equity\, prevention science\, and the next generation of developmental scholarship.\n\nThe talk will be followed by a reception with light refreshments UID:146001-21898252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146001 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:colloquium,Psychology Departmental LOCATION:Michigan League - Talk: Hussey Room | Reception: Vandenburg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T092129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T172000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Taxing Corporate or Shareholder Income DESCRIPTION:As corporate income tax rates have fallen across the world\, other capital taxes become more important. This paper studies the choice between income taxation at the corporate and shareholder level depending on capital market openness. I develop a model of capital markets and sufficient-statistics framework to determine optimal tax reforms. The main result is that when the incidence of the corporate income tax on workers is higher than that of shareholder income taxes\, lowering the former and reducing the latter is typically optimal. In a policy application\, I derive optimal reform directions for corporate and shareholder income taxes for a large and a small economy. UID:145439-21897353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145439 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Public Finance,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T150552 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Leadership Dialogues: Marc Rosen (BBA ’90) DESCRIPTION:Join the Sanger Leadership Center for the next Leadership Dialogues event\, featuring Marc Rosen (BBA ’90)\, chief executive officer of Catalyst Brands\, in conversation with Mike Barger (BA ’86)\, Michigan Ross professor and JetBlue co-founder.\n\nIn this fireside chat\, Rosen and Barger will explore the session topic\, “From Walmart to Levi’s to Catalyst Brands: Driving Disruptive Change Through the Power of Teams.” Together\, they’ll discuss how executives seize moments of disruption and empower teams to grow through uncertainty.\n\nPARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS:\nEvent open to all\, raffle open to students only\n\nSCHEDULE:\nMarch 23\, 4:30–5:30 PM\nTauber Colloquium\, Michigan Ross\nReception to follow\n\nStudents: RSVP for a chance to win raffle prizes\, including a $600 Brooks Brothers gift card and select Ninja appliances. UID:145279-21896981@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Business,Career,Corporate,Culture,Discussion,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Leadership,Networking,Reception,Staff,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Tauber Colloquium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T095347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 SUMMARY:Meeting:IOE Senior Design Info Session DESCRIPTION:Learn about the different types of senior design course offerings by hearing firsthand from previous students about their project experience. Great opportunity to gain insight into the different course options and ask questions. Food will be provided as well! UID:146166-21898611@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146166 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1610 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T160331 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Program in International and Comparative Studies Annual International Studies Alumni Career Panel and Reception DESCRIPTION:The Program in International and Comparative Studies (PICS) will host its annual International Studies Alumni Career Panel in person and virtually on Monday\, March 23rd\, 2026.\n \n If you wish to attend virtually\, please register here: https://myumi.ch/dgn3N\n \n This alumni panel will showcase and celebrate the university’s rich history of contributions made by International Studies alumni\, while providing valuable insight for current students as they start to develop their own career paths. The panel will include a student Q&A portion. This will be followed by a reception.\n \n PICS is home to the International Studies major and minor. Established in 2009\, International Studies is one of the largest majors in the College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\, with over 2000 accomplished alumni worldwide. International Studies graduates pursue numerous career paths\, many going on to work with corporations\, non-profits\, or government agencies\, as well as progressing directly on to graduate school.\n \n Learn where an International Studies major can take you!\n \n 2026 Alumni Panelists:\n \n Davina Buruchara\, MSW\, LICSW\, Inpatient Clinical Social Worker\, Obstetrics/Pediatrics\, Mayo Clinic\n Rochester\, MN\n MSW (Social Enterprise Administration\; International Social Welfare and Services to Immigrants and Refugees)\, Columbia University\, '20\n BA International Studies (International Security\, Norms and Cooperation)\; minor\, Afroamerican and African Studies\; Honors ‘17\n \n Davina Buruchara is an inpatient Clinical Social Worker at the Mayo Clinic\, where she has worked for the past five years in pediatrics and obstetrics and maternal fetal medicine. In her role\, she provides counseling\, crisis intervention\, care coordination\, and psychosocial support to women and families navigating high-risk pregnancies and complex medical decisions\, collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure culturally responsive care. Davina earned her BA in International Studies from the University of Michigan\, with a minor in Afro-American and African Studies in 2017\, where she participated in the Global Scholars Program and attended the Forbes 30 Under 30 Conference in 2016. After graduating\, she completed internships with the United Nations in Nairobi and Tembo Education\, and contributed to early childhood initiatives through WHO/UNICEF’s Care for Child Development with the Africa Early Childhood Network. She later earned her MSW from Columbia University\, where she interned with ATD Fourth World\, contributing to UNICEF and UN ECOSOC policy engagement on child poverty\, homelessness\, and the rights of the child during the COVID-19 period.\n \n —\n \n Jenna Chai\, Director of Global Programs\, JLL@Google\n Mountain View\, CA\n BA International Studies (Global Environment and Health)\; BA Women's and Gender Studies ‘13\n \n Jenna Chai is a Director of Global Programs for JLL on their flagship Google account\, supporting the real estate and workplace services division. In this role\, she drives high-impact business and organizational transformations across complex real estate operations. From developing specialized critical space support structures to designing headquarters experience strategy\, she has maintained a continuous focus on advancing operational excellence and elevating workplace experience across the Bay Area and Americas portfolios while championing a strong culture of belonging.\n \n Jenna’s current focus on corporate real estate and workplace programs was preceded by a dynamic\, non-linear career path with deep international roots. She spent six years working abroad in Beijing\, China\, adapting her skills across a diverse range of sectors. Her professional experience spans strategic communications within healthcare PR consulting\, running academic programs and admissions at Peking University\, cultivating alumni relations and community programming at the International School of Beijing\, and contributing to global public health research initiatives.\n \n Jenna holds a dual Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Women's Studies from the University of Michigan. While on campus\, she was actively involved in social justice advocacy and consistently pursued opportunities to expand her worldview. A standout experience during this time was her semester and internship in Cape Town\, South Africa\, where she researched healthcare policy frameworks and patient rights at the University of Cape Town.\n \n —\n \n Ava Easterwood\, Advancement Associate\, The Nightingale-Bamford School\n New York\, NY\n MA\, Teachers College\, Columbia University\, ‘23\n BA International Studies (Comparative Culture and Identity)\; BA Women’s and Gender Studies ‘21\n \n Ava Easterwood is an Advancement Associate on the Development team at The Nightingale-Bamford School\, an all-girls independent school in New York City. In her role\, she supports fundraising efforts\, donor stewardship\, and alumnae engagement. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2021\, where she majored in International Studies with a concentration in Comparative Culture and Identity and in Women’s and Gender Studies. While at Michigan\, Ava served as Fundraising Chair for UNICEF at Michigan\, participated in Best Buddies\, and was an English Language Institute (ELI) Conversation Circles facilitator. She also studied abroad in Tanzania through the Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates (GIEU)\, where she taught English for one month. These academic and co-curricular experiences shaped her interest in education\, equity\, and relationship-based nonprofit work. Ava went on to earn her MA in International Educational Development from Teachers College\, Columbia University in 2023.\n \n —\n \n Angela Guo\, Senior Program Manager\, The Gates Foundation\n Seattle\, WA\n Master of Business Administration\, Emory University ‘21\n Master of Public Health (Global Health)\, Emory University ‘16\n BS International Studies (Political Economy and Development)\; Honors\; minor\, Biology ‘12\n \n Angela Guo is a Senior Program Manager at the Gates Foundation\, where she has worked since 2022 on the Pneumonia & Pandemic Preparedness team. In this role\, she supports the team’s strategic planning and portfolio management efforts\, with a focus on reducing mortality from childhood pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries. Prior to joining the foundation\, she worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\, serving as an Epidemiologist in the Division of Viral Diseases and later leading the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 Vaccination. In her work within the Division of Viral Diseases\, Angela supported the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in developing shingles vaccine policy and assisted with domestic outbreak responses for mumps\, measles\, and acute flaccid myelitis. During the COVID-19 response\, Angela led the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program coordinating the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 40\,000 pharmacies nationwide. Angela holds an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and an MPH in Global Health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. Angela grew up in Boston and is relocating to Seattle from Atlanta. In her free time\, she enjoys hiking\, traveling\, and watching soccer.\n \n —\n \n Marie High\, Luxury Travel Advisor\, The Local Foreigner\n New York\, NY\n Masters in World Food Cultures and Mobility\, Culinary Arts and Related Services\, University of Gastronomic Sciences - Pollenzo ‘23\n BA International Studies (Global Environment and Health)\; BA Sociology (Law\, Justice\, and Social Change) ‘21\n \n Marie High is a luxury travel advisor in New York City for The Local Foreigner. In her role\, she manages bespoke leisure trips for private clients with daily responsibilities of trip ideation\, destination consulting\, logistical planning\, hotel and restaurant advising\, and ad hoc client support. In 2023\, she received a Masters of Gastronomy from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Piedmont\, Italy. There\, she studied how international cultures are shared through mealtime traditions and how sustainable global food systems function in terms of both production and distribution. Throughout her program she traveled extensively and worked at a farm to table restaurant in Liguria\, Italy as a chef and waitress. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2021\, she worked locally in Ann Arbor with the University Flower Shop coordinating events and weddings. At Michigan\, she majored in International Studies (Global Health & Environment) and Sociology with a minor in Italian Language.\n \n —\n \n Colette Kavanagh\, Assistant Attorney General\, Colorado Department of Law\n Denver\, CO\n J.D.\, University of Denver Sturm College of Law\, ‘21\n BA International Studies (Global Environment and Health)\; BA Program in the Environment (Environmental Law and Policy) ‘16\n \n Colette Kavanagh is an Assistant Attorney General for the state of Colorado and acts as general counsel and litigation counsel for numerous executive branch agency clients. Her practice is centered on professional regulation and licensing. At Denver Law\, Colette was a teaching assistant for the legal writing program\, Vice President of the Outdoor Club\, and Editor in Chief of the Denver Law Review\, Vol. 98. Prior to law school\, Colette interned with an employment-based immigration legal team and earned a yoga teaching certification. While at Michigan\, she was involved in the Panhellenic Peer Educator program\, tutored at a local elementary school\, and enjoyed a summer at the Camp Davis field station in Jackson\, WY. She currently serves as a mentor with Law School . . .Yes We Can! and as a board member for Sacred Heart House of Denver. In her free time\, Colette enjoys hiking\, needlepoint\, learning German\, and her miniature dachshund\, Ralph.\n \n —\n \n Tara Snapper\, Senior Business Analyst in Sustainable Finance\, Capital One Commercial Bank\n Washington\, DC\n BA International Studies (Political Economy and Development)\; Honors\; BA Economics ‘22\n \n Tara Snapper is a Senior Business Analyst on the Sustainable Finance team at Capital One’s Commercial Bank\, where she evaluates financed emissions and climate risk. Previously\, she worked as a digital nomad in Bogotá\, Colombia\, executing market research and contributing to a $100M HVAC investment strategy for a Chicago-based private equity consulting firm. A former Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia focused on community economic development\, Tara combines her background in International Studies and Economics to address economic inequities and drive the renewable energy transition. At Michigan she was involved in intramural sports\, Propel Business Club\, Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity\, and did an internship abroad in Argentina with AIESEC. Tara grew up in Wellesley\, Massachusetts and in her free time likes to thrift\, do hot-yoga\, solo-travel\, and find new hikes.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:146002-21898253@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146002 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:career,international,Students,Undergraduate LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T162045 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Psych/BCN Exploration Event for Prospective and New Majors DESCRIPTION:At this Psych/BCN exploration event\, the Psychology Department Peer Advisors will present an overview of the Psych and BCN majors\, transfer credit resources\, career and grad school pathways\, and more! The Peer Advisors will also offer advice on how to make the most of your Psych/BCN major at UM\, such as engaging with research opportunities\, internships\, and student orgs. There will be time for Q&A as well. FREE PIZZA!!!!!!! Open to all students.\nCan't make it?  The event will also be recorded and shared afterwards with students who registered on Sessions. UID:118631-21898646@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/118631 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:East Hall - 4448 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T102426 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T183000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Psych/BCN Exploration Event for Prospective and New Majors DESCRIPTION:At this Psych/BCN exploration event\, the Psychology Department Peer Advisors will present an overview of the Psych and BCN majors\, transfer credit resources\, career and grad school pathways\, and more! The Peer Advisors will also offer advice on how to make the most of your Psych/BCN major at UM\, such as engaging with research opportunities\, internships\, and student orgs. There will be time for Q&A as well. FREE PIZZA!!!! Open to all students!\n\nThe event will also be recorded and shared afterwards with students who registered on Sessions. \n\nRSVP HERE: https://myumi.ch/Rmxpm UID:105206-21899378@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/105206 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biopsychology\, Cognition\, And Neuroscience (Bcn),Graduate School,Majors,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Psychology,Research LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T154349 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:SAPAC Care Collective: Mindful Mondays 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\nMindful Mondays are a calm space to study\, read\, be in community with others\, and ease into your week. Soft music and snacks can be expected. UID:146664-21899424@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,sapac LOCATION:Michigan Union - 4100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T122606 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Beyond the Org: Leadership That Transfers DESCRIPTION:Beyond the Org: Leadership That Transfers is an alumni–student engagement event hosted by the Center for Campus Involvement (CCI) that explores how student organization leadership experiences translate into professional skills and career pathways. Through a moderated alumni panel and structured networking segment\, alumni from diverse student organization backgrounds will share candid insights on how leadership\, teamwork\, workload management\, and relationship-building developed at Michigan carried forward into their post-graduate lives. The event is designed to help current student leaders better understand the long-term value of their involvement while creating meaningful opportunities for connection and learning from alumni experiences. UID:146460-21899137@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146460 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Networking,Student Organization,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendelton Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T143919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Build Your Own Bouquet DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn what goes into creating a flower bouquet and get one to take home with you! UID:146930-21899801@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146930 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Flower,Free,Plants,Social,Student Org,Well-being LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1511 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T110024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T200000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Empowerment Self Defense DESCRIPTION:Participants will enroll in one 2-hour session\, which will include lecture\, discussion\, demonstration\, and practice of physical skills. Instructor: Candace Dorsey\, Empowerment Self Defense Program Manager\, University of Michigan - Division of Public Safety & Security. The empowerment self-defense class will explore the culture of violence\, and teach concrete but practical effective skills for personal safety and physical self defense in a wide variety of contexts. Participants will be able to: understand how situational awareness can deter or prevent an attack\, use verbal skills for assertive communication\, evade and set boundaries (verbal & physical)\, use practical options to make ourselves more comfortable when uncomfortable situations occur\, recognize and interrupt unwanted behavior when in social situations\, interpersonal/intimate relationships as well as interactions with strangers. UID:138072-21891600@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138072 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,personal safety,self-defense LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building - 4600 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T120039 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T190000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:LSA Virtual Q&A for Admitted High School Students DESCRIPTION:Did you recently get admitted to the College of Literature\, Sciences\, and the Arts (LSA)? If so\, please join us for a one-hour informational and Q&A Session with our current cohort of LSA Ambassadors. The session is restricted to first-year admitted LSA students only. If you are interested\, sign up for a session below. Eastern Time Zone. \n\nPlease register here: http://myumi.ch/2rez4 UID:118178-21897210@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/118178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Prospective Student,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T120133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T210000 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:146370-21898964@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T123113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:MMI Group Practice Session DESCRIPTION:Practice a few MMI questions with fellow Wolverines in a safe environment during this UCC peer-facilitated exercise. Make the most ofthis opportunity by familiarizing yourself in advance with the the resources at: https://careercenter.umich.edu/article/mmi-resources If unable to attend on this date\, look for more sessions in your Handshake account. Given the particular nature of these programs\, MMI Group Practice Sessions are NOT recorded. Program sponsored by the UM University Career Center. 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/events/1894731/share_preview  We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have 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:144241-21894961@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144241 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T145452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Regular Club Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss all things houseplants! We host both informative and hand-ons meeting\, check out our Instagram and our GroupMe to see what we're doing in the coming weeks. UID:146931-21899802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146931 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environmental,Free,Houseplants,Plants,Social,Student Org LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1511 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T161428 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Time Bank Kickoff: Community Skill-sharing DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, March 23 from 6-8pm at the Michigan League Kalamazoo Room to launch a student Time Bank! The Time Bank is a community structure which allows members to exchange hours\, valuing everyone's time equally. You might give an hour driving one person to the airport\, then receive an hour of help cleaning your porch from someone else. Time Banking builds tighter community networks while meeting material needs and reducing our need for money. Our kickoff event will feature education about Time Banking\, an activity for generating offers and needs\, and free food!\nPlease RSVP at this link: https://forms.gle/JBK9Q7REwjBJVEbh7\n(no one will be turned away for lack of RSVP!) UID:146476-21899161@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146476 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Social Justice,Student Org,Sustainability,Well-being LOCATION:Michigan League - Kalamazoo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T090809 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T210000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Game Nights @ the TSC DESCRIPTION:Transfer students\, join us for game nights at the Transfer Student Center! Come enjoy board & card games\, light snacks\, mingling\, & a growing community of transfer students. No registration needed -- just come on by the Transfer Student Center\, LSA 1180\, anytime during the event. UID:126350-21893524@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126350 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1180 (Transfer Student Center) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T180132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T235959 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Riichi Mahjong Tournament DESCRIPTION:This tournament will be split into two phases: Week 1 (Preliminaries/Qualifiers) and Week 2 (Playoff).\n\nEach player will have the opportunity to play in a designated number of east rounds\, and is assigned ranking points based on the final position and points the player obtains in each game. \n\nWhen each player has played the designated number of games\, everybody will be ranked based on the accumulative ranking points earned. Players who end up above the playoff line will advance and be given a seed number based on how they finished relative to the other qualifiers. \n\nThe playoffs will feature a swiss-style format\, where increasingly lower number seeds (better qualifying ranking) will have the benefit of playing increasingly higher ranked seeds. The championship match is guaranteed to be a hanchan.\n\n\nNote: *Players need to have a basic understanding of the rules of the game in order to partake in the tournament \n\n UID:146446-21899098@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146446 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:STB 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T121646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Korean Art Song: The Enduring Voice of a Culture DESCRIPTION:Guest soprano Dr. Moonsook Park\, co-editor of two seminal collections of Korean art songs for English speakers\, and Voice & Opera faculty pianist Dr. Matthew Thompson present a lecture recital of Korean art song. \n\nDiscover the richness of Korean art songs through poetry\, language\, and cultural memory. Enjoy a 30-minute insightful lecture followed by a 40-minute live performance of 12 songs\, organized by poetic and thematic sections.\n\nThis event is part of the Korean Performing Arts Initiative and is co-sponsored by the SMTD Voice & Opera department\, the Nam Center for Korean Studies\, and the Arts Initiative. UID:144351-21895194@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Faculty,Free,Lecture,Music,North Campus,Talk LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T192046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T210000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:COUZENS HALL 2025-2026 DESCRIPTION: UID:135623-21898701@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135623 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Palmer Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T181646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jingbo Zong\, piano chamber music DESCRIPTION:Master's degree student Jingbo Zong performs piano in a chamber music recital. UID:145919-21898097@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T181643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Shuaizhi Wang\, piano DESCRIPTION:DMA candidate in piano performance Shuaizhi Wang performs a dissertation recital. UID:146374-21898969@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146374 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:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T230000 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:146980-21900146@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:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 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:145012-21896320@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:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 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:145013-21896356@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:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 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:145014-21896406@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:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 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:145015-21896463@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:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 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:145016-21896527@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:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 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:145222-21896860@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T180132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Riichi Mahjong Tournament DESCRIPTION:This tournament will be split into two phases: Week 1 (Preliminaries/Qualifiers) and Week 2 (Playoff).\n\nEach player will have the opportunity to play in a designated number of east rounds\, and is assigned ranking points based on the final position and points the player obtains in each game. \n\nWhen each player has played the designated number of games\, everybody will be ranked based on the accumulative ranking points earned. Players who end up above the playoff line will advance and be given a seed number based on how they finished relative to the other qualifiers. \n\nThe playoffs will feature a swiss-style format\, where increasingly lower number seeds (better qualifying ranking) will have the benefit of playing increasingly higher ranked seeds. The championship match is guaranteed to be a hanchan.\n\n\nNote: *Players need to have a basic understanding of the rules of the game in order to partake in the tournament \n\n UID:146446-21899099@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146446 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:STB 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T000047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:USAT Collegiate Club Nationals DESCRIPTION:National championship for collegiate club teams in Gulfport\, Mississippi UID:144079-21894624@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jones Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 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:143388-21893032@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:20260324T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 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:143403-21893089@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:20260324T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T164500 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:145837-21897898@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:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 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:145904-21898039@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:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 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:146709-21899529@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:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 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:142798-21891610@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:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 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:146264-21898761@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:20260324T082053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:In-person Arabic Placement test_March 24\, 2026 (9:00am-12:00pm) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Arabic Placement TestAbout the testThe test is approximately three hours in length\, and it is composed of three portions:a. The writing portion is completed on paper and it is worth a total of 100 points.b. The reading portion is completed on Canvas site\, and it is worth a total of 48 points.c. Right after finishing with the reading portion\, each student will have a follow-up interview with a proctor. The interviews last approximately 15 minutes and it is worth a total of 20 points.Important: a. Students who receive 60% or above will be placed in Arabic 401 and thus placed out of the language requirement.b. Students who are not able to write in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) do not need to take the placement test and they will be advised to enroll in Arabic 101.\nWhere can I view my results?a. Placement results are posted within 7 business days after the test.b. You will not be notified of your score automatically. c. You may view your placements via: Wolverine Access > Student Business > Academic Records > View Placement Exam Results.\nImportant information about the test* Placements are valid for only one year. If you fail to register in the course that you are placed in\, you will be required to retake the test.* Retaking the placement test is only permitted after the placement results expire.* Students who are currently taking an Arabic course will not be allowed to take the placement test. * Students who took or are currently enrolled in an Arabic course are not eligible to take the Arabic placement test. They should register for the next course level.* The test assesses students’ proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)\, NOT colloquial Arabic.  * If you speak an Arabic dialect but you do not know how to read or write or have little knowledge\, feel free to register in Arabic 101.* Students who know some Arabic because they came from an Arabic-speaking household or have studied Arabic before\, must take the Arabic proficiency test in order to determine their placement.* Students who have taken Arabic at other institutions and wish to continue their Arabic study at UM must take the placement test to determine their level. Credits for Arabic study undertaken at another institution prior to joining UM or in a summer program while attending UM\, transfer in as generic departmental credits and students must take the placement test to determine credit equivalencies to UM courses.* If you place in or beyond the 401 level\, you will have satisfied the LSA language requirement. * Students are encouraged to take a placement test as early as possible in their studies in order to determine the level they should enroll in\, or if they test out of the language requirement. This is extremely important to avoid delays in graduation and complications with placement.* Arabic 101\, 201\, 401\, 501 are offered ONLY in the Fall semester\, and Arabic 102\, 202\, 402\, 504\, 511 are ONLY offered in the Winter semester.* Arabic 103 (the equivalent of Arabic 101 & 102\, combined) AND Arabic 203 (the equivalent of Arabic 201 & 202\, combined) are offered in the Spring-Summer terms.\nUM’s Arabic curriculum is a dual register curriculum in which students learn to speak and understand the Levantine dialect (the dialect of Jordan\, Syria\, Palestine and Lebanon) in addition to developing the four language skills of formal Arabic (fuSHa). \nIf you have questions regarding the placement test\, please contact the program director at\, mesarabicprogram@umich.edu. UID:143165-21892346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143165 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1500 North Quad 105 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Language Resource Center) (PC Lab) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 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:142773-21891488@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:20260324T082053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Managing Burnout on Your Team DESCRIPTION:This workshop will take a system-based approach to understanding the leading causes of employee burnout and action steps to improve job satisfaction\, engagement\, and employee wellbeing. \nIn this session\, participants will:Reflect on the difference between burnout and other forms of stress Explore some of the leading causes of burnout in the workplaceIdentify strategies to address these causes and mitigate burnout across teamsReview additional strategies at the individual level\nParticipants will benefit by:Raising self-awareness and initiating new actionsEnhancing their professional and personal effectiveness on and off the jobPositively influencing personal and organizational decisionsCreating stronger and more positive work environments\nAudience: This workshop is limited to LSA employees only\, which includes staff\, faculty\, and graduate and undergraduate student employees. External to LSA University employees may be considered if space is allowed. If you are outside LSA\, your registration may be removed without warning to accommodate LSA employees. Thank you for understanding. \nFor questions or requests for accommodations\, please contact Jessica Custer (jccuster@umich.edu) as soon as possible. Accommodation requests are generally easy to provide\, but may require some time to accomplish\, so advance notice is appreciated.\n UID:145668-21897662@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LSA 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T200000 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:142417-21890896@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:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 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:146483-21899182@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:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 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:142768-21891401@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:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 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:145409-21897278@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:20260313T102831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Access\, Ability & the Future of Pharmacy DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, March 24\, 2026\nTime: 10:00 am – 11:00 am\nLocation: Zoom webinar\n\nDid you know that over 20% of the American population lives with a disability? Yet\, this is not reflected in the healthcare workforce\, and specifically within pharmacy where less than ~1% of pharmacists formally declare a disability. Join us for a timely conversation on why disability inclusion matters and how supporting pharmacists with disabilities leads to better outcomes for patients and the profession. Guest speakers include Dr. Lisa Meeks\, Dr. Jennifer Williams and Dr. Laura Nellen.\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nLisa Meeks\, PhD\, is a Professor of Medical Education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and a global leader in disability inclusion. As founder of the Docs with Disabilities Initiative\, she has driven policy and practice advancements that reshape health professions education. Her research\, published in journals like JAMA and Academic Medicine\, focuses on equity and dismantling ableism in training. Dr. Meeks is deeply committed to creating inclusive environments where all trainees can thrive.\n\nJennifer Williams\, PharmD\, BCPS\, is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacy (ASHP) and adjunct faculty member at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Her primary area of practice is focused on inpatient and outpatient oncology\, and with complex inpatient surgical patients. Jennifer seeks regular opportunities to engage in education in Inclusion\, as a person living with a disability herself\, which has led to opportunities in policy writing\, webinars\, podcasts\, and a ‘forever’ drive to engage in furthering the conversation related to accessibility.\n\nDr. Laura Evelyn Nellen is a specialty pharmacist at Accredo Specialty Pharmacy\, a division of Evernorth Health Services (The Cigna Group). She specializes in providing personalized care for patients with complex conditions. Living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III - a genetic neuromuscular condition causing progressive muscle weakness and mobility challenges - Dr. Nellen offers unique insights into healthcare accessibility as both a clinician and a person with physical disabilities. She advocates for inclusive practices\, health equity and patient-centered solutions to reduce disparities for disabled and chronically ill individuals. UID:145420-21897320@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145420 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Health Care,Health Sciences,Lecture,Medicine,Patient Advocacy,Pharmacy,Professional Development,Public Health,Science,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T131926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 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:146345-21898930@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146345 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T095119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 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:143465-21893226@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:20260324T092057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Life Coaching Circles DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new Coaching Circles Pilot!  Each coaching session will provide 8-10 staff members with an opportunity to interact informally with a Student Life Unit Director around a leadership topic of interest to them. These are informal conversations (rather than workshops or presentations) between staff and these leaders who have experience with and willingness to share their wisdom around these topics.Staff are asked to register for only one Coaching Circle session this semester as part of the pilot. Space is very limited\, register today! UID:129879-21896257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129879 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:The Connector (located between West Quad and the Union) Small Group Dialogue Room 1511 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T134038 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"The Family Office: Wealth Elite and their Family Management\" DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center as we host Doron Shiffer-Sebba \, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University\, on Tuesday\, March 24\, as he presents\, \"The Family Office: Wealth Elite and their Family Management.\" \n\nPlease RSVP to save your seat. \n\nAbstract: Today’s richest Americans have amassed fortunes rivaled only by estates like Rockefeller and Carnegie\, with some arguing that the United States has reached a “New Gilded Age”. Accordingly\, scholars have studied the social and legal mechanisms through which individuals accumulate large fortunes. Yet we know little about how elites maintain their economic resources as families\, passing their wealth across generations. Using six months of ethnographic observation at a wealth manager that caters to top 0.1% wealthy families in the United States\, I argue that the legal system\, which focuses on nuclear families but largely ignores extended family ties\, incentivizes using tools\, like trusts and corporations\, that disperse wealth across family members. These tools then augment the role of family members and professionals in elite wealth management. They preserve elite wealth but\, paradoxically\, also limit their control. Dynamics within elite families and between families and professionals have far-reaching consequences for the distribution of elite wealth and subsequent patterns of inequality.\n\nDoron Shiffer-Sebba researches the intersection of extended families and economic inequality. He focuses on 1) elite wealthy families and how they organize their wealth\; 2) the role of extended families in economic inequality in the broader U.S. population\; and 3) developing novel computational methods to analyze how people use their bodies in social interaction. In doing so\, Doron employs a wide array of methodological perspectives -- ethnographic\, quantitative\, and computational. Doron is currently working on an ethnographic book manuscript that exposes the structural forces that keep economic elites wealthy and thus sustaining inequality. Before joining Northwestern's sociology department\, Doron completed his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania and served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern. UID:146575-21899304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146575 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Social Sciences,Sociology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T102102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:2026 Health and Medical School Expo DESCRIPTION:Registration\n\n• Registration is on-site the day of the event. Advance Registration is not needed!\n• Registration is open to all UofM Affiliated students and schools invited via Handshake.\n\nJoin us for an event that includes medical\, physician assistant\, physical therapy\, dental\, public health\, pharmacy schools and other health related programs. Over 70 schools and programs are expected to participate. The Expo offers something for everyone:\n\nJuniors/Seniors/Alumni\n\n• Learn about specific programs from school representatives\n• Collect application and financial aid information\n• Get tips on personal statement writing\, application process and letters of reference\n\nFirst year students/Sophomores\n\n• Explore health related options\n• Build networks for the future\n• Ask questions about undergrad coursework and co-curricular activities\n\nParticipating Schools & Organizations\n\nA list of participating schools & organizations is available at https://myumi.ch/A1qxb — Click on the \"View all Employers\" tab (upper left side) for a complete list of organizations scheduled to attend.\n\nNote\n\nAs you consider Handshake postings and events: Job\, internship\, and event postings are included due to their potential interest to students. Inclusion of a posting does not imply school endorsement of the particular program\, opportunity or school/employer described.\n\n#UCC UID:141845-21889520@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League - 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T123917 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pop-Up Pride Resource Station DESCRIPTION:Want to spice up your day? Join Spectrum Center at a Pop-Up Pride Resource Station! Learn about our plethora of resources\, upcoming events and programs\, and connect with Spectrum staff. All while enjoying some sweet treats\, chill activities\, and great swag. Open to U-M students of all sexualities and genders.\n\nWINTER 2026 DATES\n- January 7: Bursley Hall\, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n- January 20: Trotter/MESA atrium\, 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm\n- February 24: South Quad (near dining hall entrance)\, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n- March 24: LSA Building Atrium\, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n- April 1: Michigan Union (1st floor by the front desk)\, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm \n\nMORE SPECTRUM CENTER EVENTS\nhttps://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events UID:143211-21892430@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143211 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,LGBT,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Pride Month,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:LSA Building - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T103317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T125000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Sticky Discount Rates DESCRIPTION:In standard models\, expected inflation on its own does not affect the real investment decisions of firms\, unless the real cost of capital or investment opportunities also change. We highlight a new mechanism\, which implies that this inflation neutrality breaks down when firms’ discount rates (which determine the nominal marginal product of capital) are sticky with respect to expected inflation. Sticky discount rates generate theoretical predictions that are consistent with stylized empirical facts but distinct from the New Keynesian textbook and other standard models: increases in expected inflation directly raise real investment\; demand shocks generate investment consumption comovement\; and the sensitivity of investment to real interest rates is low. Sticky discount rates imply monetary non-neutrality\, even when all other prices are flexible. In the New Keynesian optimal monetary policy problem\, the central bank steers long-run inflation expectations\, even in response to temporary shocks. UID:143298-21892654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143298 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T170530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Seminar Series- Spontaneous mutation rate and spectrum are modulated by organismal fitness DESCRIPTION:Description: Understanding the principles governing mutagenesis is important because mutations are a fundamental driver of evolution and a cause of disease. Although mutation rates and spectra depend on genotype and environment\, how these factors interact is unclear. We address this question using mutation accumulation experiments in 11 budding yeast strains across three environments that produce strong genotype-by-environment interactions in fitness. Analysis of over 9\,000 accumulated mutations reveals that per-generation rates of all mutation types—single-nucleotide variations\, small insertions and deletions\, segmental duplications and deletions\, and chromosome gains and losses—decline with increasing organismal fitness. Notably\, relative mutation rates between strains tend to invert when environmental shifts reverse their relative fitness. The mutation spectrum is also partially fitness-dependent: higher-fitness strains show a lower transition-to-transversion ratio and a stronger AT mutational bias. Thus\, organismal fitness shapes not only natural selection but also the quantity and composition of mutations available to selection\, with broad implications for the molecular clock\, adaptive evolution\, and genetic load. UID:146587-21899317@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146587 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,evolution,evolutionary biology LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T134813 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Elliot S. Valenstein Distinguished Lecture | Ecological Flexibility in Avian Sleep DESCRIPTION:Sleep plays an important role in the lives of animals ranging from jellyfish to humans. To maintain adaptive waking cognitive performance\, it is commonly thought that animals need to fulfill a fixed daily quota of sleep\, an inherently dangerous state of reduced environmental awareness. However\, studies of birds in the lab and wild indicate that the amount\, type\, and structure of sleep can be highly flexible in response to changing ecological demands. In this talk\, I will provide an overview of our research on ecological flexibility in avian sleep\, including responses to predation risk\, adaptive sleeplessness in male polygamous sandpipers\, sleep in flying frigatebirds\, microsleeps in nesting penguins\, and sleep-swimming in geese. By demonstrating that sleep is far more flexible than previously thought\, birds pose a potentially informative challenge to current theories for the function of sleep.\n\nAbout the speaker: Niels C. Rattenborg\, PhD\, is the head of the Avian Sleep research group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence in Germany. He aims to gain insight into the evolution and functions of sleep through studying birds using various methods\, including brain imaging. Rattenborg is also interested in understanding how birds reconcile the inherent need for sleep with ecological demands for wakefulness\, such as avoiding predation\, competing for mates\, and flying non-stop for weeks at a time. He is pioneering the use of microchips to measure sleep-related brain activity in animals in the wild. Rattenborg received the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the Sleep Research Society for demonstrating that birds can sleep in flight. UID:146143-21898440@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Neuroscience,Psychology,Psychology Departmental LOCATION:East Hall - 4448 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251208T103106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Structure-Function to Ensemble-Function: A New Paradigm for Understanding Protein Function- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a seminar presented by Dr. Daniel Herschlag\, Stanford University UID:142444-21890963@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,biolgical chemistry,biological,biological chemistry,biological science,biology,Biosciences LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 5330 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gender and Sexuality Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Gracia Dodds and Mack Brumbaugh\n- February 12: Tey Meadow\n- February 26: Bailey Otter\n- March 12: Abby Smith\; Xavier Fields\n- March 24: Elizabeth Armstrong and Hannah Tessler\; lightning talks\n- April 9: Johanna Oh\n- April 16: Maya Glenn UID:143662-21893617@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143662 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T112105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T125000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Investigating the Role of Gut Microbiota in Cadmium-Induced Neurotoxicity DESCRIPTION:The Integrated Health Sciences Core's webinar series is an interdisciplinary forum for interested researchers to come together to learn and discuss wide-ranging issues in the field of environmental health. Registration is required. We hope you can join us! Registration required https://myumi.ch/e38AV UID:146845-21899688@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Free,Graduate,Health,Health & Wellness,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Nursing,Nutrition,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Precision Health,Public Health,Public Policy,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Talk,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T135359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Learning Sciences Lunch & Learn DESCRIPTION:Minoritized parents have historically been sidelined in parent-school engagement opportunities. Research-practice-partnerships (RPP) have been one way to bring together stakeholders across communities in collective sense-making. We explore the design and enactment of a new activity system where minoritized parents\, their middle school children\, science teachers\, and researchers engaged in the FamJam RPP\, co-design and enact engineering curriculum that centers community and seeds rightful familial presence in middle school STEM. Guided by frameworks of rightful presence\, RPPs for learning at the boundaries\, and cultural historical activity theory\, the findings highlight new possibilities for family engagement through considering the underlying logics of equity. These include spatial and temporal equity\, solidarity for equitable collaboration\, collective responsibility for justice oriented STEM\, and fostering STEM for thriving and democratic citizenry.\n\nIn this presentation we share two case studies: one focusing on students and examining how transnational youth make sense of climate change across personal\, local\, and global contexts\, and another focusing on teachers\, investigating how minoritized educators developed critical transformative agency by collaborating with families to co‑design and implement climate justice education.\n\nThis conversation is presented by the Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences. Light snacks and beverages will be provided. Attendees are invited to bring their lunch.\n\nSpeakers:\nAngela Calabrese Barton - Chair of Educational Studies and Professor of Education\, Marsal Family School of Education\nWisam Sedawi - Research Investigator\, Educational Studies\, Marsal Family School of Education\nBatoul Y. Abdallah - Lecturer III\, Educator Preparation Program\, Marsal Family School of Education UID:146861-21899719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146861 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Research,Social Sciences LOCATION:School of Education - Tribute Room - 1322 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T112058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning Sciences Lunch & Learn: FamJam Project DESCRIPTION:Dr. Angie Calabrese Barton\, Dr. Wisam Sedawi\, and research team members will talk about their FamJam Project\, supporting powerful learning in middle school STEM.Equity-logics for designing new activity systems toward rightful familial presence in middle school STEMMinoritized parents have historically been sidelined in parent-school engagement opportunities. Research-practice-partnerships (RPP) have been one way to bring together stakeholders across communities in collective sense-making. We explore the design and enactment of a new activity system where minoritized parents\, their middle school children\, science teachers\, and researchers engaged in the FamJam RPP\, co-design and enact engineering curriculum that centers community and seeds rightful familial presence in middle school STEM. Guided by frameworks of rightful presence\, RPPs for learning at the boundaries\, and cultural historical activity theory\, the findings highlight new possibilities for family engagement through considering the underlying logics of equity. These include spatial and temporal equity\, solidarity for equitable collaboration\, collective responsibility for justice oriented STEM\, and fostering STEM for thriving and democratic citizenry.In this presentation we share two case studies: one focusing on students and examining how transnational youth make sense of climate change across personal\, local\, and global contexts\, and another focusing on teachers\, investigating how minoritized educators developed critical transformative agency by collaborating with families to co‑design and implement climate justice education.This event is presented by the Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences. Light snacks and beverages will be provided. Attendees are invited to bring their lunch.\n UID:145743-21897766@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Tribute Room (1322), School of Education Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 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:145539-21897498@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:20260109T134538 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Transnational Feminist Mediation: The Other Half of the Sky (1975) and US-China People’s Diplomacy 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/Mk23A\n\nAt a moment of renewed U.S.-China antagonism\, this talk revisits a pivotal yet understudied Cold War juncture: the early 1970s\, when ideological hostilities softened and alternative modes of global engagement emerged. Focusing on \"The Other Half of the Sky: The China Memoir\" (1975)\, a documentary co-directed by Shirley MacLaine and Claudia Weill during the first American Women’s Friendship Delegation to China in 1973\, the talk argues that the film articulates a gendered reimagining of diplomacy grounded in everyday encounter. Centering on women’s voices and intimate exchanges\, the documentary maps a form of “people’s diplomacy” that unsettles Cold War binaries and foregrounded socialist feminism\, collective life\, and transnational solidarity—including Sino-African American connections.\n \n Ling Zhang is associate professor of Cinema Studies at the State University of New York\, Purchase College. She received her Ph.D. in cinema and media studies from the University of Chicago. Her research explores film sound and acoustic culture\, Chinese-language cinema and digital media\, and the cultural Cold War. She co-edited *Socializing Medicine: Health Humanities and East Asian Media* (Hong Kong UP\, 2025) and is developing two monographs\, “Unruly Sounds: Chinese Cinema and Transnational Acoustic Culture\, 1929–1949\,” and “Sounding Wayward Journeys: Traveling Media in China and the World\, 1949–1989.” Her work appears in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies\, South Atlantic Quarterly\, Journal of Popular Culture\, and Film Quarterly. UID:143623-21893531@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143623 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,chinese history,Chinese Studies,Feminism,global engagement,International Affairs LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T105703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T124500 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:138074-21891595@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:20260126T121749 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144535-21895466@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144535 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T143228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T181500 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Mental Health on College Campuses Conference DESCRIPTION:For more than 20 years\, the Mental Health on College Campuses Conference has brought together thousands of academic and mental health professionals and students from across the nation to address emerging mental health and well-being issues facing college students\, share research\, and discuss ways to create healthier campus communities. Presented in partnership by the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and University Health & Counseling\, this year's conference theme\, Redefining Success: Flourishing\, Thriving\, and Mattering in College & Beyond\, will explore the many ways we understand and measure student success. Reserve your seat today! \n\nStudents are able to register for FREE! UID:142041-21889937@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,depression,In Person,mental health,Professional Development,Rackham LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T092903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Not in Control: Women as Background Characters in Your Favorite Game DESCRIPTION:Are you a gamer? Have you ever considered what the background roles of female characters in your favorite video games say about our society?\n\nJoin us to discuss Women as Background Characters in Your Favorite Game and examine the role of female non-playable characters (NPCs). We will thoroughly examine the distinctions between advertising and interactive media in order to gain a more nuanced understanding of objectification and its implications. You will learn tools to question how the media uses women and discuss the impact this has on real-world experiences.\n\nAttendees will also receive a copy of Intersectional Tech by Kishonna Gray from the U-M School of Information\, as supplies last.\n\nThis session welcomes all graduate students interested in gaming\, media studies\, or social justice. If you have any questions\, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu. UID:144902-21896120@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144902 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Earl Lewis, 3rd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 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:143999-21894459@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:20260123T150145 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Sustainable Lab Mini Summits DESCRIPTION:The Sustainable Lab Mini Summits aim to continue creating a culture of sustainability. The summits will serve as a place where researchers and sustainable lab specialists will come together to share knowledge\, discuss potential solutions\, and inspire innovation in each other. The summits will focus on two key topics of interest that emerged following the 2025 Sustainable Lab Summit: Equipment sharing and reducing single use plastics in labs. \n\nThe first mini summit will be held at NCRC on March 24th with an equipment sharing focus and the second will occur in Weiser Hall on March 25th to discuss waste reduction through ditching lab disposables. Each event will include a presentation of a new educational resource put together by the Sustainable Research Advisory Committee\, a panel discussion\, an expert lecture\, and a tabling session with catered lunch. Register today and reach out to sustainable-labs@umich.edu with questions! UID:144392-21895280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144392 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Circular Economny,Climate Change,Energy And The Environment,Planet Blue,Research,Sustainability,Waste Reduction LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - South Atrium and G063/G064 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T094142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pause Café: French Conversation Hour DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and snacks while improving your French skills!\n\n-Chat for 10 minutes or the entire hour. All language levels are welcome.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Alan Ames at (alanames@umich.edu). UID:143171-21892382@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143171 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Coffee,Community,Culture,Discussion,Food,Free,French,Games,Global,Humanities,In Person,Interactive,Intercultural,Language,Multicultural,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T122245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RSG Winter 2026 Lunch with the Deans DESCRIPTION:Want a chance to meet and chat with the Rackham Deans? Come join us at Lunch with the Deans series! The Rackham Student Government will be hosting two Lunch with the Deans events at the following dates and locations:Central Campus (In-person only): Tuesday\, February 24 at 12-1pm\, Rackham Building\, 4th Floor\, Assembly HallNorth Campus (In-person only): Tuesday\, March 24 at 12:30-1:30pm\, Lurie Engineering Center (LEC)\, 3rd Floor\, Johnson Rooms ABCStudents can provide their thoughts and ask questions. Students who are unable to attend\, but have questions for the Deans are encouraged to submit questions to us via email (rsg-exec@umich.edu) or in the RSVP. RSVP is highly recommended. UID:144399-21895299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Lurie Engineering Center (LEC), Johnson Rooms ABC (Rm 3213ABC) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T081827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T142000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Freemium Model for Information Provision DESCRIPTION:The paper explores a theoretical freemium model for the sale of information\, drawing on mathematical tools used in the study of repeated zero-sum games and Bayesian persuasion. Unlike in standard persuasion models\, the information seller (IS) is not affected by actions taken by the information buyer (IB)\, and is concerned solely with maximizing the revenue from selling information to the IB. Offering some information for free may increase the IB’s willingness to pay for additional information. The information that the IB seeks is modeled as information about the state of the world. Initially\, the IB only knows the prior distribution over possible state. The IS supplies both free and paid information through signals whose state‑dependent distributions determine the IB’s posterior via Bayes’ rule. The IB’s utility is a function of the posterior. An optimal free signal is one that maximizes the IS’s expected revenue from the subsequent paid signal. That revenue is equal to the IB’s expected gain in utility from the posterior induced by the free signal to the one induced by the paid signal. The paper characterizes the optimal free and paid signals and derives a formula for the maximal revenue in terms of the IB’s utility function. It shows that any revenue gain for the IS from providing free information is accompanied by an equally large or larger direct loss to the IB\, implying that free information is never socially beneficial. Whether or not free information can increase the IS’s revenue depends on the form of the IB’s utility function. In the two-state case\, the utility functions that allow such gains are fully characterized. In the general case\, only necessary conditions are obtained. In particular\, if the IB’s utility function is convex\, the IS can never profit from providing free information. This occurs\, for example\, when the IB uses the information to solve a decision problem. By contrast\, when the IB is engaged in strategic interaction with a third party\, the IS may benefit from providing free information. The paper presents a game‑theoretic example illustrating this possibility. UID:143379-21892967@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143379 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Theory LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250926T155648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Digital Accessibility DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139948-21886394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139948 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Information and Technology LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T094127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T142000 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:112502-21893401@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:20260303T163836 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SRC Seminar Series Presents: Pricing Job Amenities: A Practitioner's Manual DESCRIPTION:https://umich.zoom.us/s/96736010964\nMeeting ID: 967 3601 0964\nPasscode: 685364\n\nAbstract: This paper presents a simple estimator for pricing job amenities in the presence of unobserved worker ability. First described in Bell (2020) and Bell et al. (2024)\, the approach treats ability as a structured residual that jointly shapes access to both pay and non-pay job attributes. Job choice is assumed to be governed by a single vertical job-quality index\, and\, conditional on this index\, an observed proxy for worker ability serves as an “anti-instrument” for recovering amenity prices. Identification hinges on a conditional independence assumption: if pay\, amenities\, and true ability were observed\, the anti-instrument would be redundant. I demonstrate that this approach generates amenity price estimates in line with experimental evidence from Mas and Pallais (2017)\, illustrating how observational data can replicate gold-standard experimental insights when first-order differences in workers’ offer sets are allowed to translate into better jobs not only in terms of pay\, but also along non-pay dimensions. The talk will also discuss how these ideas shed new light on patterns observed in major survey datasets\, including how the PSID can be used to study the role of job choice primitives in intergenerational economic mobility.\n\nBio: Alex Bell is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. His research\, grounded in labor economics\, focuses on inequality and innovation\, with methodological contributions to the study of compensating differentials. His work has appeared in leading economics journals\, including the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics\, and he received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University. UID:146155-21898601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430BD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T135000 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:144536-21895467@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144536 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T102907 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Can ‘Slavic’ Speak for Minorities? — Who Gets to Belong in Eastern Europe? - Talk 6 DESCRIPTION:A small number of East European manuscripts of magic and practical kabbalah enumerate recipes directed at disabling a specific function of Lilith focused on replacing or substituting a healthy human child with a disformed\, physically\, or mentally disabled demonic one. Designated by the Yiddish term\, banem ביינעם (to take\, replace\, or substitute)\, which appears in these manuscripts with an abundance of variant spellings\, expose the influence of local dialects and diverse linguistic usage. As several recipes attest\, the switching could occur either in utero or within a few weeks after birth. The wealth of magical formulas\, designed to chain Lilith’s power to carry out child substitution or replacement\, reflect pervasive anxieties among Jews concerning the mental and physical health of newborns. Dread and fear were powerful emotional triggers in the mythical presentation of Lilith’s child stealing activities prompting individuals and members of the Jewish community to seek effective cures from Jewish miracle healers\, designated as Ba’alei Shem or Masters of the Name. My talk will trace six types of curative options against child switching: nature-based formulas\; the use of Hebrew divine and angelic names\, amplified by the ten sefirot\; historiolae\; diagrammatic-visual amulets\; illocutionary speech acts\; and combined formulas to highlight that concerns about children’s wellbeing comprised a shared cultural-religious space between Jews and their Slavic neighbors and occupied a place of vital importance for the care and wellbeing of Jewish family and communal life.\n\nThis is a hybrid event. For Zoom attendance\, please register here: https://myumi.ch/R3RNX UID:146844-21899687@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146844 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crees,eastern europe,Rackham,Slavic LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3308 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T161904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:EV Center Symposium DESCRIPTION:Save the Date: EV Symposium – March 24-25\nMark your calendars / Register today\n\nFrom Hype to Headway: The EV Transition Powers On – 2026 EVC Symposium registration is open!\nU-M’s Electric Vehicle Center will convene leaders from industry\, academia\, and the public sector for two days of practical insight and connection around the EV transition. This free event will take place March 24–25\, 2026 at the North Campus Research Complex Dining Center (aka “Football” room).\n\nHighlights include an opening-night keynote by automotive journalist John McElroy\, plus panels\, tours\, posters\, exhibits\, networking\, a new Career Expo\, and breakout sessions in technology research and education & workforce development. UID:144723-21895765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career Fair,Electric Vehicles,Engineering,Evs,Innovation,Mechanical Engineering,Mobility LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Dining Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 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:138848-21890492@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:20260114T125536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economic Sociology and Organizations (ESO) Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 20: Zoe Chanin\n- February 10: Ori Tamir\n- February 17: Joe LaBriola\n- March 10: Joyce Ho\n- March 24: Nils Neumann\n- April 7: Alvaro Cabrera UID:143913-21894249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143913 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T081903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The impact of TV's rollout on baseball in the US and soccer in England DESCRIPTION:After WW2 the dominant professional sports in the US (baseball) and England (soccer) faced a common shock - the rapid penetration of TV ownership. Both experienced significant declines in attendance and profitability. By 1960\, approximately 300 minor league baseball teams (75%) had folded and the residual teams came under the control of the 16 major league clubs. In England\, however\, none of the 92 professional clubs folded despite facing comparable economic pressures. These differences are attributed to institutional structures - notably the integrated governance of soccer\, compared to the fragmentation of baseball\, and the promotion and relegation system of soccer. The latter offered a mechanism for clubs to control costs and the possibility of a better future. UID:145431-21897340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,History,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biostatistics Winter Alumni Careers Panel DESCRIPTION:All community members are invited to join this event to learn from a panel of recent Michigan Biostatistics graduates. Alumni from industry\, health care systems\, and pharmaceuticals will share insights from and answer questions about their early career experiences.Panelists include:Hamdan Azhar\, MS ('10)\nStaff Data Scientist\, Finance and Strategy at Cash AppElise Covert\, MS ('22)\nBiostatistician at IQVIAYouna Hu\, PhD ('12)\nScience Manager at AmazonTaylor Martins\, MS ('20)\nGenomics Bioinformatics Analyst at Arizona Department of Health ServicesLili Wang\, PhD ('20)\nSenior Data Scientist\, Research at Youtube UID:146035-21898299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146035 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:3755 SPH I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biostatistics Winter Alumni Careers Panel DESCRIPTION:All community members are invited to join this event to learn from a panel of recent Michigan Biostatistics graduates. Alumni from industry\, health care systems\, and pharmaceuticals will share insights from and answer questions about their early career experiences.Panelists include:Hamdan Azhar\, MS ('10)\nStaff Data Scientist\, Finance and Strategy at Cash AppElise Covert\, MS ('22)\nBiostatistician at IQVIAYouna Hu\, PhD ('12)\nScience Manager at AmazonTaylor Martins\, MS ('20)\nGenomics Bioinformatics Analyst at Arizona Department of Health ServicesLili Wang\, PhD ('20)\nSenior Data Scientist\, Research at Youtube UID:146035-21898300@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146035 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T164203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DSI Lecture Series | Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future DESCRIPTION:The insidious legacy of eugenics lives on in the techno-surveillance\, algorithmic authoritarianism\, and data-driven discrimination of Big Tech. This talk illuminates the throughline between the 19th century's anti-immigration and eugenics movements and our sprawling systems of techno-surveillance and algorithmic discrimination. I'll address how the AI-driven and market-based models of Big Tech are built on data that exploit women\, immigrant groups\, and other minoritized populations\, amplifying social hierarchies and AI's predictions of majoritarian outcomes as the most probable and “ideal” futures. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This talk explains how it happened and how we can fight back.\n\nAnita Say Chan\, PhD (she/her) is a scholar and educator dedicated to feminist and decolonial approaches to technology. She is a Professor of Information Sciences and Media\, and founder of the Community Data Clinic at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her latest book\, Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future\, was published in 2025 with U. of California Press. \nWe strive to make our events accessible to all participants. \n\nThis event will be a hybrid event with both a physical meeting space and an online meeting space. \n\nPlease register in advance for the online Zoom Webinar here: https://myumi.ch/W6rkm\n\nPlease register for the physical meeting space at the University of Michigan’s Central Campus: https://myumi.ch/qZ7g3\n\nCART will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate\, please email Eric Mancini at dsi-administration@umich.edu. Please note that some accommodations must be arranged in advance\, and we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible. \n\nCo-Sponsors: Department of American Culture\; Center for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\; Department of English Language & Literature\; Department of Film\, Television\, and Media\; Institute for Research on Women and Gender\; Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy Program UID:140906-21887895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140906 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ai In Science And Engineering,Big Tech,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Media,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,digital technology LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DSI Lecture Series | Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future with Anita Chan DESCRIPTION:The insidious legacy of eugenics lives on in the techno-surveillance\, algorithmic authoritarianism\, and data-driven discrimination of Big Tech. This talk illuminates the throughline between the 19th century's anti-immigration and eugenics movements and our sprawling systems of techno-surveillance and algorithmic discrimination. I'll address how the AI-driven and market-based models of Big Tech are built on data that exploit women\, immigrant groups\, and other minoritized populations\, amplifying social hierarchies and AI's predictions of majoritarian outcomes as the most probable and “ideal” futures. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This talk explains how it happened and how we can fight back.Anita Say Chan\, PhD (she/her) is a scholar and educator dedicated to feminist and decolonial approaches to technology. She is a Professor of Information Sciences and Media\, and founder of the Community Data Clinic at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her latest book\, Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future\, was published in 2025 with U. of California Press.We strive to make our events accessible to all participants. CART will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate\, please email Eric Mancini at dsi-administration@umich.edu. Please note that some accommodations must be arranged in advance\, and we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible.Thank you to our generous cosponsors:Department of American Culture\; Center for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\; Department of English Language & Literature\; Department of Film\, Television\, and Media\; Institute for Research on Women and Gender\; Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy Program UID:145757-21897784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T152914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Highest resolution imaging of the dust destruction rim of planet-forming disks using the CHARA Array DESCRIPTION:Star and planet formation processes are among the least understood problems in astrophysics\, generating numerous theories and questions over the decades. At this moment\, there is no one comprehensive\, predictive theory that can quantitatively explain how planetary systems form and eventually bring on life. Nevertheless\, observational techniques are continually improving and progressing our understanding\, providing new answers and questions about this elusive process. In particular\, observations of young stars with dusty circumstellar disks hold key information that can help us answer questions about the formation of stellar systems\, both similar to and different from our own. These disks are the birthplace of planets\; they set the initial conditions for planet formation and host different physical processes across a large spatial range that change the morphology and composition of the disks as they evolve. The inner <1 astronomical unit (AU) regions are especially intriguing and will be the focus of this thesis. This is where star/disk interactions occur\, including regulating the accretion of material onto the star\, defining the dust sublimation front\, hosting jets and winds that eject material outward\, and placing limits on giant planet migration. The challenge to directly study these regions lies in the sub-milliarcsecond resolution required to resolve such small scales\, which is unattainable by the world's largest singular optical telescopes or even the sub-millimeter interferometer ALMA. With the advent of long baseline optical interferometry\, we finally have the resolving power required to probe the disks at the innermost regions. In this thesis\, I use the world's largest optical interferometer\, the CHARA Array\, to study the inner regions of young stars on the more massive end\, Herbig Ae/Be stars\, as well as the lower mass T Tauri stars.\n\n\nI present new images and models of Herbig Be stars and characterize the disks of T Tauri stars in H- and K-bands. I present the first images of two Herbig Be stars\, V1295 Aql and MWC340. With observations using the upgraded MIRC-X instrument at the CHARA Array\, and semi-simultaneous data from VLTI's H-band combiner PIONIER\, I find a face-on disk around V1295 Aql showing asymmetries\, mysterious inner emission\, and first-ever imaged evidence of temporal variation at the inner rim. Imaging MWC340 led to an exciting discovery\, unexpectedly revealing two disks instead of one. I use H- and K-band observations taken over 5 years at the CHARA array to resolve the binary systems\, place constraints on the orbital parameters\, and derive new stellar parameters for each central star. Furthermore\, I explore the lower mass regime of young stars with a multi-wavelength survey of T Tauri stars at the highest resolution. I led a 4-year observing campaign at the CHARA Array with the newly-commissioned K-band instrument MYSTIC\, which was specifically designed to image the redder\, fainter stars. I present the initial results of a sample of the survey using geometric models to characterize their sizes and geometry. I consistently find the disk sizes to be larger in the K-band versus the H-band\, meaning that the dusty disk gets more resolved at longer wavelengths. I discuss any interesting findings for individual objects and comment on results from previous studies when applicable. UID:146770-21899608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146770 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Defense LOCATION:East Hall - 4448 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T082306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MICDE State of AI & the Future of Institutions DESCRIPTION:The State of AI & the Future of Institutions event is hosted by the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE). We bring together scholars and institutional leaders to explore the current state and future trajectory of AI\; how it may reshape institutions and how we can be better prepared for its disruptive impact. This event aims to move beyond abstract debate and towards actionable insights and assess how institutions can more actively shape a more resilient and responsible future. We anticipate this event to recur every semester. UID:146034-21898298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146034 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace,Ai In Science And Engineering,Artificial Intelligence,Biomedical Engineering,Biophysics,Biosciences,Biostatistics,Chemical Engineering,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,College Of Engineering,Complex Systems,Computation,Computational Medicine,Computational Science,Computational Social Science,Data Science,Earth And Environmental Sciences,Ecology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,Economics,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Energy Institute,Engineering,Generative Ai,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Kinesiology,Life Science,Lsaresearch,Materials Science,Mathematics,Mechanical Engineering,Medicine,Micde,Micde Seminar,Michigan Engineering,Michigan Robotics,Midas,Natural Sciences,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,Neuroscience,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Pharmacy,Physics,Political Science,Psychology,Public Health,Rackham,Sociology,Statistics,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T181524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Oakland DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Oakland UID:146078-21898343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146078 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T095410 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Capturing the Sequence of Events During the Catalytic Reaction using XFELs DESCRIPTION:The water oxidation reaction in the Photosystem II (PS II) enzyme produces molecular oxygen\, which sustains life on Earth\, and releases four electrons and protons that are used downstream in other photosynthetic processes for generating ATP. Thus\, understanding how this reaction is catalyzed will help in development of energy conversion technologies. The catalytic center is a Manganese complex (Mn4CaO5) which gets oxidized progressively upon absorption of light before releasing the stored energy and oxidizing water. Structural studies of PS II have been limited at traditional synchrotron sources due to radiation damage of this complex. The emergence of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFEL) with intense femtosecond X-ray pulses have opened opportunities to collect structural data on PS II under physiological temperature. The time-resolved electron density changes at the Manganese complex reveal notable structural changes\, including the insertion of a new water OX\, which disappears upon completion of the reaction [1-3]. We are also able to follow the structural dynamics of the protein coordinating with the complex\, revealing well- orchestrated conformational changes in response to electronic changes at the Manganese cluster. The method described here can be applicable to other (metallo)enzymes by initiating reaction with different reaction-triggering methods. UID:138395-21882893@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138395 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T124704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Career Chat w/ VP of Government Relations Chris Kolb DESCRIPTION:Vice President of U-M Government Relations and former MI State Budget Director\, State Representative and Ann Arbor City Councilmember Chris Kolb will be hosting a virtual career chat for PSIP and U-M students who are pursuing careers in government and public service on Tuesday\, March 24th from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM!VP Chris Kolb has served in several various roles in the public sector and worked with many people and organizations in his career - he is excited to speak with students about his prior experiences as well as sharing advice and insights for students looking for job opportunities in the public sector and trying to build their professional network.If you are interested in learning from VP Kolb and getting advice on preparing for work in public service\, you should attend this virtual career chat!\n\nThis event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event and see more details\, please go to this webpage: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/1907166/share_preview \n\nWe want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements 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 \n\n#UCC UID:145451-21897365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145451 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260301T160351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: Homological stability of moduli spaces DESCRIPTION:Homological stability has emerged over the past decades as an organizing principle in topology and beyond. Broadly speaking\, many sequences of moduli spaces exhibit the striking phenomenon that their homology stabilizes as the underlying complexity grows. One of the most remarkable achievements of this paradigm is the proof of the Mumford conjecture by Madsen and Weiss\, which identifies the stable rational cohomology of the moduli space of algebraic curves. This resolves a question of central importance in algebraic geometry and geometric group theory\; all existing proofs use significant amounts of homotopy theory. In this lecture I will survey some ideas behind homological stability and the ubiquity of stability phenomena\, and discuss consequences and applications\, particularly in algebraic geometry and number theory. UID:141892-21889604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141892 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T120252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CPOD Winter/Spring 2026 Seminar Series: \"Wnt you thought you knew about Wnt signaling\" DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Grainger\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\nCell Biology\nVan Andel Institute UID:145982-21898223@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145982 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Biosciences,Ecology,Education,Engineering,Free,Graduate School,Graduate Students,human genetics,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T134203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nam Center Colloquium Series | The Efficacy of Using Singing as a Learning Tool in Foreign Language Acquisition 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/G2NdP\n\nThis lecture builds on Park's Fulbright U.S. Scholar project (2024–2025\, Freie Universität Berlin\, Germany)\, which investigates the role of singing as a pedagogical tool in foreign language acquisition. The project demonstrates how combining Korean lyric songs (가곡) with culturally significant works such as Arirang and popular songs from the 1970s\, valued for their simple yet artistic character\, creates powerful opportunities for both language learning and cultural engagement.\n\n Singing activates multiple cognitive processes—memory\, auditory discrimination\, and articulatory precision—that support vocabulary retention\, pronunciation\, and prosodic fluency. Through guided sing-along activities\, participants will experience firsthand how these repertoires enable learners\, particularly non-Korean speakers\, to internalize language patterns in a memorable and embodied way.\n\n Beyond linguistic development\, the juxtaposition of lyric\, folk\, and popular song traditions illuminates Korea’s diverse musical and cultural landscape. This interdisciplinary approach—linking vocal pedagogy\, musicology\, and linguistics—underscores the efficacy of song as both a dynamic tool for foreign language acquisition and a meaningful pathway to intercultural understanding.\n \nA native of Korea\, soprano Moon-Sook Park has built an international career with performances throughout Europe\, Asia\, and the United States. Her U.S. debut recital at Carnegie Hall in 2001 marked a defining moment in her artistic life and established the United States as her second home. Her repertoire bridges German *Liederkunst*\, Korean lyric art song\, and diverse traditions of international art song literature\, alongside chamber and contemporary experimental works. In addition to her concert career\, she has performed leading operatic roles including Pamina in *The Magic Flute*\, Susanna in *Le nozze di Figaro*\, Liù in *Turandot*\, and Gilda in *Rigoletto*. During her years in Germany\, she was honored with the K.A.A.D. Award and the prestigious Bayreuth Wagner Stipend Award\, recognizing her as a distinguished rising scholar-artist.\n\nAfter earning her Bachelor of Music degree from Seoul National University\, she continued her studies in Europe\, completing graduate diplomas at the conservatories of Freiburg\, Stuttgart\, and Saarland in Germany. She later devoted more than a decade in Italy to the study of bel canto\, immersing herself deeply in its vocal tradition and expressive artistry\, and received a diploma from the Accademia di Canto F. Cavalli in Milan. She subsequently earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagogy from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music\, integrating European vocal heritage with American pedagogical scholarship.\n\nAs an honored Fulbright U.S. Scholar (2024–2025) at Freie Universität Berlin\, Dr. Park’s work bridges artistic performance and interdisciplinary research\, exploring the role of singing in language acquisition and cultural exchange. She serves as Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Arkansas and\, since 2019\, has been a leading force behind the SHE: Festival of Women in Music\, where she currently serves as Co-Chair.\n\nDr. Park’s scholarship includes co-authoring two volumes of *Korean Art Songs: An Anthology and Guide for Performance and Study*\, Vols. I & II (Classical Vocal Reprints\, Catalog Nos. 5076 and 5077)\, widely recognized as the first English-language anthology of Korean art songs published in the United States. She has also contributed an award-winning book chapter on vocal registration and leads interdisciplinary research on the AI-based revival of 15th-century Korean court music composed by King Sejong the Great.\n\nHer recent study\, “600 Years Reimagined: Reviving Sejong the Great’s *Yongbieocheonga* through Generative AI and Modern-Classical Vocal Interpretation\,” co-authored with Dasaem Jeoung\, received the Best Paper Award at the KAUPA Conference and is forthcoming as a chapter in *Korean Studies in the Artificial Intelligence Era\, Vol. II* (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)\, June 2026. She frequently presents internationally on vocal pedagogy\, offers lectures and masterclasses\, and actively promotes Korean lyric art song in dialogue with the broader traditions of global art song literature.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at ncks.info@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:143469-21893234@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143469 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Korea,Korean Studies,Languages,Linguistics,Music LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T093304 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Romance Languages & Literatures Alumni Career Panel DESCRIPTION:Join the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures for a Virtual Alumni Career Panel and learn how RLL alumni are putting their degrees to use! The panel will feature RLL alumni from a wide range of career paths. Panelists will discuss their experiences in RLL\, offer advice on finding a job post-graduation\, and explain how they incorporate what they learned as a language and culture major into their work. The one hour panel discussion will be followed by a Q & A. Register today! https://myumi.ch/7PAEN UID:146249-21898719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,French,Italian Studies,Portuguese,Romance Language,Romance Languages And Literatures,Spanish,Spanish Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T152054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Romance Languages & Literatures Virtual Alumni Career Panel DESCRIPTION: UID:146123-21898417@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T110853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Working Beyond the Monograph: Latinx Digital and Community Engaged History in Michigan DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 24 at 4PM in the Tappan Room at the Michigan Union for a presentation by Professor Delia Fernández-Jones (Michigan State University) on Latinx digital and community-engaged history in Michigan. She will highlight how migration\, activism\, and placemaking have shaped local Latinx communities\, drawing on her award-winning book Making the MexiRican City (2023) and her lived experiences. Fernández-Jones will explore innovative ways historians document and theorize Latinx life beyond traditional monographs. UID:142115-21890024@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142115 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of American Culture,Latina/o Studies,Latinx LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T145011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS Lecture. Oh the Places they will Go: Qatari High School Students and their College Choices DESCRIPTION:Qatari high school students have many choices and freedom when it comes to deciding on where to pursue their undergraduate degrees. Using the push-pull framework\, this research presentation explores why Qatari high school students choose to study abroad rather than pursue their post-secondary education in Qatar\, and what push-pull factors influence their decision to study abroad or locally. The research will also look at students' parents to see where they would like their child to apply for a comparison. The research questions are: What factors are associated with Qatari high school students’ decision to apply to college/university abroad or locally? What factors are associated with Qatari parents in helping their child’s decision to apply to college/university abroad or locally? This presentation will be a sneak peek at Mohammad's dissertation.\n \n Mohammad Al-Ansari (he/him) is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the University of Iowa. He is also a Senior Research Assistant at Qatar University's Social & Economic Survey Research Institute. His research interests include the purpose of higher education\, students' aspirations and motivations for pursuing a college degree\, and the development of education policy in Qatar.\n\nRegister at https://myumi.ch/Nrg5Q\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n Email: -- warsansa@umich.edu UID:145714-21897725@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145714 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:center for middle eastern and north african studies,Discussion,Lecture,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 355 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T162052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:How Ford Transformed Religion in America DESCRIPTION:What does a motor company and its founder have to do with religion in America? A lot\, it turns out. Henry Ford did not just mass produce cars. As a member of the Episcopal Church\, reader of New Thought texts\, believer in the “gospel of reincarnation\,” mass marketer of antisemitic material\, and employer who institutionalized a social gospel\, Henry Ford’s contributions to American models of business were informed by and produced for an America he understood to be broadly Christian. Though Ford’s efforts at the head of the Ford Motor Company have commonly been understood as secular\, the Motor King was explicit that his work in engineering and auto production was prophetic and meant to remake the world. This talk offers a religious history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company\, repositioning them within critical studies of religion and examining how Ford transformed American religion in the twentieth century. UID:142483-21891004@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T090035 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How Ford Transformed Religion in America DESCRIPTION:What does a motor company and its founder have to do with religion in America? A lot\, it turns out. Henry Ford did not just mass produce cars. As a member of the Episcopal Church\, reader of New Thought texts\, believer in the “gospel of reincarnation\,” mass marketer of antisemitic material\, and employer who institutionalized a social gospel\, Henry Ford’s contributions to American models of business were informed by and produced for an America he understood to be broadly Christian. Though Ford’s efforts at the head of the Ford Motor Company have commonly been understood as secular\, the Motor King was explicit that his work in engineering and auto production was prophetic and meant to remake the world. This talk offers a religious history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company\, repositioning them within critical studies of religion and examining how Ford transformed American religion in the twentieth century.\n\nKati Curts is a historian of religion\, specializing in the history and culture of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. She teaches courses and researches at the intersections of religion\, capitalism\, and popular culture. Dr. Curts studied economics and marketing as an undergraduate before earning M.A. and M.Phil. degrees in Religious Studies at New York University and Yale University. She completed her Ph.D. in American Religious History at Yale in 2016.\n\nHer recent publications have considered religious assemblage at world’s fairs\; and the relational worlds of secular icons as produced in composite photography and devotional performance. She is currently working on her first book – a religious history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company – tentatively titled “Fording Religion in the Automobile Age.” This book project contributes to and reflects broader interests in genealogical relations of religion and the technologies\, chronologies\, aesthetics\, economies\, and entertainments that are otherwise assumed to be secular.\n\nIn addition to the book project\, Dr. Curts’ ongoing research centers on theories of religion\, history\, modernity\, and sociality as formed through silver mining operations in the Gilded Age\, scrapbooks and vernacular collecting practices\, Hollywood filmmaking\, Cold War operatics\, cigarette advertisements\, contemporary art mash-ups\, mobile technology platforms\, and corporate-sponsored reading clubs. UID:142476-21891005@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142476 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Detroit,History,Humanities,Jewish Studies,Research,Social Sciences LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T134940 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mingle N' Match DESCRIPTION:Ready to connect with fellow innovators\, builders\, and future founders?\n\nMingle ’n’ Match brings together students interested in entrepreneurship to connect\, share ideas\, and find teammates—whether you’re just getting started\, recruiting\, or looking to join a team. RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/8q9AG UID:145898-21898019@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145898 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Discussion,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,In-person,Leadership,Michigan Engineering,Networking,Startups,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurial Studies,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurship,Zli LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R1230 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T162053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Phi Kappa Phi Informational Sessions - Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION: UID:145130-21896707@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145130 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T214035 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Analysis Seminar: Solitary Waves in Water Wave Equations DESCRIPTION:Solitary water waves are traveling waves that are localized in space and maintain their shape as they propagate. They are among the most fundamental structures in fluid mechanics and have inspired a large body of work ranging from formal asymptotics to rigorous analysis. In this talk\, I will discuss several methods for constructing solitary water waves. I will then sketch a recent work in which we constructed solitary-wave solutions to the two-dimensional finite-depth water-wave equations with capillarity and constant vorticity. Part of this talk is based in part on joint work with Ting-Yang Hsiao\, Giang To\, and Ye Zhang. UID:146438-21899090@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146438 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T082153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Boss Of Your Finances DESCRIPTION:Dinner provided! Registration is required for food planning purposes. \n\n***Doors open 4:45\, programming begins promptly at 5:00pm.***\n\nHave you had to turn down an invite to go out with friends because you can’t afford it? What about telling your family you actually can’t send money home? Or explain to your friends in the lab that you don’t want to spend money on a pizza dinner? It can feel awkward and uncomfortable to say “no\,” but it’s an important part of using your money in a way that works for you. Financial boundaries are guidelines you put in place to help you say “no” with confidence and “yes” with enthusiasm. This workshop integrates group interaction\, staff guidance\, and video instruction featuring Financial Therapist\, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin\, for a comprehensive learning experience. You’ll learn the importance of boundaries\, how to create and honor financial ones and toss the ones that don’t match your unique circumstances.\n\nRecommended order to take workshops:\n\n 1 – Your Money Story\n 2 – Making Confident Financial Decisions\n 3 – Ultimate Financial Wellness\n 4 – Caring for Your$elf\n 5 – Be The Boss of Your Finances\n\nRSVP for Financial Empowerment workshops here: myumi.ch/8r6kq UID:143771-21893992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143771 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Budgeting,finances,Financial Wellness,Food,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,graduate students,In Person,Life-changing Education,Nontraditional Students,Student Caregiver,Student Caregivers,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Undergraduate LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women - 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T095602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 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:139870-21886247@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:20260304T095707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Author Event: \"Something in the Woods Loves You\"\, by Jarod K. Anderson DESCRIPTION:Program in the Environment is bringing author Jarod K. Anderson to campus March 24th for an author chat on his memoir\, \"Something in the Woods Loves You\". This book chronicles his journey through mental health struggles and finding solace\, strength\, and healing through engagement in the natural world. PitE will be hosting Jarod for an evening book chat\, where he'll complete a reading of an excerpt of his book. We will then host a Q&A session with him about his experiences writing this memoir and delve a bit deeper into the relationship between nature and mental health. Immediately following the Q&A we will host a book sale (with Schuler's Books) and signing with Jarod. UID:145765-21897792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145765 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Climate Change,Environment,Environmental Humanities,Health & Wellness,Humanities,In Person,Literature,Nature,Pite,Storytelling,sustainability,Well-being LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 1040 Dana Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T153804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:March WISE Night In DESCRIPTION:Join WISE for a dinner party with a side of professional development. Our undergraduate WISE Mentors will lead a short\, fun\, and productive activity designed to jump start your career/internship search\, followed by a delicious catered dinner to chill\, eat\, and make some new friends. UID:143479-21893248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T161613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 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:146097-21898366@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:20260309T114234 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP: Refining Your UROP Poster (Drop-In) DESCRIPTION:This workshop is designed for students who have already drafted their poster in PowerPoint and have specific questions or concerns (e.g.\, graphics\, figures\, tables\, formatting\, etc.). You’ll leave with strategies\, solutions\, and feedback to help move your poster forward. All drop-in workshops will be held in the UROP Office. UID:146336-21898917@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:symposium,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop,Workshop LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 1190 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T201009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T230000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Art on the Move: Ann Arbor Film Festival Opening Night DESCRIPTION:Join the Arts Initiative for a special Art on the Move trip to the Opening Night of the Ann Arbor Film Festival.\n\nStudents will travel from UM-Dearborn to Ann Arbor to attend Films in Competition 1\, part of the internationally recognized Ann Arbor Film Festival. The screening will take place at the historic Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.\n\nTransportation will be provided from the University of Michigan–Dearborn College of Arts\, Sciences\, and Letters Building to Ann Arbor.\n\nThe bus will arrive about one hour before the screening\, giving students time to grab dinner\, coffee\, or take a short walk around downtown Ann Arbor before the film begins.\n\nEvent Details\n\nDate: Tuesday\, March 24\nFilm Screening: Films in Competition 1\nScreening Time: 8:15 PM\nLocation: Michigan Theater – Main Auditorium\n\nTransportation Schedule\n\nPickup – Dearborn\n6:00 PM\nCollege of Arts\, Sciences\, and Letters Building\n4901 Evergreen Rd\nDearborn\, MI 48128\n\nDrop-Off – Ann Arbor\n7:00 PM\nStudent Activities Building\n515 E Jefferson St\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nStudents will walk together to the Michigan Theater for the screening.\n\nReturn Transportation\n\nDeparture – Ann Arbor: 9:45 PM\nArrival – Dearborn: 11:00 PM\nCollege of Arts\, Sciences\, and Letters Building\n\nWhat’s Included\n\n• Free ticket to the festival screening\n• Round-trip transportation from UM-Dearborn\n• Time to enjoy downtown Ann Arbor before the film\n\nThis event is FREE and open to UM-Dearborn students. Space on the bus is limited and RSVP is required. myumi.ch/e3DX3 UID:146551-21899262@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146551 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Art On The Move,Dearborn,Film,Film Festival LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T154122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Creative Arts Meetup (CAM) DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Creative Arts Meetup (CAM)\, where you can network with other artists\, share your works in progress\, get feedback from peers\, and learn new skills. Each session offers open lab time\, basic art supplies\, and space to bring and work on your own creative projects. We welcome artists and makers of all disciplines and skill levels from the U-M community and the public.\n\nMeetups take place in the Design Lab PIE Space (new location!) at the back of the first floor of the Shapiro Library\, 6:00–8:00 pm\, on the following dates:\n\nTuesday\, January 20th\nTuesday\, February 24th\nTuesday\, March 24th\nTuesday\, April 14th\n\nDirect questions or mailing list inquiries to creativearts@umich.edu. UID:144043-21894580@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144043 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T105506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Film Screening: The Vow From Hiroshima DESCRIPTION:In an age of deep division and growing global challenges\, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace.\n\nBarger Leadership Institute is committed to nurturing leaders who will promote peace\, compassion\, dignity\, and well-being in their communities. In that spirit\, we are organizing a two-day event to raise awareness for commitment to peace in higher education. We will screen the award-winning documentary \"A Vow from Hiroshima\,\" featuring remarks from producer Mitchie Takeuchi\, on March 24. On March 25\, we are hosting a multidisciplinary symposium\, \"Lessons from Hiroshima: Cultivating Mindful Peace Leadership.\"\n\nFREE FILM SCREENING\nThe Vow From Hiroshima is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow\, a passionate survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb in Hiroshima. At 13 years old\, Setsuko was miraculously pulled out of a fiery building after the bomb was dropped\, unable to save her other 27 classmates who were burned alive. The experience shaping her life forever\, she kept a pledge to her friends - that no one should ever again experience the same horrible fate. Her moving story is told through the lens of her friendship with second-generation survivor Mitchie Takeuchi\, through her decades of activism\, to the current moment\, achieving her dream of a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.\n\nSpecial thanks to our film sponsors\,\n- The Nam Center for Korean Studies\n- Michigan Community Scholars Program\n- Center for Japanese Studies\n- UMMA\n- Center for Global and Intercultural Study\n- Organizational Studies\n- Psychology Department UID:144287-21895121@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144287 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Free,Leadership,Peace,Peace Leadership,Screening LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181656 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Latimer Rogland\, organ DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Latimer Rogland performs a recital. UID:145920-21898098@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T102044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T210000 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:144192-21894871@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144192 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Social,Social Sciences,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students,Free,Minors,Networking,Office Hours,Quantitative Methods LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T092652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Research Revealed: The Journey from Questions to Answers DESCRIPTION:How does data become a finding? Join the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program on Tuesday\, March 24\, 2026\, from 6:00-7:30 PM ET for \"Research Revealed: The Journey from Questions to Answers.\" \n\nPrechter Program researchers and data scientists will spotlight the PRIORI (Predicting Individual Outcomes for Rapid Intervention) study\, a groundbreaking project and emotion sensing smartphone app for bipolar disorder. Walk through the latest findings\, from big-picture conclusions all the way back to the participant experience and the data journey that made these research findings possible. Webinar attendees will learn more about the origins and goals of the PRIORI study\, how data is collected and processed\, and ultimately contributes to advancing bipolar disorder science. UID:144751-21895807@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bipolar,Free,Mental Health,Psychiatry,Research,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T110339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Stuttering Support Group DESCRIPTION:This Stuttering Support Group is open to any teens and adults who stutter. It provides a safe space to connect\, share experiences\, and navigate challenges with one another.\n\nDate: Fourth Wednesday of every month\nTime: 6:00p.m.–7:30p.m.\nLocation: 3rd Floor Freespace\, Ann Arbor District Library - Downtown\n\nAttendees can also join virtually if they prefer. Please email cwsbrains@umich.edu to request the link to join.\n\n*This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month at the same time and place.*\n\nHosted by the Ann Arbor Stuttering Awareness and Research Club (A2STAR) in collaboration with the U-M Speech Neurophysiology Lab. The group is facilitated by students from the University of Michigan who stutter. UID:121370-21891823@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,In Person,Inclusion,Social,Student Org,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 3rd Floor Freespace CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 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:146410-21899050@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146410 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:20260324T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T195000 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:142266-21890295@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:20260313T072550 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:GEICO Corporate Information Sessions DESCRIPTION:3/24/2026 | 6:30 pm | DOW 1018 (FOOD PROVIDED: Cottage Inn Pizza)\nMajors: All Engineering Majors\nPositions: Full Time\, Intern\nDegrees: Bachelors\, Masters\n\nResumes Collected\nUS Citizenship or Permanent Resident\n\nGEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a leading American auto insurer\, ranking as the second-largest in the U.S. A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary founded in 1936\, it specializes in direct-to-consumer private passenger auto insurance\, offering policies online and by phone. GEICO also covers motorcycles\, RVs\, homeowners\, and renters. UID:146554-21899265@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace Engineering,Biomedical Engineering,Career,Career Fair,Chemical Engineering,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Civil Engineering,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computer Engineering,Computer Science,Computer Science And Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Data Science,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Full Time,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Information and Technology,Internship,Masters Students,Materials Science,Materials Science And Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,Networking,north campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Professional Development,Recruiting,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1018 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T182102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MFamily Conversation Series 2025-2026 DESCRIPTION: UID:137019-21899212@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T105429 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Trivia Tuesday DESCRIPTION:Come join us for free fun with Sporcle trivia to have a chance to win up to $20 in Blue Bucks. We will be serving sub sandwiches\, chips\, and cookies\, oh my! Can't wait to see you there. UID:146911-21899780@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146911 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:free,free food,fun,trivia LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T181644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tianyu Liu\, violin DESCRIPTION:DMA candidate Tianyu Liu performs a dissertation recital. UID:145921-21898099@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145921 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T181635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Bella Pabian & Genesis Morales\, trombones DESCRIPTION:This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. UID:146411-21899051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146411 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:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T230000 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:146980-21900147@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:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 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:145012-21896321@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:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 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:145013-21896357@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:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 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:145014-21896407@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:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 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:145015-21896464@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:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 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:145016-21896528@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:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 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:145222-21896861@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T180132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Riichi Mahjong Tournament DESCRIPTION:This tournament will be split into two phases: Week 1 (Preliminaries/Qualifiers) and Week 2 (Playoff).\n\nEach player will have the opportunity to play in a designated number of east rounds\, and is assigned ranking points based on the final position and points the player obtains in each game. \n\nWhen each player has played the designated number of games\, everybody will be ranked based on the accumulative ranking points earned. Players who end up above the playoff line will advance and be given a seed number based on how they finished relative to the other qualifiers. \n\nThe playoffs will feature a swiss-style format\, where increasingly lower number seeds (better qualifying ranking) will have the benefit of playing increasingly higher ranked seeds. The championship match is guaranteed to be a hanchan.\n\n\nNote: *Players need to have a basic understanding of the rules of the game in order to partake in the tournament \n\n UID:146446-21899100@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146446 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:STB 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T000047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:USAT Collegiate Club Nationals DESCRIPTION:National championship for collegiate club teams in Gulfport\, Mississippi UID:144079-21894625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jones Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 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:143388-21893033@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:20260325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 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:143403-21893090@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:20260128T161904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:EV Center Symposium DESCRIPTION:Save the Date: EV Symposium – March 24-25\nMark your calendars / Register today\n\nFrom Hype to Headway: The EV Transition Powers On – 2026 EVC Symposium registration is open!\nU-M’s Electric Vehicle Center will convene leaders from industry\, academia\, and the public sector for two days of practical insight and connection around the EV transition. This free event will take place March 24–25\, 2026 at the North Campus Research Complex Dining Center (aka “Football” room).\n\nHighlights include an opening-night keynote by automotive journalist John McElroy\, plus panels\, tours\, posters\, exhibits\, networking\, a new Career Expo\, and breakout sessions in technology research and education & workforce development. UID:144723-21895767@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career Fair,Electric Vehicles,Engineering,Evs,Innovation,Mechanical Engineering,Mobility LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Dining Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Impressions: A Stamps Pre-College Showcase DESCRIPTION:\n\nImpressions: A Stamps Pre-College Showcase is a juried exhibition featuring ceramic works created by Michigan high school students and teachers. \n\nPresented as part of NCECA’s Volumes Conference in Detroit and hosted at the University of Michigan Detroit Center\, the showcase offers a unique national platform for emerging artists to exhibit their creative interpretations in clay. The exhibition highlights diverse voices within the Michigan community and encourages meaningful conversations about resilience\, identity\, and change through the medium of ceramics. By gathering and displaying these works\, Impressions celebrates the expressive potential of clay and the artistic achievements of the next generation of Michigan ceramicists.\n\nU-M Detroit Center\, 3663 Woodward Ave\, Suite 150\, Detroit MI\nOn View: March 25–28\, 2026\nReception: Fri.\, March 27\, 3–4:30 p.m. UID:141944-21889663@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141944 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T143228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Mental Health on College Campuses Conference DESCRIPTION:For more than 20 years\, the Mental Health on College Campuses Conference has brought together thousands of academic and mental health professionals and students from across the nation to address emerging mental health and well-being issues facing college students\, share research\, and discuss ways to create healthier campus communities. Presented in partnership by the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and University Health & Counseling\, this year's conference theme\, Redefining Success: Flourishing\, Thriving\, and Mattering in College & Beyond\, will explore the many ways we understand and measure student success. Reserve your seat today! \n\nStudents are able to register for FREE! UID:142041-21889938@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,depression,In Person,mental health,Professional Development,Rackham LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T164500 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:145837-21897899@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:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 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:145904-21898040@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:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 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:146709-21899530@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:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 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:142798-21891611@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:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 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:146264-21898762@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:20260324T165733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Gender-Affirming Clothing Closet DESCRIPTION:Shop for what makes you feel great (for free!) as we turn Spectrum Center into a gender-affirming clothing closet. At this special limited-time event\, check out a collection of clothing donated from within the U-M community and take home what you want! There'll be a variety of clothing and accessories\, and private space to try on clothing. This event is open to all U-M students\, faculty\, and staff.\n\nPOP-UP OPEN TWO DAYS FOR SHOPPING\n- Wednesday\, March 25 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm\n- Thursday\, March 26 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm\n\nDONATE CLOTHING\n***From February 16 through March 23***\, drop-off donations will be accepted at Spectrum Center weekdays from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. To prepare the best experience\, no donations can be accepted the day of or before the clothing closet.\n\nWe're looking for:\n- Lightly used\, clean clothing (with no damage\, profanity\, or slurs)—especially clothing of larger sizes\;\n- Accessories\;\n- Essential needs\, including new hygiene items\; new cosmetics\; undergarments in original packaging\; and clean\, gently-used gc2b chest binders.\n\n\nMORE SPECTRUM CENTER EVENTS\nhttps://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events UID:142595-21891203@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142595 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,LGBT,LGBTQ Graduate Student,pride,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center (3020) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 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:142773-21891489@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:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 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:142417-21890897@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:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 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:146483-21899183@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:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 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:142768-21891402@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:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 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:136300-21889796@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:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 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:145409-21897279@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:20260220T095344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC Career Cafe featuring Geico DESCRIPTION:Stop by the Career Cafe to speak with representatives from GEICO 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 GEICO\n- For more than 75 years\, GEICO has stood out from the rest of the insurance industry! We are one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing auto insurers thanks to our low rates\, outstanding service and clever marketing. We're an industry leader employing thousands of dedicated and hard-working associates. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway\, we offer associates training and career advancement in a financially stable and rewarding workplace.\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:145748-21897775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Second Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T092051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IGR/AMCULT103 3/25/26 (CommonGround) DESCRIPTION: UID:146773-21899604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T092050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OGPS Career Exploration Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION:This series will guide participants through essential steps of career exploration: self-assessment\, researching career options\, and networking. You will gain valuable insights into your strengths\, values\, priorities\, and aspirations\, and learn actionable strategies for career discovery. By blending guidance\, hands-on assessments\, practical frameworks\, and networking skill-building\, this series supports you in making informed decisions and finding career paths that fit your interests. Through this series\, you’ll develop the clarity\, confidence\, and connectivity needed to navigate your career exploration process and pursue fulfilling opportunities\nLearning ObjectivesBy the end of this series\, you will be able to:Identify and articulate your unique strengths and talents through the CliftonStrengths assessment\, and apply them to your professional journey.Define your “Career Compass” by clarifying your values\, skills\, life needs\, and mission\, using these as guideposts for career exploration and evaluation.Discover and utilize effective resources for researching career fields\, analyze job descriptions for fit\, and develop strategies to organize and assess your current skills.Build and maintain professional relationships using best networking practices\, conduct impactful informational interviews\, and create a compelling professional brand. UID:142532-21891844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142532 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T125730 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Pre-Health & PiB/UPiN Backpacking & Advising DESCRIPTION:Stop by to get help with backpacking and ask questions about PiB/UPiN majors and pre-health program pathways! The LSA Pre-Health Advising team is joining Program in Biology and Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience advisors to offer support to students considering pre-health tracks through their undergraduate programs. \n\nThis is an open-house format event. UID:146519-21899229@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146519 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Biology,Free,Pre-Health,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 2200 BSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T092050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Program in Biology & Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience Events 2025 - 2026 DESCRIPTION:Events in this track are open to all current and prospective PiB and UPiN students. We hope to see you!\n UID:138804-21899230@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:2200 Biological Sciences Building (BSB) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T150145 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T140000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Sustainable Lab Mini Summits DESCRIPTION:The Sustainable Lab Mini Summits aim to continue creating a culture of sustainability. The summits will serve as a place where researchers and sustainable lab specialists will come together to share knowledge\, discuss potential solutions\, and inspire innovation in each other. The summits will focus on two key topics of interest that emerged following the 2025 Sustainable Lab Summit: Equipment sharing and reducing single use plastics in labs. \n\nThe first mini summit will be held at NCRC on March 24th with an equipment sharing focus and the second will occur in Weiser Hall on March 25th to discuss waste reduction through ditching lab disposables. Each event will include a presentation of a new educational resource put together by the Sustainable Research Advisory Committee\, a panel discussion\, an expert lecture\, and a tabling session with catered lunch. Register today and reach out to sustainable-labs@umich.edu with questions! UID:144392-21895281@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144392 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Circular Economny,Climate Change,Energy And The Environment,Planet Blue,Research,Sustainability,Waste Reduction LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th floor event space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 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:138032-21881315@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:20260407T123146 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:International Student Career Series: How to Talk about ImmigrationStatus to Employer DESCRIPTION:As an international student\, it is important for you to practice how to bring up your immigration status during the interviews of the recruitment process. This guide is not used for filling out your online application. We will be focusing on how to bring up your status or ways toaddress it with an employer during an interview. This workshop will give you the opportunity to interactively practice your script with your peers and present yourself in the workplace. This workshop is presented by the International Center and University Career Center.This event welcomes all students interested in learning and engaging with a space created to explore the intersections of professional development and international students.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 andsee more details\, please go to this webpage: [add HS Preview Link] 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 toensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives. If you have any questions regarding accessto our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Cierra Sutherlandat cierrasu@umich.edu. Accessibility accommodation form: https://forms.gle/FmFn35ZLxJ8kvPfSA  #UCC UID:146724-21899553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146724 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T181508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 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:144188-21894812@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:20260311T105344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Apitecture”: On Bees and Built Forms in the Lands of Islam DESCRIPTION:Bees are considered the chief architects of the natural world. In premodern Islamic lands\, writers such as al-Maqrizi (d. 1442CE) penned entire treatises dedicated to these minuscule winged insects\, praising an ingenuity that “even the most astute engineer who uses a compass and a ruler would be proved incapable of replicating.” While bees construct honeycombs of perfect hexagons\, humans\, too\, engage in the practice“apitecture”: that is\, creating built forms to home and protect bee colonies. Some are small and appended to homes\; others mounted on cliffs and trees\; and still others are monumental abodes that could house twenty million of these social animals. Such is the case for the apiary of Inzerki\, located in the Souss Valley in southwestern Morocco. Built in the sixteenth century and overseen by a collective of Amazigh (Berber) tribes\, it functioned as a premodern “factory” for the large-scale production of wax and honey—the latter a prized sweetener and preserver bearing curative properties\, and the former a material in high demand by and thus exported to Europe. Along with related bee texts and other apiaries\, this talk presents the Inzerki beehive in order to explore the interface between wilderness and domesticity\, animal and human architecture\, biomimesis\, and faunal industrialism. Above all\, it focuses on Islamic “beekeeping\,” the expression “keeping” used to identify various types of cooperative homing practices and forms. \n\nLunch will be available before the lecture begins.\n\nProfessor Christiane Gruber is Mehmet Ağa-Oğlu Collegiate Professor of Islamic Art History at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Her scholarly work explores medieval to contemporary Islamic art. Among others\, her areas of expertise include Islamic book arts\, paintings of the Prophet Muhammad\, and Islamic ascension texts and images\, about which she has written three books and edited several volumes of articles. She also pursues research in Islamic book arts\, codicology\, and paleography\, having authored the online catalogue of Islamic calligraphies in the Library of Congress as well as edited the volume of articles entitled The Islamic Manuscript Tradition. Her third field of specialization is modern and contemporary Islamic visual and material culture\, about which she has edited several volumes and written over a dozen articles. Her recent publications include her book The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images and her edited volume The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World. Currently\, she is working on eco-Islamic art and architecture as well as the visual culture of the Nation of Islam. \n\nShe has found great joy and purpose in founding and directing Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online since 2020. UID:146451-21899129@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146451 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,history of art,Lecture LOCATION:Tappan Hall - Room 180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T095936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Master’s to Doctorate: A Guide to Ph.D. and Other Doctoral Applications DESCRIPTION:Are you a current master’s student or recent alum considering a Ph.D. or another doctorate? Do you want to learn how to effectively present your research experience and academic potential to admissions committees? This workshop will guide you through the essential components of a successful doctoral application. We will review different types of doctoral programs\, typical application timelines\, application documents\, and additional factors to consider when looking and applying for a doctoral program. We will also reflect on if a doctorate is the right choice for your career goals. You will have the opportunity to ask your questions and learn more about how to best utilize University Career Center and Rackham resources to get support for this academic transition. Whether you are just considering the idea of pursuing a doctoral degree or you have already started preparing for it\, this session will provide the tools you need for a successful application.\n\nThis event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:144706-21895748@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual on Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T112100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IOE Career Workshops DESCRIPTION: UID:136849-21894281@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136849 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:IOE - G690 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T171513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T123000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Lunch-n-Learn: What to do the first 30-60-90 days on the Job DESCRIPTION:Whether you're starting a full-time position or you have a summer internship\, there are certain things you need to do within the first month in order to ensure success. Attend this session to learn what they are! Lunch provided. UID:144275-21895103@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144275 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - G690 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T093903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 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:139740-21894088@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:20260126T121750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Austin Zhu & Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate students Austin Zhu & Adam Lenhart perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144537-21895468@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144537 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T132515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T132000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. A Global Perspective on Campaigns for Reproductive Rights: Insights from Soviet and Contemporary Russia DESCRIPTION:The first ever public campaign to defend access to legal abortion in Russia took place in 2011. Notably\, Russian advocates avoided common feminist slogans claiming reproductive “rights” and “choice.” Instead\, they implored the state to “Fight Abortion\, Not Women.” This slogan expressed opposition to the routine use of abortion for fertility control and implicitly demanded state support for contraceptives. In this presentation\, Rivkin-Fish traces the historical conditions that made “Fight Abortion\, Not Women” a salient message for the health professionals who established Russia’s first state and non-governmental organizations for family planning. Their efforts illustrate a broader vision of change at socialism’s end—one aimed not at promoting individual autonomy but at rationalizing and re-enchanting relationships.\n She will show how\, by promoting this culturally tailored approach to liberal biopolitics\, family planning experts facilitated dramatic transformations in reproductive health services and reproductive practices. Nonetheless\, their programs became targets for nationalists’ ire and demographic anxiety. By tracing the rise and demise of family planning institutions\, Rivkin-Fish’s Unmaking Russia’s Abortion Culture (2024) reveals the centrality of reproductive and demographic politics to Russia’s nationalist and authoritarian turn.\n \n Michele Rivkin-Fish is Professor of Anthropology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on reproductive politics and health in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. She is the author of Women’s Health in Post-Soviet Russia: The Politics of Intervention (2005)\, which won the Basker Prize for Outstanding Research on Gender and Health from the Society of Medical Anthropology\, and the Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies. Her most recent book\, Unmaking Russia’s Abortion Culture: Family Planning and the Struggle for a Liberal Biopolitics (2024)\, examines professional efforts to replace routine abortion use with contraceptive habits as a lens onto the evolving practices of liberal biopolitics from the late Soviet 1950s to 2016 in Russia.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142421-21890937@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142421 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Reproductive Rights,russia LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T085750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DAAS Faculty Forum DESCRIPTION:In the spirit of creating stronger departmental connections\, DAAS is presenting a faculty forum in honor of DAAS's 55th anniversary. Members of the DAAS faculty will discuss their projects\, research\, and/or publications to share more about their work and interests. The DAAS Faculty Forum will be held monthly on Wednesdays at noon.\n\nSeptember 17 - Stephen Ward\, Associate Director of the Residential College\; Arthur F Thurnau Professor\; Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Associate Professor in the Residential College\n\nOctober 22 - Magdalena Zaborowska\, Chair and Professor of American Culture\, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nNovember 5 - Jessica Walker\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Assistant Professor of American Culture\n\nDecember 3 - Al Young Jr.\, Associate Director of Center for Social Solutions\; Arthur F Thurnau Professor\; Edgar G. Epps Collegiate Professor of Sociology\; Professor of Afroamerican and African studies\; Professor of Public Policy\n\nJanuary 21- Aliyah Khan\, Director of the Global Islamic Studies Center\, International Institute\; Associate Professor of English\; Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nFebruary 18 - Scott Ellsworth\, Teaching Professor in Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nMarch 25 - Saraellen Strongman\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nApril 8 - David Doris\, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Associate Professor of African Art and Visual Culture UID:137882-21881026@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137882 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:africa,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,African Diaspora,African Studies,Afroamerican,Art,Black America,Blackness,Caribbean,History,Humanities,Sociology LOCATION:Haven Hall - 4701 Haven Hall (DAAS Conference Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T105517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DAAS Faculty Forum DESCRIPTION:SaraEllen Strongman is an interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersection of Black Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies. She researches and writes about Black feminisms\, Black women's political and cultural history\, and African American literature. She received her Ph.D. in Africana Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining DAAS as an assistant professor\, SaraEllen spent two years as an LSA Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellow. Her manuscript in progress\, The Sisterhood: Black Women\, Black Feminism\, and the Women's Liberation Movement\, examines the moment when black women began calling themselves \"Black feminists\" during the 1970s and 1980s and how they pushed a predominantly white feminist movement to respond to their concerns and broaden their platform while simultanoeusly building their own autonomous institutions and the burgeoning field we now know as Black feminist thought. Her work has been published in Feminist Theory\, Feminist Studies\, Sinister Wisdom\, and The Washington Post UID:146739-21899577@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146739 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,Afroamerican,Black America,Feminism,Gender,gender studies,women,women studies,women's studies LOCATION:Haven Hall - 4701 Haven Hall (DAAS Conference Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T173722 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dialogue Michigan Community Circles DESCRIPTION:As we navigate an increasingly complex social and political landscape\, the need for robust democratic engagement has never been more vital. At its core\, democracy thrives not just through the ballot box\, but through our ability to foster discourse\, practice inclusive decision-making\, and build resilient communities.\n\nOn behalf of the Dialogue Michigan planning team\, we invite U-M faculty and staff to join us for our next event\, where we will explore a practical tool for this civic work.\n\nDemocratic engagement requires us to move beyond debate and toward dialogue. Circle processes provide a structured way to do exactly that and to be in community. Rooted in First Nation and Indigenous peacemaking practices\, these processes create an egalitarian space where:\n- Every voice is centered: The use of a talking piece ensures that all participants have the space to be heard without interruption.\n- Power is shared: The circular structure removes traditional hierarchies\, encouraging collective responsibility and transparency.\n- Community is restored: It offers a framework for navigating conflict and making decisions that reflect the needs of the whole\, rather than just the majority.\n\nThis workshop will be interactive\, providing you with the opportunity to experience a circle firsthand and learn how to bring these restorative practices into your work and community spaces.\n\nRegistration required: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/16802\n\nLEARN MORE ABOUT DIALOGUE MICHIGAN\nhttps://myumi.ch/dialogue UID:146525-21899236@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:dialogue,Faculty,Graduate and Professional Students,Professional Development,Sessions,Staff,Workshop LOCATION:North Quad 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T230513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Free Sexual Health Resource Tabling Event! DESCRIPTION:LSA Student Government's Health Committee and Sexual Misconduct Response and Prevention Committee (SMRP) are hosting a sexual health resource tabling event! We will be giving out FREE Plan B\, condoms\, pregnancy tests\, reusable drink covers\, keychain alarms\, and more! Stop by to pick up your free bag! UID:146671-21899437@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146671 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Campus Resources,Community,Community Engagement,diag,Education,Free,Government,Health,Health & Wellness,In Person,Leadership,lsa,lsa student government,Outdoors,Safety,Social,Social Impact,social justice,Student Affairs,student government,student org,Student Organization,Swag,Undergrad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Well-being LOCATION:Diag - Central Campus CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T110533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Inequality & Social Demography (ISD) Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 21: Mila Listrovaya\, Katie Leu\n- January 28: Charles Katulamu\n- February 5: Haorui Peng \n- February 18: Johanna Oh \n- March 11: Janet Wang\, Cayley Ryan-Claytor\n- March 25: Nafeesa Andrabi \n- April 8: Nils Neumann\n- April 22: Junchao Tang UID:143660-21893595@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143660 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T135945 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T140000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Learning Structured Reward Representations for Reinforcement Learning DESCRIPTION:Committee Chair: Necmiye Ozay\n\nAbstract: \nLearning from demonstrations is one of the most natural and powerful paradigms for acquiring intelligent behavior. Among its most prominent formulations is inverse reinforcement learning (IRL)\, which has achieved remarkable success in domains such as robotics and autonomous driving. Yet despite this promise\, IRL remains fundamentally challenged by ill-posedness: the same observed behavior can often be explained by many different underlying objectives. If an agent moves from point A to point B\, is it because it is attracted to B\, repelled by A\, or optimizing something more subtle entirely? From behavior alone\, the answer is generally ambiguous.\nThis dissertation addresses several foundational questions at the heart of inverse reinforcement learning. First\, it investigates which environments and dynamics are inherently suitable for learning from demonstrations. Second\, it studies how \"rationality priors\" can be incorporated to regularize the ambiguity of IRL and improve identifiability. Finally\, it develops methods for inferring latent memory structure directly from demonstrations\, enabling classical IRL techniques to extend beyond Markovian assumptions to the richer setting of multi-stage tasks with history-dependent\, non-Markovian rewards.\n\nRobotics Atrium & on Zoom (Passcode: 19982001) UID:146862-21899720@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146862 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Michigan Robotics,Robotics LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 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:145539-21897499@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:20260323T004937 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mathematical Biology Seminar: Cyanobacterial Clocks: How do they work\, and what are they good for? DESCRIPTION:All plants and animals and many unicellular organisms possess circadian clocks--autonomous oscillators with a roughly 24 hour period that allow them to anticipate daily cycles of light and dark. I will discuss recent progress on understanding one such biological clock\, in the photosynthetic bacterium S. elongatus. This system has the remarkable feature that the core biochemical oscillator can be reconstituted in vitro with only three purified proteins. Thus\, unlike almost all other circadian clocks studied to date\, it requires neither transcription nor translation but functions entirely post-translationally. After reviewing what we know about how the in vitro oscillator functions\, as well as a few outstanding puzzles\, I will turn my attention to the implications of this understanding for clock function in the living cell. In particular\, I will use biophysical models to address two questions: How does the clock continue to tick robustly in the noisy cellular environment? And what selective advantage does the clock provide? In the former case\, I will argue that the core post-translational oscillator is necessary to make the clock robust to several perturbations present in any growing\, dividing cell\, but that other specific adaptations are also required. In response to the latter question\, I will present efforts to quantify the clock's contributions to fitness through anticipating diurnal environmental changes and through rejecting environmental noise. UID:146903-21899769@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146903 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,data,Life Science,Mathematical Biology,Mathematical Modeling,Mathematics LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 296 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T122849 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series: From Survey to SurvAI: The Promises and Precautions of AI for Survey Research DESCRIPTION:MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series\nMPSDS M3 Series: Mastery\, Methodology\, Meetups\n\nIn person\, room 1070 Institute for Social Research\, and via Zoom.\nThe Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.\n\nFrom Survey to SurvAI: The Promises and Precautions of AI for Survey Research\n\nLarge language models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming many professional domains\, including survey research. Eloundou et al. (2024) rank survey research among the most highly exposed occupations to LLM-driven automation\, raising both opportunities and challenges for practitioners. While survey science has a rich tradition of adopting technological tools for tasks like data collection\, analysis\, and instrument design\, the unique affordances and risks associated with LLMs call for a structured examination.\n\nThis paper presents findings from a systematic literature review of empirical and theoretical work at the intersection of LLMs and survey research. Specifically\, we sought to synthesize examples of how LLMs are being applied across three broad phases of the survey research pipeline including: pre-data collection\, data collection and post-data collection. Methodologically\, this review identifies uneven distribution of LLM application across the survey pipeline. While pre-data collection stages (e.g.\, item writing\, translation) are well explored\, core practices like live interviewing\, recruitment\, and cross-lingual adaptation remain under-investigated. Additionally\, few studies assess LLMs systematically across multiple populations\, languages\, or survey topics. In this presentation we will highlight not just the breadth of current use cases\, but also the methodological and ethical considerations that must accompany them noting examples that are both promising as well as precautionary.\n\nTrent D. Buskirk\, Ph.D. has recently joined the new School of Data Science at Old Dominion University. Prior to this appointment\, Trent was the Novak Family Distinguished Professor of Data Science and outgoing Chair of the Applied Statistics and Operations Research Department at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Buskirk is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and his research is positioned at the intersection of survey science\, data science\, computational social science\, and human–AI interaction. His specific research interests include Schema-Driven LLM-Based Inference\, big data quality\, recruitment methods through social media\, the use of big data and machine learning methods for health\, social and survey science design and analysis\, mobile and smartphone survey designs and in methods for calibrating and weighting samples and fairness in AI models and interpretable ML methods. Trent has also been involved in various professional organizations serving as the President of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research in 2016\, the Conference Chair for AAPOR in 2018 and a member of the scientific committee for the BigSurv series of conferences since 2018. Trent as also served as an Associate Editor (Methods) for the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. Dr. Buskirk is currently serving on the AAPOR Responsible Integration of AI in Survey Research task force. When Trent is not geeking out over data science or survey research\, he’s likely out playing a competitive game of Pickleball! UID:146650-21899402@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146650 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Survey Methods,Survey Research,Webinar,Ai,Ai Literacy,Artificial Intelligence,Basic Science,brown bag,Causal Inference,Cognition,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Free,Generative Ai,Graduate,Health Data,In Person,Livestream,Mathematics,Metadata,Online,Research,Science,seminar,Social Science,Social Sciences,Statistics,Survey Methodology LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Institute for Social Research, Room 1070, Ann Arbor MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T123123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1915086Just 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:145620-21897599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145620 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:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 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:143999-21894460@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:20260327T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:We Ran Toward Each Other: The 2026 MFA First Year Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:\n\nBert Cook\nWilliam Hohe\nJuniper Jones\nNavjeet Kaur\nZhongxing (Jack) Liu\nJulianna Sanromán\nCelia Shaheen\n\nThe 2026 MFA First Year Exhibition takes place March 25 - April 17 at the Stamps Graduate and Faculty Studios\, 1919 Green Rd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109.\n\nJoin us at the public exhibition reception on Wednesday\, March 25 from 6-8 p.m. (no RSVP required).\n\nViewings March 26-April 17 are available by appointment only\; please contact William Hohe to arrange a visit. UID:145492-21897407@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T135000 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:144538-21895469@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T072754 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Cookies and Course Guide DESCRIPTION:Need guidance in choosing classes to support your Major or Minor? Did you discover a program at the Major/Minor Expo that you want to learn more about? Stop by the Newnan Academic Advising Center to speak with an advisor and make a plan for registration\, get schedule advice\, and grab a free cookie! UID:146627-21899365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,All Majors Welcome,Food,Free,Free Food,Majors,Transfer Students LOCATION:Angell Hall - The Newnan Academic Advising Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T125326 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Truman Scholarship: Online Info Session DESCRIPTION:The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30\,000 for graduate education and professional development for future leaders committed to public service careers. Only juniors or third-year seniors may apply\, but ONSF also welcomes freshmen and sophomores who want to know more about the program and potentially apply in a future year. \n\nThis session provides a great opportunity to meet with ONSF and learn about the Truman Scholarship. Bring any questions you have! UID:145739-21897756@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145739 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fellowships,Political Science,Politics,Public Policy,Public Service,Scholarships LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T094019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Counting Defiers: A Design-Based Model of a Randomized Experiment Can Reveal Evidence Beyond the Average Effect (with Neil Christy) DESCRIPTION:We estimate the numbers of always takers\, compliers\, defiers\, and never takers in the sample of people in an experiment\, rather than a hypothetical population from which it was drawn\, using structure from the randomization design. Our data include only a binary intervention and outcome. We develop a visualization to show that samples with defiers can sometimes generate the data in more ways than samples without defiers\, yielding a higher design-based likelihood. We propose a maximum likelihood decision rule that can harness this evidence\, which is not captured by standard hypothesis tests\, and we provide optimality conditions. We illustrate the output of our decision rule for all possible data in samples of 50 and 200 with half in intervention\, demonstrating a pattern in when the MLE includes defiers despite a positive average effect. We provide insights into effect heterogeneity in two published experiments with interventions that could plausibly backfire for some people despite statistically significant positive average effects on takeup of desirable health behaviors. In both\, our 95% credible sets include the estimated Frechet bounds\, demonstrating that evidence is weak. Yet\, our MLE includes no defiers in one\; in the other\, the MLE includes a count of defiers equal to the estimated upper Frechet bound\, over 18% of the sample. The MLE can support a monotonicity assumption or a specific alternative as a step toward improving the average effect of future interventions by targeting them away from noncompliers. Our dbmle package\, compatible with Python and Stata\, implements our statistics. UID:143692-21893654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143692 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Labor,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T103334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning seminar in algebraic combinatorics: Weak order and Cambrian Lattices DESCRIPTION:In this talk we will look at another important example of semi distributive lattices\, the weak order on finite Coxeter groups. In the specific example of the symmetric group\, which can be associated to the type A Dynkin quiver\, we will see how the familiar lattice of torsion classes can be identified with a quotient of the weak order. Building on this example\, we will generalize the quotient construction to finite Coxeter groups via the notion of Cambrian congruences and Cambrian lattices. UID:146898-21899763@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146898 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Number Theory: Local Theta Correspondence and Witt Towers DESCRIPTION:We give a brief construction of the Weil representation and an overview of the local theta correspondence and its behavior in Witt towers. UID:146905-21899772@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146905 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T105103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 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:145041-21896581@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:20260318T112139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Optical Thermodynamics and Lagrange Waveguides DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, there has been a resurgence of interest in multimode structures\, driven primarily by the growing demand for higher information capacities. This renewed focus has sparked a surge of activity in the field of nonlinear multimode optics. The inherent complexity of these systems—where hundreds or even thousands of nonlinearly interacting modes collectively behave as a many-body system—has led to the discovery of novel optical phenomena that would be unattainable in single-mode settings.\n\nIn this talk\, a new thermodynamic framework for describing complex\, highly multimode\, nonlinear optical systems will be presented. It will be shown that mode occupancies in such systems exhibit a universal behavior\, consistently evolving toward maximizing the system’s entropy. This thermodynamic response is universal—it occurs regardless of the specific nonlinearities at play and can be harnessed to either heat or cool an optical system. Special emphasis will be placed on new methodologies for coherent beam combining using principles of optical thermodynamics. \n\nMethodologies for guiding light and charged particles in a novel class of waveguiding structures based on Lagrange points will also be discussed.\n \nBio: Demetri Christodoulides is an Endowed Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1986. After earning his doctorate degree\, he joined Bellcore as a postdoctoral research fellow. He was a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Lehigh University from 1988 to 2002. Between 2002 and 2022 he was a Pegasus Professor and the Cobb Family Endowed Chair at CREOL–The College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida. He has served as an associate editor for the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics and JOSA B. He is a Fellow of APS and Optica. He is the recipient of the Optica’s 2011 R.W. Wood Prize and 2018 Max Born Award\, and of the 2023 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science of APS. UID:146749-21899583@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 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:138848-21890505@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:20260325T142052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IN PERSON - Newnan Academic Advising - Spring/Summer Registration Support DESCRIPTION:Feel like you're falling behind on credits\, or want to get further \nahead? Want to make sure you're achieving the recommended credit \nmomentum going into next year? Want to ask questions about taking \nclasses at another college/university? Have questions about the \nTransfer Credit Equivalency Guide? This is the support you need!\n\n\nThe Newnan Student Success Team will guide you through how to take \nclasses at\, or outside\, U-M this spring/summer and earn some credits \nprior to next fall. To help ensure you're making the progress you're \nhoping to achieve\, we'll talk to you about how these classes will be \nadded to your degree audit.\n\n\nWe'll make a particular effort to explain how taking spring/summer \ncourses can impact your GPA if you're on an Academic Progress Notice.\n\n\nAgenda for the session:\nHow to take summer courses at U-M or another school\nHow would taking classes impact your GPA? Particularly if on an Academic Progress Notice\nExplain Credit Momentum and discuss the benefits \nNavigate Transfer Credit Equivalency and Michigan Transfer Agreement sites\nDiscuss direct equivalent credit vs. departmental credit \nAudit checklist and ‘What-If’ Reports\nHow to transfer credits back\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns\, please email erinkell@umich.edu. UID:143840-21894113@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143840 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Angell Hall G-243 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T181648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Master Class with Noa Kageyama: Shrinking the Gap Between Practice and Performance DESCRIPTION:Elite athletes and coaches have known for decades that physical preparation alone is not enough to perform optimally under pressure. And increasingly\, musicians too are engaging in mental skills training and ways of practicing and preparing which can lead to more consistent\, inspired\, and engaged performances.\n\nIn this session\, you’ll find out what common practice habit leads to “but it sounded better at home” syndrome (and the more effective alternative)\, discover the two causes of “choking” under pressure (and a simple strategy to prevent this from happening)\, and learn a “backwards” method for structuring your daily practice that leads to more consistent and confident performances.\n\nStudents should bring their instruments in order to apply practices and try out strategies in real time during the session. Any playing will be altogether as a group. No individual or 1:1 playing is required!\n\nFree and open to the public. Presented by the Department of Strings and the U-M Arts Initiative.\n\nGUEST ARTIST BIO\n\nPerformance psychologist NOA KAGEYAMA is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music. A conservatory-trained violinist with degrees from Oberlin and Juilliard before completing a Ph.D. in psychology at Indiana University\, Noa specializes in teaching musicians how to utilize sport psychology principles and more consistently perform up to their full abilities under pressure.\n\nHe has conducted workshops for institutions including Curtis\, Eastman\, Peabody\, and the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music\, programs such as the Starling-Delay Symposium and the Perlman Music Program\, and for organizations like the Music Teachers’ National Association\, Performing Arts Medicine Association\, and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.\n\nNoa's work has appeared in CNN\, NBC News\, The Wall Street Journal\, and other media outlets. He authors *The Bulletproof Musician* blog and podcast\, reaching over 45\,000 subscribers every week. UID:146157-21898603@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Talk,Workshop LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T095001 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Math Grad Show and Tell Seminar DESCRIPTION:Abstract: After learning single-variable calculus\, it is common to move straight into learning multivariable calculus\; a standard extension from R to R^n. With some dedication\, one continues on to learn about single-variable complex analysis\, observing that the reasonable transition from R to C often makes analysis much more elegant. But then a natural question arises: Why is it uncommon to study \"multivariable complex analysis\" on C^n?\n\nIn this talk\, which shares its title with a textbook authored by Jiří Lebl\, we will introduce basic results and phenomena in the theory of several complex variables. Emphasizing definitions and examples over technical proofs\, we will explore generalizations of certain theorems from complex analysis\, while highlighting the surprising ways in which our single-variable intuition can fail in higher dimensions. Familiarity (not proficiency) in complex analysis will be helpful\, but certain statements will be reviewed as needed. UID:146910-21899779@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146910 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T170056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Naveed Arif Iqball Lecture DESCRIPTION:The Naveed Arif Iqball Keynote Lecture highlights the work of individuals advancing understanding and improving college student mental health. The lecture is held annually at the Mental Health on College Campuses conference. This year\, we are honored to host Jennifer Wallace\, founder of The Mattering Institute and co-founder of The Mattering Movement\, for her presentation titled \"The Mattering Campus: Building an Ecosystem Where Everyone Feels Valued.\" The Mattering Campus is built on a simple idea: students thrive when they feel they matter. Despite being more connected than ever\, many students feel lonely\, anxious\, and disengaged. Seen through a mattering lens\, these aren’t separate crises but signs of the same problem: namely\, that students don’t feel seen\, needed\, or significant. This talk explores how campuses can intentionally rebuild mattering at every stage of the student journey—from orientation to graduation. This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required to attend. CE credit available for social workers!\n\nThe support for this lecture is provided by the Naveed Arif Iqball Mental Health Advocacy Endowment Fund\, established by Arif Iqball of Kyoto\, Japan\, in memory of his son\, Naveed\, who sadly lost his battle with depression in 2019. He believed stigma prevented his son from seeking treatment or sharing his struggles with his family and friends. Through this lecture\, Mr. Iqball aims to raise awareness of student mental health and reduce stigma across our communities. UID:145105-21896674@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145105 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,In Person,Lecture,mental health,psychology,Rackham,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Main Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T212956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Profinite Rigidity and Hyperbolic Geometry DESCRIPTION:To what extent is a finitely presented group determined by its finite quotients? This question leads naturally to the profinite completion\, which encodes all finite quotients of a group in a single algebraic object. In this talk\, we will discuss work by Bridson\, McReynolds\, Reid\, and Spitler who construct new examples of groups that are profinitely rigid\, meaning they are uniquely determined by their profinite completion\, via examples from hyperbolic geometry and low-dimensional topology. Their approach uses techniques involving representation rigidity\, linking the finite quotients of a group to arithmetic invariants of lattices in PSL(2\,C). If time permits\, we will discuss more recent developments in this area pertaining to Dehn fillings of knots. UID:146891-21899756@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146891 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T130939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Software Packaging for Researchers DESCRIPTION:Software Packaging for Researchers introduces graduate students and PIs to the fundamentals of organizing and distributing research code as reusable\, shareable packages. Participants will learn practical techniques for making their software portable\, reproducible\, and easy for collaborators—and the broader research community—to use and cite.\n\n*Note*: Introduction to Git and Programming is not a prerequisite for this workshop.\n\n\nThe Research Software Engineering Team in U-M’s College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) supports researchers in developing effective\, sustainable software. We’re excited to offer workshops for graduate students and PIs to strengthen their programming capabilities. UID:145129-21896699@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145129 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Digital Scholarship,Dsrse,Graduate Students,Natural Sciences,Research,Research Software Engineering,Social Sciences LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T142053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Software Skills for Research: Version Control and Packaging DESCRIPTION:The Research Software Engineering Team in U-M’s College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) supports researchers in developing effective\, sustainable software. We’re excited to offer two workshops for graduate students and PIs to strengthen their programming capabilities.1. Introduction to Git and Collaborative Programming is designed for graduate student researchers and principal investigators (PIs) who work with code in their research. Participants will learn the basics of Git for version control and collaboration\, enabling them to efficiently manage code\, track changes\, and work with colleagues on research projects.2. Software Packaging for Researchers introduces graduate students and PIs to the fundamentals of organizing and distributing research code as reusable\, shareable packages. Participants will learn practical techniques for making their software portable\, reproducible\, and easy for collaborators—and the broader research community—to use and cite. Note: Introduction to Git and Programming is not a prerequisite for this workshop.\nWhile NOT required\, ARC offers Introduction to Linux Command Line\, which we recommend in addition to our own workshops.1/29 session2/24 session UID:144111-21894679@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144111 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T132146 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:9th Annual Omenn Lecture presented by Aviv Regev\, PhD (VP Genentech Research and Early Development) DESCRIPTION:\"From Cell Atlases to Medicines\, with AI\"\nPresented by Aviv Regev\, PhD\nLive lecture with networking reception and poster sessions to follow.\n\nHosted by Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics\, Genome Science Training Program\, Life Sciences Institute\, and Single Cell Spatial Analysis Program.\n\nAbout the Omenn Lectureship\n\nThe Annual Gilbert S. Omenn Lecture series features high-profile scientists discussing a variety of scientific topics and issues around bioinformatics\, data science and the development of this field. \n\nThis annual event gathers the DCMB and CCMB scientific communities while inviting a larger audience within U-M and beyond. UID:142424-21890940@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142424 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Khan Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T152055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Faculty Protections Workshop: FOIA DESCRIPTION:SACUA’s Faculty Protections Working Group will be hosting an event featuring attorneys from the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund and Salvatore Prescott Porter & Porter. The event will focus on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The presenters will discuss the problem of FOIA harassment against researchers nationally and will offer advice about how U-M faculty can best protect themselves in today’s environment. The event will include discussion of a winter term survey on whether U-M faculty have been censored or have self-censored due to current environmental pressures\, and why.Due to privacy concerns\, this event will be in-person only without a recording. \n UID:146513-21899222@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Room 1010, Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260228T101529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T165000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Michigan Lectures in Algebraic Geometry and Topology: Stable homology of moduli spaces and moments in families of L-functions over function fields DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, several problems in arithmetic statistics that seem completely intractable over number fields\, have been resolved in the case of function fields by geometric methods\; more specifically\, by casting the problem in terms of the homology of a suitable moduli space of algebraic curves\, and understanding the homology asymptotically. Perhaps the most notable is the work of Ellenberg-Venkatesh-Westerland and Landesman-Levy on Cohen-Lenstra heuristics. \n\nI will talk about joint work with Bergström-Diaconu-Westerland and Miller-Patzt-Randal-Williams\, where this paradigm is applied to another problem in analytic number theory. There is a \"recipe\" due to Conrey-Farmer-Keating-Rubinstein-Snaith (CFKRS) which allows for precise predictions for the asymptotics of moments of many different families of L-functions. We consider the family of all L-functions attached to hyperelliptic curves over some fixed finite field\, in which case we are able to prove the CFKRS predictions for all moments\, for all sufficiently large (but fixed) q.\nWe do this by studying the homology of the moduli space of hyperelliptic curves\, with symplectic coefficients: we compute the stable homology groups\, together with their structure as Galois representations\, and prove a novel homological stability theorem in this setting. The proofs use homotopical ideas developed in connection with the Mumford conjecture\, Borel's work on stable real cohomology of arithmetic groups\, logarithmic algebraic geometry\, and cellular E_k-algebras. UID:141934-21889651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141934 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,seminar LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 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:20260325T152055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BBA FY - Preparation for Sophomore Fall! DESCRIPTION: UID:146220-21898672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146220 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:R1230 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T133125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 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:146268-21898803@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:20260324T093638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Biological Anthropology Colloquium | “Should We Stay or Should We Go? Bonobo Navigation and Foraging Behavior in a Virtual Rainforest” DESCRIPTION:“Addressing questions about primate cognition and behavior between both field and lab\, the use of virtual reality creates simulated scenarios synthesizing aspects of ecological conditions under controlled laboratory settings. I will present a spatial cognitive-foraging study\, a ‘Virtual Rainforest’\, inspired by primate fieldwork to test hypotheses in the lab that would be difficult to assess under field conditions. I will also briefly present the framework for a second virtual reality study on wild great ape gestures similarly inspired by primate fieldwork. \n\nIn the Virtual Rainforest study\, we asked\, how do captive apes’ exploration in complex environments and spatial memory compare with wild apes’ dynamic challenges (competitors\, seasonality\, and food availability) when navigating between multiple foraging sites? And\, what effect does the captive environment have on the development of spatial cognitive abilities? We investigated by using simulations of captive bonobos’ real-world habitats. Assessing navigation in a virtual “rainforest” presents a unique opportunity to examine ape cognitive abilities in exploration of novel complex environments\, attention to landmarks\, and capacity to generate and encode novel routes. In our study\, captive bonobos explored a virtual rainforest comprised of three regions: dense\, moderate dense\, and savannah-like area. Virtual fruits (mango\, cherry\, grape) were located region-specific\, and each were associated with specific auditory cues\, bird calls. The food rewards matched the selected virtual fruits. Moving prey (e.g.\, red river hogs) shifted between regions creating complexity and a dynamic habitat. The bonobos were presented with three 12-minute trials/day\, each trial mirroring daybreak to sundown. Individualized start locations began where each bonobo’s trial previously ended. The bonobos were highly attentive during virtual exploration and traveled to localized areas of preferred over non-preferred foods suggesting goal-oriented navigation in this virtual mini-world. Additionally\, within trials\, bonobos were observed to turn towards items previously seen but not presently visible\, demonstrating object permanence of visual+directional memory within a virtual space. We compare our results with wild chimpanzee goal-directed navigation to foraging sites. \n\nAs a model for what is possible\, I will briefly present a framework for a future study using bonobo avatars to demonstrate wild ape gestures to captive apes to determine their responsiveness. In summary\, I will highlight the novel use of virtual reality to assess and compare cognition across ecologies\, species and populations\, and between individuals with different experiential and developmental trajectories.”\n\nDr. Francine Dolins\, Associate Professor of Comparative Psychology\, University of Michigan-Dearborn\, has a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and Behavioral Primatology from the University of Stirling (Scotland) and a BSc.\, Honors in Biology (Behavioral Ecology\, Evolutionary Theory & Animal Cognition) from the University of Sussex (England). Francine’s research focuses on primate cognition\, behavior\, and cognitive-ecological modeling in the field and laboratory. Her research concentrates on questions regarding spatial cognition\, navigation\, and foraging behavior in the context of group decision-making\, self-recognition\, social information transfer\, and group behavior. She uses virtual reality to compare nonhuman and human primate spatial and social cognition and applies technology to enhance the welfare and environmental enrichment of captive nonhuman primates. Francine has received multiple research grants from the National Institutes on Aging\, Templeton World Charity Foundation\, Ford Motor Company\, and the Southwest Primate National Research Center. She is lead editor on three volumes published by Cambridge University Press: Attitudes to Animals\; Spatial Cognition - Spatial Perception\; and Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology: Applying GIS at Varying Scales\, as well as a guest editor on several special issues in the American Journal of Primatology\, Frontiers\, and Animal Biology. Francine teaches in the Psychology and Biopsychology programs\, the Masters’ Program in Human Centered Design Studies\, and is a Co-Director of the Psychology Honors Program. She is actively involved on the University of Michigan Senate and Senate committees on research\, ethics\, and university governance. Co-creating The Ako Project\, she worked in collaboration with Dr. Alison Jolly to further conservation education in Madagascar and the United States. She is an active member of the American Society of Primatology and the International Primatological Society’s Conservation committees. She established the non profit organization\, Palm-to-Palm\, to reduce the use of palm oil in the Global North to protect tropical rainforests and nonhuman primate and human communities in the Global South. UID:146963-21899850@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146963 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Anthropology LOCATION:West Hall - 111 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T122400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Event Launch - Future of Real Estate Competition 2026 DESCRIPTION:In 2026\, the “Office Apocalypse” enters its next chapter—The Great Repurposing. Back for its fourth year\, the Future of Real Estate Competition launches on Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026\, challenging students to tackle this moment in the market with bold ideas and fresh perspectives. Tasked with reimagining an office property as a vibrant residential living space\, teams will draw on their knowledge\, creativity\, and ingenuity to deliver solutions that balance visionary design with real-world feasibility. \n\nDesigned to bridge architectural creativity with real-world financial feasibility\, teams of 3–5 multidisciplinary students will renovate a distressed asset and present their vision to a panel of esteemed industry judges. With $25\,000 in prize money on the line\, this year’s competition promises bold ideas\, thoughtful debate\, and meaningful connections with real estate leaders. \n\nRegister your team below\, and be sure to attend the FORE Competition Launch on March 25.\n\nImportant Dates & Things to Know:\n- Competition Launch: Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026 (virtual)\n- Applications Close: Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\, at 12:00 AM EST\n- Final Pitches: Wednesday\, April 8\, 2026 (in-person at the Ross School of Business)\n- Team Requirements:\n-> Teams of 3–5 University of Michigan students\n-> Undergraduate and graduate students welcome\n-> Your team CAN BE a mix of undergraduate students and graduate students\n-> Each team must include at least one member representing investment\, design & development\n- Prizes: $25\,000 total prize pool — register to win your share!\n\nInterested in participating but don’t yet have a team? No problem\, Weiser’s here to assist! Complete the Interest Form found on the Weiser website\, and the Weiser Center for Real Estate will help connect you with fellow students to ensure you find a team and are ready to compete.\n\nReady to register yourself and your teammates? Complete the Registration Form found on the Weiser website to let the Weiser Center know you’re in and officially join the competition. UID:143961-21894326@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143961 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Architecture\, Urban Planning,Business,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Economics,Graduate Students,Information And Technology,Michigan Engineering,Public Policy,real estate,Student Affairs,taubman college,Taubmancollege,Transportation\, Urban Planning,Undergraduate Students,urban planning,Welcome To Michigan LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Zoom info to be distributed upon registration CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T100857 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gomberg Lecture with Connie Lu \"Synergizing p- and d-Block Elements for Catalysis\" DESCRIPTION:Many challenging chemical reactions require precious metal catalysts to proceed. Our research group develops main-group metalloligands (Groups 13 and 14) as an electronic lever for tuning a reactive transition metal active site via a direct metal–metal interaction. This approach has allowed for the development and optimization of highly efficient transition metal-main group bifunctional catalysts in various catalytic applications. The bimetallic catalysts display remarkably enhanced activity compared to the analogous single metal centers. In this talk\, I will detail the roles of the main group support in substrate binding\, activation of strong bonds (C−F and C−H)\, and catalysis. UID:138387-21882886@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138387 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T102023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Islamic Virtual Reality: \"Pilgrim VR: Hajj & Umrah\" and \"Al-Aqsa VR\" DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026\, 4:00PM\n 555 Weiser Hall (5th floor)\n 500 Church St\, Ann Arbor MI 48109\n RSVP: http://myumi.ch/n1dZN\n \n Join the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and Dr. Ermin Sinanović (Shenandoah University) on Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026 at 4:00PM in 555 Weiser Hall for a demo of and conversation on two new virtual reality apps for Islamic holy sites: one for experiencing and learning how to perform the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages to Mecca\, and another for visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds or Jerusalem.\n \n Pilgrim VR: Hajj and Umrah is a one-of-a-kind interactive training through realistic\, geospatially accurate 3D environments. It shows holy sites\, offers ritual tutorials\, and is made for prospective pilgrims to Mecca. Al-Aqsa VR\, a brand-new VR app\, is made for students\, educators\, historians\, and explorers to experience the beauty of the Al-Aqsa Mosque without leaving home.\n \n The Center for Islam in the Contemporary World (CICW) at Shenandoah University and Siraj Studios (Amman\, Jordan) are co-developers of Pilgrim VR: Hajj and Umrah and Al-Aqsa VR.\n \n For this talk and demonstration\, we will use the Meta Quest 3 with controllers headset\, and have several on hand for audience members to try out the VR apps!\n \n Meet the speaker:\n \n Dr. Ermin Sinanović is a scholar\, educator\, and thought leader in contemporary Islamic Studies whose work bridges academic research\, policy analysis\, and community engagement. He serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World (CICW) at Shenandoah University\, where he leads initiatives that advance research on Muslims in global contexts\, cultivate American Muslim leadership\, and deepen intellectual engagement between Islamic tradition and modern challenges. He also holds an appointment as a faculty associate in research in the Southeast Asia Program\, Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University. Under Sinanović's leadership\, CICW has expanded its scholarly programming\, built international partnerships\, and established new platforms for research on Muslim futures\, American Muslim institutions\, and global Islam.\n \n Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Sinanović experienced firsthand the tumultuous transformations of the Balkans in the 1990s\, an experience that shaped his scholarly interest in religion\, conflict\, identity\, and global politics. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master's degrees from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) before completing graduate studies in political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School\, specializing in comparative politics\, Islamic political thought\, and Southeast Asian politics.\n \n Sinanović’s research spans Islamic governance\, transnational religious networks\, decolonial thought\, and the evolving role of Muslim intellectual traditions in the 21st century. His scholarship has appeared in leading journals and edited volumes\, and he is frequently invited to speak at universities\, policy institutes\, and international conferences. He has contributed to public debates on topics including Southeast Asian Islam\, Muslim political parties\, Islamic revivalism\, and the relationship between Islam and modernity.\n \n \n \n This event is brought to you by the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center\, as part of our ongoing \"Muslims in the Digital Age\" series. It is sponsored in part by the Rabbi Elliott T. Spar “Politics and Culture in the Muslim World” fund.\n \n \n For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan\, please visit ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n Email: -- islamicstudies@umich.edu UID:146640-21899379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146640 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Islamic Studies,Lecture LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T172619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:LSA Transfer Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join the LSA Transfer Recruitment Team for our virtual sessions where we will discuss LSA requirements\, transfer credit\, pre-transfer academic advising\, LSA opportunities and other transfer tidbits.\n\nRegistration is required. Register using link to the right UID:141040-21891682@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Transfer Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T133411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mean–Variance Portfolio Selection by Continuous-Time Reinforcement Learning: Algorithms\, Regret Analysis\, and Empirical Study DESCRIPTION:We study continuous-time mean–variance portfolio selection in markets where stock prices are diffusion processes driven by observable factors that are also diffusion processes\, yet the coefficients of these processes are unknown. Based on the recently developed reinforcement learning (RL) theory for diffusion processes\, we present a general data-driven RL algorithm that learns the pre-committed investment strategy directly without attempting to learn or estimate the market coefficients. For multi-stock Black–Scholes markets without factors\, we further devise a baseline algorithm and prove its performance guarantee by deriving a sublinear regret bound in terms of the Sharpe ratio. We then carry out an extensive empirical study implementing this algorithm to compare its performance and trading outcomes\, evaluated under a host of common metrics\, with a large number of widely employed portfolio allocation strategies on S&P 500 constituents. The results demonstrate that the proposed continuous-time RL strategy is consistently among the best\, especially in a volatile bear market\, and decisively outperforms the model-based continuous-time counterparts by significant margins. Joint work with Yilie Huang and Yanwei Jia. UID:138042-21881387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138042 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T085405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 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:143802-21896971@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:Shapiro Library - Third Floor, Room 3160 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T132442 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Beginner Bike Repair Workshop DESCRIPTION:Want to be ready to fix a flat in a pinch? Adjust your gears for smoother riding? Interested in learning basic bike repair? \n\nJoin us for a beginner bike basic ABCQuick Check workshop on Wednesday March 25th from 4:30-6pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground!\n\nREGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP HERE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/158HlgAE1-4OYaa8Nr2dLQsHXYDl3XtuT1-a21Ep1AqQ/edit?usp=sharing \n\nHere you will learn the key steps to repairing and maintaining your bike. We will be working on WoW Cycling Forward bikes so *please do NOT bring your own*. We will walk you through key bike maintenance skills and send you home with some goodies AT NO COST! \n\nInterested in volunteering or have other questions? Email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu or sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QVMuOatF-toPc_ky9QIAeeD0ob-ndBGA4uUFm9EAZ0g/edit?usp=sharing UID:146267-21898800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146267 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:20260325T120128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Beginner Bike Repair Workshops with WoW (FREE!) DESCRIPTION:Want to be ready to fix a flat in a pinch? Adjust your gears for smoother riding? Interested in learning basic bike repair? \n \nJOIN WOLVERINES ON WHEELS FOR OUR FIRST BEGINNER BIKE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS! SIGN UP REQUIRED.\nWednesdays Feb 25 & Mar 25 from 4:30-6pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground. \n \nYou will be working on recycled WoW bikes so please do not bring your own bike into the facilities for these workshops--you can get repair support on your own bike at our drop-in hours.\n \nThese workshops will center on ABCQuick Checks and the basics of bike maintenance. All bikes\, tools\, and materials will be provided so please just show up with an enthusiasm to learn and participate with our volunteers. Sign up here! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/158HlgAE1-4OYaa8Nr2dLQsHXYDl3XtuT1-a21Ep1AqQ/edit?usp=sharing \nInterested in volunteering or have other questions? Email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu UID:145018-21896553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T113105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Capturing Prestige: Human Trafficking in Japan's Maritime Borderlands\, c. 1350-1600 DESCRIPTION:This presentation traces the evolution of human trafficking networks among so-called Japanese pirates (Kn. Waegu\, Ch. Wokou) from the island of Tsushima located in the maritime borderlands between Japan\, Korea\, and China. It excavates the foundations of the East Asian dimensions of the early modern global circulation of enslaved peoples and shows how medieval Japanese transformations in commercialization\, local lordship\, and the integration of the archipelago into domestic and East Asian shipping circuits all depended on flows of captives. The lords of Tsushima\, the Sō family\, integrated slavery into the administrative machinery of their territorial domain and incentivized military service with awards tied to trafficking. For retainers\, local elites\, and commoner mariners\, such sanctioned trafficking became a source of prestige and family legacies. Incentivized by the promise of tax exemptions and other awards from the Sō\, their piratical enterprises raided Korean and Chinese coasts\, engaged in military campaigns in Kyushu\, and resocialized captives into slaves by modifying regional ascriptive ethnic and status categories. Patronage by the Sō connected Tsushima slavers to the apex of Japan’s warrior hierarchy\, the Ashikaga shogunate. This history invites reconsideration of trafficking in medieval Japan as a low-status\, opportunistic\, and declining trade. UID:143500-21893296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143500 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,japan,japanese studies LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T170011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Exiting a Community-Engaged Project DESCRIPTION:An important goal of community-engaged learning experiences is for students to have a positive\, humanizing\, and sustainable impact on the communities they work with. Students reaching the end of a community-engaged course or service project should prepare to exit a community with these goals in mind. In this interactive session\, students will explore what it means to exit a project sustainably\; discuss the outputs\, outcomes\, and impacts of their project\; identify important questions to ask their community partners in preparation for exiting a project\; and discuss and work on their exit plan.\n\nSee all workshops: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/19663 UID:142772-21891436@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142772 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Free,Leadership,Professional Development,Social Impact,Student Affairs,Student Org,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T153056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Debate about Cash Transfers DESCRIPTION:Join Ford School professors Katherine Michelmore\, Kristin Seefeldt\, and Natasha Pilkauskas\, in discussion with Sarah Miller of the Ross Business School and Michigan Medicine’s Sumit Agarwal for an in-depth look at the impacts of direct cash transfer programs. Panelists will discuss their research on guaranteed income in Ann Arbor and across the country\, Earned Income Tax Credit\, Child Tax Credit\, and Rx Kids cash \"prescriptions\" for infants. UID:144648-21895636@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144648 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Income,Income Inequality,Poverty,Poverty Solutions LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T162054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Winter AI Workshops 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. ____________________________________________________________Three independent workshops. Attend one\, attend two\, or attend them all. UID:145637-21897620@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145637 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Ross School of Business, Ross Building, Floor 2, Room 2230 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T125743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Build-A-Bouquet at Oxford DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants to create a custom pipe cleaner bouquet for yourself or a loved one! UID:145626-21897605@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145626 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:Oxford Housing - Mahatma Gandhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T112603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T181500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Business+Tech's 2026 AI Workshops: DESCRIPTION:Business+Tech's 2026 AI Workshops\n\nLearning AI isn’t optional\, it’s essential.\n\nBusiness+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________________________________________________\nIdeate. Ship. Iterate \n\nwith Brooke Dukellis\, ex-McKinsey & AI Startup Founder at Stylie \n\nJoin Brooke Dukellis\, Michigan Ross alum and founder of AI startup Stylie\, for a hands-on workshop on turning ideas into real products fast. In this session\, you’ll learn how to go from concept to working app in just hours using today’s AI tools\, no technical background required. All you need is curiosity\, ideas worth exploring\, and good vibes for some Vibe Coding 101. You’ll leave with the confidence and toolkit to ship it and start iterating with users. UID:146334-21898915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Business,Entrepreneurship,Generative Ai,Graduate Students,technology,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T162054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Framing the Future of Trotter/MESA\, Wednesday 25\, 5:00 - 6:30 PM (UM STUDENTS ONLY) DESCRIPTION:We invite you to participate in idea generation sessions that will be designed to spark innovative thinking\, generate collective insights\, and inform the priorities of Trotter/MESA. PLEASE NOTE: these sessions are only for U-M students. \n UID:145958-21898180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145958 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T161943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Lessons from Hiroshima: Cultivating Mindful Peace Leadership DESCRIPTION:In an age of deep division and growing global challenges\, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace. \n\nJoin the Barger Leadership Institute for two powerful events exploring Mindful Peace Leadership through the lens of Hiroshima. Featuring a screening of the award-winning documentary A Vow from Hiroshima (Tues. March 24) and a multidisciplinary symposium with leading educators. The symposium centers on the voices and lessons of Hibakusha peace activists to inspire ethical leadership\, compassion\, and sustainable action. The panelists have developed pedagogical interventions informed by the experience of Hiroshima and the narratives of Hibakusha peace activists to promote the need for mindful peace education. Each panelist will present their materials for 20 minutes\, followed by a Q&A.\n\nTogether\, we will examine how a mindful peace leadership education can empower the next generation to lead with dignity\, responsibility\, and hope.\n\nSymposium Presenters:\n- Ram Mahalingam\, Barger Leadership Institute Professor\, Department of Psychology\, Director\, Barger Leadership Institute\n- Ray Matsumiya\, Director\, Oleander Initiative\n- Kathleen Sullivan\, Director\, Hibakusha Stories\n- Mitchie Takeuchi\, Producer\, Writer\, Speaker\, Activist\n\nSymposium Moderator: \nDr. Connie Tingson Gatuz\, Associate Vice Provost\, Student Life\, University of Michigan\n\nSpecial thanks to our symposium sponsors\,\n- The Nam Center for Korean Studies\n- Michigan Community Scholars Program\n- Center for Japanese Studies\n- UMMA\n- Center for Global and Intercultural Study\n- Organizational Studies\n- Psychology Department\n\nLive Stream: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/93892710771 UID:144282-21895120@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144282 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Advocacy,Collaborative,Discussion,Graduate,Intercultural,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Mindfulness,Panel,Peace,Peace Leadership,Social Justice,symposium,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T162054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Lessons from Hiroshima: Cultivating Mindful Peace Leadership DESCRIPTION:In an age of deep division and growing global challenges\, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace. Join the Barger Leadership Institute for two powerful events exploring Mindful Peace Leadership through the lens of Hiroshima. Featuring a screening of the award-winning documentary A Vow from Hiroshima and a multidisciplinary symposium with leading educators and peace activists. Together\, we will examine how a mindful peace leadership education can empower the next generation to lead with dignity\, responsibility\, and hope.Special thanks to our sponsors\,The Nam Center for Korean StudiesMichigan Community Scholars ProgramCenter for Japanese StudiesUMMACenter for Global and Intercultural StudyOrganizational StudiesDepartment of PsychologySympoium live stream: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93892710771 UID:144288-21895123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144288 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:UMMA, Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T095209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mean Field Control and Applications in Modern Machine Learning DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will introduce mean field control and discuss its applications in modern machine learning. I will first describe how numerical algorithms for mean field control can be developed by combining propagation of chaos with machine learning techniques\, together with theoretical guarantees for these methods. I will then present two complementary applications. The first is computational\, concerning the use of mean field control in generative AI. The second is theoretical\, concerning a mathematical framework for understanding implicit regularization in the training of overparameterized neural networks.\nThis talk is based on the joint works with Beatrice Acciaio\, Jakob Heiss\, Jin Ma\, Gudmund Pammer\, H. Mete Soner\, Ying Tan\, Josef Teichmann and Renyuan Xu. UID:146504-21899205@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T120210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Event with Woman in Pre-Med DESCRIPTION:PIZZA AND CUPCAKES INCLUDED!!! Come join us in playing cognitive games to understand the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis better! We hope to have a better understanding of the diagnosis this MS Awareness Month!!  UID:147047-21900275@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The League Room D CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T073041 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:BASF Corporate Information Session DESCRIPTION:3/25/2026 | 5:30 pm | GGBL 1025 (FOOD PROVIDED: Jerusalem Garden)\nMajors: Chemical Engineering\, Computer Engineering\, Computer Science\, Data Science\, Electrical Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering\nPositions: Intern\, Full-time\nDegrees: Bachelors\, PhD\n\nUS Citizenship or Permanent Resident\n\nAt BASF\, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Our ambition: We want to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 108\,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises\, as core businesses\, the segments Chemicals\, Materials\, Industrial Solutions\, and Nutrition & Care\; our standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of around €60 billion in 2025. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States. UID:146555-21899266@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146555 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Chemical Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computer Engineering,Computer Science,Computer Science And Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Data Science,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Full Time,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Internship,Masters Students,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,north campus,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 1025 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T153804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:March WISE Night In DESCRIPTION:Join WISE for a dinner party with a side of professional development. Our undergraduate WISE Mentors will lead a short\, fun\, and productive activity designed to jump start your career/internship search\, followed by a delicious catered dinner to chill\, eat\, and make some new friends. UID:143479-21893249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T144825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Build-A-Beat Workshop at Alice Lloyd DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of creating an instrumental sample-based beat with the Alice Lloyd Multicultural Lounge Community Assistant! All are welcome and no experience is required! UID:145838-21897938@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145838 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,housing,Music,Social LOCATION:Alice Lloyd Hall - Vicky Barner Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250827T123154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 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:138182-21882550@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:20260316T152638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dinner with Humanities Grad Students DESCRIPTION:Considering graduate school? Meet current GSIs and graduate students in humanities fields for an informal conversation over dinner about their experiences. Get your questions answered about the application process\, choosing programs\, funding\, research\, and what grad school is really like. Dinner included and preregistration on Sessions is required. UID:146521-21899231@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Humanities,Sessions,Undergrad LOCATION:202 S Thayer, The Institute for the Humanities CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T200345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Disability Culture Speaker Panel Event DESCRIPTION:Join us for a speaker panel with U-M professors\, administration\, and public policy professionals for a conversation on disability culture awareness and the culture/future of the political landscape and our campus! Food and drinks provided. RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclcbmGV9q6j_AceR3nQ42xir5TG_ytSD1QoRubjib6SW-CSg/viewform?usp=header UID:146790-21899623@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146790 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Disability Awareness,Disability Community,Disability Justice,Food,Free,Free Food,Speaker LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T151353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:GILE Movie Night at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Gender Inclusive Living Experience Diversity Peer Educator for a viewing of the documentary Paris is Burning! Stop by for free snacks and connection with your neighbors. UID:145975-21898202@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Peer Educators,Free Food,In Person,Lgbt LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Mulitcultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T151104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T210000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Innovation Challenge DESCRIPTION:In 2017\, University of Michigan students launched the 100-Year Space Mission\, an ambitious effort to preserve the voices of the U-M community for a century. A CubeSat was designed and built\, but technical and regulatory barriers prevented the mission from launching.\n\nThe archive still exists. The CubeSat still exists. The engineering challenge remains open.\n\nThis year’s MPowered Innovation Challenge invites student teams to design a CubeSat-class robotic system capable of:\n\n• Emerging from a spacecraft near or on the lunar surface\n• Delivering a U-M time capsule to a designated location\n• Planting a University of Michigan flag\n• Capturing and returning video or images documenting the deployment\n\nThis is a conceptual systems engineering challenge grounded in real aerospace constraints.\n\nTeams will be expected to:\n• Define and justify Size\, Weight\, and Power\, also known as SWaP\n• Consider launch cost implications based on mass\n• Design a communications strategy to return images or video\n• Defend engineering tradeoffs clearly and realistically\n• Present a physical\, digital\, or hybrid demonstration\n\nWhy Participate?\n• Compete for cash prizes\n• Showcase your work to faculty and space technology experts\n• Build a high-impact portfolio project\n• Contribute ideas that could inform a near-term lunar mission concept\n\nPrizes will be awarded for:\n• Best in Show\n• Best SWaP Optimization\, Feasible Design\n• Best Communications Concept\n\nImportant Dates\nTeaser released: February 25\nChallenge announcement: March 4\nTeam registration deadline: March 14\nCompetition night: March 25\, 6 to 9 PM\n\nThis challenge is open to students across engineering\, robotics\, computer science\, design\, business\, and beyond.\n\nStart with constraints. Design within them. Defend your tradeoffs. We look forward to seeing what you build.\n\nAny questions? Contact MPowered Innovation Challenge Director Bodhi White bodhes@umich.edu\n\nWe Will Reach Out Within 72 Hours of Form Submission.\n\nMore details about the challenge and RSVP info: https://myumi.ch/VVjNW UID:146269-21898813@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146269 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Design Thinking,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Free,Games,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,In-person,Innovation,Michigan Engineering,Michigan Robotics,North campus,Science,Startup,Startups,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T094348 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interfaith Photovoice: Discovering Human Connection Through the Lens DESCRIPTION:What if a set of photos could completely transform how you understand your purpose\, the experiences of others\, and the value of humanity? With over 5 billion pictures taken globally every day\, Photovoice uses this powerful medium to foster deeper connections and understanding between participants. In this 90-minute interactive session\, you’ll use photographs to reflect\, share your story\, and engage in meaningful dialogue with others. Whether you're looking to explore your own journey or connect with diverse perspectives\, this innovative experience is designed for everyone. No photography skills are needed—just bring your curiosity and an open mind! Come capture more than just a moment—discover the stories behind the images!\n\nThe theme for February is \"transformation.\" The Lunar New Year\, Lent\, Ramadan\, and the turn into spring all touch on this theme. Snap 3-5 photos that relate to the theme of transformation for you\, and be prepared to share and talk about them with others during this event. \n\nWe strongly encourage you to print the photos or bring them in a slidedeck on your laptop. UID:139184-21885022@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139184 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Education,Free,Humanities,Inclusion,Open Inquiry,Social,Social Impact,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Mason Hall - 3330 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T152038 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Mental Health Speak Out: Rooted Through Support DESCRIPTION:Join UHC-CAPS for our 3rd Annual Mental Health Speak Out event\, Rooted Through Support\, on March 25th from 6–7 PM in the Kuenzel Room. This student-focused event\, hosted by several U-M mental health student organizations\, will feature U-M undergraduate and graduate students sharing their personal mental health journeys. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn more about participating student organizations\, spend time with therapy dogs\, and engage in other supportive activities. Free food will be provided!\n\nAre you a natural storyteller? Consider applying to share your story with your peers at the event! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdG849bAPZSv4GsJbI-okFZECf18XBlbG3uHZY_B-YImlUqjg/viewform UID:145786-21897813@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145786 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:caps,Discussion,free,Health & Wellness,mental health,Storytelling LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel Room (1st Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T121515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception: 2026 MFA First Year Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:\n\nBert Cook\nWilliam Hohe\nJuniper Jones\nNavjeet Kaur\nZhongxing (Jack) Liu\nJulianna Sanromán\nCelia Shaheen\n\nThe 2026 MFA First Year Exhibition takes place March 25 - April 17 at the Stamps Graduate and Faculty Studios\, 1919 Green Rd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109.\n\nJoin us at the public exhibition reception on Wednesday\, March 25 from 6-8 p.m. (no RSVP required).\n\nViewings March 26-April 17 are available by appointment only\; please contact William Hohe to arrange a visit. UID:145493-21897431@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T121620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T210000 SUMMARY:Other:QMSS 2026 Hackathon DESCRIPTION:Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) program for our 3rd annual Hackathon! A hackathon is a fantastic opportunity to practice your data cleaning\, data analysis\, data visualization\, and data interpretation skills & leave with a data analysis project that you can post about on a professional portfolio website\, write about on your resumes\, and talk about during job interviews as an example of what you know how to do. In QMSS's Hackathon\, we will use real\, publicly available data to answer real\, socially-relevant questions so that you can see the true power of the data cleaning\, analysis\, visualization\, and communication skills you're developing in QMSS (and other!) courses.\n\nThe best part? You don't have to do any preparation! You just need to register\, show up on the day\, and you'll have a chance to fully complete a project by the time the event is over. You will work collaboratively with other students to break down the datasets in ways that YOU find most interesting and valuable. The data will be real\, relevant\, and timely social science data about online dating\, sports betting\, and attitudes about health policies!\n\nStudents will have an opportunity to self-select into a project that fits their skills and interests. We have intentionally designed this event to be accessible to students from QMSS - including students CURRENTLY taking QMSS 201 or 301 and not yet finished - which means this event is accessible to ANY student with introductory\, intermediate\, and advanced skill levels in social science data analytics!\n\nStudents who fully participate in the event will receive a completion certificate to add to your resume\, CV\, and LinkedIn profiles\, and you will get access to all of the available projects and any necessary data to take home and continue working on to build your data project portfolio. We will provide free food throughout the hackathon to keep you fueled as you hack away at the data!\n\nA laptop is required for this event - please let us know at qmss.program@umich.edu if you need access to one in order to participate in the event! UID:145986-21898228@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data Science,Free,Hackathon,Professional Development,Quantitative Methods,Social Sciences,Undergraduate LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T172059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:QMSS Hackathon 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) program for our 3rd annual Hackathon! A hackathon is a fantastic opportunity to practice your data cleaning\, data analysis\, data visualization\, and data interpretation skills & leave with a data analysis project that you can post about on a professional portfolio website\, write about on your resumes\, and talk about during job interviews as an example of what you know how to do. In QMSS's Hackathon\, we will use real\, publicly available data to answer real\, socially-relevant questions so that you can see the true power of the data cleaning\, analysis\, visualization\, and communication skills you're developing in QMSS (and other!) courses.The best part? You don't have to do any preparation this year! You just need to register\, show up on the day\, and you'll have a chance to fully complete a project by the time the event is over. We will have projects designed to be accessible to current QMSS 201 students\, current QMSS 301 students\, and those who have completed one or more of our courses. Students who fully participate in the event will receive a completion certificate & get access to all of the available projects and any necessary data to take home and continue working on to build your data project portfolio. UID:145692-21897702@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145692 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T174351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T203000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Arab Heritage Month Open Mic Night DESCRIPTION:TMC/MESA’s Arab Heritage Month Committee invites you to our Open Mic Night on Wednesday\, March 25th. Centered on this year’s theme\, “Our Truths\,” this night is about sharing the stories\, joy\, memories\, and lived experiences that make our community what it is. Whether it’s poetry\, spoken word\, storytelling\, comedy\, or another creative piece\, we’re creating a space for Arab voices in all their depth and diversity\, and everyone interested in learning about them.\n\nIf you would like to perform at the Arab Heritage Month (AHM) 2026 Open Mic Night\, please complete the submission form at myumi.ch/dgy1V for consideration. The deadline to submit is Wednesday\, March 18th at 11:59 PM. Due to limited performance slots\, late submissions may not be considered. UID:146158-21898604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146158 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T180021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T213000 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:142686-21891297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142686 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T220016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Mintify Guest Speaker | *Erin Stratos* DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special talk with Erin Stratos\, Product Design Lead at Ford and UMSI masters alum\, as she shares her journey from student to a design leader in the field. \nLearn about her career path\, the challenges she faced\, and what it’s like working in product design at Ford. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions and gain career insights.\n\n📅 March 25th\, 6:30 PM\n📍 UMSI Central – Great Room\, 777 N University Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104 (you can enter through the Panera doors w/o keycard)\nFood will be provided. Please fill out the RSVP to attend!\nhttps://forms.gle/Qd9zvR1qAm4cgSX96 UID:146420-21899062@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146420 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Information and Technology,Interdisciplinary,Multidisciplinary Design,Networking,Student Org,Ux,Ux Design LOCATION:UMSI Central - Great Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T180139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T210000 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:146680-21899456@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146680 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T083156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Orren C. Mohler Prize Lecture DESCRIPTION:Title of Talk: Building ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope – a unique adventure\n\nAbstract: Scientists around the world are pushing for the next generation of optical/infrared ground-based telescopes with primary mirror diameters from 25 to 40 meters. Finding and characterizing exo-Earths orbiting solar type stars\, some of which may host life\, getting close to the physics of black holes\, peering into galaxy formation at early stages and many other scientific goals in our understanding of the Universe require such enterprises. ESO has now completed ¾ of the construction of its Extremely Large Telescope\, the largest of this new generation with a diameter of over 39 meters\, with a first science light planned for the turn of the decade. The challenges brought by this unique adventure range from amazingly demanding technical requirements\, the development of new technologies\, international cooperation in science\, and a huge programmatic effort involving not only ESO’s 63-year old Intergovernmental Organization with hundreds of people working on the project\, but the scientific community\, R&D institutions and many companies pushing their knowhow to the limit. I will address this multi-faceted challenge which addresses the construction of one of the largest Research Infrastructures on Earth.\n\nTalk and Reception at the Rogel Ballroom\, Michigan Union. UID:146447-21899106@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146447 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,astronomy,astrophysics LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T155914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 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:145144-21896725@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:20260304T181652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T194500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pre-Concert Lecture: Orchestra & Choir Collaborative Concert DESCRIPTION:This lecture begins at 7:15 pm before the 8:00 pm performance featuring the Chamber Choir\, University Choir\, Orpheus Singers and the University Symphony Orchestra. *Please note the location: this pre-concert lecture will be held in the Mezzanine Lobby.* UID:142874-21891754@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142874 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Lower Level Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T101259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Eliza McLamb DESCRIPTION:Good Story Tour\n\nIt appears to be a trophy at first. Look closer\, and you’ll see the cover of Good Story features Eliza McLamb holding a makeshift award\, hot-glued together from scraps she and her mother salvaged. It is\, of course\, silver — a self-deprecating wink introducing the timbre of McLamb’s sophomore album. These last few years\, McLamb’s been parsing her upbringing\, the songs she wrote about it\, and the whole endeavor of the stories we tell about ourselves. “If you get really good at telling the story of who you are\, you become the story you told instead of the ever-dynamic\, ever-changing person you have to be\,” McLamb says. “I did really well telling the story of who I am\, but I began asking: What’s the point of it?” \n\nAt only 23\, McLamb has already lived multiple lives. In her late teens\, McLamb found success via co-hosting the podcast Binchtopia and sharing songs on TikTok. She soon pulled back from the platform\, feeling it didn’t represent her actual ethos as a songwriter. Instead\, she signed to Royal Mountain and released her 2024 debut Going Through It\, a document of a complex\, traumatic childhood that led to searching phases — dropping out of college during the pandemic in favor of working on Midwest farms\, eventually leaving her North Carolina hometown behind for Los Angeles. It all gave her plenty of stories to tell on Going Through It. And now on Good Story\, she wonders how that process affected her. Yet the homemade trophy of Good Story’s cover is far from a jocular consolation prize alone. It’s a symbol of the layered\, accomplished writing McLamb arrived at as she interrogated everything she thought she was about as an artist. UID:137436-21880238@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137436 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T181636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Orchestra & Choir Collaborative Concert DESCRIPTION:Kenneth Kiesler\, conductor\nChristina Parson\, soprano\nGrace Ryan\, mezzo-soprano\nKenneth Sieloff\, tenor\nJonathan Lasch\, bass\nUniversity Symphony Orchestra\, Kenneth Kiesler\, Music Director\nUniversity Chamber Choir\, Eugene Rogers\, Director\nUniversity Choir\, Matthew Abernathy\, Director\nOrpheus Singers\n\nPROGRAM\nOzie Cargile\, *Event Horizon* (World Premiere)\nVerdi\, *Requiem* \n\nIt has been said that the *Requiem* is Verdi’s greatest opera – high praise for a piece by one of the greatest Italian opera composers. Along with the powerful\, striking\, high drama and theatricality\, there is the long shadow of ancient Gregorian chant and sacred *a cappella* choral music of the Renaissance as well as whispered prayers and heartfelt pleas. This monumental and transformative work – for large orchestra\, chorus\, and four soloists – is one of the most powerful and moving expressions of the human spirit.\n\nThis extraordinary evening will open with the world premiere of *Event Horizon\, a Fanfare for Orchestra* by SMTD alumnus Ozie Cargile\, whose magnum opus\, *Creation of the Universe*\, was recorded by the Detroit Symphony. \n\nUSO Music Director Kenneth Kiesler conducts the University Symphony Orchestra\, University Chamber Choir\, University Choir\, and Orpheus Singers with soloists\, Jiayu Li\, Grace Ryan\, Kenneth Sielhoff\, and Jonathan Lasch.\n\n*Event Horizon* is the 6th annual commission of SMTD’s Michigan Orchestra Repertoire for Equity initiative (MORE). UID:135474-21876863@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135474 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T181649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Sawyer Englund\, jazz trumpet DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Sawyer Englund performs a final senior recital with a small jazz ensemble. UID:145922-21898100@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145922 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T200509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T201500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Conflict in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:As the Middle East remains at the forefront of current events\, we’re creating space for thoughtful\, respectful conversation‼️\n📍 East Quad B810\n🗓️ March 25\n⏰ 8:15 PM UID:147074-21900351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147074 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Open Inquiry,Pre-Law,Public Policy,Social Sciences,Transfer Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle - B810 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T001522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260327T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Basketball vs Alabama/Texas Tech DESCRIPTION:Men's Basketball vs Alabama/Texas Tech UID:146893-21899758@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146893 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T181526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260328T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs Louisville DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs Louisville UID:146902-21899768@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146902 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260328T121523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260328T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs Louisville DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs Louisville UID:147035-21900263@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147035 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena 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:20260407T152054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 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:135673-21900227@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135673 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:8th Floor Fellows Lounge 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:20260407T121520 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:20260407T121521 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:20260407T121521 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:20260407T121521 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:20260407T152054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 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:135673-21900228@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135673 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:8th Floor Fellows Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T121522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Softball vs Bowling Green DESCRIPTION:Softball vs Bowling Green UID:146894-21899759@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Softball LOCATION:Alumni Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T121522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Lacrosse vs Maryland DESCRIPTION:Women's Lacrosse vs Maryland UID:146895-21899760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146895 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Lacrosse LOCATION:U-M Lacrosse Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T121522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Northwestern DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Northwestern UID:146896-21899761@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T121522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Purdue DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Purdue UID:146897-21899762@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146897 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T152054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 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:135673-21900229@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135673 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:7th floor lobby by elevators CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T152713 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260514T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Joe Pernice DESCRIPTION:“a workhorse of a songwriter who delivers hard truths with the softest of whispers” –NPR\n\nJoe Pernice is a songwriter celebrated for his rare ability to pair luminous melodies with quietly devastating emotional depth. Over the course of a career spanning more than three decades\, Pernice has built a body of work that is literate\, melodic\, and enduring—music that reveals new layers with each listen.\n\nFirst gaining attention in the early 1990s with alt-country band Scud Mountain Boys\, Pernice later founded the Pernice Brothers\, a project that would firmly establish his reputation as one of the most refined songwriters of his generation. From the initial Overcome by Happiness and across numerous albums\, his songs have been marked by elegant arrangements\, strong pop instincts\, and lyrics that balance wit\, melancholy\, and narrative precision. Drawing from folk\, power pop\, and chamber pop traditions\, Pernice’s music feels both timeless and unmistakably personal. His collaborations with a range of musicians include Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub)\, Joshua Karp\, Neko Case\, Aimee Mann\, and the iconic Jimmy Webb.\n\nCritics have consistently praised his work for its craftsmanship and emotional intelligence. Major publications including Rolling Stone\, Pitchfork\, Magnet\, The Guardian\, and Mojo have highlighted his gift for melody and his ability to cloak dark\, complex themes in deceptively beautiful songs.\nBeyond music\, Joe has written one of the first books in the original 33 1/3 book series. His novella explores the Smiths’ Meat is Murder and Catholic high school life in Boston in 1985. Joe’s novel\, It Feels So Good When I Stop\, is a dark\, irreverent story of a young man trying to sort through love\, life and commitment.\n\nWith his latest album\, Sunny\, I Was Wrong\, Joe continues his signature style of rich storytelling melded with inspired arrangements\, each song a world unto its own. UID:146972-21899895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146972 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T151454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260619T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:BLKBOK DESCRIPTION:Piano star x culture creator\n\nBorn and raised in Detroit’s inner city\, BLKBOK (born Charles Wilson III) grew up in a music-filled home and was an acclaimed piano prodigy by age eight\, winning statewide accolades and college-level competitions. While many of his peers pursued hip-hop\, Charles chose the name BLKBOK\, a nod to one of the greatest pianists and composers of all time and a reflection of his journey from pop and hip-hop culture to his critically acclaimed neo-classical debut album Black Book and subsequent mixtape projects and collaborations. \n\nBLKBOK’s live\, high-energy performances are culturally reflective\, delivering a piano-based experience unlike any other. His vision is to illuminate awareness\, encouraging dialogue and counterpoint in how we perceive ourselves and the world we share.\n \nHis debut album Black Book served as a cornerstone of the inaugural Juneteenth Foundation Freedom Concert and was later re-released as a DLUX Edition featuring “Forgotten Girls” and “Kendrick + Karine.” His mixtape CVRART and collaborative project \"Angels Watching Over Me\" with world-renowned tenor Lawrence Brownlee further showcase his innovative voice. His original composition “Stars (Ad Astra)” became the first-ever piano duet performed from space in 2022.\n \nClosing out 2025\, BLKBOK released Urban Etudes: Vol. 1\, a collaborative EP with Beats by JT that blends classical form with rhythm in a powerful sonic dialogue. He carried that creative momentum into January 2026 with Peaceful Piano: The Self-Love Mixtape\, an intimate and reflective project centered on breath\, space\, and emotional clarity\, a calm exploration of self-love as both foundation and beginning. \n\nBuilding on this evolution\, The New Classical Tour debuted in New York City\, Natick\, and Toledo\, with additional dates to be announced. He is currently composing a new Concerto set for premiere this summer.\n \nMore than an artist\, BLKBOK is a movement - breaking barriers and inspiring change through sound. UID:147013-21900241@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T100007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260628T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Matt Watroba DESCRIPTION:Many know Matt Watroba as the voice of folk music in Michigan for his work producing and hosting shows for public radio. He has devoted his life and career to being a custodian of American folk and roots music. This has helped shape a repertoire and presentation that is unique on stages across the state and country. He is committed to inspiring the world to sing-- one town at a time. In 2019\, Matt\, along with his life-long musical partner Robert Jones\, Co-founded the Detroit Non-Profit\, Common Chords. Also in 2019\, Matt was inducted into the Folk DJ Hall of Fame at the Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal. UID:147016-21900244@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T100258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260630T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Les Greene & The Swayzees DESCRIPTION:Les Greene has energy\, enthusiasm\, and dance moves somewhere between James Brown and Elvis. He was — and remains — a tornado of energy onstage\, both vocally and physically. –Miami New Times\n\nLes Greene\, the voice of Little Richard in the recent “Elvis” movie and Grammy nominated soundtrack\, with his band The Swayzees vibrantly bring you a powerful force of roots rock n soul. With a high energy twist on the genre all while staying true to its sound this is the unique yet recognizable spin that music needs right now and hasn’t seen in some time. \n\nHailing from the vibrant musical landscape of Baltimore\, Les Greene was destined for a life steeped in rhythm and melody. From a young age\, he was drawn to the soulful sounds that permeated the streets of his hometown – the smooth jazz\, the funky grooves\, the raw emotion of blues. Greene immersed himself in the rich musical heritage of his city\, honing his craft and developing his own unique voice as a musician.\n\nAt the core of Greene's music lies a deep reverence for the traditions of soul\, but he's never been one to simply replicate the sounds of the past. Instead\, he infuses his music with a modern sensibility\, blending elements of R&B\, funk\, and jazz to create a sound that feels both timeless and fresh. His songs are a testament to the enduring power of soul music – a celebration of love\, loss\, and the human experience.\n\nBeyond his talent as a solo artist\, Greene is also known for his dynamic live performances. Whether he's commanding the stage with his soulful voice and blistering guitar solos or leading a tight-knit band through a funky groove\, Greene is a consummate entertainer\, capable of captivating audiences with his boundless energy and magnetic stage presence. His live shows are a testament to the transformative power of music – a shared experience that brings people together and leaves them uplifted and inspired.\n\nIn a world that often feels chaotic and uncertain\, Greene's music serves as a beacon of hope and healing. It's a reminder of the power of art to transcend boundaries and connect us to something greater than ourselves. With his soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics\, Les Greene continues to touch the lives of listeners around the world\, spreading joy and inspiration wherever his music is heard. As long as there are hearts to be moved and stories to be told\, the soulful journey of Les Greene will surely continue to resonate for years to come. UID:147017-21900245@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147017 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T100027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260722T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Kaki King DESCRIPTION:A landscape of sound that pulls at the heart and invites you in.\n\nDubbed by Rolling Stone as \"a genre unto herself\,\" Brooklyn\, NY-based Kaki King has proven to be just that. Her career has taken her all over the world\, sharing stages with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters\, contributing music to award-winning films (Sean Penn's Into The Wild)\, and performing at the London Jazz Festival and the Paris Les Femmes s'en Melent. \n\nHer explorations into the guitar and multimedia have led to the creation of groundbreaking work such as The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body\, Modern Yesterdays\, and a new multi-media musical production for children called BUGS. Kaki continues to create\, perform\, and lend her musical voice to the forefront of contemporary music\, as shown on her 2025 EP\, Tutto Passa\, and recent album\, SEI\, the soundtrack to a unique performance piece where guitarists become dancers\, coordinating their whole bodies to perform the rigors of both choreography and composition. \n\nEndorsed by Ovation Guitars\, Kaki released the EP Stop Sometime last August and remains a force on the music scene\, touring Italy and Germany in the fall and performing both solo and BUGS shows throughout parts of the United States into 2026\, while also and scheduling yet another EP for release on February 13. UID:147010-21900238@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147010 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T100505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260813T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Raynes DESCRIPTION:Sophisticated\, irresistibly catchy folk-pop\n\nBritish-American trio Raynes formed when Mat Charley and Joe Berger\, both born and raised in North Dakota\, came across a video of UK native Mark Race on Instagram and fell in love—first with his face\, then with his voice. After a few messages and phone calls\, Mark was on a plane to the US to start a band (a few months later\, he had the flight number tattooed on his arm).\n\nSince then\, Raynes has signed with Sony Music Publishing and released six singles and four EPs\, drawing hundreds of thousands of monthly listeners and tens of millions of streams and earning press in Billboard and People. They’ve performed at BottleRock Festival and in clubs\, concert halls\, and amphitheaters across the US and the UK\, developing a reputation as a high-energy live act.\n\nIn 2025\, Raynes’ rendition of “I Want You to Want Me” was featured in an episode of Love Is Blind on Netflix.\n\nKnown for their intricate vocal harmonies and unique instrumentation as well as their poetic lyrics\, Raynes has yet to come up with a good answer as to what genre their music falls under. With all three members coming from different musical backgrounds\, the boys combine their diverse influences to form a group that draws inspiration from around the globe\, incorporating elements of folk\, rock\, and chamber pop with Celtic and world music to create a wholly original—and difficult to categorize—sound. UID:147011-21900239@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147011 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T101154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Martin Sexton DESCRIPTION:“The best live performer I’ve ever seen.” –John Mayer\n\nMartin Sexton tours in support of the 25th anniversary of Live Wide Open - the critically-acclaimed double vinyl live album. The show will include these fan-favorites as well as some new material and surprise covers. UID:147014-21900242@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261015T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Off Book: Tour de Force (A Force of Tour) DESCRIPTION:Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino create a completely improvised musical in an attempt to combat the notion that musicals should be “carefully crafted” or “thought out at all.” \n\nJessic and Zach wrote and composed music for the WGA award-winning Peacock Series Baking It starring Maya Rudolph\, Amy Poehler and Andy Samberg. The duo has also written songs and musical sketches for the hit animation show Rick and Morty\, Party Over Here (a Fox sketch show produced by The Lonely Island)\, the Peacock series Pitch Perfect: Bumper In Berlin\, Buzzfeed\, FunnyOrDie and Nickelodeon. Zach and Jess are currently developing TV and Film projects with Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions\, David Wain (The State\, Role Models\, Wanderlust) and Elizabeth Banks’ Brownstone Productions. They also created and starred in Serious Music\, a digital series for ABC. \n \nTheir improvised musical podcast Off Book has been praised by various online publications including Indie Wire\, USA Today\, Parade\, AV Club and Splitsider and been featured at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest Festival\, Moontower\, the world renowned Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal\, and the Netflix Is A Joke Festival in LA. Zach and Jess were listed as one of Vulture’s “Comedians You Should and Will Know” and in early 2019 they released their first full-length musical comedy album The Calendar Album with Comedy Dynamics. UID:146938-21899821@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146938 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T095836 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261029T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Kylee Phillips DESCRIPTION:Album release show!\n\nMichigan native singer/songwriter Kylee Phillips is releasing her first full length album - “Before I Am Invisible” - an ambitious collection of sensual\, articulate\, and unpretentiously therapeutic pop anthems. This long-awaited\, expertly percolated record couldn’t be more timely\, giving voice to the memories\, desires\, rages\, joys\, and insights of a deeply grounded woman who has found the one place she won’t be talked over.\n\nPhillips will be celebrating her album release with a full band release show\, bringing her songs to their intended sonic depth with dense guitar\, drum\, and synth arrangements. Fans of her beloved\, vulnerable listening room performances will finally get a taste of Phillips at her full potential\, full power and full volume. UID:147012-21900240@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T101344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:John Cowan Trio DESCRIPTION:The voice of newgrass\n\nWhen John Cowan and Luke Bulla perform together\, their shows reflect 25 years of shared history\, musical trust\, and genuine friendship. Blending New Grass Revival (and more) favorites with old and new originals\, they pair masterful picking\, rich harmony\, and stories that are heartfelt\, funny\, and hard-earned. Cowan calls Bulla “one of the most beautiful gifts” of his long musical life\, while Bulla\, inspired by Cowan since his youth\, considers sharing the stage a “dream come true” and a source of “immense gratitude and honor.” Together\, they deliver music rooted in gratitude\, joy\, and deep mutual respect. This evening they perform as a trio with Sam Leslie. UID:147015-21900243@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR