February 8th, 2026

February 9th, 2026

Lynn Galbreath Exhibition

Twenty-two paintings from the series “Telegraph”, “Working Hard For A Living”, and Storyboard”

Lynn Galbreath, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts...

Terence Swafford Exhibition

On Site: Paintings from Detroit’s East Side (2015-2025)

This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes...

Learn About Digital Accessibility at U-M

Phil Deaton, Assistant Director of DEO and Stephanie Rosen, IT Accessibility Assistant Director

This presentation provides an overview of digital accessibility at U-M, explaining what it means, why it matters, and how you can take...

February 10th, 2026

Alex Quizon Dissertation Defense

Clumped and traditional stable isotope proxy innovations for paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic reconstructions

Stable oxygen isotope measurements (δ18O) are important tools in studies of climate, oceanography, and hydrology of today and the past....

Lynn Galbreath Exhibition

Twenty-two paintings from the series “Telegraph”, “Working Hard For A Living”, and Storyboard”

Lynn Galbreath, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts...

Terence Swafford Exhibition

On Site: Paintings from Detroit’s East Side (2015-2025)

This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes...

CommuniTEA w/ OAMI

CommuniTEA w/ the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI)

Weekly gathering for students, staff, and faculty to build community with the Trotter Team and discuss the week’s events. Organizations...

First Year Success Seminar Series

More W26 seminars are on the way! You can check back on this page for updates and use the same RSVP link to sign up.

Upcoming W26 topics include undergraduate research, alumni panels on majors and careers, graduate school pathways, student panels on...

WCEE Film Series on Ukraine. Erase the Nation (2023, 56 min)

Followed by Q&A with film director and war journalist Tomasz Grzywaczewski. Moderator, Joseph Sywenkyj, Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor of Journalism, LSA, Communication and Media, U-M

"Erase the Nation" is a documentary war film that sheds light on the tragic chapter of Russian war crimes committed against...

When Hebrew Met the Machine

"Lingua Ex Machina: Media and the Revitalization of Hebrew" Book Talk with Author Ido Ramati

What happens when an ancient language meets modern technology? This lecture will discuss the role played by media technologies—such as the...

When Hebrew Met the Machine

LIngua Ex Machina: Media and the Revitalization of Hebrew

"Lingua Ex Machina: Media and the Revitalization of Hebrew" Book Talk with Author Ido Ramati

What happens when an ancient language meets modern technology? This lecture will discuss the role played by media technologies—such as the...

February 11th, 2026

Lucas Gomes Dissertation Defense

Extinction and Environmental Change on the Plio-Pleistocene Florida Platform: Insights from Clumped Isotopic and Trace Elemental Sclerochronology

Past extinction events throughout Earth’s history have arisen during periods of major environmental change, offering unique lessons about...

Lynn Galbreath Exhibition

Twenty-two paintings from the series “Telegraph”, “Working Hard For A Living”, and Storyboard”

Lynn Galbreath, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts...

Terence Swafford Exhibition

On Site: Paintings from Detroit’s East Side (2015-2025)

This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes...

Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Assistance

Dr. Peter Carroll, University of Michigan Center for Emerging Democracies, Jessica Jennings, former USAID Chief Communications Officer

In the summer of 2025, researchers from the University of Michigan’s Center for Emerging Democracies and Freedom House ran a survey...

February 12th, 2026

Lynn Galbreath Exhibition

Twenty-two paintings from the series “Telegraph”, “Working Hard For A Living”, and Storyboard”

Lynn Galbreath, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts...

Terence Swafford Exhibition

On Site: Paintings from Detroit’s East Side (2015-2025)

This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes...

Marwah Al Ismail Dissertation Defense

Advances in Methodology for Regional Landslide Analysis using Statistical, Mechanical, and Machine Learning Approaches

Landslides are catastrophic events that occur on critically unstable slopes in steep, mountainous regions in response to external triggers,...

On the performed power of taboo words in fictional television and film

Professor Robin Queen, Sarah G. Thomason Collegiate Professor of Linguistics, an Arthur F. Thurnau, and Professor of Linguistics, German, English and Communication and Media at the University of Michigan

In this talk, I focus on the fluidity between the regulation and the occurrence of taboo language within the fictional audiovisual media in...

IOE 899: Soroosh Shafiee

Integrating First-Order Methods into Branch-and-Bound for Sparse Learning

We investigate the problem of certifying optimality for sparse generalized linear models (GLMs), where sparsity is enforced through a...

Graduate Society of Women Engineers

Graduate Society of Women Engineers Professional Development

Energy, Industry, and Engineering Careers Panel- GradSWE & ECS

The Graduate Society of Women Engineers hosts events to help female graduate engineers thrive socially, academically, and professionally....

February 13th, 2026

Lynn Galbreath Exhibition

Twenty-two paintings from the series “Telegraph”, “Working Hard For A Living”, and Storyboard”

Lynn Galbreath, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts...

Terence Swafford Exhibition

On Site: Paintings from Detroit’s East Side (2015-2025)

This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes...

Rummage RIW

MSP 2026 Visiting Scholar Lunch & Conversation

A Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop focused on the nexus of exhibition, collection, curation, display, and representation within museums...

The Last Word

Final Statements in Court of Russian Political Prisoners as a Literature Genre and Media / Anna Narinskaya

Paradoxically, the glass box in Russian courts became one of the last places for free speech. People persecuted for their political views...

February 14th, 2026