All Sessions

Service Opportunity: Cass Community Social Services
October 3, 2026 | 12:00–5:00 PM
Join RSSL for an afternoon of service with Cass Community Social Services in Detroit. Together, students will support an organization dedicated to meeting immediate needs while creating pathways toward long-term stability through food assistance, affordable housing, job training, and community-building initiatives. This hands-on service experience invites students to put compassion into action, deepen their understanding of social justice, and build meaningful connections with one another while serving the broader Detroit community.
Transportation will be provided from the University of Michigan, making it easy for students to participate. Whether you're looking to give back, meet new people, or learn more about community engagement, all are welcome to join us.

Join Support for Incoming Black Students (S.I.B.S.) for our annual Cider Mill excursion. Grab your Big or Little SIB and meet us at Regents Plaza (the Cube) for an afternoon of connection, engaging community, and belonging. We'll explore a local Ann Arbor Cider Mill while fellowshipping with our SIBS Fam!

Transportation is provided.

In order to access the Art & Architecture Shop, users must complete BOTH Orientation AND Woodshop Basics Proficiency Training. The Woodshop Basics Proficiency Training session covers the five most commonly used machines: miter saw, band saw, drill press, sanders, and scroll saw.

Access: The Shop is available to students, staff, and faculty from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning for work on class projects and research only. Potential users from other academic disciplines must be receiving credit for a class taught by a faculty member from the Art or Architecture schools.

Learn more on the A&A Shop site here.

Hello College of Engineering Students!
This is a come-and-go casual shared working space like a library or office (you can work on homework, writing, research reading, anything!) for only engineering graduate students to build community.
Join us on October 5th from 9 AM - 12 PM in the Lurie Engineering Center (LEC) Johnson Rooms. There will be free snacks and swag!
Please come by and join us! RSVP is not necessary but is encouraged to give us an approximate number of folks to expect!

These sessions will provide an overview of the application process, expected time commitment, and compensation associated with serving as a 2027 King Talks speaker.Interested individuals only need to attend one session.

Be sure to watch the video that was linked to you and be prepared to ask questions.

If none of the available times work for you, please email me-aso@umich.edu to find an alternative time to declare.

This track manages the '26-27 First-Gen Student Community Events.

Our meetings cover a wide range of topics, including proposal development, book discussions, and critical reviews of recent papers. We also host presentations by faculty and alumni. To enhance this interdisciplinary approach, our workshop is designed to foster collaboration by engaging students and professionals from diverse fields.

The Master's Career Pathways Series helps master's students make informed career decisions, identify relevant opportunities, and communicate the value of their training. Through guided planning, university resources, skill-building sessions, and conversations with alumni, participants will explore career paths and prepare for their next steps.

Attendance is limited to currently enrolled MS students.

If you have any questions, please reach out Dr. Ioannis Chremos (ichremos@umich.edu)

This will be an informational session and workshop on how to obtain a student visa for your study abroad experience.

Rackham/Sweetland Workshops, co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate
School, cover a host of topics designed to help graduate students in
various aspects of writing.

Come find out about pursuing an honors project within OS! OS Honors Coordinator Dr. Lisa Fein and advisor Cathy Philbin will present information and timelines, and answer questions.

We encourage every student interested in or contemplating an undergraduate degree at the School of Information to attend an information session. You will receive an engaging and comprehensive overview of the program, as well as guidance for the application process. Sessions are hosted on different days and times to accommodate as many students as possible, and you only need to attend one session before you apply.
These information sessions are for students who area currently University of Michigan students.

SAVE THE DATE - October 6th!



Curious about studying or interning abroad as an undergraduate at U-M?

Come explore everything CGIS (the Center for Global and Intercultural Study) has to offer and find the best program for you! No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you’re studying, a global experience is available to you during your time at Michigan.

Get your questions answered! Come chat with:

CGIS Program AdvisorsRecent U-M study abroad studentsFinancial Aid and the LSA Scholarships OfficeNewnan Academic AdvisorsOther on-campus offices
With over 115 CGIS programs in 40+ countries ranging from a few weeks to an academic year, there are many options to choose from.

If you want to learn more about how to satisfy your major/minor requirements abroad, how to afford study abroad, how to travel with other U-M students on a faculty-led trip, or want to know what to expect, be sure to add this event to your calendar and drop by!

CGIS Go Abroad Fair:
Tuesday, October 6th, 12-4pm
Rogel Ballroom Michigan Union


CGIS is part of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), but all UM-Ann Arbor undergraduates are welcome to apply to our programs.

Weekly gathering for students, staff, and faculty to build community with the Trotter/MESA team and discuss the week’s events. Organizations and units are encouraged to collaborate and offer light refreshments or share tea practices that center their cultural practices. Come join us for good conversation, food and fun!

Building a network and connecting with others is critical to your professional development in graduate school and job/internship searches. Join this discussion to learn strategies for building your network (including tips on using LinkedIN and the University Career Alumni Network) and how to leverage this network for career exploration and job/internship searching. There will be plenty of time for your questions! This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available.
Brought to you by the University Career Center, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School.

Ready to enhance your courses and simplify your teaching workflow? This comprehensive workshop series equips U-M faculty with the practical tech skills needed for the modern semester. Across this track, you will dive into interactive classroom tools (Poll Everywhere, Ed Discussions), advanced grading and lab platforms (PrairieLearn, Vocareum), and critical digital accessibility strategies (Grackle, Siteimprove).
Additionally, a dedicated GenAI pathway will guide you from AI basics to advanced prompt engineering using U-M’s custom tools, including U-M GPT, Maizey, and NotebookLM. Join us for individual sessions or the entire series to build a more engaging, inclusive, and tech-forward classroom.

We encourage every student interested in or contemplating an undergraduate degree at the School of Information to attend an information session. You will receive an engaging and comprehensive overview of the program, as well as guidance for the application process. Sessions are hosted on different days to accommodate as many students as possible, and you only need to attend one session before you apply. If you are unable to attend an information session, we highly recommend emailing our team (umsi,.undergrad@umich.edu) to make sure you have all of the necessary details or scheduling a 1:1 appointment with a student ambassador or admissions advisor.
These information sessions are for students interested in transferring to UMSI from outside of the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor campus.

Join us for Reimagining STEM Student Success — a series designed to advance the recommendations of the STEM Success Working Group by positioning organizational change as the primary lever for student success. Across five sessions, expert insights will connect research to concrete U-M practices to transform our campus systems, cultures, and structures.

*Please register for each Session you would like to attend.
*For the Zoom sessions, you must also register separately for the Zoom Webinar using the link provided in the individual session description. This second registration is required to receive the Zoom webinar link.

Sign up here for one of our info sessions about grad student arts research opportunities

The American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid blended learning course will help prepare you to recognize and care for a variety of breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants as well as prepare you to recognize and care for a variety of first aid emergencies. Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate for CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid valid for two years.

This is a blended learning course that requires roughly 4 hours of online work prior to the first day of the course.

**There is no fee for current Michigan Recreation employees. The fee for community members, faculty, staff, or students who are not employed by the Michigan Recreation Dept. is $90. You can use the link here to complete payment.**

The Arts Initiative is university-wide, and we believe the arts are for everyone. One of our goals is to make creative experiences accessible across all three University of Michigan campuses and beyond by connecting students, faculty, staff, and community members through meaningful artistic opportunities.
Throughout the year, we support hundreds of free or low-cost events, workshops, performances, exhibitions, artist talks, creative wellness programs, and public art experiences. Whether someone has been making art their entire life or is trying something creative for the very first time, there's a place for them here.
We believe that creativity helps us build community, explore new ideas, reduce stress, and connect with one another in meaningful ways. There's no expectation to be an artist when attending our workshops —just come as you are, stay curious, and enjoy the process.

Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Program for a series dedicated to professional development for undergraduate students. These events are open to all students, regardless of their affiliation with QMSS, but specially designed for students in QMSS courses and the QMSS minor. Through these workshops, seminars, and events, we hope to provide students with information and resources for navigating the internship & job hunt process, skills for marketing themselves for those opportunities in application and electronic portfolio materials, networking opportunities with professionals in data-related fields across the public and private sector, and ultimately set individuals up to be among the most competitive applicants for opportunities relevant for QMSS skills.

We encourage every student interested in or contemplating an undergraduate degree at the School of Information to attend an information session. You will receive an engaging and comprehensive overview of the program, as well as guidance for the application process. Sessions are hosted on different days and times to accommodate as many students as possible, and you only need to attend one session before you apply.
These information sessions are for students who are still enrolled in high school

The "Engaged Mentoring" series is for faculty mentors of research trainees at any stage of training. This program is an evidence-based, interactive approach designed to elevate mentoring skills for engaging in productive, culturally responsive research mentoring relationships. The program aims to accelerate the process of becoming an effective research mentor by providing mentors with an intellectual framework, an opportunity to experiment with various methods, and a forum in which to solve mentoring dilemmas with the help of their peers. By the end of the program, mentors will have articulated their style and philosophy of mentoring and have a toolbox of strategies for approaching difficult mentoring situations. These skills will support the success of both mentors and mentees, and it is responsive to the NIGMS guidelines regarding the preparation of mentors involved in training grants.


The OGPS Engaged Mentoring Series, focuses on the five themes below. To learn more about the five themes, visit our Canvas Site:

1. Establishing Effective Mentoring/Mentee Relationships

2. Aligning Expectations Using Mentoring Plans

3. Managing Mental Health in the Mentoring Relationship

4. Approaching Difficult Conversations

5. Managing Tension and Conflict

The 5 themes are presented in two different formats:
Option A: Two half-day Workshop series. Each session is 4hrs, and you must attend both sessions in order to receive a certificate of completion from OGPS.
Option B: 1-day Retreat. The session is 8hrs, and you must attend the entire session to receive a certificate of completion from OGPS.

We will continue to populate this site with more program offering dates throughout the year.

This workshop series will equip you with practical strategies for communicating science with clarity and confidence as a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher. You will explore approaches to developing productive writing habits, outlining a clear and compelling research manuscript, and adapting scientific messages for different disciplines and audiences. The series will also offer guidance and hands-on practice in designing and delivering effective poster presentations and oral talks. Through interactive activities, practical frameworks, and opportunities to apply what you learn to your own research, you will strengthen your written, visual, and verbal science communication skills.

Aims & Objectives

By the end of this series, you will be able to:


Structure and design engaging scientific posters that clearly convey your research and enhance audience understanding and message retention.
Organize the motivation, problem statement, and results of your research into a logical manuscript outline that supports a clear and compelling scientific argument.
Build confidence and productivity as a writer by reflecting on your writing habits, considering your audience, and applying strategies to overcome procrastination and maintain momentum.

Adapt technical detail, terminology, context, and emphasis to communicate your research accurately and effectively across disciplines, audiences, and professional settings.


Develop and deliver effective oral presentations using principles of audience engagement, scientific storytelling, clear organization, and confident public speaking.

Today's topics will include Properties and Conservation of Matter. Please be sure to arrive on time at 11AM so we have time to get set up!

Estabrook Elementary is having us fill out an online volunteer form. The link to the form can be found here: https://app.informedk12.com/link_campaigns/ycs-volunteer-release-form?token=J5kcUqmg12wpECLCo9Nif1kt

Do you spend hours searching for reliable academic sources? Do you need new tools to manage your research projects effectively? This workshop demonstrates why the University of Michigan Library offers superior results compared to standard web searches. Participants will learn advanced research strategies to save time and improve the quality of their work. We will also explore digital productivity tools designed to organize your bibliography and data.


This workshop is open exclusively to master’s students at the University of Michigan. If you have any questions, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu.

This event is only open to undergraduate students.
Interested in spending part of your spring semester in Japan? Join us for lunch to learn more about BLI’s Japan Mindfulness and Global Peace Leadership course, a three-week, 3-credit experience at the Japan Center for Michigan Universities in Hikone, with excursions to Hiroshima and other locations.
Hear from staff about this experience with mindfulness, Japanese contemplative culture, and global peace leadership, while learning more about the upcoming opportunity and application process.
Catered lunch provided!

Thinking you want to study abroad? Looking for a program with flexibility and variety in social sciences? Consider applying for the London School of Economics Summer School!
LSE Summer School is the largest of its kind in Europe. It offers an exciting range of courses across the wide spectrum of LSE’s world-class teaching, taught by leading scholars in their fields. You can choose to study for three, six, or nine weeks in one of the most well-renowned institutions in the world, in one of the greatest cities in the world. Subject areas include Accounting, Business and Management, Economics, Finance, International Relations, Government and Society, Law, and Research Methods - Data Science and Mathematics.
Learn more about this incredible opportunity for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2027 program.

Are you a current Ph.D. student considering a postdoc as your next step? In this workshop, a collaboration between the University Career Center, Rackham Professional Development and Engagement, and Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, staff will cover all that you need to know about preparing to transition from a Ph.D.s to a postdoc. We will cover the pros and cons of doing a postdoc, the different types of postdocs, how to prepare to search and interview, as well as how to prepare yourself for the professional transition.

RCRS Workshop A: Appropriate citation of sources and avoiding plagiarism; authorship and publication practices and responsibilities.

Events in this track are open to all current and prospective PiB and UPiN students. We hope to see you!

Join MiSciComm (formerly MiSciWriters) for in-person and virtual workshops designed to develop science communication skills!

No science communication experience required.
We are always welcoming new writers, editors, translators, and/or illustrators. If you'd like to join MiSciComm, fill out our membership form here. Our onboarding workshops are held once per semester and can be registered for below. Please reach out if you have any comments, questions, or concerns.

The Psychology STAR Scholars Program (Scholarship, Transferable skills, Academia & Research) is an important educational initiative that helps students build the research and professional skills essential for success in both college and today’s knowledge-based economy. STAR offers students hands-on experience, structured mentoring, and pathways to academic and professional advancement. Our virtual Fall Seminar Series is open to all students. This series is led by our STAR Scholars mentors and faculty director, Dr. Cindy Lustig.

The challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry, including complex thinking, broad causal thinking, attention to epistemic lens, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further, the academic research model, with its resource-segregated networks, discipline-specific training, and short-term productivity metrics, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest.
Using research on place as the case study, discussion topics will include:

Complex thinking about the social worldThe contribution of the humanities the study of the social worldEpistemic lens and research transparencyTheories, frameworks, and the limits of traditional causal inferenceThe draw and danger of cool new dataAddressing the challenges of the academic model of science
Presentations on the science of place will include:

The relational nature of place in population social inequalitiesThe role of history in shaping placeThe racialization of place; the spatialization of racePlace as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalitiesApproaches to testing (causal) ideas around place