All Sessions

Commons and Undercommons: Featured Faculty Projects Lunch and Learn sessions are typically held once per month and offer the opportunity for faculty to give short talks on recent projects. They may discuss works in progress or recently completed projects, along with their intended next steps. These sessions are an opportunity to learn more about the work of Stamps colleagues. Lunch will be provided.

We're looking forward to having you onboard! This is for trips from campus to DTW before thanksgiving break. Trips cost $11, and will be billed to your student account.
If your plans change, please make sure to cancel 36 hours before departure to avoid charges.
Looking for a trip back? Just show up at our airport stops! We don't take reservations for trips back. Check out the schedules on our website.
By booking, you agree to the terms of our Contract of Carriage, including our cancellation policy.

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.

Fall Feast is an annual celebration of the season—an evening of delicious food, warm conversation, and a chance to unwind with fellow graduate students before the break. This year Fall Feast is co-sponsored by the Student Life Dean of Students and the Rackham graduate student organizations! Come enjoy hearty fall flavors, great company, and a cozy, festive atmosphere!

Co-sponsors: Student Life Dean of Students (DoS); Rackham Student Government (RSG), Graduate Rackham International (GRIN), Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR), PUENTES

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 Current University of Michigan students who are NOT freshmen.

Do you have questions about Digital Accessibility and how to implement it in your everyday work? Is there an issue that you've identified or encountered in your work that needs attention? Join Student Life's digital accessibility liaison, Scott Heinowski, for digital accessibility office hours.

The Michigan Program of Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) trains future generations of survey and data scientists at the intersection of social research and data science. Join us for our virtual information session to learn more about our master's program and the admissions process.
Find out additional information about the program and our admissions process on our website or contact the program at MPSDS.isr@umich.edu.
This session will be recorded and posted on the department's website following the conclusion of the event.

Join the Rackham RMF Team for a productive morning of work in a
shared space. Enjoy breakfast and lunch while co-working in a quiet,
focused environment.

The FLOURISH office is hosting a De-Stress Fest from December 1 to December 5, 2025 to help students thrive in their final week of the semester.

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break. Come join us for an hour of connection, conversation, and crafts with fellow students. The WISE Mentors will be available to answer any questions you may have. Need a resume review, advice for picking classes, help making a study schedule? We've got you covered!

This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows.

Please sign up here to attend Center for Campus Involvement's New Organization Orientation. This session is required for any student who wishes to start a new organization.

The Political Ecology Workshop (PEW) is an interdisciplinary space for scholars at all career stages with interests in political ecology and related critical approaches to the study of environment-society interactions. PEW brings together a range of divisions across campus, including Anthropology, History, Environment and Sustainability, Political Science, Sociology, and all Area Studies departments and programs. We have founded a collaborative, multidisciplinary community with a shared investment questioning how environments and societies are co-produced and the ways in which power and inequality impact the dynamics and understandings of this co-production. We have run PEW as an RIW for two years and all the workshops have been possible from our committed participants from diverse fields. This year, we intend to develop our membership further by inviting scholars from broader fields and promoting PEW on listservs across campus.

PEW supports graduate student development, including for earlier-stage students seeking interdisciplinary conversations as they develop environment-society research projects and later-stage students seeking to incorporate political ecology into their work. PEW emphasizes dedicated time for graduate students to receive feedback on their work and facilitates faculty-student mentorship. It allows students to access a range of critical environmental studies perspectives they might not have encountered through coursework or departmental activities, and to grow from the feedback and insight of faculty and peers who share this commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship and professional development.

Do you have questions about medical school admissions? Get your answers straight from the inside! U-M Medical School Director of Admissions, Carol Teener, will demystify medical school applications, expectations, and reviews in her presentation.
Email ScienceSuccessSeries@umich.edu with any questions.

Please join the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures for a series of film screenings (shown in German with English subtitles). All films are held in North Quad 2435 with pizza served at 6pm and films beginning at 6:30pm, unless otherwise noted.

Join us for virtual information sessions to learn about our different cohort programs.

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) offers a monthly orientation session for new and incoming postdocs. Orientation includes information about the role of postdocs, working with your PI or supervisor, relevant campus resources, employee benefits, and membership in the U-M Postdoctoral Association (UMPDA).

CGIS has partnered with four internship provider organizations that maintain portfolios of placements around the world, offering the chance for undergraduate students to participate in quality international internships in the summer. This info session will provide a general overview of each program and provide additional details regarding financing your experience abroad and getting started on an application.

Join UM WISE for an informal dinner to talk about a life in the biotech industry with WISE RP alumae Keli DeVries. Keli is currently the Program Manager of the Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium, a statewide quality improvement collaborative of health systems and health practices throughout Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. In this role she uses data to inform her leadership of macro-level quality initiatives to improve cancer care.

Learn about her journey through healthcare-- from pre-med, to a graduate degree in Social Work, to hospital care, to healthcare quality manager! We will have a light dinner with time to learn about Keli's career, ask questions, and have a casual networking opportunity.

Join CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the Spanish 230 and Spanish 232 program offerings abroad.

CGIS: Spanish 230 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
CGIS: Spanish 230 in Granada, Spain
CGIS: Spanish 230 in San José, Costa Rica
CGIS: Spanish 232 and Intercultural Development in Alicante, Spain


DATES:
Friday, October 17, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session) Thursday, November 6, 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Info Session) Tuesday, December 2, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (Info Session) Tuesday, January 6, 3:00 - 4:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)Thursday, January 8, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)IMPORTANT NOTES

CGIS Spring/Summer 2026 applications open in October 2025 and close on January 15, 2026.Check out to M-Compass brochure (see links above) carefully. Each brochure includes multiple tabs: Overview, How to Apply, Academics, Finances, etc. It is your responsibility to read them carefully before applying. For example, you will find details such as the eligibility criteria (e.g., course and grade prerequisite, GPA) and the application requirements (e.g., instructor recommendation questionnaire, valid passport, etc) under the How to Apply tab.

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.**

A seminar about photobooks interrogating the idea of "Vanishing Jews," examining how the notion of Jews "vanishing" gets played out in photo books in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

This event is open to all, and is meant to be a community building opportunity through the lens of Dual Degree student experiences in the SMTD. Take a break from your finals prep and enjoy build your own Chipotle Bowls, drinks, and a variety of crafts.

The Ginsberg Center offers multiple workshops to support students and staff who are working with communities through courses, student organizations or independently. Learning in Community (LinC) is an educational workshop and training series focused on supporting those interested in community engagement, social justice, democratic engagement, advocacy, activism and philanthropy. Sessions address one or more of the following areas:

Principles and Practice of Ethical Community Engagement
Democratic Engagement
Leadership for Social Change
In addition to our LinC Workshop Series, groups can also request individual workshops. For more information, or to submit a request for one of the below workshops, please visit our website: https://ginsberg.umich.edu/linc

The Michigan Program of Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) trains future generations of survey and data scientists at the intersection of social research and data science. Join us for our virtual information session to learn more about our PhD program and the admissions process.
Find out additional information about the program and our admissions process on our website or contact the program at MPSDS.isr@umich.edu.
This session will be recorded and posted on the department's website following the conclusion of the event.

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.

Students: Experience “Seeing the Other,” an amazing project that documents the roles of faith and spiritual journeys of people around the world.
You will see photographs and videos from 500 people across 30 countries that encompass 50 religions, faith traditions, and cultures.
Then, you will experience the opportunity to share and listen to one another’s journeys.
The purpose of Portraits in Faith is to show that everyone is on a spiritual journey together and that there is no “other.”
To learn more, visit portraitsinfaith.org

Join the National Center for Institutional Diversity for a special symposium marking our 20th Anniversary! The symposium, “Engaging the Present, Envisioning the Future: 20 years of Scholarship, Practice, and Community,” will serve as a gathering place to reflect on and celebrate our first 20 years, and to honor our visionaries and the many contributors to NCID’s success.
During this anniversary celebration we aim to reflect on the progress made toward advancing the benefits of diversity both in access and our collective understanding of the purpose, value, and benefits of diversity to our institutions and to society. We intend to affirm that this critical work remains active through research and practice. We will also highlight NCID’s continued support of empirical research and scholarship that seeks to illuminate, inform, and address persistent disparities throughout higher education and other social institutions. Ultimately, we seek to interrogate what the future of this work will look like and how we can sustain our community and continue its advancement.

U-M students, faculty and staff are invited to take control of their personal safety by learning physical and verbal strategies to counter violence through our empowerment self-defense workshops.
The workshops, led by Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention (SHARP)-certified instructors, aim to teach participants situational awareness and prevention skills to leave them better equipped to deal with everything from harassment to potentially violent people to sexual assault. Participants will take part in verbal exercises, physical drills and discussion.

The Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS) has partnered with four internship provider organizations that maintain portfolios of placements around the world, offering the chance for undergraduate students to participate in quality International Internships over the summer. This info session will go into detail about the program for one of these providers, Sage Corps.
Sage Corps Internships sends college students to work with startups. Students can work full-time alongside CEOs, CMOs, and CTOs to build real solutions to real problems. They provide opportunities for specializations including, but not limited to, business strategy, data analytics, graphic design, marketing, software development, and UI/UX design.
These internships combine a full-time internship with an integrated academic seminar (earning 3-6 total credits) to provide professional exploration and specific skills development over the course of 8 weeks during the summer. You’ll learn to contextualize real-world experience while learning about local business culture, intercultural communication, professional development, and linkages between local and global industry trends.
Sound interesting? Come join us virtually to learn more!

Negotiation is something that many people feel unprepared for, especially during the job search process. We'll talk through the steps involved in salary negotiation, as well as negotiation tips that can be utilized in other contexts. Bring your questions, as there will be plenty of time for questions and answers.
This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available.


Brought to you by the University Career Center, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School

The Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS) has partnered with four internship provider organizations that maintain portfolios of placements around the world, offering the chance for undergraduate students to participate in quality International Internships over the summer. This info session will go into detail about the program for one of these providers, CIEE.


CIEE Summer Global Internship programs combine a full-time internship with an integrated academic seminar (earning 6 total credits) to provide professional exploration and specific skills development over the course of 8+ weeks during the summer. You’ll learn to contextualize real-world experience while learning about local business culture, intercultural communication, professional development, and linkages between local and global industry trends.
With 18 approved locations in 17 different countries across the globe and placements in a wide variety of career fields--Arts, Business, Communication, STEM, Health Sciences, Policy/Law, and many more--you're sure to find a fantastic option that's the right fit for you!

Sound interesting? Come join us either in-person or virtually to learn more!

The climate is changing, and AI can help mitigate the negative effects of climate change. But in order to come up with truly effective solutions, we need to work together with AI & domain experts to determine the most pressing challenges we face today, and how AI can be leveraged to address these issues. That's why we invite you to join the Michigan AI Lab for a discussion on AI-powered tools and approaches for climate action.
In this workshop, we'll explore the points of interaction between AI and climate-related challenges, and discuss how existing obstacles in climate solutions can inform new research directions in artificial intelligence. U(M) researchers will briefly present on current topics in AI and in climate science, followed by table discussions with domain experts in both climate-related issues and artificial intelligence. You are encouraged to bring your own topics, problems, and innovations to share with the group.
Discussion topics brought up in this workshop will be used as the basis for a whitepaper on the intersection of AI & Climate Science.

Join CGIS Advisor Will Clancy and IES Abroad as we talk about Summer International Internship Opportunities with IES Abroad. This information will go over basic information about the IES Abroad Summer Internship offerings and outline the application and placement process. Students are encouraged to attend and ask questions!

Event Information

Need a break from studying for finals? Dance some of the finals stress away and experience different cultures without having to leave Ann Arbor! Come join us for a night of dancing where we will be learning dances from across the globe taught from cultural dance groups that can be found right here on campus! We will be joined by three student cultural dance groups that will teach us dances from their countries as well as some of their favorite dance moves. Learn salsa from Los Salseros Azules, Léim Irish Dancers and more! Connect with people over dancing and refreshments on December 3 from 6-7:30.
Please register by November 25 so we can get a headcount for food!

Stop by, hang out, get some work done, or just grab a snack with GSBES and SHPE!

Our Continuous Improvement Foundations course is a beginner-friendly training that teaches you the basics of how to make things better at work. In this class, we'll show you why it's important to really understand why problems happen, why guessing can be risky, and how to pinpoint the things that will make a big difference when you're trying to improve your work.


We use real stories, small group activities, and group discussions to help you see how these ideas can be used every day.

*Please bring an issue or a work process that you want to make better. During the course, you will have a chance to use what you’re learning to tackle your specific issue.

After the course, you will know how to:


Explain what 'value' means and understand it from the perspective of whoever is receiving your service or product
Recognize the 8 types of unnecessary activities or 'waste' and get good at noticing them when they happen
Realize why it's important to go right to where the problem happens and ask open questions to get more information
Understand the four-step method of Plan-Do-Check-Adjust, which is a tested way to solve problems
Learn how Organizational Excellence can support you and your team

Session length: 2.5 hours

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!

This session is geared towards students who have been working on their STEM RCA Scholarship applications and want more specific details on how to improve their application materials.
If you are preparing your application for the campus nomination process and have any final, lingering questions prior to submission, this session is for you! Join us for tips and tricks on finalizing your application.

This series of workshops aims to equip you with practical skills and knowledge for writing science with confidence as part of your training (MS, PhD, or postdoc). You will have a chance to learn best practices and strategies necessary to best prepare your manuscript, or your grant/fellowship application. Each workshop will provide opportunities to engage and learn how to develop your writing and presentation skills.
Aims & Objectives:
Boost your confidence and productivity in your writing skills.Provide guidance on how and when to best use Gen-AI in the writing process.Learn the fundamentals of science manuscript writing by exploring best practices in outlining your work and results for your next manuscript.Discuss effective presentation practices and strategies to improve how our science is presented, ensuring clarity and audience engagement.

Join CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the Spanish-language programs in Spring/Summer 2026. These program offerings are pre-approved by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (RLL). Students can earn 300- and/or 400-level Spanish credits depending on the program. Please visit the program brochure to learn more about course pre-requisites and other eligibility criteria
CGIS: Advanced Spanish in Alicante, SpainCGIS: Advanced Spanish in Santiago de Compostela, SpainCGIS: Public Health in Santiago, Dominican RepublicCGIS: Spanish in Madrid - 300/300
DATES:
Friday, October 24, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session) Friday, November 7, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session)Thursday, December 4, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (Info Session)Thursday, January 8, 10:00 am - 11:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)Tuesday, January 13, 10:00 - 11:00 am (Drop-in Group Advising)

This workshop is for clinicians in training who seek to enhance their skills in providing weight-inclusive health and mental health care. No experience is needed - please come to as many or as few sessions are you are able. Looking forward to having you as part of the conversation!

This is a monthly in-person event designed to provide insights, advice, and knowledge to you as an emerging academic. Each event features a faculty member discussing topics pertinent to starting an academic career focusing on research. You will get to hear from faculty about their career trajectories and how they navigated their transition from trainee to faculty member. You will also have an opportunity to network with the faculty member as well as other trainees.
Aims and Objectives:
To provide a platform where trainees can learn from faculty experiences and knowledge.To address and discuss pertinent issues and topics relevant to the biomedical/medical field and life sciences.To foster networking and community-building opportunities among trainees and faculty.To promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement, equipping trainees with the necessary skills and information for the faculty profession needed to transition into academia.