All Sessions

Online discussion with Dr. Isaac McKean Scarborough (Leiden University) on late Soviet financial and social order from a Central Asian perspective.

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!

Organized and sponsored by the Ginsberg Center's Student Advisory Board, Movie Nights aim to bring Ginsberg Center students together to build community with each other. At the Ginsberg Center, our mission is to cultivate and steward equitable partnerships between communities and the University of Michigan in order to advance social change for the public good.

Please note: The movies selected for screening do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Ginsberg Center or its affiliates, and their inclusion does not constitute an endorsement of any particular viewpoint.

"What would your dream house look like if money, rules, and physics didn't apply?"
Join the Institute for Humanities for a creative workshop on where (and what) home really is. This is an interactive event that uses drawing, writing, and conversation to rethink what "home" really means beyond four walls and a mortgage. No background in art, architecture, or visual studies is required!
Grounded in the humanities, this workshop treats home not merely as a physical structure, but as a personal, cultural, and political idea. Over the course of the event, participants will move through two creative exercises that blend thinking, self-reflection, and critical interpretation. Participants will be asked to imagine impossible homes, reinterpret familiar spaces, and consider what "home" might look like for different people and communities. Together, we will explore how identity, memory, history, and power shape where (and whether) we feel at home.

Thursday, February 19, 2026
6:00-8:00 PM
202 S.Thayer Building

Designed to help with frequently requested topics by students across disciplines, these workshops aim to provide support and guidance as you navigate your academic and professional growth at the University of Michigan. Differing from UROP’s ongoing Skill-Building Workshops, the Student Success Workshops focus on improving overall student success, rather than specific research project skills. Workshops are open to any undergraduate student at UM.

A new Faculty Senate initiative—the Clinical Faculty / Faculty Senate Dialogues—will
help the Faculty Senate better understand the concerns, issues, and
perspectives of Clinical Faculty. In 2023, the Faculty Senate expanded
to include all faculty with at least a 50% appointment as a clinical
professor (assistant, associate, and full). So that the Faculty Senate
can better connect with its new clinical members, this new initiative
will feature a number of listening sessions.

Do you have something you’d like to discuss with Faculty
Governance? Do you want to learn more about what Faculty Governance is
and does? Then please join us for coffee, bagels, and conversation!

These events are hosted by SACUA Chair Derek Peterson, SACUA Vice Chair and Clinical Assistant Professor Soumya Rangarajan, and the Faculty Senate Office.

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.

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.

Come join Lauren Czarnowczan, Student Programs Specialist, from the University of Michigan School of Public Health Practice Team in collaboration with the IDEAS for Health Equity Team, and Patty Krause, Community Health Analyst, from the Washtenaw County Health Department for a tour and conversation to learn more about governmental public health and how it works in the community!
There will be four different opportunities to join this winter semester, with additional opportunities to learn more about the experience of staff or former intern. See below for each indicated opportunity.
Please select only one tour date as seats are limited.
Wednesday, January 14 from 2:30 - 4PM - Mini outbreak activity Friday, January 30 from 2:00 - 3:30PM - Internship sharingFriday, February 20 from 11:30AM - 1PM - WCHD staff info sharing Monday, March 16 from 11:30AM - 1PM - WCHD staff info sharing
This is a great opportunity to learn more about local public health and to network!
Space is limited to 10 seats per tour. You will need to provide your own transportation to the health department located at 555 Towner St., Ypsilanti, MI 48198. The health department is accessible with TheRide bus, with a stop located directly outside. Parking is also free.

Join CGIS Advisor, Joy Richardson, and Sant'Anna Institute staff to learn more about the CGIS: Humanities and Social Sciences in Sorrento (Italy) program, the application process, the academics, and life in Sorrento.
Please note that both of these sessions will be virtual over Zoom. Both sessions will contain the same info, so students have the option to choose either one to attend.
To learn more, visit the M-Compass brochure:https://mcompass.umich.edu/_portal/tds-program-brochure?programid=12125 and the Sant'Anna Institute website: https://www.santannainstitute.com/.

For the 2025–26 academic year, Mediterranean Topographies (Meditopos) will be organized around the theme of home in the Mediterranean, which broadly includes domestic and private spaces. This interdisciplinary research workshop will explore domestic and private spaces not only as sites of personal and cultural significance but also as zones of political tension, displacement, surveillance, and resistance. How do personal experiences intersect with histories of migration, conflict, surveillance, and belonging? What does it mean to make, find, leave, or lose a home in times of political and climate instability? We will consider the meanings and materialities of ‘home’ across the Mediterranean region. From physical structures to affective attachments, we’ll explore how home is imagined, inhabited, and contested from diverse disciplinary perspectives. The workshop draws from multiple departments and programs at Michigan, including Comparative Literature, History, Anthropology, Middle East Studies, Romance Languages and Literatures, History of Art, Slavic Studies, English, and Classics, aiming to create a collaborative space linking across departments. We hope to foster interdisciplinary conversations about intimate, political, and symbolic dimensions of home in past and present Mediterranean contexts.

Whether you are new to WISE and interested in learning more about who we are and what we do or are simply looking for ways to connect with other STEM students or hoping to get more involved with us, we invite you to join us for our all-community meetings. You can expect a brief update about upcoming events, resources available, and even share about relevant events you are hosting with our community. Then we will bring out snacks, crafts, puzzles, and our massage chair for you to relax, make new friends, and hang out in our space. All STEM undergraduate/graduate students and postdocs are welcome to attend.

LSA Newnan Pre-Health Advising comes to YOU! Stop by to meet with a Pre-Health Advisor on a first-come, first-served basis. While registration is available, it is not required. We are looking forward to talking with you!

Join us for Soul Food Sundays, an uplifting program inspired by the rich African American tradition of Sunday dinners at the home of the family matriarch. These cherished gatherings have long been a cornerstone of Black culture—a time to reconnect, recharge, strategize, laugh, and share love over a table laden with delicious, soul-nourishing food.

This week, the BHM Committee and the Trotter Multicultural Center invites the community to come together not just for a meal, but for meaningful conversation. Alongside our feast, there will be a Community Conversation exploring themes of care and sustainability within our community—how we support one another, nurture collective well-being, and honor traditions that have sustained us through generations.

Whether you’re seeking good food, good company, or thoughtful discussion, Soul Food Sundays welcomes all to celebrate legacy, culture, and the power of coming together.

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 February 23rd from 9 AM - 11:30 AM in the Lurie Engineering Center (LEC) Johnson Rooms. There will be free snacks and swag!
Please come by and join us! RSVP is not necessary but is encouraged to give us an approximate number of folks to expect!
With care,
Jordan Peyton

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 focuses on the use of generative AI tools/agents to produce visualizations. We will go over the use of different tools for automating the construction of descriptive, analytical, and communicative visualizations. The session will cover prompting approaches for construction, ideation, and evaluation. The topics will be largely practical, with a touch of theory to help you understand how to judge the quality of visualizations and guide the tools toward better results.

Join SMTD Student Success at tabling events in each of the primary SMTD Buildings! Learn more about Student Organization Funding opportunities, upcoming events, and share with us ideas or thoughts about student events you would like to participate in at SMTD! Warm up with a cup of hot chocolate and grab a yummy cookie.

Join the Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences to hear from Dr. Rebecca Quintana and Annie Zhou about their project working on AI-Generated Instructor Avatars.
This is an informal, works in progress conversation. Light snacks and beverages will be provided. Attendees are invited to bring their lunch!

The Student Success Initiative (SSI) coming out of the Office for the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education seeks to create data-informed change that promotes the holistic success of students at the University of Michigan. Recognizing the importance that advising and coaching play in students’ academic journeys, one focus of the SSI is to enhance advising and coaching at U-M for both students and advisors and coaches, such as through the implementation of training on a validation approach to advising and coaching (with training planned to begin in Sp/Su 2026). To support these efforts, we—Dr. Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn (Assessment and Evaluation Specialist for the SSI) and Natalie Drobny and Gray Strain (Evaluation Advising Fellows)—are working to understand the current advising landscape at U-M and how it shifts over time as validation training is implemented. During this CES, we will begin by presenting our findings from a survey that characterizes U-M advisors’ and coaches’ knowledge and use of approaches that align with validation theory and the mission and framework developed by the Academic Advising & Coaching Team. To close off the session, we hope to engage advisors and coaches in a conversation about how our findings can be used to inform changes in advising and coaching at U-M.

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.

Join us for a vibrant celebration at Making a Dollar out of Fifteen Cents, a gala dedicated to honoring the enduring legacy of creative expression and groundbreaking innovation born from resilience. Throughout history, Black culture has exemplified the remarkable ability to create abundance from scarcity—transforming obstacles into opportunities and “spinning gold from mere fibers.”

This event pays homage to the ingenuity, endurance, and pioneering spirit that continue to redefine and uplift the Black experience. Through powerful and inspiring storytelling, we shine a spotlight on the visionaries who have shaped history and those who are charting new paths today.

CSG's Black Caucus proudly hosts an evening in coordination with the Black History Month Committee, featuring recognition of outstanding student organizations and awards for student leaders who embody innovation and student leadership rooted in resilience. Please join us for an unforgettable evening filled with thought-provoking reflection and elegance as we gather together to celebrate the creativity and brilliance that flourishes throughout time.

Community event in recognition of Engineers Week 2026Open to current U-M College of Engineering students, staff, and facultyStop by the table in the Connector Hallway in the Duderstadt Center for treats and swag (while supplies last)

We're excited to have you attend our February session for ILI! In this session, you'll learn more about cultural competencies and practice some activities to learn how to best engage your diverse teams.

The session will occur on Tuesday, February 24th from 11:30am-1:00pm in the Leinweber room 2280.

Please RSVP for this session by Tuesday, February 17th.

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

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.

This instructor-led, hands-on training session covers the process of preparing and submitting proposals using the eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) system, including Grants.gov to create and edit a Proposal Approval Form (PAF).

This workshop will focus on resources you can leverage to explore career options, as well as strategies to best position yourself for a variety of career trajectories. We will cover approaches to networking, transferable skills, and key resources designed to support your exploration. This workshop is open to students at all points in their graduate careers, and there will be plenty of time for your questions. This event is intended to be interactive, and therefore a recording will not be available.
This workshop is designed for master's students, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance. Brought to you by the University Career Center, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School.

Join us for a peaceful watercolor drop-in session on Tuesday February 24th from 1:30-3:30pm in the OGPS Lounge. All supplies, snacks, and optional tutorials will be provided, just bring yourself!

Looking to find a bit of peace during these long winter days? Come hang out and spend some time reflecting and connecting with nature.

Dr. Joseph Rizzo will lead a relaxed, open-ended activity geared at engaging with the stillness and restorative aspects of winter. While exploring the relationship between the natural rhythm of the season and our own internal patterns of self-reflection.

This event will take place indoors at the Reader Center and is open to all SPH students. We hope to see you there!

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

No science communication or editing experience required.
We are always welcoming new editors, translators, and/or illustrators. If you'd like to join MiSciWriters, fill out our membership form here.

Jewish Journalism in Dark Times

Panelists: Naomi Brenner (Ohio State University), Gilad Halpern, and Matthew Handelman (2025–2026 Frankel Institute Fellows)
Moderator: Shachar Pinsker (Co-Head Fellow)

Join us for a roundtable discussion exploring the transformation of Jewish journalism during the interwar years (1918–1939) and World War II, an era of profound upheaval. Panelists will analyze how Jewish newspapers and journals became vital platforms for political, literary, and cultural engagement. The discussion will highlight dramatic shifts in journalistic practices, including evolving editorial strategies, reporting methods, and technological innovations in format and distribution and the transnational and transcultural elements that come to the fore during that time. Panelists will also examine the economic pressures and opportunities that shaped the Jewish press, and consider the influence and role of Jews as journalists within the broader media landscape.

Gilad Halpern, journalist and media historian, draws on recent doctoral research on The Palestine Post amid imperial decline and rising nationalism, bridging professional and scholarly perspectives. Naomi Brenner explores entertainment fiction in the Hebrew and Yiddish press, focusing on the aesthetics and politics of the roman-feuilleton as a transnational literary form.
Matthew Handelman investigates the cultural politics of German Jewish intellectuals and the primacy of culture in political discourse from the Weimar Republic onward.

Central to the conversation is the role of Jewish periodicals as spaces for cultural expression, literary experimentation, and political debate. These publications not only documented Jewish life, but actively shaped identities, fostered transnational dialogue, and provided forums for writers, artists, and intellectuals grappling with questions of survival and belonging. This roundtable offers timely insights into journalism during a time of crisis, illuminating enduring questions about Jews and media.

Workshops for students to learn/with student orgs!
The 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!

Do you want to play a game? Are you interested in entrepreneurship or business? We are excited to host Professor Jerry Davis of the Ross School of Business at LEAPS to lead us in a simulation game he designed to help new or prospective entrepreneurs. We hosted Professor Davis last year, and everyone who participated enjoyed the experience immensely.
We're asking you to register for this event so we can figure out where it should be located - in one of our MC classrooms or in the LEAPS Living Room.

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.
The 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.

Campus Mind Works Wellness Group
Are you stuck procrastinating? Join our Avoiding Avoidance wellness group to learn tips to be more productive, hear from other students and get some free lunch!
February 25 | 12:00 - 1:00 E.T. | Chrysler Center, Room 265 | Register: campusmindworks.org

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

Learning Objectives
By 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.

Are you a current UMSI BSI student interested in earning your master’s degree faster?
The Accelerated Master’s Degree Program (AMDP) allows eligible BSI students to earn a UMSI master’s degree in just one additional year after completing their bachelor's degree.

Join one of our virtual AMDP Information Sessions to learn how you can continue your education at UMSI and deepen your expertise in the information field—quickly and efficiently.

Each session includes:



An introduction to the AMDP and an overview of the curriculum


Information about the application process, deadlines, and requirements


Live Q&A with a member of the UMSI admissions team



Whether you’re starting to explore your options or preparing to apply this year, these sessions are designed to help you determine if AMDP is the right next step for you.

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.


While NOT required, ARC offers Introduction to Linux Command Line, which we recommend in addition to our own workshops.
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Please join us for the International Wellness Fair on February 25 from 4:30-6:00PM! The event is in the Student Activities Building Lobby, and it is open to all students, scholars, faculty and staff.
The Wellness Fair will feature several departments and student organizations who will be tabling! Prizes, crafting and other activities will be available for attendees.
Please let us know you're coming by filling out the RSVP form below! This will help us ensure we have enough food at the event.