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1 session on April 16, 2026
Join us for a public lecture with Megan Ward (Oregon State University.)
"The rise of grief tech, chatbots trained on the words, voices, and memories of lost loved ones, offers the alluring chance to continue a relationship beyond death. Grief tech is new, but that allure is much older, dating at least back to nineteenth-century Spiritualism. Today’s grief tech is connected to its Victorian predecessor by a shared culture of grief - one that seemed to have disappeared. While current psychological practices try to move the bereaved toward closure, Victorian mourning lingered in yearning. Bringing together Alice Stringfellow, a Victorian mother who corresponded her dead son every night, and Joshua Barbeau, a present-day aspiring actor who created a chatbot version of his girlfriend after her death, this talk explores how contemporary technologies might reveal the value (and risks) of using technology to redress the innately human problem of death."
"The rise of grief tech, chatbots trained on the words, voices, and memories of lost loved ones, offers the alluring chance to continue a relationship beyond death. Grief tech is new, but that allure is much older, dating at least back to nineteenth-century Spiritualism. Today’s grief tech is connected to its Victorian predecessor by a shared culture of grief - one that seemed to have disappeared. While current psychological practices try to move the bereaved toward closure, Victorian mourning lingered in yearning. Bringing together Alice Stringfellow, a Victorian mother who corresponded her dead son every night, and Joshua Barbeau, a present-day aspiring actor who created a chatbot version of his girlfriend after her death, this talk explores how contemporary technologies might reveal the value (and risks) of using technology to redress the innately human problem of death."
2 sessions available from April 20, 2026 to April 21, 2026
Film Screenings as part of the 2025-26 Frankel Institute's Symposium on Judaism and Film. Screenings will take place in Rackham Amphitheater from 6:30 - 9 PM on the following dates:
Monday, April 20 - Sabbath Queen (2024, dir. Sandi Simcha DuBowski, USA, 105 min)
Tuesday, April 21 - My One and Only (2025, dir. David Tauber, Israel, 104 min.)
This symposium celebrates the forthcoming 38-chapter volume, The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Film, edited by Olga Gershenson. A screening is a session that follows a film that focuses on the issues discussed in the Handbook. Screenings will take place at night and will feature discussions with the contributors and other scholars in the relevant fields.
Monday, April 20 - Sabbath Queen (2024, dir. Sandi Simcha DuBowski, USA, 105 min)
Tuesday, April 21 - My One and Only (2025, dir. David Tauber, Israel, 104 min.)
This symposium celebrates the forthcoming 38-chapter volume, The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Film, edited by Olga Gershenson. A screening is a session that follows a film that focuses on the issues discussed in the Handbook. Screenings will take place at night and will feature discussions with the contributors and other scholars in the relevant fields.
1 session on April 22, 2026
Feel like you're falling behind on credits, or want to get further
ahead? Want to make sure you're achieving the recommended credit
momentum going into next year? Want to ask questions about taking
classes at another college/university? Have questions about the
Transfer Credit Equivalency Guide? This is the support you need!
The Newnan Student Success Team will guide you through how to take
classes at, or outside, U-M this spring/summer and earn some credits
prior to next fall. To help ensure you're making the progress you're
hoping to achieve, we'll talk to you about how these classes will be
added to your degree audit.
We'll make a particular effort to explain how taking spring/summer
courses can impact your GPA if you're on an Academic Progress Notice.
Agenda for the session
How to take summer courses at U-M or another school
How would taking classes impact your GPA? Particularly if on an Academic Progress Notice
Explain Credit Momentum and discuss the benefits
Navigate Transfer Credit Equivalency and Michigan Transfer Agreement sites
Discuss direct equivalent credit vs. departmental credit
Audit checklist and ‘What-If’ Reports
How to transfer credits back
If you have any questions or concerns, please email erinkell@umich.edu.
ahead? Want to make sure you're achieving the recommended credit
momentum going into next year? Want to ask questions about taking
classes at another college/university? Have questions about the
Transfer Credit Equivalency Guide? This is the support you need!
The Newnan Student Success Team will guide you through how to take
classes at, or outside, U-M this spring/summer and earn some credits
prior to next fall. To help ensure you're making the progress you're
hoping to achieve, we'll talk to you about how these classes will be
added to your degree audit.
We'll make a particular effort to explain how taking spring/summer
courses can impact your GPA if you're on an Academic Progress Notice.
Agenda for the session
How to take summer courses at U-M or another school
How would taking classes impact your GPA? Particularly if on an Academic Progress Notice
Explain Credit Momentum and discuss the benefits
Navigate Transfer Credit Equivalency and Michigan Transfer Agreement sites
Discuss direct equivalent credit vs. departmental credit
Audit checklist and ‘What-If’ Reports
How to transfer credits back
If you have any questions or concerns, please email erinkell@umich.edu.