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For decades, Detroit artist Olayami Dabls has explored the intersections of art, history, identity, community, and healing through sculpture, storytelling, and material culture. Founder of the MBAD African Bead Museum, Dabls presents commentary on the past, present, and future from African and African American perspectives, drawing upon traditions in which materials convey identity and serve as messages for healing and protection.

The CDI Seminar Series features plenary seminar events addressing the broad interests in diabetes-, obesity-, metabolism-, and complications-related research and care across UM and worldwide.

A colorful, two-story building covered in intricate mosaics, beads, vibrant artwork, and painted text. Visiting artist Olayami Dabls is a storyteller, curator, educator, and mentor. He is the founder of the MBAD African Bead Museum in Detroit.

Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food, cooking, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive, as well as select items from the Art, Architecture, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.

Whose Democracy? is a two-year SWIPE series exploring how inequality shapes democratic participation, representation, and power. Across four events through 2028, visiting scholars, the U-M community, and the broader public will come together for panels and open discussion about who participates in democracy and who has the power to shape it. Who Runs? Candidacy & Class What shapes who runs for office, who becomes a viable candidate, and how does class influence who ultimately governs?

Sunset sky in pinks and blues. Fernando Strabuli on Unsplash Join the Diversity Peer Educators, International Impact, and North Quad RAs in celebrating Latine Heritage Month at Sunset Salsa in the North Quad Courtyard! Learn salsa moves from Los Salseros Azules, enjoy free food, and connect with fellow students and Latine student organizations for an evening of music, dancing, and community. Contact Event Organizers: Michigan Housing Community Connections and Engagement Comments Email

Trotter/MESA's Latine Heritage Month planning committee invites you to the Latine Heritage Month Opening Ceremony for 2026. We're excited to kick off our month-long celebration and we hope to see you there! Food provided. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Dr. Curtis Acosta was a high school teacher for nearly 20 years in Tucson, where he developed and taught Chicanx/Latinx Literature classes for the renowned Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District.

Students fill Michigan Stadium for a football game. Safe, resilient, and easy ticket exchanges through MaizeTix help students participate in campus traditions without worry. Photo source: Michigan Athletics. When four first-year students moved into Mary Markley Hall at the University of Michigan in 2023, buying and selling student football tickets was a recurring topic of conversation, and not for good reasons.

WCEE Distinguished Fellow, 2023-24 Iuliia Mendel is a Ukrainian journalist, political commentator and opinion writer for The Washington Post. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Politico Europe, VICE, The Evening Standard, World Affairs Journal, Kyivpost, Spiegel Online and CNBC.

Positive Links Speaker Series: Staying True to You: Discover the Power of Your Middle Self and Live with Confidence, Integrity, and Peace of Mind Speaker: Patricia Faison Hewlin Tuesday, September 15, 2026 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET Free and Online | Registration required to obtain login information Event link: https://myumi.ch/11Emx Positive Links: The Positive Links Speaker Series, running for over 22 years with 165 sessions, is one of the most-watched speaker series at Michigan Ross.