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Thank You! Giving Blueday 2024 was a huge success thanks to our amazing U-M community.
Yesterday, more than 11,500 supporters rallied together to raise more than $5.3 million for Michigan! These funds will support students, research, programs, and more across the university. We couldn’t have asked for a better way to celebrate an inspiring decade of impact and can’t wait to see what the next
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Thank you to all who supported the DC on Giving Tuesday!
Thank you to all who supported the DC on Giving Tuesday! While Giving Tuesday has passed, you can still support programs in the DC that advance diversity and Inclusion in technology and media-rich disciplines. Make a gift anytime to the standing Duderstadt Center Enrichment Fund to expand student access to
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Giving Tuesday – Support Diversity and Inclusion in Technology and Media in the DC
On November 28, 2023, the University of Michigan joins thousands of organizations from across the world by participating in Giving Tuesday. Making a gift to the Duderstadt Center will help expand our Student Fellowship Program as well as enable more students to access media and technology resources unique to the
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Live Chat Service Now Available
The Duderstadt Center (DC) website has launched a new live chat service you can access from any page on our site. It’s both the easiest way to get help and it will connect you with a member of the Digital Media Commons (DMC) staff specific to specialized resources. Look for
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New Technology Checkout Service Now Open on North Campus in the DC
We are pleased to announce a collaboration between CoE, LSA, and the Duderstadt Center to expand the LSA checkout service to the campus-wide University community by creating a checkout location in the Duderstadt Center. The North Campus Technology Checkout (NCTC) offers the ability to check out equipment and receive consulting
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Emerging Technologies and Media & Studio Arts bring Unreal Engine to Virtual Reality Production Platform in the DC.
The DMC’s Emerging Technologies Group and Media & Studio Arts Group have co-developed a powerful new platform, using the powerful rendering capabilities of industry-leading Unreal Engine, enabling students, faculty, and staff to create advanced photo-real 3D virtual environments for a new generation of learning, instructional, and research applications. The two
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aZn luv luv t0ur
May 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. and May 12, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. Video Studio, Duderstadt Center. A live, interactive performance, directed and performed by Caroline Yoo and Okyoung Noh*. Free but reservation required – in-theater attendance is limited: https://bit.ly/aznluvluv. This performance “aZn luv luv t0ur” invites audiences to join Noh
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Study space options in the DC: quiet study area now open on the Lower Level
As we near the end of the term, the Duderstadt Center is very busy. If you prefer a quieter, less crowded study space, there are additional (temporary) tables in the lower level of the building. There are no public computers in this space but various single and multi-person tables to
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Don’t toss your old electronics! Donate them to BLUElab for reuse.
Drop off: Friday, December 9, 1 P.M. to 4 P.M. right here in the DC Connector Hall. Keep your used but unwanted electronic devices out of the landfill! This Friday, December 9, BLUElab Metro’s team will collect your used electronics and repurpose them or recycle them for you. BLUElab Metro
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Update: Giving Tuesday at U-M
November 30: From MaizeRaize (U-M’s official crowdfunding platform). “Yesterday’s Giving Tuesday was a huge success! With the incredible support of our U-M community, we funded more than 32 projects and raised more than $1.1 million from over 4,400 gifts! And for that, we want to say a huge “Thank You!”
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Fabrication Underground! – a photo tour of the DC’s new 3D printing and fabrication space
Fabrication Underground is an all new space designed and constructed to provide the U-M community with access to the latest 3D printing technologies, software, and other fabrication resources to transform ideas into physical reality. In addition to several new, advanced 3D printers, 3D scanners, a 60 watt laser cutter, and
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Sonya Belaya: “Cognitive Distortions, Ancestral Patterns” (streaming video)
Sonya Belaya: “Cognitive Distortions, Ancestral Patterns” Recent streaming performance Thursday, November 3, in the Duderstadt Center Video Studio “Cognitive Distortions, Ancestral Patterns” uses cognitive distortions to understand the experiences of immigrant women artists as it relates to assimilation, segregation, and mental health care. Alongside research of social work practices with
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Voting Day in the DC Gallery
Hundreds of students filled the halls of the Duderstadt Center prepared to register and vote in the special DC Gallery polling location on Election Day 2022 See a short video of the line of students committed to add their votes! The turnout marks the success of the Creative Campus Voting
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Pilot Math Testing Lab opens in DC Lower Level
To provide students on North Campus more convenient access to Math Mastery and Gateway assessment, the LSA Department of Mathematics Math Lab and the College of Engineering Center for Academic Success (ECAS) have opened a pilot Math Mastery Assessment Lab in a temporary space in the Duderstadt Center’s Lower Level.
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Photo Essay: The DC gives Detroit high school students a glimpse of what their future could hold
“I can see myself being here.” “I didn’t know you could do this in college.” These were some of the comments made by 21 high school students after their tour of the Duderstadt Center and the advanced digital media technologies managed by the Digital Media Commons staff. This, from many
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“Sing My Song” – School of Music, Theatre & Dance project brings the vision of renowned operatic baritone, Thomas Hampson, and Detroit high school students together in song
“In song, you have one of the most amazing diaries of any generation’s culture at a given time.” That statement, by Thomas Hampson, one of the world’s most renowned operatic baritones, is central to his vision of education and artistic research, and the impetus for a collaboration with the U-M
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Student Employment Opportunities with a2ru (Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities)
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) is a partnership of colleges and universities committed to transforming higher education to ensure the greatest possible institutional support for arts-integrative research, curricula, programs and creative practice between the arts, sciences, and other disciplines. a2ru is based at the University of
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“Unity & Community” Video Studio Fall Film Series
September 6, 7, and 8. Join us in the Duderstadt Center Video Studio for three feature length, award-winning documentaries by individuals who have dedicated themselves to finding positive responses to our most pressing issues: climate justice, racial injustice and its roots, and the survival of American democracy. Shown on the Video
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Thursday, July 28: Heating/AC system maintenance
On the Thursday, July 28, the air-handling systems supplying heating and cooling in the Southeast quadrant of the Duderstadt Center will be shut down for preventive maintenance. See Floor Plans for locations Complete List of Rooms affected: 13151306 1306B13211332133413351335A1335B1335C1335D1335E 1C311C332450B23212321H2321G2321F2321D2321C2321B2321E2321F2321Q2321A2321P2321N2321O2C31231823202C3523302340234423482352233523352335B2335C2335D2335E2335F33303336A3336B3336C3336D3350
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Building-wide LED lighting conversion project begins in the Duderstadt Center
A project to convert existing interior lighting throughout the Duderstadt Center to more energy efficient LED lamps has begun in the Duderstadt Center. When complete the anticipated energy savings in the DC alone could reduce the building’s contribution to carbon dioxide emissions by 190 metric tons per year. The Duderstadt