Author: jmerlinw
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UPDATE: CAEN and ITS bring Wi-Fi 6E Upgrade to the DC.
The Duderstadt Center’s wireless network infrastructure (Wi-Fi) has been upgraded to the newest, Extended Wi-Fi 6 standard known as Wi-Fi 6E. Follow-up testing will take place this week. To report issues, or for help, contact ITS: 734-476-HELP (4357) or [email protected] Upgraded Wi-Fi 6E service in the DC will provide the
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a2ru announces 2022 Emerging Creatives Student Summit; ArtsEngine accepting student submissions to represent U-M at the Summit
Note: the following information includes joint announcements by a2ru (the international Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities, with its offices in the Duderstadt Center) of the a2ru 2022 Emerging Creatives Student Summit, and a notice to students from ArtsEngine (also in the DC) that it is the U-M organization
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U-M to require COVID-19 booster; updates plans for winter term
As of December 17, 2021, U-M has updated Covid-19 public health safety requirements for all campuses in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant of the virus. Topics covered by the following resources include: Covid-19 booster shot required by February 4, 2022. Testing recommendations for campus community upon returning
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Fabrication Studio gets “wired.”
A recent donation by Yazaki North America will provide users of the Electronic Workbench in the DC’s Fabrication Studio a generous supply of high-quality electrical wire to use for their projects. The company donated nearly 4,000 pounds of automotive electrical wire to the U-M in a variety of gauges. Of
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A new frontier: Preserving computer and video games at the U-M Library
(Note: as of June, 2022, the CVGA will be moving to the Shapiro Library. Updates will be announced on the U-M Library Computer and Video Game Archive page) Among the many unique resources that make the Duderstadt Center so special is the Computer and Video Games Archives, part of the
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Interarts Live Art Survey final project video now online.
Updated December 11, 2021. The Live Art Survey course, performance art event of December 10, 2021, is now online at the Interarts Vimeo Account. The Live Art Survey Course is part of The Interarts Performance program. The event is the culmination of a semester-long investigation of the history of performance
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December 3, 7:30 p.m. – “Broken Reflections” – Fall 2021 Interarts Performance
“Broken Reflections” are performances by students of the Fall 2021 Interarts Performance program in the Stamps School of Art & Design. The event will be live-streamed from the Duderstadt Center Video Studio beginning at 7:30 p.m. Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/event/1615108 Broken Reflections – Fall 2021 Interarts Performance from The Duderstadt Center on
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November 12, 5pm to 6:15pm – Virtual Student Venture Showcase (CFE)
An evening of promising student projects and ventures looking to highlight their ideas and recruit new members. Sponsored by The Center for Entrepreneurship. Twelve hand-selected projects and ventures will have 3 minutes to present their ideas and answer audience questions. This is a must attend event for those looking to network with other student entrepreneurs or to join
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November 15, 2pm to 3:30pm – Leading Effective Collaborative Teams
Graduate Student Workshop – a Virtual Event sponsored by ArtsEngine and Rackham North. This engaging, hands-on workshop is designed to give you important facilitation tools you can use to effectively lead diverse, interdisciplinary, and highly productive teams—setting your efforts up for success right from the start! Grad students can register
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November 17: 3:30pm to 5pm – Designing Augmented Reality for Collaborative Learning
Virtual Event sponsored by the XR Initiative. Lessons from Designing Augmented Reality for Collaborative Learning: Iulian Radu, PhD; Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Iulian Radu will discuss the intersection of immersive design and educational innovation, focusing on aspects of AR/VR collaborative learning, makerspaces, embodied cognition, and immersive software /
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SEDS Space Art Competition
Updated November 8, 2021. Works by the winners and all participants of the recent Space Arts Competition are now viewable online. The 2021 Space Art Competition was held from October 4th to October 20th of 2021. We had 35 submissions from students across the University of Michigan. The winning pieces
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November 3, noon to 1 p.m. – Researchers: How to Write and Implement a Data Management Plan
Presented by the AAEL. More and more funding agencies are requiring researchers to write a data management plan (DMP) as part of their grant applications. But what is a DMP? What should I write in it? In this workshop, you’ll learn: Various definitions of ‘data’ and why you should care
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“Spooktacular Extravaganza” networking event: meet U-M Entrepreneurship and Innovation organizations
Bats, and Spiders, and Rats oh my! Get ready for the best networking event of the semester. A special occasion to get your old costumes out of the storage or dress up as someone new! Brought to you by the Center for Entrepreneurship, the Center for Academic Innovation, and Tech Transfer, we invite
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2021 a2ru National Conference: Sharing Stories – The Case for Art.
2021 a2ru National Conference: Sharing Stories: The Case for Art. As research university arts practitioners and leaders in the Covid era, we embrace our role in this unprecedented moment, even as we continue to rethink our disciplines, how our methods have changed during this time, and what the future of
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Videos Online – Book Arts Symposium
(This virtual event took place on October 26 and 27, 2021). Presented by AAEL Book Arts Studio. Update from Kyle Clark. Last week the Book Arts Studio of the University of Michigan Library hosted the first University of Michigan Book Arts Symposium (on the 26th and 27th of October). This
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Extended Reality for Everybody
Virtual Event – November 4, 2021 at 11 a.m. Featured Faculty and Staff: Michael Nebeling, Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, and Jeremy Nelson, Director, XR Initiative, Center for Academic Innovation. Attendees can expect to learn: –
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Video now Online from October 20 – Kent Bye (“Voices of VR Podcast“) on XR for Higher Education
This virtual event took place on October 20, 2021. The full video recording is now available via YouTube: “XR for Higher Education: Experiential Design Affordances, Production Challenges, & Ethical Considerations” with Kent Bye. Presenter and podcaster Kent Bye (“Voices of VR Podcast“) discusses what’s happening at the frontiers of experiential
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Telling the Story of the Duderstadt Center in 2021
October 11, 2021 A special presentation by graduate students of Architecture on how they interpret the uses and purpose of the Duderstadt Center today, using the original vision for the building and its subsequent history as design criteria. (Note: This presentation took place on Monday, October 11th. This post will
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Why BFS “Classroom” status matters to the mission of the Duderstadt Center
You may have noticed recent construction activity in the Duderstadt Center. That’s because we have undertaken renovations on all four floors of the building to qualify for status as a classroom building under the standards of the State of Michigan Bureau of Fire Services (BFS). Our building has recently been approved
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Melissa Coppola: “Lights in the Sky”
Melissa Coppola’s doctoral thesis “Lights in Sky”, a multimedia concert inspired by the cosmos, premiered Sunday, July 11, 2021, 2:30 PM at the Stamps Auditorium, Penny Stamps School of Art and Design on the U-M Ann Arbor Campus “In March 2020, COVID-19 forced me to cancel a space-inspired performance at