Past Events (2020-2021 Academic Year) – The James and Anne Duderstadt Center

North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Awards

Posted on 2021-07-15 (2022-08-08) by kreister

In honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., today we celebrate not only his leadership in advancing civil rights, but also the members of the North Campus community who work to achieve social and racial justice. For many of our community members this is lifelong work. For

Melissa Coppola: “Lights in the Sky”

Posted on 2021-07-15 (2022-08-08) by jmerlinw

Students playing piano in front of big screen showing the Milky Way Galaxy

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

MDP Hammond Organ Project

Posted on 2021-07-13 (2021-09-20) by kreister

Students on the ArtsEngine Hammond Organ Project will create a media-integrative 21st century expressive instrument by re-imagining and re-designing a vintage analog musical instrument – a Hammond M3 organ. This project is in collaboration with the Duderstadt Center and the Multidisciplinary Design Program. Meet the team and see the work

Melissa Coppola takes new Video Studio Steinway grand piano into the cosmos

Posted on 2021-07-08 (2021-12-09) by jmerlinw

Melissa Coppola performs her composition on the new Steinway grand piano, donated to the DMC Video Studio by the Demeulemeester family

Update: Wednesday, July 8, 2021 Melissa Coppola’s doctoral thesis “Lights in Sky”, a multimedia concert inspired by the cosmos, premieres Sunday, July 11, 2021, 2:30 PM at the Stamps Auditorium, Penny Stamps School of Art and Design on te U-M Ann Arbor Campus “In March 2020, COVID-19 forced me to

Meet the Microbes – a Zoom Webinar

Posted on 2021-05-18 (2022-01-25) by kreister

Microbial Masterpieces - Piece from the Gallery

While many of us have been hunkered down at home, weird and wonderful microbes have been growing in our gallery! Next week, the Microbial Masterpieces team would like to introduce you to them and why this matters to you, and to the planet! You are invited to a Zoom webinar

Now online: Art by Michigan Prisoners 25th Annual Exhibition

Posted on 2021-05-10 (2022-01-25) by kreister

Painting "The Young Old Men at KCF" (copyrighted) by Oliger Merko, from the 25th Prison Creative Arts Project Exhibit. March, 2021

The 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners has concluded its virtual events, but all 790 works exhibited are now available for online viewing in the program’s digital collection. Online exhibit launches March 16, 2021 The pandemic halted the 25th Annual Exhibition days before it was scheduled to open in March 2020. The Prison

More than 1,500 register for XR Initiative’s virtual “XR@Michigan Summit”

Posted on 2021-04-30 (2021-09-21) by jmerlinw

Image taken of Microsoft presentation at Inaugural XR Summit @ Michigan in 2021

A virtual audience from all over the globe came together to hear from industry leaders and innovators talk about how extended reality technology is transforming their work at the first XR@Michigan Summit, organized by University of Michigan’s Extended Reality (XR) Initiative within the Center for Academic Innovation. The two-day virtual

Microbial Masterpieces

Posted on 2021-03-24 (2024-03-01) by kreister

“Microbial Masterpieces”, the recipient project of the 2020 Experiments in Translation Grant, is a project devoted to helping people understand the importance of the microbial world through art and science communication. Winogradsky Panel The project began with the construction a giant Winogradsky panel, an apparatus for culturing diverse communities of