Category: Past Events (2024-2025 Academic Year)
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Curtain Call: 2025 Musical Theatre Showcase
One of the last things School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) Musical Theatre seniors do, before leaving school, is perform a song as part of a year-end showcase. Each song is recorded so they can use it within future auditions. In the past, the senior showcase and its recording
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Maddie Vassalo and Miles Hionis Win Stamps Big Idea Award
In her commencement speech seven years ago, Penny Stamps asked the newest Stamps School of Art & Design graduates “What’s your big idea?” Earlier this month, the Stamps community announced Maddie Vassalo and Miles Hionis as the 2025 winners of the Big Idea Award, the 5th annual award given in
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Shoot! A One Act Opera
Alfredo Cabrera stars as The Soldier. On April 11th, graduate student Alfredo Cabrera acted and sang in the premiere of SHOOT!, his one act opera. SHOOT! is an opera that travels through the journey of a Venezuelan soldier in conflict with a protester, the mirror image of the soldier. The
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Unveiling the U-M Baja SAE’s Newest Race Car
The Duderstadt Center’s Video Studio team helped produce, shoot, and edit the U-M Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) student club’s video to show off their student-built off-road race car “MBR35.” The video was featured at the team’s unveiling event, highlighting the core design elements and acknowledging this year’s sponsors.
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“Fluid Frequencies”: Stamps Student Ava Muntner’s Immersive Exploration of Water
For Stamps School of Art & Design rising junior Ava Muntner, one of her most special memories of water begins at a sleepaway camp by a lake. At this camp, Ava participated in sailing and water skiing and she was particularly wowed by water during early morning water skiing sessions.
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FTVM + DC: Teams Score Blue Ribbons at the UROP Symposium
Students from the department of Film, Television and Media (FTVM) lead by Professor Matthew Solomon and Co-Lead by the Duderstadt Center’s (DC) Sara Eskandari took home blue ribbons at the UROP Symposium in April for The Big City: Lost & Found FEAST team project. Their production aimed to recreate the iconic
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The M.I.D.E.N. Transports You into Nova’s Reality
The Michigan Immersive Digital Experience Nexus (MIDEN) doesn’t seem very large at first, as it is a 10 x 10 x 10 foot space and a blank canvas ready for its next project like “Nova’s Reality.” For this special performance, though, the MIDEN transformed into an expansive galactic environment, placing
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Chimeric Womb
May 8, 2025 Exhibition Viewings: 2:00-4:30 and 6:00-7:00 pm Live Performance: 7:00-8:00 pm Director Q&A: 8:00-8:30 pm Duderstadt Center Video Studio Join us for a one-day multimedia exhibition and live performance exploring the fluid, evolving, and interconnected dynamics of Asian+Femininity. Visits to the exhibition and performance require advanced reservations. Chimeric
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Tell Your Story: A DIY Zine Workshop
RECENT EVENT: April 18, 2025 4:00 – 6:00 pm Design Lab 1 Learn how to create your own zine! A zine, short for magazine or fanzine, is a self-published work of original text and images. They are typically produced by a single person or small group, and are photocopied to create a physical version for circulation. Directions
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Thank you from the Duderstadt Center
Thank you for giving to the Duderstadt Center on Giving Blueday. Your gift to the Center advances the mission of the DC, enabling more students to access our unique media and technology resources, and increasing interdisciplinary collaboration between students, staff, and faculty. Every single gift to the Duderstadt Center makes
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Intro to Printmaking Workshop
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 12:00 – 2:00 pm Design Lab 1 Come learn basic printmaking in Design Lab 1 and take home your own stamp. We will provide all the materials and you will be able to make a cute stamp out of an eraser. Hope to see you there!
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Giving Blueday 2025!
Mark your calendars and celebrate Giving Blueday, a focused 24-hour effort to support giving at U-M. Donors are invited to give to what they love about Michigan from between 12 am and 11:59 pm on March 19th. By giving early to the Duderstadt Center via our custom Giving Blueday webpage,
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Darn it!
March 20, 2025 3:00 – 5:00 pm Design Lab 1 Join us on Thursday, March 20 and learn how to mend your clothes using darning and sashiko style patching. Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for decorative or functional reinforcement of clothes. Design Lab 1
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29th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons
RECENT EVENT: March 18 – April 1, 2025 Duderstadt Center Gallery Special Hours: 10 am-7 pm, Tues-Fri Noon-6 pm, Sun & Mon The 29th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons showcases the creative work of artists from 26 Michigan prisons. Hundreds of original, handmade works by incarcerated artists in Michigan will be
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Michigan IT Visits the DC
Members of the Michigan IT community toured the Duderstadt Center (DC) recently, getting a behind-the-scenes look at the many resources available to the entire UM community. Colleen McCormick and Lisa Nuñez wrote about their experience and the article was featured on the Michigan Technology Community website. Read the full article here. Photo
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Card Making Party
Thursday, February 13, 2025 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Duderstadt Center Design Lab 1 Just in time for Valentine’s Day… join us and create a personalized, heartfelt card for your sweetie, best friend or anyone special in your life! Tea and card making materials will be provided. Design Lab 1 location
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Science as Art Exhibition
RECENT CCA EVENT: February 11 – March 11, 2025 Reception: February 21, 3:30 – 5 pm Duderstadt Center CCA Gallery The annual Science as Art competition features student artwork inspired by and demonstrating scientific ideas and principles. Awards are given for Best in Show and a range of other categories
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Clay-cation with Curiouser Clay
RECENT WORSKSHOP: Creative Writing and Clay Workshop Thursday, February 27, 4-6:00 pmDuderstadt Center Design Lab 2 Take some creative time for yourself and join Curiouser Clay in Design Lab 2 on the first floor of the Duderstadt Center on Wednesday, February 27th as we create ceramic wall pockets! No experience
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U-M PAT Student Wins Hedy Lamarr Achievement Award
The 2024 Hedy Lamarr Achievement Award for Emerging Leaders in Entertainment Technology, honors a female college student whose studies in the fields of entertainment and technology have shown exceptional promise. The 2024 award was presented to two students, including Emelia Piane, an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan who is majoring
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Thank you to all who supported the Duderstadt Center 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. Make a gift anytime to the standing Duderstadt Center Enrichment Fund to expand student access to media