Featured News – The James and Anne Duderstadt Center

Live Chat Service Now Available

Posted on 2023-10-20 (2023-11-27) by jmerlinw

Closeup image of the DC Live Chat Button on blue background

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

New Technology Checkout Service Now Open on North Campus in the DC

Posted on 2023-08-09 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

Poster for North Campus Technology Checkout service located in the Duderstadt Center

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

Emerging Technologies and Media & Studio Arts bring Unreal Engine to Virtual Reality Production Platform in the DC.

Posted on 2023-05-14 (2023-05-14) by jmerlinw

image of still frame from "Peace" using DC/DMC Virtual Production immersive 3D VR environment

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

2023 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Innovative Pedagogy Award

Posted on 2023-04-12 (2024-03-01) by kreister

Congratulations to Professor Matthew Solomon and Lecturer Vincent Longo who received the 2023 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Innovative Pedagogy Award, “designed to recognize new methods, perspectives, and techniques in the teaching of Cinema, Radio, Television, and Emerging Media Studies.” The award recognizes three of Solomon and Longo’s teaching-related

Fabrication Underground! – a photo tour of the DC’s new 3D printing and fabrication space

Posted on 2022-11-16 (2023-03-17) by jmerlinw

Image of the new BigRep Studio 3D printer installed in the DC's Fabrication Underground - capable of producing parts 1000 x 500 x 500 mm

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

Voting Day in the DC Gallery

Posted on 2022-11-06 (2022-12-23) by jmerlinw

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

Vote 2022

Posted on 2022-10-21 (2022-12-23) by kreister

Poster announcing the Creative Campus Voting Project election hub

Voting opens in the Duderstadt Center Gallery. City Clerks ready for voters. Ballot wayfinding with a really big ballot! Recently in the DC Gallery: Voting is underway at the Duderstadt Center Gallery October 12 – November 8 The Duderstadt Center Gallery has been transformed into a one-stop election hub on

Ballot Wayfinder/A2 City Clerk’s Office at the DC

Posted on 2022-09-28 (2022-12-23) by kreister

Image of the Creative Campus Voting Project in the DC Gallery

Ann Arbor City Clerk’s Office and Creative Campus Voting Project “Ballot Wayfinder” at the Duderstadt Center October 12 – November 8 Weds-Thurs: 12-6pm Fridays : 12-4pmMonday, October 24, 12-6pm (last day to register to vote by mail or online in MI)Election Day November 8, 8am-8pm Mon-Friday, 12-6pm for those interested in

Photo Essay: The DC gives Detroit high school students a glimpse of what their future could hold

Posted on 2022-09-08 (2023-07-05) by jmerlinw

High school students from The School at Marygrove tour the multi-media Video Studio in the Duderstadt Center

“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

“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

Posted on 2022-09-07 (2023-07-05) by jmerlinw

Composite Image showing the Marygrove high class

“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

Building-wide LED lighting conversion project begins in the Duderstadt Center

Posted on 2022-07-18 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

Homepage Slide Announcing the Building-wide LED lighting conversion Project In TheDuderstadtCenterproject

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

Technology collaborations that touch every aspect of the U-M experience.

Posted on 2022-01-30 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

U-M Rehabilitation patient VR experience in the Visualization Studio MIDEN

A partnership between the Digital Media Commons’ Visualization Studio and Michigan Health enables rehabilitation patients to create and explore new virtual worlds. Donn Hilker, Clinical Director for the University of Michigan Health Rehabilitation Engineering Program, leads a team who use engineering and new technologies to increase the functional capabilities and

A new frontier: Preserving computer and video games at the U-M Library

Posted on 2021-12-09 (2022-06-22) by jmerlinw

Interior view of the Computer and Video Games Archive with inset photo of U-M Librarian David Carter

(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

Piper Payne builds career with experience as Student Consultant in DC/DMC studios

Posted on 2021-10-20 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

Piper Payne, 2009 BFA graduate of U-M SMTD and "alumnus" of the DMC Audio Studio

Piper Payne is a top industry audio-mastering engineer based in Nashville, TN, where she works on albums for independent artists and major labels at the famed Infrasonic Mastering firm. She is a 2009 BFA graduate of the U-M SMTD Performing Arts Technology program and served as a Student Consultant in

Why BFS “Classroom” status matters to the mission of the Duderstadt Center

Posted on 2021-09-29 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

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

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

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

When it rains it pours… pianos?

Posted on 2021-06-01 (2021-12-10) by kreister

The Duderstadt Center (DC) is a prime resource for creative students at the University of Michigan. There are three professional-level audio studios and a 3600 square foot video studio. It is a place where students can make their imaginations come to life. While the largest audio studio, Audio Studio A,

Michigan Electric Racing hits top speed in the Video Studio

Posted on 2021-05-19 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

Sean Phelan films the launch video for the College of Engineering's Michigan Electric Racing MER20 vehicle "

Michigan Electric Racing, a student team at the University of Michigan, recently introduced their MER20 high-performance Formula One style electric racing vehicle that will compete in this summer’s international Formula SAE competition. The team’s launch video, produced by student Sean Phelan, was created in the Duderstadt Center Video Studio.

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