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Card Making Party

Posted on 2024-01-29 (2025-09-09) by kreister

Design Lab 1 Tuesday, February 13, 2024 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Just in time for Valentine’s Day… join us and create some festive cards for your sweetie, besties and mom! Tea and card making materials will be provided. Design Lab 1 location

FEAST Project Showcase

Posted on 2023-12-19 (2025-09-09) by kreister

CCA Gallery December 6-11, 2023 Reception: December 6, at 5:30 p.m. ArtsEngine presents the FEAST Project Showcase and reception. This event provides an opportunity for students and faculty participating in UARTS Faculty Engineering /Arts Student Teams (FEAST) to showcase the work they have completed over the past year. UARTS FEAST projects provide an

“Listening Session with Neeka Salmasi”

Posted on 2023-12-04 (2025-09-09) by kreister

RECENT EVENT: Design Lab 2 December 13, from 5-7 p.m. Neeka Salmasi graduated in 2023 with a Masters Degree from the School of Environment and Sustainability. Neeka worked with Assistant Audio Studio Manager Matt Girard to produce Vatan (part of her graduate practicum), a middle eastern folk music album exploring

Look What’s Here – Interarts Showcase

Posted on 2023-12-04 (2025-09-09) by kreister

Duderstadt Center Video Studio Dec 8, 6:00 pm (Overflow Viewing, DL2) Get ready for an extraordinary evening of Interarts creativity at our Look What’s Here – Interarts Showcase! Join us in person for an unforgettable night immersed in the magic of art, music, dance, and more. This one-of-a-kind event will feature amazing performances that blend

Giving Tuesday – Support Diversity and Inclusion in Technology and Media in the DC

Posted on 2023-11-27 (2023-11-29) by jmerlinw

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

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

Trick or Treat

Posted on 2023-10-19 (2023-11-13) by kreister

CCA Gallery October 23 – Nov 8 The CCA Gallery and Digipaint art club present “Trick or Treat”, an exhibit of digital paintings with fun, Halloween themed subjects.

Arduino Workshops

Posted on 2023-10-19 (2025-09-09) by kreister

Design Lab 1 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Learn about electronics that can be applied to your artwork, robotics projects or class work. These workshops will follow a skill-building progression, but people are welcome to attend any or all of the individual workshops. Session Dates are: October 25 – Intro to

North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Awards

Posted on 2023-10-16 (2025-09-09) by kreister

Nominations for the 2024 North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Awards are now open. The deadline to submit a nomination has been extended to Monday, November 13, 2023 The North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Awards are given to faculty, staff, students, postdocs, and student organizations in North Campus schools and colleges at the University of

Mostly Magnetic Media

Posted on 2023-09-08 (2025-09-09) by kreister

Now on display in Groundworks. Gone but not forgotten, take a stroll through media history and be amazed at the variety and SIZE of the media that entertained your parents. What equipment did they play this on?!? These mostly obsolete video & audio pieces come from the basements and garages

Recent Event: Fabric Scraptacular

Posted on 2023-04-03 (2025-09-09) by kreister

Sunday, April 23, 20233:00-6:00 p.m.Duderstadt Center, Design Lab 1 What can you do with scraps of fabric? We will be holding a workshop in Design Lab 1 to find out. Bring old clothing to make new again, or use our stock of scraps to create fabric art. Bring your creativity

Study space options in the DC: quiet study area now open on the Lower Level

Posted on 2022-12-08 (2022-12-23) by jmerlinw

Plan of DC Lower Level showing new temporary quiet study space

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

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

Pilot Math Testing Lab opens in DC Lower Level

Posted on 2022-11-05 (2023-03-17) by jmerlinw

image of students working in the new Math Mastery and Gateway Assessment lab in the Duderstadt Center 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.

“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

Thursday, July 28: Heating/AC system maintenance

Posted on 2022-07-25 (2022-12-23) by jmerlinw

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

CVGA moves to Shapiro, Central Campus location

Posted on 2022-06-22 (2022-12-23) by jmerlinw

Image of the Computer and Video Games Archive sign

After 14 years in the Duderstadt Center, the Computer and Video Game Archive is moving to the Shapiro Library on Central Campus. The move is taking place this week and the CVGA is expected to re-open its new 4th Floor location in Shapiro before the start of the Fall 2022

Recent Event: Recap of the Second Annual XR @ Michigan Summit – 2022.

Posted on 2022-04-18 (2022-10-05) by jmerlinw

A faculty member experiences an XR demo wearing a VR headset at the 2022 XR@Michigan Summit

Updated June 17. For a full recap of all the presentations at the recent XR @ Michigan Summit see: “Faculty Innovators Discuss How They Use Extended Reality Technologies to Transform Education.“ April 19 (virtual event), April 20 (live event) Join us for the second annual XR @ Michigan Summit! This

About the the DC’s oldest neighbor: the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project

Posted on 2022-04-01 (2022-12-23) by jmerlinw

Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project exterior courtesy of Lord-Aeck-Sargent, architects, and Architect Magazine

Constructed in 1955 (adjacent to what would be the site of the Duderstadt Center), the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project (MMPP) was the first laboratory building constructed on the U-M North Campus. It was dedicated in 1958 as a living memorial to the 585 university alumni, students, faculty, and staff members, who gave

Recent Online Event: “Introduction to XR technology for Live Experience”

Posted on 2022-02-17 (2022-12-23) by jmerlinw

Image for live event post: Introduction to XR Technology for Live Experience

XR Initiative Online Event: March 24, 2022, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. Join us for “Introduction to XR Technology for Live Experience” hosted by White Light, live from their SmartStage XR stage technology, with Finn Ross, Creative Director and Founder of FRAY Studio. Extended Reality technologies and game engines, like