- Immersive VR: Experiencing the Ukraine War in Kyiv
September 14 – October 5, 2025 Duderstadt Center Gallery See what it feels like to live through war as part of your daily life with immersive VR. Developed by Duderstadt Center staff member Sara Eskandari and visiting professor Joseph Sywenkyj, this room-scale virtual reality documentary recreates the harrowing experience of being at home in Kyiv, […] - U-M Alumni Film Screening at DBFF
Charles H. Wright Museum September 25, 5pm – 8:30pm Seth St. Pierre, feature character designer at DreamWorks and proud STAMPS alum, will showcase his award-winning short film Wednesdays with Gramps at the Detroit Black Film Festival later this month. Seth spent countless hours in the Duderstadt Center (DC) honing his skills in 3D character modeling […] - 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 happened simultaneously, often finding students […] - 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 Penny Stamps’ honor. The amount […] - 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 opera consists of only four […] - 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. The Video Studio team used newly acquired tools to […] - “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. “There’s something so tranquil about […] - 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 Black Bottom Cabaret from the […] - 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 electronic jazz musician Nova Zaii […] - 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 Womb by Okyoung NohIn collaboration with […] - 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 by Jess Anders […] - 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 in Performing Arts Technology with […] - “In This, My Singing” Available Now
A new music release by Maggie Reed In This, My Singing: A Collection of Art Songs Composed by Women Maggie Reed, Soprano, music teacher and recent graduate from the U-M School of Music, Theater and Dance released a new collection of music in December. The album features 15 songs by female composers with Sarah Thune […] - Live Chat Service Now Available
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 the Live Chat button in […] - New Technology Checkout Service Now Open on North Campus in the DC
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 on how to use it. […] - Emerging Technologies and Media & Studio Arts bring Unreal Engine to Virtual Reality Production Platform in the DC.
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 teams collaborated throughout the 2022-23 […] - 2023 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Innovative Pedagogy Award
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 projects/initiatives: The Audiovisual Lexicon, VR […] - Fabrication Underground! – a photo tour of the DC’s new 3D printing and fabrication space
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 CNC printed circuit board cutter, […] - Voting Day in the DC Gallery
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 Project and its Vote 2022 […] - Vote 2022
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 North Campus for the four weeks leading up to the November 8th midterm elections. The Creative Campus Voting Project has designed a satellite Ann […]
