Arts Across Campus
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Blending Dance & Nursing
Elena Roumaya, a senior nursing major at U-M Flint, has combined her love for dance and health care in a powerful project for her pediatric nursing class.
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What's So Funny?
For LSA graduate student, Julianna Loera-Wiggins, stand-up comedy is a powerful form of storytelling.
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Exit, Pursued by a Bear
UM-Flint Theatre's production of Exit, Pursued by a Bear explores trauma and liberation through a darkly humorous lens.
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Native art forms sustain as resources vanish
New and existing works by Indigenous basket weavers are on display at the U-M Stamps Gallery, through Dec. 15.
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UMMA Voting Initiative
Jeffrey Brown visited the University of Michigan to take a look at a project fostering a different type of civic space to encourage young people to discuss issues, engage each other and vote.
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Using the arts and ‘awe’ to guide public policy
In a unique pairing between the U-M Ford School of Public Policy and UMMA, students are learning how to develop human-centered experiences to guide public policy.
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Culture of student voting fostered by design at U-M
The University of Michigan has incorporated design thinking informed by behavioral insights to develop voting spaces for students—aimed at creating lifelong voters.
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Wherefore art thou … Juliet?
Parting is not such sweet sorrow when another Wolverine is waiting in the wings. One who also graduated from the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
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New Inhabiting Light Alcove to Provide Space for Healing
Two Taubman College faculty members are designing an outdoor alcove featuring a light-inhabiting glass installation at the U-M Nichols Arboretum.
The University of Michigan’s Arts Initiative has announced musician, composer and scholar Rhiannon Giddens will be its inaugural U-M Artist-in-Residence.
The new program aims to bring extraordinary, innovative artists to campus in order to create, grow and impact the world while engaging the university community in the transformative power of the arts.