• A Living Language

    The language of the Aztecs lives on in words you use every day, among more than a million speakers, and in a class at LSA that teaches far more than just grammar.

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  • Fighting stage fright with VR

    The University of Michigan’s Piano Lab Pro uses virtual reality to help students decrease music performance anxiety, or MPA, as they create and repeat the live performance experience, gaining comfort with the space, the acoustics of the hall and the challenges of audience distraction.

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  • Michigan Arts Festival

    With over 300 student organizations, more than a dozen galleries and exhibition spaces, a packed performance schedule from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance and beyond, new exhibits at the U-M Museum of Art and other campus museums, there is no shortage of inspiration to be found. The month-long festival is a small snapshot of the endless arts opportunities open to the U-M community.

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  • Great Lakes legacy

    A University of Michigan Engineering alum cultivates craftsmanship and community for local and global impact. Ben Van Dam leads design and production of one-of-a-kind vessels that bring world-class craftspeople to Boyne City., supporting the local economy and spreading Michigan-made artisanship around the globe.

    Learn more about the engineering impact

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  • Art at work

    “We Hold These Truths”, Holly Bass’s largest exhibition to date marks the return of visitors to UMMA’s iconic Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse following a nearly year-long renovation of its signature marble floor, transforming the storied space into a sequence of encounters with rooms, replicas, and acts of writing that move through the nation’s past and present.

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