Natalia Holtzman

1 month ago | metrotimes.com | Natalia Holtzman |Steve Neavling

In an email to the University of Michigan (U-M) Faculty Senate, Faculty Senate Chair and Professor at Stamps School of Art Rebekah Modrak alleges that academic deans at U-M schools were recently requested “to create lists of employees who work in DEI-related positions and to estimate what percentage of their work fell into one of four categories.” Deans were apparently given 48 hours to complete the lists, which were due Feb. 14.

1 month ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Natalia Holtzman |Steve Neavling

In an email to the University of Michigan (U-M) Faculty Senate, Faculty Senate Chair and Professor at Stamps School of Art Rebekah Modrak alleges that academic deans at U-M schools were recently requested “to create lists of employees who work in DEI-related positions and to estimate what percentage of their work fell into one of four categories.” Deans were apparently given 48 hours to complete the lists, which were due Feb. 14.

2 months ago | secondwavemedia.com | Natalia Holtzman

This story is part of a series about arts and culture in Washtenaw County. It is made possible by the Ann Arbor Art Center, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Destination Ann Arbor, Larry and Lucie Nisson, and the University Musical Society. The third annual Michigan Music Business Club Conference will feature panels, workshops, and speaking events by music industry professionals, topped off by a Q&A and acoustic performance by Isaac Slade, former lead vocalist for The Fray.

2 months ago | secondwavemedia.com | Natalia Holtzman

This story is part of a series about arts and culture in Washtenaw County. It is made possible by the Ann Arbor Art Center, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Destination Ann Arbor, Larry and Lucie Nisson, and the University Musical Society. "In art, there's a lot of ... being told that something has meaning or something is beautiful," says Rogério Pinto, an artist and University of Michigan (U-M) professor of social work.

2 months ago | hourdetroit.com | Natalia Holtzman |Christina Clark

There’s a moment in “,” the play by MacArthur Genius Award-winning Dominique Morisseau, when a white student observes to her Black professor, “I was completely racist just there!”Her voice full of surprise — even wonder — she adds, “Just sort of creeps up on you.”The moment comes as one of many in which humor and a kind of hard, relentless truth unspool from the same source.