Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support initiatives that will more deeply integrate the performing arts in the research and pedagogical missions of the university

UMS and U-M: Arts-Integrated Learning Initiatives

to support orchestral and large-ensemble presentations and related contextual programs

Classical Music Presenting

Arts on Campus

to support classical music presentations, as well as commissioning and associated residency activities in collaboration with Cal Perfmormances and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Classical Music Presenting 

to support initiatives aimed at strengthening the integration of the arts into academic life

Presenting Organizations on Campus

to support a developmental residency for Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach

Einstein on the Beach

to support classical music presentations at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and collaborative work with the University Musical Society and Cal Perfomances

to support classical music presentations at the Krannert Center for the Perfoming Arts and collaborative work with the University Musical Society and Cal Perfomances

to support the completion of cataloging music manuscripts from Yale University and Juilliard for inclusion in the International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM) Series A/II

International Inventory of Musical Sources 

to support planning and implementation of the Baltimore-Washington Musical Pathways Initiative

Baltimore-Washington Musical Pathways Initiative

to support the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative

Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative

to provide a final round of support to the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative

to support the Harold Prince Musical Theatre Program

Harold Prince Musical Theatre Program

to endow the commissioning program Fund for Musical Creativity

Fund for Musical Creativity: Commissions Endowment  

to support the development and production of new musical theater works in partnership with regional theaters

Musical Theater Partnership Program and Fund

in support of research and other activities in the area of science and society

Science & Society 

matching grant to provide endowment for its Society of Fellows in the Humanities, and for support of senior non-tenured fellows in the Society

Society of Fellows

for training and research in the area of science and society

Science and Society

for further programmatic development within the Society of Fellows in the Humanities

in support of training and research in the area of science and society

Science & Society [Holton]

to support the expansion of the Museums and Society program

Museums and Society

in support of research and other activities in the area of "Science and Society"

for restoration of the American Geographical Society Collection

American Geographical Society Collection

for support of its Society for the Humanities

Society for the Humanities

matching grant for conservation work on the American Geographical Society Collection

toward costs of conservation work on the American Geographical Society Collection

toward costs of preserving and making more accessible the American Geographical Society Collection

in support of a program of teaching and research in the area of science and society

Science and Society [Galison]

for use by the Society of Senior Scholars in support of teaching appointments and for matching endowment

Society of Senior Scholars

to support its Program in Technology and Society

Program in Technology and Society

to support the Museums and Society program

Museums and Society - Phase II

to support its festival on American minimalism

CalArts Musical Explorations

to support the development of an interdisciplinary Center for Science and Society

Center for Science and Society

to provide interim support for its College of Science in Society Program

College of Science in Society

to support the position of director in the Society,Work and Development Institute

Society, Work and Development Institute 

matching grant to provide postdoctoral fellowships for younger scholars in its Society for the Humanities

Society for the Humanities - Fellowships

to support the Center for Arts in Society

Center for the Arts in Society

to support the Society for the Humanities with funds for capital improvements to the A.D. White House, and to support Olin Library's acquisition of digital resources, in honor of Vice-President Philip E. Lewis upon his retirement from the Foundation

to support the development of an online version of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

Developing the Online Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

to support the establishment of fellowships in the Society of Fellows in the Arts

Society of Fellows in the Arts

to support the establishment of a Center for the Arts in Society

in support of the.Ecological Society of America's study of opportunities, needs, and priorities in ecological research for the coming decade

The Ecological Society of America

to support the Artistic Excellence and Initiatives Fund

Artistic Initiatives

to support artistic and marketing initiatives related to a diversification strategy

to support an artistic exchange with the San Francisco Symphony

Artistic Exchange 

to strengthen artistic and administrative performance

Symphony Orchestra Program

supplemental award for permanent endowment of the Cleveland Orchestra

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 