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Check out our drop-in skills sessions available all semester. Choose from 16 different topics! For detailed descriptions, schedules, and Zoom links, visit: counseling.umd.edu/wellness

The Wellness Series: Freedom from Perfectionism:

2026-10-06T16:00:00.000
2026-10-06T17:00:00.000

This session will explore how perfectionism impacts students and provide strategies to help you embrace imperfection in yourself and others.

Bias Incident Support Services presents Building Bridges: Addressing Bias Together an interactive educational opportunity designed to explore the roots of bias, how it manifests in everyday interactions, and strategies to confront it effectively. Two people sitting on either side of a broken brick bridge, working together to put puzzle pieces into the broken space. Register at go.umd.edu/bridges

Building Bridges: Addressing Bias Together

2026-10-07T12:00:00.000
2026-10-07T13:00:00.000

Building Bridges: Addressing Bias Together is an interactive educational opportunity designed to explore the roots of bias, how it manifests in everyday interactions, and strategies to confront it effectively.

Wind Down Wednesday Dates

Wind Down Wednesday

2026-10-07T12:00:00.000
2026-10-07T13:00:00.000

Welcome to Wind Down Wednesday—your midweek escape from the semester whirlwind!

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Weed It Wednesdays

2026-10-07T13:30:00.000
2026-10-07T15:00:00.000

Join us Wednesday for fresh air, good vibes, and a little garden therapy.

Dr. Chung and his recent book Standardizing Empire

Speaking of Books with Dr. Chung

2026-10-07T15:30:00.000
2026-10-07T16:30:00.000

Powered by Research Education at University Libraries. Speaking of Books series features free, open to the community and public talks by UMD faculty authors on their recently published work.

DST Lecture by Samira Anderson on October 7 at 4:00 PM

Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture: A Brain in Flux: Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Aging and the Promise of Plasticity

2026-10-07T16:00:00.000
2026-10-07T17:00:00.000

Join us for Professor Samira Anderson's Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture.

Check out our drop-in skills sessions available all semester. Choose from 16 different topics! For detailed descriptions, schedules, and Zoom links, visit: counseling.umd.edu/wellness

The Wellness Series: Mastering Mindfulness

2026-10-07T16:00:00.000
2026-10-07T17:00:00.000

Practicing mindfulness can help you manage your emotions, accept your reality, and stay grounded. Learn techniques to build your mindfulness skills and practice with brief mindful meditations.

McKeldin Mall fountain on a sunny day.

Guest Lecture: Dr. Axel Krieger, JHU

2026-10-07T17:00:00.000
2026-10-07T19:00:00.000

Guest Lecture by Dr. Axel Krieger, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

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Baha'i Chair Annual Lecture 2026: AI Governance for the Common Good

2026-10-07T17:30:00.000
2026-10-07T21:30:00.000

Drawing from the venerable history of Internet governance and global cyber policy, this lecture explains the novel governance flashpoints of the Artificial Society and explores a future of AI governance for the common good.

Leslie Jones.

Leslie Jones

2026-10-07T20:00:00.000
2026-10-07T22:00:00.000

Multiple Emmy Award-nominee Leslie Jones rolls out a night of jokes, celebrity stories and some unexpected surprises for a laugh-filled set you won't forget!

: A flyer for "Woe and Behold: Autofiction in a Time of Endless Horror (with Shaawan Francis Keahna, Contributer to “Never Whistle at Night Part II: Back for Blood”)". Stylized as a wrinkled old horror movie poster in black, white, and red. There is a photo of Shaawan Francis Keahana in a old TV set wearing a bandana with his hands behind his head. Features the logo for the Unity Center Pop Culture Lounge. Event details are Thursday, October 8th, 2:00-3:30 p.m. at The Unity Center's Wave at UMD. RSVP is required.

Woe and Behold: Autofiction in a Time of Endless Horror (with Shaawan Francis Keahna)

2026-10-08T14:00:00.000
2026-10-08T15:30:00.000

Explore autofiction as horror and horror through autofiction at The Unity Center!

Check out our drop-in skills sessions available all semester. Choose from 16 different topics! For detailed descriptions, schedules, and Zoom links, visit: counseling.umd.edu/wellness

The Wellness Series: Taking Control of Your Thoughts

2026-10-08T16:00:00.000
2026-10-08T17:00:00.000

We’ll help you control your thoughts so they are not controlling you. This session will provide concrete techniques for recognizing, understanding, and altering unhelpful patterns of thinking.