The #BlackLivesMatter Arts in the Performing Arts webinar will take place from 12:30-2 p.m. Feb. 10, presented by the National Center for Institutional Diversity.

Alice Wairimu Nderitu, a leading voice in the field of peacebuilding and violence prevention, will speak at 4 p.m. Jan. 25 in Room 1040 of the LSA Building.

The Wallace House will host a conversation with journalist and scholar Jelani Cobb as part of the continuing series “Democracy in Crisis: Views from the Press” and the 2023 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Symposium.

Educator and writer Linda Villarosa will speak at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 17 in the Annenberg Auditorium on “Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation.”

The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design will facilitate an exhibit titled “The Waters Remembers,” which celebrates the work of The Sister Tour, a community organization of Flint artists.

Jack Sustic, the bonsai specialist at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, has his own extensive collection of more than 60 bonsai trees in his home.

J. David Singer was a pioneer in a new, scientific way of studying war, believing a way to lasting peace might be found if only humankind truly understood how war and peace are made.

Lillian M. Simms, professor emerita of nursing, of Ann Arbor died peacefully Dec. 11, 2022, at the age of 92.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

Radiation, used to treat half of all cancer patients, can be measured during treatment for the first time with precise 3D imaging developed at U-M.