The University Musical Society welcomes Syrian-American rapper and poet Omar Offendum as the 2018-19 UMS Education and Community Engagement Research Residency Artist. This research residency program, funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, seeks to bring performing artists whose work engages with issues of social justice, public practice, or intercultural understanding to the University of Michigan campus. A graduate of the University of Virginia's School of Architecture, Offendum has carved a distinct path for himself as a thoughtful entertainer and activist, able to speak to a mul...