U-M launches new projects to fight poverty
On any given day across Michigan nearly 100 homeowners or renters could be evicted—a rate almost one-and-a-half times the national average. That is a problem one of nine new projects funded by the...
View ArticleHelping parents raise healthy children in Grand Rapids and beyond
Even under the best circumstances, parenting can be stressful and challenging. For parents facing significant obstacles such as poverty, incarceration, or mental health issues, those stresses multiply...
View ArticleWolverine Express forges college path for Battle Creek, other Michigan...
A group of University of Michigan faculty, staff, students and alumni recently visited Battle Creek Central High School as part of the Wolverine Express, a program designed to promote higher education...
View ArticleUM-Dearborn study finds Charlevoix, Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie among cities...
Three communities in northern Michigan have been identified for the strategies they employ to foster entrepreneurial growth and economic development, according to an annual study conducted by iLabs,...
View ArticleU-M Poverty Solutions impact report highlights efforts in Detroit
A growing partnership on economic mobility with the city of Detroit, a new collaboration with Harvard University, community voices, policy impact and student engagement are among the highlights in the...
View ArticleWayne State, U-M teams win honors in DIA Plaza Student Design Summit
Three teams from the University of Michigan were among those honored in the Student Design Summit, a competition to find the “voices of young people” on a once-in-a-lifetime project to design a plaza...
View ArticleBrightmoor hub: Celebrating the first anniversary of maker space
Five years ago, it was just an idea—an empty building. Over the course of those last five years, that idea transformed into a hub for artists and makers in Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood. More than...
View ArticlePoverty Solutions: Helping homeless youth in Gaylord
Kari Jo Stefanski is familiar with some of the young faces who have experienced homelessness in Gaylord. Stefanski has taken in homeless youth over the years while also raising her own family with her...
View ArticleBeautify Flint: Alumna Maps Out a Path for Reducing Blight
Melissa Hertlein landed her dream job straight out of college two years ago. As a community planner with the Genesee County Land Bank, she contributes to reducing blight and improving vacant properties...
View ArticleDetroit Square: Faculty win competition to reimagine city’s cultural district
Three U-M faculty members are part of a team that won an international design competition that will unite 12 cultural and educational institutions located in Detroit’s Midtown and change the way...
View ArticleBarn art: Fueling cultural tourism in Huron County
Just outside of Port Austin, artist and architect Catie Newell has turned a nearly 100-year-old barn in the middle of a wheat field into her latest project — an installation called “Secret Sky” that’s...
View ArticleInformed Citizens: Connecting Detroit residents to data
The City of Detroit has a lot of data to share but the challenge is making this data is not only available, but accessible to residents. Partnering with Data Driven Detroit, the city formed a user...
View ArticleTackling issues: Building strategic economic mobility initiatives in Detroit
From navigating the best ways to address homeless encampments to assessing home repair needs and reducing disparities in internet access, economic mobility policy fellows are taking on some of the City...
View ArticleNew opportunities: Gift to provide funding for Detroit youth
A new $5 million gift from Joan and Sanford Weill’s Family Foundation to the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan will help bolster education and create workforce...
View ArticleLake fashion: Turning plastics from Pere Marquette Beach into clothing
An early July morning. Fifty-five people of all ages. An hour-long cleanup of a two-mile stretch of Muskegon’s Pere Marquette Beach. The result? Nearly 44 pounds of waste collected—half of it plastic...
View ArticleVirtual reality: Technology geared for students with disabilities
As a professor of education, UM-Dearborn’s David Hill makes a practice of keeping up on the latest educational technologies. As a former special education teacher, he’s also highly aware that students...
View ArticleTracking footsteps: Reimagining new uses for land in Detroit
As neighborhood and city planners design ways to reuse vacant land in cities like Detroit, a researcher at the University of Michigan is urging them to look at the footpaths of people who already live...
View ArticleSensory theater: A new kind of play in Lansing
A new type of theater geared toward serving those with autism spectrum disorders is in the works in Lansing. U-M architect, Sean Ahlquist teamed up MSU playwright Dionne O’Dell, to create a sensory...
View ArticleTransforming education: Meeting Michigan’s growing teacher shortage
Producing highly qualified teachers to meet Michigan’s growing teacher shortage is just one of the ways Michigan’s University Research Corridor is creating and implementing solutions to Michigan’s...
View ArticleSchool safety: Collaborating on violence prevention, training
The University of Michigan School of Public Health will house a $6 million multidisciplinary, multi-institutional national research and training center on school safety that will provide schools with...
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