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  DTE Energy Foundation grant helps kids set sail with the Detroit River Schooner program

  The Schooner program first hoisted its sails four years ago as an opportunity for local students to experience the Detroit River and learn about the environmental and cultural heritage of their home communities from the decks of a tall ship.

  Ubuntu-AI: New Collaborations from African Heritage Communities

  When Stamps Professors Ron Eglash and Audrey Bennett were invited by leading artificial intelligence developers to help democratize AI, they didn’t stop with the original prompt. Their research also explored how digital fabrication tools might benefit small worker-owned shops in Detroit. ​“With so many of them located in Detroit’s Black communities, it seemed like a unique opportunity to explore how AI and platform-based technologies might create new collaborations between African heritage communities on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean,” Eglash said.

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  P-20 Partnership at Marygrove

  The P-20 Partnership is a landmark cradle-to-career educational partnership that will offer pre-K through graduate school studies with community services and programs

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  Partnership on Economic Mobility by Poverty Solutions

  The Partnership on Economic Mobility is a joint effort between U-M Poverty Solutions and Detroit to improve economic opportunity and mobility for Detroit residents through the use of evidence-based strategies.

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  Saturdays in the D

  The “Saturdays in the D” Summer Camp and Adult Skills Enrichment Experience is a partnership among the city of Detroit, Detroit Public Schools Community District, University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation, Ally Financial and the Song Foundation.

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  Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project

  The Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP) is an accelerator program that connects U-M students and faculty with entrepreneurs and small businesses for free strategic and technical assistance consulting projects.

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  Detroit Urban Research Center

  The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center is a partnership between U-M and Detroit researchers and organizations who strive to foster health equity in Detroit through collaborative research, programming, and policy-making.

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  Semester in Detroit

  Through this student-led initiative, U-M undergraduates live, learn, and work in Detroit to engage in transformative learning, and to create and maintain reciprocal relationships within the Detroit community.

“Today’s groundbreaking is far more than the promise of a new building. It is a profound expression of our sustained and lasting commitment to the city of Detroit, and of our faith in a shining future for the state of Michigan. It’s a proud moment for all of us.”

—U-M President Santa J. Ono at the groundbreaking of the University of Michigan Center for Innovation in Detroit on Dec. 14, 2023.