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  Alum Jena Brooker credits studies and work at U-M for career inspiration

  Jena Brooker, the environment and food reporter for BridgeDetroit gives credit to U-M for inspiring her career with its focus on interdisciplinary academics and her experience managing the U-M Campus Farm.

  Poverty Solutions report on Detroit home wealth lauded by Mayor Duggan

  Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan promoted a Poverty Solutions study which shows that Detroit homeowners’ home wealth rose by $700 million in 2023. Detroit homeowners gained nearly a 10% increase in one year, and Black homeowners saw 75% of total gain, amassing $3.2 billion in added home wealth since 2014, nearly doubling in value.

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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.