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  Q&A: DeAndré Calvert continues family legacy with work uniting students and community partners

  “The pandemic shined a light on the fact that digital access is both a real requirement for modern living, and a cause of inequity for those who don’t have it. With so many aspects of our lives taking place remotely, that digital divide seemed to get bigger.”

  ~ DeAndré Calvert

  Immersive Semester in Detroit Program expands opportunity to all U-M campuses, providing transformational learning experiences 

  Students are encouraged to be mindful of their identities when entering a space they’re not from, and to always lead with a respect for the work that is already being done. 

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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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  TRAILS

  The U-M TRAILS program has partnered with Detroit Public Schools Community District to help improve social and academic outcomes in all 110 K-12 schools and their 50,000 students.

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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.

“The University of Michigan was founded in Detroit in 1817, and we have remained committed and connected to this city. Providing a home for our many Detroit projects in the heart of the city’s cultural center makes us far more visible and accessible and enables us to be a part of its revitalization. We look forward to the way this center will strengthen the partnership between U-M and Detroiters.”

—U-M President Mary Sue Coleman in introducing the U-M Detroit Center to the Detroit community in 2005