A new evaluation of ShotStoppers by U-M’s Poverty Solutions found that in the second year of the program, CVI zones saw a 33% decrease in homicide victims and a 38% decrease in nonfatal shooting victims from August 2024 to July 2025, compared to the previous 12 months. 

Researchers from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University received a $1 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch a first-of-its-kind research initiative to examine how cities can reduce carbon emissions through clean energy investments, while ensuring the communities where these projects are built have a voice in the process and share their benefits.

Despite an encouraging outlook overall, the report suggests significant work remaining for the city’s economy to produce widely shared success. The economists estimate 34.4% of Detroit’s primary earners attained a living wage in 2024, compared with more than 44% of Cleveland’s working residents and nearly 60% of those in Chicago.

For Ron J. Stefanski, the path from Detroit to national influence has always been guided by one belief: talent is everywhere – but opportunity is not. Today, he is the creator and host of DisruptED, a growing Detroit-based podcast and leadership platform recorded out of Newlab at Michigan Central. Through conversations with educators, technologists, entrepreneurs and industry leaders, DisruptED explores how learning and work are evolving in a rapidly changing, AI-driven world.

There are nearly 100 cards in the exhibit: anniversary, birthday, holiday, get-well wishes and thinking of you messages. Assistant Professor of Health and Human Services Vitalis Im is the chief curator of “Postmarked from the Inside.” The exhibit runs through Sept. 30 at the U-M Detroit Center, 3663 Woodward Ave. There is no admission cost and it’s open to all.

When Larry Brinker Jr. drives through Detroit, he passes buildings that tell the story of his life. Ford Field. Book Tower. Comerica Park. Little Caesars Arena. The Motown Museum expansion. These landmarks shape the city’s identity—and in each of them, Brinker’s company left its mark in the glass, steel and structure that brought the projects to life.