The 2025 Dow Sustainability Fellows will be able to work on projects with Sidewalk Detroit, Hope Village Revitalization, and Michigan’s Office of Rural Prosperity, as well as other partners.

With 150-plus businesses, Detroit’s Eastern Market is the largest historic public market district in the U.S. Each year, millions visit the market, taking in its grand size and rich history, making it a popular attraction for guided tours — and UM-Dearborn students play a role in the information that’s shared. 

Alexandra Murphy discusses why 36% of Detroiters have trouble getting where they need to go and how a new tool could guide better transportation solutions.

With an Inclusive History Project grant, Rashid Faisal is challenging his students to reckon with the nearly forgotten life story of a 1911 African American U-M grad who became an accomplished Detroit civil engineer.

Amy Emmert took what she learned from her early career, her education at U-M, and time spent abroad with her when she moved back to Detroit and assumed the role of school program coordinator at the Belle Isle Aquarium. Emmert had volunteered at the Belle Isle Nature Center, and was excited to return to the island.

Emil and Julie Michael created a gift fund to provide books and other resources for the K-12 libraries at The School at Marygrove.

The initiative, “Rehab for America: Housing Resilience for Detroit Communities,” addresses the nation’s housing affordability crisis by creating resources for and efficiencies in the process of rehabilitating abandoned homes.

Camille Wilson and co-authors receive the Marie O. Weil Best Article Award from The Association for Community Organization & Social Action and the Journal of Community Practice. The award recognizes the timeliness and creativity of Wilson and her colleagues’ scholarship.

Chase Cantrell brings a new perspective to real estate development with online course focused on helping residents invest in their own communities. Nearly a decade after the launch of Building Community Value, Cantrell is taking that same education and empowerment mindset beyond the boundaries of southeast Michigan with an open online course on real estate development-a course open to anyone with Internet access.