María Arquero de Alarcón is interested in bringing design and planning capacities to under-resourced communities that are typically overlooked by mainstream professional practice.
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March 15, 2022
Return to beauty: The long, hard push to revive a neighborhood
A graduate student project led by Margaret Dewar, professor emerita of urban and regional planning at the Taubman, has helped boost MorningSide community efforts to improve housing stock and draw businesses to the area.
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February 28, 2022
Urban Tech Prototype Grant awardees to explore air quality, monetizing geolocation data, and intergenerational storytelling
The grant program is the latest example of Taubman College’s leadership in the burgeoning field of urban technology. Taubman College launched a new Bachelor of Science in Urban Technology that welcomed its first cohort of students in January 2022.
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February 25, 2022
New faculty grant supports research on pressing matters
Taubman College is excited to announce the inaugural recipients of Pressing Matters grants. The new research incentive funding program will support work that advances the state of knowledge and/or practice…
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February 25, 2022
Two-directional learning helps small businesses and students thrive
Lily Hamburger says that DNEP’s presence in Detroit has generated trust and new projects, such as the DNEP+Impact Studio for Local Business, which helps entrepreneurs pivot in the post-pandemic economy.
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February 23, 2022
Taubman students explore counter-mapping and storytelling on Detroit’s Belle Isle
Led by María Arquero de Alarcón, associate professor of architecture and urban and regional planning, students explored Wahnabezee — or Belle Isle, as the island park is known today — through oral and written histories, archival material, maps, photographs, and site visits to gain a multi-layered reading of the island and its hidden stories.
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February 18, 2022
U-M forecast: Detroit economy showing ‘resilience’ in face of pandemic downturn, though challenges persist
The Detroit Economic Outlook for 2021-26, released Friday, notes challenges in gathering economic data during the pandemic but says the city “has shown resilience in the face of an unprecedented downturn.”
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February 15, 2022
Fit as a family: Classroom fitness program expands to living rooms and parks
InPACT at Home received $1 million in COVID-19 CARES funds and solidified a partnership with PBS Michigan Learning Channel to air these homegrown exercise videos on television, reaching schoolchildren who don’t have access to the internet. InPACT stands for Interrupting Prolonged Sitting with Activity.
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February 14, 2022
Engaged Detroit Workshops grant program launched for U-M faculty and staff
Engage Detroit Workshops will award grants up to $15,000. Events should bring together faculty, students, staff, and Detroit communities in discussing a topic of common interest. Proposed activities could be a workshop, speaker series, seminar, training series, or similar event structure. Apply by March 20.
