1. Support Brightmoor Maker Space to build outdoor classroom pavilion

    “We’re aiming to connect hands, hearts, minds, and bodies through this project. And we hope you’ll join us in the effort.”
    ~ Stamps pro­fes­sor Nick Tobier, co-founder of the Bright­moor Maker Space. 

  2. Celebrating 10 years of Bohnett Fellows in Detroit

    The David Bohnett Foundation Leadership and Public Service Fellowship, funded by University of Michigan alumnus David Bohnett (MBA ’80), is competitively awarded to three incoming master’s students each year.

  3. Creating pathways to nature

    The Office of Metropolitan Impact is instrumental in organizing SEMI Wild and its career and education pathway program that connects underrepresented youth to organizations like UM-Dearborn, the Detroit Zoological Society, Belle Isle Nature Center and others.

  4. U-M launches SEAS Sustainability Clinic in Detroit to combat effects of climate change, residential flooding

    While the clinic’s main emphasis will be on serving the community, the work also extends the mission of SEAS aimed at promoting multidisciplinary sustainability with a collaborative approach. 

  5. Teaching residents in unique Detroit school program find medical-like mentoring model inspires confidence

    Discussions around the fall return to in-person school after more than a year of remote learning largely focused on the general impact on K-12 children and veteran teachers. But little…

  6. Community in crisis: Black churches expand services

    The U-M School of Social Work partnered with Williams on his COVID-19 relief efforts. Early on, the school routed social work students to assist with food and supply, packing and delivery, logistics and administrative support.

  7. Detroit’s passionate small businesses welcome Urban Entrepreneur students

    Every fall CFE lecturer David Tarver takes his ENTR 490.012, Urban Entrepreneurship Practicum, into the heart of Detroit to meet with local entrepreneurs and hear about the issues and opportunities…

  8. With $13M grant, U-M researchers will track cancer risk from environmental exposures

    Michiganders have a long history of tragic environmental exposures, from contaminated animal feed with polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) in the 1970s, to lead and toxin contamination in Flint’s water supply.

  9. Nearly 38,000 households in Detroit estimated to be living in inadequate housing

    While the city of Detroit recently announced a home repair program—Renew Detroit—that will distribute $30 million in American Rescue Plan funds as home repair grants to seniors with low incomes and homeowners with disabilities, gaps in home repair resources remain.