a new report led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health details the first-hand experiences of nearly 1,300 parents in rural and urban Michigan; their challenges signing up for food assistance, the stress and shame of having to ask for help with food, and parents’ deep commitment to making sure their children are fed—even if it means that they go without.

As the senior medical producer for WDIV-TV in Detroit, alumna Sarah Mayberry utilizes the latest in medical research and healthcare information to educate and inform her viewers. That is her personally crafted job description.

The Detroit Metro Area Communities Study asks 1,100 Detroiters about their reasons for not planning to vote. The survey analyzes who these unlikely voters are, measures what issues they care about, and explores whether there is anything that Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump, or anyone else can do to bring them back to the polls.

It is 1963. Detroit is bidding to host the 1968 Olympic Games and a new energy is sweeping through Detroit’s Civil Rights Movement. This is the story of their collision.

Seventy-five young people aged 15-25 met with recruiters from educational institutions, non-profits, and local companies in a glass-walled gallery overlooking the Detroit River. The event was hosted at the riverfront dock facility of the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Detroit River Story Lab, an interdisciplinary initiative centered on community connections to the Detroit River.

Detroiters who face rising rents, poor living conditions and systemic barriers to affordable and safe housing are at greater risk of poor health, our research finds. We study the connection between housing inequities and health, with the goal of informing local, state and national policy. Our focus is on how interdisciplinary research on housing relates to equity in health, race, income and aging.

U-M Environmental Professor Tony G. Reames received a Michigan Chronicle Men of Excellence award. Reames has worked with disadvantaged communities in Detroit since 2014, and was nominated for his enduring leadership and innovation in sustainability, environmental justice and energy equity.

The survey found that 20% of Detroit households cited cost of living and inflation as one of the top two priorities for federal government officials, and survey respondents called for federal action to: “bring prices back down,” “regulate the price of food, gas, utilities,” and “lower prices on groceries and gas.” 

The Culture Corps program goals: to encourage students majoring in arts and humanities to explore careers in their chosen fields; to provide an entry point for students who may not know how to break into arts and culture careers; and to support the region’s vibrant arts ecosystem by sponsoring paid student interns.