Nahiely Reza knew her fluency in Spanish could be an asset to her work at Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan. But she didn’t anticipate some of the ways the language would open up new connections with the communities engaged in the research.
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April 3, 2025
From the Peace Corps to The Greening of Detroit, Fai Foen connects people to their natural environment
Lessons from her Peace Corps work in West Africa led alum Fai Foen to want to foster connections through landscape architecture.
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April 1, 2025
Brightmoor Maker Space selected for Venice Architecture Biennale
Brightmoor Maker Space, a community workshop space in Detroit co-founded by Stamps Professor Nick Tobier and Detroit Community Schools founder Bart Eddy, has been selected as one of 52 design practices for PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity, the U.S. Pavilion exhibition at the 19th Venice Biennale.
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April 22, 2025
Thompson launches The Common Wealth podcast for Community Enterprise Clinic to explore urban issues
A new podcast from the Community Enterprise Clinic (CEC) highlights work being done by the clinic’s clients as well as issues they and others face in community building. Called The Common Wealth, the podcast is produced and hosted by Professor Dana Thompson, ’99, the director of the CEC and an expert on community economic development and urban revitalization issues.
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April 8, 2025
Potential of grocery delivery services to increase food access in Detroit
New research from the University of Michigan points to potential ways to leverage grocery delivery services to improve food access in Detroit, where 32% of residents live a mile or farther from a full-service grocery store.
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April 1, 2025
For a UM-Dearborn student and professor, the influence goes both ways
What started as a project to add energy efficiency measures at the Engineering Lab Building in 2020 turned into a friendship and research work relationship for Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Wencong Su and LaRico Andres, at that time a sophomore and recent transfer from Henry Ford College.
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April 1, 2025
Black architects and the Smithsonian National African American Museum
Now through April 21, the Detroit Historical Society hosts an exhibit conceived and curated by U-M architecture Professor Craig Wilkins that examines the significance of the work of Black architects despite systemic challenges.
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April 1, 2025
Poverty Solutions report on Detroit home wealth lauded by Mayor Duggan
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan promoted a Poverty Solutions study which shows that Detroit homeowners’ home wealth rose by $700 million in 2023. Detroit homeowners gained nearly a 10% increase in one year, and Black homeowners saw 75% of total gain, amassing $3.2 billion in added home wealth since 2014, nearly doubling in value.
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April 1, 2025
Alum Jena Brooker credits studies and work at U-M for career inspiration
Jena Brooker, the environment and food reporter for BridgeDetroit gives credit to U-M for inspiring her career with its focus on interdisciplinary academics and her experience managing the U-M Campus Farm.
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Outlier Media
Trump administration halts legal aid to migrant children in Michigan, defying judge’s order
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WDET
U-M report finds most older adults concerned about climate and health
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American Black Journal
Detroit native Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd named Michigan’s third-ever poet laureate
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April 7, 2025
Great Lakes Now
Groups fight to preserve future of Michigan’s indigenous wild rice
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April 7, 2025
Michigan Chronicle
Is Detroit Still a Food Desert? A Closer Look at the City’s Grocery Landscape
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April 16, 2025
Outlier Media
