When opened, the DCI will provide Michigan businesses and communities a pipeline of talent and offer opportunities for current workers to further their skills in a world of fast-paced technological change.
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December 9, 2021
U-M will renovate Rackham building in Detroit
The building sits adjacent to many city landmarks, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State University and the Detroit Public Library, making it an ideal launching pad for educational and cultural experiences for the city and U-M community.
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December 9, 2021
Event: Detroit in context–assets, history and challenges
This virtual tour by the Detroit Experience Factory will help provide understanding as to how Detroit’s history shaped where it is today.
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December 1, 2021
U-M Clements Library acquires rare hand-drawn map of Detroit from 1761, pursues crowdfunding
The map will further enrich the treasure-trove of Detroit history held at the Clements, which is home to one of the most comprehensive collections of early American history in the world. The Clements holds several dozen plans of the town of Detroit, charting its growth from the early 18th century until 1900.
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November 30, 2021
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. -
November 30, 2021
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.
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November 17, 2021
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.
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November 10, 2021
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.
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November 10, 2021
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…