Engineering alum Jhawan Davis formed the Detroit Educational Takeover, a non-profit organization whose network of volunteers provides tutoring and other educational resources to Detroit Public Schools students. Since its inception in 2022, Davis estimates that the organization has provided free tutoring to around 600 students.

Now in its fifth year of funding, the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshops grant program has selected seven projects for awards. The program supports small teams of U-M faculty, staff, students and community partners in organizing workshops that strengthen partnerships between the University of Michigan and Detroit.

Through May 30, Blaustein will present new paintings in Field Guide, a two-person exhibition with textile artist Christy Matson at Library Street Collective in Detroit.

“This case is a prime example of why it is so important for our public officials to be willing to review instances of police misconduct. Mr. Calicut had never had any interaction with police prior to this case,” said Olivia Vigiletti, ’22, a clinical fellow with the Michigan Innocence Clinic and lead counsel on the case. 

Planet Detroit’s work models what locally rooted, public interest environmental journalism can look like by serving a greater purpose than providing information to the community. “We see journalism as a means to an end, as a means to drive people to do something, not just to inform, not just to entertain, but to actually inspire people to take action,” Nina Ignaczak said. 

Growing up in the Springwells neighborhood of southwest Detroit, Esther Guerrero can see the freeway from her backyard. She hears train whistles from nearby railroads mixed with boat horns from the shipping docks. Factory smoke from the Marathon plant and Zug Island hang in the air she breathes every day. “We’re neighbored by factories,” Guerrero said of her childhood home, where she still lives. “I didn’t really understand the impact of that environment until I started studying public health.”

Taubman College’s Bryan Boyer has been selected as the first faculty director of the new University of Michigan Center for Innovation. Set to open in downtown Detroit in fall 2027, the UMCI will be a world-class research, education, and entrepreneurship center designed to advance innovation and develop the necessary talent to grow Michigan’s economy.

A Detroit man regained his freedom from prison Tuesday, thanks to the work of the Michigan Innocence Clinic — 27 years to the day after his wrongful conviction in a murder case.

Detroit Metro Area Communities Study asked Detroiters about their general perceptions of AI as well as their support for specific municipal AI applications, including managing water and wastewater systems, assisting residents in finding government resources, monitoring neighborhood upkeep, identifying crime suspects and identifying missing children. The strongest support was for using AI to help find missing children.