The U-M Detroit Center’s theme this year was Standards with a Twist. With a house band, the Sean Dobbins Trio, many different artists from the School of Music, Theater and Dance, as well as local talent came together with their own twists on traditional holiday classics.
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December 12, 2019
University of Michigan Detroit Center Receives 2019 Best of Detroit Award
The University of Michigan Detroit Center has been selected for the 2019 Best of Detroit Award in the Educational Institution category by the Detroit Award Program.
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December 9, 2019
UMSI students help make civic tools work for Detroit residents
University of Michigan School of Information students helped test tools for the city of Detroit that would connect residents to information about school districts, crime, demographics and property values. This data, if accessible, could inform Detroit residents as they make important decisions about their lives.
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December 6, 2019
Report: Expand house swaps and retrofits near Gordie Howe International Bridge to safeguard neighborhood health
“A number of people in the area are also reporting that the shaking from rumbling trucks is cracking foundations and plaster. They are literally watching their homes fall apart as a result of the construction where they live,” said Amy Schulz, a professor of health behavior and health education at U-M School of Public Health.
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December 4, 2019
Q&A: Sally Howell’s Halal Metropolis project gives voice to Detroit’s Arab community
An accurate portrayal of Detroit’s history and current development must include mention of the city’s diverse Arab and Muslim populations. Sally Howell, associate professor of history at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, addresses this gap with her Halal Metropolis project.
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November 26, 2019
New referral system between Detroit shelters, schools aims to better serve homeless students
It’s below freezing outside on a gray November morning in Detroit, but the heat is turned up in the Southwest Solutions Housing Resource Center’s reception area. A toddler plays on a colorful alphabet rug in the corner while a half-dozen women wait to learn more about their options for finding a place to stay.
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November 14, 2019
Detroit economic mobility policy fellows use U-M support to tackle city’s pressing issues
Poverty Solutions, U-M’s presidential poverty research initiative started in 2016, funds the affordable housing policy fellowship. The digital inclusion policy fellowship and homelessness policy fellowship are supported by the Knight Foundation and Quicken Loans, respectively.
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November 11, 2019
Damani Partridge: on filmmaking inspired by Berlin and Detroit
The idea is that everyone has the right to do research and should be able to ask questions that will make their lives better. One doesn’t have to be in the academy to do research, everyday citizens can do research and it can lead to change.
~ Damani Partridge
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November 8, 2019
Alternatives For Girls launched in ’87 with no blueprint, continues to thrive
As Amy Good neared graduation from the University of Michigan’s School of Social Work, Professor Rosemary Saari gave her a challenge. “She said, ‘Do something hard, and build something that wasn’t there before,” Good says.