According to Program Chair Barry Fishman, community-engaged learning is the heart of the LEAPS program. “One of the most effective ways to learn is through application. LEAPS students are actively building connections between their classroom-based learning and their community-engaged learning. This creates both more engagement and more meaningful learning.”

As a teacher in Michigan Law’s Community Enterprise Clinic, Pak works with student-attorneys to provide transactional legal services to nonprofit and community-based organizations, social enterprises, and neighborhood-based small businesses. 

Originally tasked with renovating an old building on the corner of Jefferson Avenue, the group ran into multiple difficulties. Rather than restore the existing building to its original condition, T+E+A+M suggested a strategy of selective demolition, leaving behind the historic brick facade to frame a courtyard next to a newly built structure.

An issue brief released today from DMACS, with support from U-M’s Poverty Solutions, offers analysis of the survey results to see what Detroiters say would make a difference in addressing the challenges they face. 

Teaira Ross, ’25 grad, says UM-Dearborn helped her go from surviving to thriving. Now she’s working at Henry Ford Health System to do the same for others.

By the end of the program co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Detroit River Story Lab’s Skiff & Schooner Program and the Detroit Community Sailing Center, the middle and high school students will have created a sailboat from scratch, complete with a sail and name.

About 38% of Detroit homeowners without mortgages report being uninsured, nearly twice as high as the national average of 19.5%, a new University of Michigan survey shows.

Since its launch in late 2021, the Detroit Sustainability Clinic has led a total of 20 collaborative projects in partnership with SEAS faculty, students, and local community and government partners.

With nearly 235,000 square feet, 13 floors and 313 units, the residential tower will be constructed adjacent to the UMCI building at the corner of Columbia Street and Cass Avenue. UMCI will lease the tower, expected to be completed in 2028, for an initial term of 40 years.