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. 

“Helping Detroit residents improve their neighborhoods will be an important task for the city’s next mayor,” writes Brian Connolly, assistant professor of business law.

Thanks to a dual-enrollment partnership between Detroit Public Schools Community District and UM-Dearborn, the Cass Tech High School students began as Dearborn Wolverines last fall, working on college credits and toward a certificate.

University of Michigan Poverty Solutions and the Detroit Phoenix Center produced a documentary — Rapid Rehousing Designed By Youth, For Youth — and hosted a screening and panel that discussed the future of youth homelessness response in Detroit.

The 2025 Engage Detroit Workshops grant program, now in its fourth year, has chosen seven new projects for funding.

The associate professor of public health talks about her sometimes uncomfortable relationship with academia, the politics of community-centered research and the challenge of getting today’s students to talk in class.