1. Census undercounted population in select Detroit neighborhoods by 8%

    If undercounts of a similar magnitude occurred in a majority of the city’s more than 600 block groups, the potential undercount could be in the tens of thousands.

  2. 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. 

  3. 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.

  4. 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…

  5. Cass coasters: Reclaiming glass and wood and purpose

    The original glass coasters feature murals from “Detroit’s Wailing Wall” near 8 Mile Road and Wyoming that was built in 1940 as a division between Black and white neighborhoods. The images of brightly colored houses, factories and neighbors added years later gave the wall new meaning.

  6. U-M Concussion Center teams with Detroit schools to develop student-athlete concussion toolkit

    The toolkit was introduced to coaches and administrators during the DPSCD Athletic Symposium in August. Sept.17 was National Concussion Awareness Day. 

  7. U-M awarded grant to support Detroit entrepreneurs in bridging digital divide

    The project builds on Tawanna Dillahunt and Julie Hui’s partnership with the Friends of Parkside to pilot a “community tech worker” program to assist seniors requiring technology-related support. Tech workers will be embedded at Jefferson East to develop a sustainable, useful model that will help bridge the digital divide for small businesses. 

  8. MIDAS, Detroit Police Athletic League to assess youth programs

    The study gives Detroit PAL the expertise needed to assess and improve measurement tools and a research-based confirmation of a statistically significant result from their work.

  9. P-20 initiative grows with new teaching residents, early childhood center

    Construction on the Early Childhood Education Center has finished and the new facility will welcome students in fall 2021. The School of Education is involved in curriculum and professional development for the center, as well as coordinating cross-campus holistic support services for children and families.