Stories on Detroit

  1. Exterior shot of the University of Michigan Detroit Center. Image credit: Mike Morland, University of Michigan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Paul Draus on connecting the dots at the U-M Detroit Center

  2. The University of Michigan Center for Innovation will be built in the District Detroit near where the cornerstone of the first building of the university was laid on Sept. 14, 1817 in Detroit. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    U-M will break ground on UMCI by year’s end

  3. Members of the Community Tech Workers program provide free technology support and training for small business owners in Detroit. Image courtesy: Jefferson East Inc.

    Partner Profile: Jefferson East Inc. fosters growth in five neighborhoods

  4. Michigan COVID-19 Recovery Surveillance Study logo

    COVID-19: U-M report explores link between state’s geographic regions and impact of the pandemic

  5. Detroit skyline seen from Windsor, Ontario, across the Detroit River. Image credit: Bernt Rostad, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr

    Detroit’s economic recovery continues, yet lags other cities in share of living-wage earners, U-M experts say

  6. Detroit high school students participate in the University of Michigan ArcPrep program to explore careers in architecture.

    ArcPrep: Detroit high school students survey the expansiveness of architecture

  7. Image courtesy: UM Poverty Solutions

    Chronic housing instability poses educational risk for Detroit students

  8. Observers watch as TeachingWorks Deborah Lowenberg Ball interacts with a fifth-grade student in the 2017 EML. Image credit: Brian Powers

    Engaging students in math, U-M’s TeachingWorks lab will be offered in Detroit this month

  9. How 30,000 Detroit trees bloomed into a better way for researchers to predict airborne pollen

  10. Aerial view of Detroit. Image courtesy DMACS

    Detroit’s 16% unemployment rate driven by labor force rebounders

  11. A row of houses in Detroit. Image courtesy: U-M Poverty Solutions

    $8.2M in emergency rental assistance spent at Detroit properties where landlords still moved to evict

  12. Yvette Rock teaches at The School at Marygrove.

    Live Coal: Bringing the spark for artists and neighborhoods

  13. U-M outlines new commitments to Detroit

  14. An eviction notice in a mailbox. Image credit: Image credit: Tumisu, Pixabay.com

    Detroit eviction filings on track to return to pre-pandemic level as COVID-19 protections expire

  15. Students at Blesch Intermediate School in Menominee enjoy healthy snacks after a day of activity on the football field. Image credit: Eric Bronson, MIchigan Photography

    Healthy schools: Project reduces childhood obesity

  16. Closeup of election vote button with text that says Education. Image credit: adamkaz, iStock

    Detroiters say quality K-12 schools is top policy priority for November elections

  17. Black man holds envelope in hand above vote ballot. Image credit: iStock

    Candidate support for reparations would mobilize Detroit voters

  18. Old tires dumped in the area were painted by students and put to new uses at the Cadillac Urban Gardens. Image credit: Eric Bronson

    From garden to growth: This urban garden cultivates young leaders

  19. Aerial view of Detroit. Image courtesy DMACS

    Economic Growth Institute creates new center as part of Global Epicenter of Mobility initiative

  20. House key on a house shaped silver keyring in the lock of a door. Image credit: FabioBalbi, iStock

    Program to help Detroit renters buy homes yields 85% ownership rate four years later