Stories on Detroit

  1. Michigan COVID-19 Recovery Surveillance Study logo

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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Image courtesy: UM Poverty Solutions

    Chronic housing instability poses educational risk for Detroit students

  5. 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

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

  7. Aerial view of Detroit. Image courtesy DMACS

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

  8. 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

  9. Yvette Rock teaches at The School at Marygrove.

    Live Coal: Bringing the spark for artists and neighborhoods

  10. U-M outlines new commitments to Detroit

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

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

    Candidate support for reparations would mobilize Detroit voters

  15. 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

  16. Aerial view of Detroit. Image courtesy DMACS

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

  17. 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

  18. Spirit of Detroit Statue

    Detroit economy overcoming pandemic challenges while grappling with recession fears

  19. A row of houses in Detroit. Image courtesy: Poverty Solutions

    9 in 10 eviction cases filed during pandemic came from landlords not compliant with rental codes

  20. Examples of A) home garden and B) community garden identified via visual inspection over high resolution satellite imagery and C) indicators to identify community gardens via Google Street View.

    Do urban gardens lead to gentrification? Not in Detroit, study shows