Detroit

  1. The original glass coasters launched in 2012 feature murals from Detroit's "Wailing Wall" near Eight 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. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Cass coasters: Reclaiming glass and wood and purpose

  2. Rashaun Rucker (pictured) is a Detroit-based multidisciplinary artist who will present new sculptural installations alongside selected works from his praised "American Ornithology" series as part of a new exhibition at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities Gallery. Image courtesy: The artist.

    Detroit artist explores connections between Black men, rock pigeons in U-M exhibition

  3. Detroit City Police Department car parked on the city street in downtown Detroit Michigan. Image credit: iStock

    Majority of Detroiters want police reform, many also want increased police presence

  4. Concussion Teach-out logo.

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

  5. Detroit unemployment sits at 25%—lower than pandemic peak, twice pre-pandemic rate

  6. 9/19/18 GM’s Renaissance Center and the skyline from Belle Isle in Detroit, MI. Image credit: Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography.

    Detroit’s jobless rate drops faster than expected, some sectors show strong growth, U-M forecast finds

  7. young homeless boy holding a cardboard house. Image credit: iStock

    Nearly 9 out of 10 unhoused Detroit students not identified by schools, U-M analysis finds

  8. This figure demonstrates that adults living with children in the household are less likely to be vaccinated. Image credit: DMACS

    Low vaccination rates persist in Detroit households with children

  9. Siblings Chase (8) and Chelsey Singeltary (9) at Mission:City with their music teacher Samantha Redlich. In addition to teaching music classes, Redlich is the outgoing president of Seven Mile, a University of Michigan student run organization that offers free after school music, art and coding lessons to kids in Detroit. Photo by Eric Bronson/Michigan Photography.

    Bringing art back: U-M’s Seven Mile offers free after-school music, art and coding to kids in Detroit

  10. In a new study of water access and affordability in Detroit, University of Michigan researchers determined that 20% of city's households are “triple burdened,” meaning that the occupants face all three of the following: higher than average poverty rates, higher than average housing cost burdens, and incomplete plumbing. The researchers analyzed census tracts and mapped the overlap between various factors that affect water affordability. Image credit: From "Addressing the Links Between Poverty, Housing and Water Access and Affordability in Detroit," University of Michigan Poverty Solutions, June 2021.

    Addressing links between poverty, housing, water access and affordability in Detroit

  11. Aerial view of Detroit. Image courtesy DMACS

    Concern about safety is main reason many Detroiters are not getting vaccinated, U-M survey finds

  12. Alley cleanup in the west McNichols area. Pictured (left to right): Amina Mikula, UM-Dearborn student, Robert Turner, resident, Anne Peeples, resident, Solomon Draus, UD-Jesuit student, Charles “Chuck” Rivers, resident and president of the Neighborhood Association, Peyton Lynch, UM-Dearborn student, and Jacques Jones, UM-Dearborn student.

    Community brings a fresh spin to Detroit alleyways

  13. Image taken from a resident provided video of flooding in the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood of Detroit.

    More flooding reported in Detroit metro area: U-M experts available

  14. Halal Metropolis is on view at the Stamps Gallery until July 17.

    ‘Halal Metropolis’: U-M exhibition examines diversity, narratives of Detroit’s Muslim community

  15. U-M Block M Logo

    Detroit-area flooding consistent with long-term precipitation trends under changing climate

  16. illustration of students in the sky representing different moods.

    Pre-COVID, more than half of Detroit students felt anxious or depressed, 1 in 4 considered suicide

  17. Trina Shanks

    How to improve family well-being in Detroit

  18. Traffic noise study in progress sign.

    Truck noise in Southwest Detroit adds to public health concerns

  19. Detroit Olympic City 1968 campaign brochure

    Detroit: Olympic city?

  20. Philanthropist Wally Prechter challenges donors to invest in Detroit youth and educators