Michigan

  1. Rehabbing homes in Detroit's MorningSide neighborhood is part of stabilizing the neighborhood. Image credit: Eric Bronson

    Return to beauty: The long, hard push to revive a neighborhood

  2. Roary, the Detroit Lions mascot, while filming some InPACT exercise sessions at the Detroit Public Television Studio. Image credit: Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography

    Fit as a family: Classroom fitness program expands to living rooms, parks

  3. University of Michigan alumnus Douglas Jones is a Detroit-based artist who co-developed the Ancestor Posterity Butterfly Garden just outside the Joseph Walker Williams Center off of Rosa Parks Boulevard. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Ancestor garden: Community plants butterfly garden honoring Detroiters lost to COVID-19

  4. The Bay Port Fish Co. pulls in the fresh catch in its whitefish nets in Saginaw Bay. Photo credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography.

    Pass the whitefish: U-M chef builds a sustainable food network

  5. The schooner Inland Seas takes Detroit and other students on a sail along the Detroit River. Students, along with some help from staff and volunteers, conduct scientific tests, and learn about local history. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    What lies beneath: Detroit River narratives emerge through schooner trips, boat building

  6. Lizzy Rueppel, left, a U-M public health student, and Bobbie Jean Gill, a resident at Hillside Terrace Senior Living, chat in person after months of virtual meetings.

    Generations connect: U-M students establish strong ties, fight loneliness

  7. Pastor Charles Williams II at Historic King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit. Image credit: Eric Bronson.

    Community in crisis: Black churches expand services

  8. Egypt Otis opened the Comma Bookstore & Social Hub in September 2020 and stocks mostly what she calls "Black and brown books" by Muslims, African Americans, Indigenous and Latinx people. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Black-owned bookstore blends culture and community in Flint

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. The kits included safety glasses, beakers, thermometers, rulers, rubber gloves and other elements students needed for their lessons. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Science for Tomorrow: U-M Museum of Natural History aids teachers during a hybrid school year

  12. Three young kids get temperature checked by adult.

    Safer play: How 90,000 Michigan soccer players went back to playing the sport they love

  13. Trachette Jackson, a University of Michigan math professor, says that many students face biases, inequalities and barriers that impact their ability and desire to pursue academic careers in STEM. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    U-M program builds bridge for diverse STEM doctorates

  14. Clara Hardie, University of Michigan alumna and founder of Detroit Youth Volume.

    Giving music: Alum shares violin and life lessons

  15. Elly, a patient of Dr. Tom Saba, at her home in Saline, MI. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Virtual care: The alternative to a doctor’s office visit gains in popularity during pandemic

  16. Students from Mason Elementary School of Grand Blanc Community Schools work on their Young Shark presentation. Image credit: Eric Bronson / Michigan Photography

    Young Sharks gives fourth graders an entrepreneurial edge

  17. Kelly Richter, the clerk’s office administrative assistant in Oxford Township, assists a resident at the public counter. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Voting counts: How U-M grad students answered the question ‘Did you get my ballot?’

  18. The mobile clinic, a "lifeline" for patients during the pandemic. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Prenatal safety net: Mobile clinic gives free services to Detroit moms

  19. Two young students using a laptop computer. Image courtesy: U-M This is Michigan

    Roadmap for teachers: U-M free online learning platform paves the way

  20. U-M med students support homeless shelters with critical supplies