U-M’s impact in the state

  1. A ‘game changer’ for mental health

  2. Students from Coleman Elementary in Midland County get a close look at nature thanks to the Dow Innovation Teacher Fellowship that their teacher participated in. The program includes frequent lessons outside the classroom. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Get outside: Fellowship helps K-12 educators teach students the importance of sustainability

  3. Fermenta, was co-founded by Pauline Knighton-Prueter, a 2012 graduate of U-M, after she realized how few women were represented in the brewing and spirits field and started the advocacy group with two experienced brewers. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Fermenta: Boosting equality in Michigan’s craft brewing industry

  4. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Michigan maritime: Ports set to grow economy throughout the state

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Victors for Veterans: Giving them something to smile about

  8. Battle Creek Central High’s Charlotte Pierce with banners of the colleges students will attend

    College confidant: Navigating college essays, financial aid for the first time

  9. 11th grade career talk at the Michael Berry Career Center.

    Career prep: A bold experiment that recasts high school

  10. Amie Turner says her favorite thing about the Riverwalk is “looking over the water and seeing Canada, like it is the coolest thing.” Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    From industrial wasteland to urban lure, Detroit’s Riverwalk sees 3 million visitors a year

  11. A typical scene at a Detroit City Football Club game. The minor league soccer team's motto is "Passion for Our City, Passion for the Game." Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Soccer in Motown: ‘Passion for our city, passion for the game’

  12. Lindsey Barnard deals number cards to students as part of the High 5s math game in her first grade class at Randall Elementary in Taylor. Image credit: Eric Bronson

    Math games: High 5s program brings the ‘math out of play’

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

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

    Community in crisis: Black churches expand services

  20. 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