Center for Social Solutions

  1. March 21, 2023

    U-M’s Earl Lewis awarded the National Humanities Medal

    Earl Lewis, founding director of the University of Michigan’s Center for Social Solutions, has been awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden during a White House ceremony.

  2. March 20, 2023

    U-M’s Earl Lewis to receive National Humanities Medal

    Earl Lewis, founding director of U-M’s Center for Social Solutions, will be awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden during a White House ceremony.

  3. June 21, 2022

    Academic Leadership Institute cultivates DEI in higher-ed leaders

    The Academic Leadership Institute is a partnership between the Center for Social Solutions and The New School, helping to cultivate a network of rising leaders.

  4. May 17, 2021

    U-M chronicles location, nature of anti-Asian incidents

    New research from U-M offers insights into the location, nature and perpetrators of anti-Asian hate incidents that occurred in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  5. January 13, 2021

    U-M scholars awarded $10M in Mellon Foundation grants

    U-M has been awarded two $5 million grants through The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grants, led by professors Stephanie Fryberg and Earl Lewis, will fund projects that focus on addressing racial inequity.

  6. October 1, 2020

    More than $260K awarded for research on confronting, combating racism

    More than $260,000 total will be awarded to six action-based research projects as part of the inaugural “Confronting and Combating Racism” grants.

  7. July 28, 2020

    New funding opportunity aids research to combat racism

    Poverty Solutions and the Center for Social Solutions have announced a faculty grants competition to pursue action-based research aimed at ending systemic and institutional racism.

  8. February 21, 2018

    Earl Lewis to launch U-M Center for Social Solutions

    Noted social historian, author and academic leader Earl Lewis will join the faculty as director of the new U-M Center for Social Solutions, which will address three core areas: diversity and race, water, and the future of work.