Detroit
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January 30, 2018
Report recaps Poverty Solutions’ first year, lists 2018 projects
New partnerships, programs to boost job opportunities, and raising public awareness about low-income families highlight U-M’s first-year initiative to prevent and alleviate poverty.
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October 23, 2017
Detroit Connector to increase bus service’s time and scope
The Detroit Connector, a U-M bus service connecting the Ann Arbor campus to Detroit, will provide service seven days a week, starting Oct. 30, to faculty, staff, students and, for the first time, the general public.
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September 16, 2017
Detroit Festival
Photos from Friday’s Detroit Festival celebration of the U-M Bicentennial.
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September 11, 2017
Festival to highlight U-M’s connections and commitment to Detroit
The university ‘s upcoming Detroit Festival will honor the university’s historical roots in Detroit as well as showcase its continuing commitment to the Motor City.
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July 20, 2017
U-M will consolidate ownership of Rackham building in Detroit
U-M will move ahead with plans to purchase the remaining third of the Rackham Memorial building in Detroit, including a parking structure owned by the Rackham Engineering Foundation.
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July 19, 2017
U-M, Detroit Historical Society team up for bicentennial project
A new museum exhibition at the Detroit Historical Museum explores and celebrates the people and episodes connecting U-M and the city of Detroit, its birthplace 200 years ago.
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April 20, 2017
Event to highlight university-Detroit partnership in research and learning
Leaders from U-M and the city of Detroit will gather May 3 for a daylong exploration and presentation of research and learning practices taking place in and with Michigan’s largest city.
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March 27, 2017
LSA Symposium looks at Detroit’s 1967 civil unrest and its legacy
The final LSA theme semester symposium — “1967: Shock Waves — The Detroit Rebellion and its Reverberations” — will focus on the events of that pivotal year and their effect on U-M and the nation.
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October 31, 2016
Bicentennial honors ties to city of Detroit, native peoples
Two centuries after its founding in Detroit, the university will celebrate its birthplace with a variety of bicentennial activities throughout 2017.
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September 27, 2016
Clements Library acquires rare, hand-drawn map of Detroit
A recently discovered, hand-drawn map providing new information about late-18th-century Detroit is now part of the William L. Clements Library collection.