Detroit
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April 4, 2022
Gardens in Detroit provide significant benefits to residents
While currently only 1% of the vacant land in Detroit’s Lower Eastside, community and private gardens play an important role in reducing neighborhood blight and have other potential future benefits.
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March 29, 2022
Collaboration aims to revive struggling Detroit neighborhood
U-M Urban and Regional Planning Program graduate students and faculty helped develop “Stabilizing MorningSide,” to build upon the assets of the struggling community.
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March 14, 2022
Dearborn professor works in partnership to reinvigorate Detroit
Detroit has plenty of negative stereotypes, and UM-Dearborn professor Paul Draus has joined arms with people trying to transform undesirable qualities into something beneficial and beautiful.
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February 21, 2022
Grants can help U-M faculty, staff organize Detroit-focused events
Small groups of faculty and staff on U-M’s Ann Arbor or Dearborn campuses can apply for up to $15,000 to organize workshops, speaker series or similar events centered on a topic relevant to Detroit communities.
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February 7, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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December 13, 2021
Detroit Center for Innovation to be built in The District Detroit
The Detroit Center for Innovation, a future world-class research and education center anchored by U-M, will now be built in The District Detroit between the city’s downtown and Midtown.
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December 9, 2021
$40M to renovate Rackham building in Detroit gets regents’ OK
The Horace H. Rackham Educational Memorial, located in Detroit’s Midtown, will undergo renovations to become the new home to many existing U-M initiatives and programs in the city of Detroit.
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December 6, 2021
Clements Library acquires rare hand-drawn 1761 map of Detroit
The William L. Clements Library has announced the acquisition of a previously unattainable map, “Plan of the Fort at De Troit,” which was drawn in 1761 during the French and Indian War.
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December 6, 2021
Dara Hill finds resonating way to share research
Dara Hill, associate professor of reading and language arts in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services at UM-Dearborn, put together a short documentary called “My Child’s K-5 School Journey in Detroit.”
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November 10, 2021
Sustainability Clinic in Detroit to help combat impacts of climate change
The School for Environment and Sustainability has launched the SEAS Sustainability Clinic to help the city of Detroit and nonprofits serving it address the impacts of climate change, and enhance sustainability policy and action.
