Poverty Solutions

  1. January 17, 2017

    Live online discussion to explore projects to prevent, alleviate poverty

    President Mark Schlissel and national poverty expert H. Luke Shaefer will lead a live video conversation on U-M’s Facebook page about the newly created Poverty Solutions at 1:15 p.m. today.

  2. January 17, 2017

    U-M announces new investments in programs to fight poverty

    Nine projects funded through grants as part of U-M’s new Poverty Solutions initiative will begin work this month to test a variety of models to ease the effects of poverty.

  3. October 5, 2016

    U-M launches initiative aimed at finding poverty solutions

    The university has launched a new initiative to address one of humanity’s most critical and seemingly intractable problems: poverty.

  4. October 5, 2016

    President Schlissel lays out initiatives for U-M to tackle societal problems

    President Mark Schlissel used his annual Leadership Breakfast to outline U-M initiatives that target societal issues ranging from poverty to academic innovation, and from sustainability to diversity.