Social Impact Challenge

1. March 1, 2018

   Students share winning ideas for pop-up retail in Detroit

   A Detroit Economic Growth Corp. plan to support entrepreneurs just getting started got a boost from U-M students in the annual Social Impact Challenge.

2. January 10, 2018

   U-M, Detroit nonprofit collaborate on Social Impact Challenge

   The seventh annual Social Impact Challenge will see U-M students focus on pop-ups that encourage neighborhood revitalization and small business development in Detroit.

3. March 20, 2017

   Winners announced in Flint-focused Social Impact Challenge

   A student team from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy has won the 2017 Social Impact Challenge, which focused on ways to advance entrepreneurship efforts in Flint. 

4. January 12, 2017

   Ann Arbor, Flint campuses collaborate on Social Impact Challenge

   The sixth annual Social Impact Challenge will take place in Flint and is will focus on how to revive neighborhood centers and city corridors for economic development.

5. January 22, 2016

   Students compete to revitalize Tiger Stadium site for Detroit youth

   U-M students in the Social Impact Challenge are competing to come up with ideas to sustain funding for the revitalization of the former Tiger Stadium site in Detroit.