State & Community
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April 30, 2018
Michigan Road Scholars Tour to connect U-M faculty, state
The 2018 Michigan Road Scholars Tour will take 29 U-M faculty and staff members from all three campuses on a five-day trip through Michigan to learn about various aspects of the state.
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April 19, 2018
Anne Gere honored as a Michigan Professor of the Year
Anne Ruggles Gere, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and director of the Sweetland Center for Writing, has been named a Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year.
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April 19, 2018
Knight Foundation grant to help project amplify Detroit voices
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded $761,000 to help U-M researchers collect and report Detroit residents’ opinions on pressing and interesting policy issues.
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April 19, 2018
U-M, Ann Arbor groups commission interactive mural downtown
Just in time for U-M’s 2018 Spring Commencement, a new interactive maize and blue mural has been added to downtown Ann Arbor’s vibrant cityscape.
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April 13, 2018
Group offers free screening tools for Alcohol Awareness Month
The Ann Arbor Campus-Community Coalition, a group of various U-M and local stakeholders, is urging members of the community to consider the role that alcohol plays in their lives.
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April 11, 2018
Access to energy-efficient lighting varies with poverty levels
Energy-efficient lightbulbs are more expensive and less available in high-poverty urban areas than in more affluent locations, according to a new U-M study.
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April 10, 2018
Detroit’s youth employment effort boosts education outcomes
A new U-M study suggests that, along with helping youth develop work readiness and career aspirations, summer employment may improve educational outcomes as well.
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April 5, 2018
Michigan schoolchildren facing high rates of homelessness
A U-M analysis of new data released by Michigan’s Department of Education shows dramatic disparities in educational outcomes for students experiencing homelessness.
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March 27, 2018
U-M working to improve transit, ease poverty in Benton Harbor
Researchers at U-M are looking to help Benton Harbor-area officials improve and streamline the transportation services that could help residents escape poverty.
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March 19, 2018
U-M, Detroit work to boost economic mobility, fight poverty
The university and the city of Detroit are joining forces on a four-year agreement to boost economic mobility and break the cycle of poverty in Detroit.
