11/6/2023

Growing the farming movement in Detroit

UM-Dearborn student Tepfirah "Tee" Rushdan, Detroit's first director of urban agriculture, is working to grow community efforts toward food sustainability....
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3/29/2023

An update from the Office of Metropolitan Impact

Learn about UM-Dearborn's subscription to Collaboratory, a tool for tracking community engagement activities....
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1/18/2016

Power in community: Nearly 500 volunteers participate in 23rd Annual MLK Day of Service

Nearly 500 volunteers participated in the university's 23rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service....
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9/11/2017

Robert Bosch North America, UM-Dearborn partner for innovation event

The RBNA Hackathon challenged employees and students to collaborate around the theme of smart technologies in everyday life....
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10/9/2017

Detroit Public Schools, CEHHS partner to revive elementary library

Bennett Elementary School Library—which had been closed for more than a decade—now includes thousands of reading materials thanks to the partnership....
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3/19/2018

Students take away new perspectives during a week of service

More than two dozen students participated in Alternative Spring Break and Solar Spring Break programs at home and across the country....
Two young, female students, and one young, male student sit on top of a roof, helping install solar panels.
4/23/2018

Building a ‘culture of health’ for all Dearborn residents

UM-Dearborn faculty, staff and students are helping the Healthy Dearborn coalition take on its biggest challenge yet: tackling the city’s health disparities....
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5/7/2018

Annual event highlights partnerships between U-M and Detroit

More than 300 campus and community partners strengthen connections at um3detroit....
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7/23/2018

Gardeners can score free seeds at this new seed library

UM-Dearborn staff and students helped launch the pilot project that encourages healthy eating and seed saving....
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11/7/2022

Contributing to 'A River Revived'

Through a new book, the Rouge River's dramatic turnaround is told by environmentalists including longtime Environmental Interpretive Center staff. ...
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