10/28/2020
Will polling be the one thing 2020 gets right?
In a year full of surprises, the 2020 presidential election results might be just as the polls report. Here’s why....
11/2/2020
What have COVID-19-related changes shown us about community telemental health?
Looking at data to see how the pandemic changed the community mental health landscape, one CASL faculty member says people have adjusted to the new virtual environment and telemental health has promise to be an effective delivery service....
10/5/2020
Building Better Blocks
At only 18 years old, freshman Alexcia Starks is working to make her Detroit neighborhood a more attractive, sustainable, socially just place to live....
9/23/2020
Civically Engaged
Learn about the democratic process — and explore ways to improve it — through U-M’s Democracy & Debate themed semester’s online resources, prominent speakers and moderated discussions....
8/10/2020
Here’s how to get the most out of a mostly online semester
Four UM-Dearborn faculty share their secrets for excelling in online classes. ...
6/30/2020
Where the 2020 protests fit into the history of the African American Freedom Movement
A UM-Dearborn professor and historian reflects on the promise of the current wave of activism, why America is more reformist than revolutionary, and how to stoke the fire of anti-racism. ...
4/8/2020
How COVID-19 could affect the U.S. Presidential Election
Political Science Professor Mitchel Sollenberger, who’s a political source for USA Today, C-SPAN, The Hill, Washington Post and others, talks about how the COVID-19 crisis may impact what happens on November 3....
3/30/2020
Spreading joy to older adults in a time of social distance
Psychology Associate Professor Brenda Whitehead, a gerontologist whose research focuses on stress in later life, developed a survey for people ages 60+ to hear about their stressors and joys during this historic pandemic. ...
1/9/2020
UM-Dearborn research prompts Detroit to review link between housing instability and tax auctions
Assistant Professor Joshua Akers' working paper outlines the housing policies and other factors that have allowed speculative buyers to contribute to neighborhood instability and blight in Detroit....
12/19/2019
Managing a community: Political Science faculty Rusi Sun’s research explores the city manager v. city council struggle.
Conflict is in every job and it’s not always a bad thing. But at the public level — for a community to thrive — it needs to be managed effectively....