Advanced mobility projects generate massive amounts of data that can have massive potential if it's made public. Here's how a U-M project and several others in metro Detroit are doing just that – and experiencing great results.
The event, called "The Plugin," invites producers to create a brand new song from the same short sample of music. A panel of judges picks the best resulting work, and its creator receives a cash prize.
Despite an ongoing affordability crisis, a number of little-known resources exist to help residents who may assume they lack the savings or the credit score to buy a home.
Ypsilanti Community Schools' successful Jazz in the Parking Lot event returns this year with a big-name headliner: Thornetta Davis, the vocalist known as Detroit's Queen of the Blues.
The Circles program, run by Ypsi nonprofit Friends in Deed, has helped multiple participants out of poverty – and inspired them to return to coach others through the program.
The five winning essays will be published later this month in Concentrate and the winning writers will each receive a $50 stipend.
Founder Mike Nix says the club's goals are to get kids active outdoors while introducing them to Frog Island and "showing them a part of Ypsi that a lot of them didn't realize was there."
Students who had been forced to drop out of school have been able to resume their studies, and others have found scholarship opportunities thanks to the program.
Unity Vibration's kombucha brewery is celebrating its 10th year, while Smokin' Barrels Estates winery and Maniacal Mead are aiming to open to the public next year.
The partners have announced plans to scale up existing programs that promote literacy, student wellness, and mentoring, as well as the creation of a new one.
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