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At Ann Arbor’s Maker Works, a growing community is finding ways to create
Maker Works has spent the past several years expanding its equipment, classes, and membership while learning what it means to operate as a nonprofit.
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At Ann Arbor’s Maker Works, a growing community is finding ways to create
Maker Works has spent the past several years expanding its equipment, classes, and membership while learning what it means to operate as a nonprofit.
Beyond the books: How Toyota and the Ypsi District Library are opening doors to STEM
Since its partnership with the Ypsi District Library began in 2023, Toyota has provided $30,000 annually to expand programming, purchase educational equipment, and introduce young people to STEM professionals.
“Where steel sharpens steel”: Inside Ypsilanti’s decade-long hip-hop haven
As hip-hop artist Diont’e Visible prepares to release his new album, Ypsi’s long-standing open mic series, The Dojo, founded by Harlin Duke Newcomb and housed by the Regal Beagle, celebrates 10 years.
How Michigan organizations are tackling food insecurity on the local level
Fair Food Network, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, and Detroit Food Policy Council increase families’ healthy choices while supporting local growers and retailers.
Michigan’s community mental health system: Overcoming stigma to provide needed care
Community mental health has played an important role in shifting the culture to asking for help.
Ann Arbor-produced web series “Grumpy Phil” returns this month with new episodes
“Grumpy Phil,” an Ann Arbor-produced web series about a grumpy, middle-aged fellow with an axe to grind and the things that annoy him, returns this month with new, free-to-watch episodes.
As SNAP cuts take effect, Michigan families and food banks brace for growing need
Consequences will reach far beyond the dinner table, affecting family stability, children’s health, and their ability to learn.
Ypsi Community Schools join statewide ‘Be a Buddy, Not a Bully’ campaign
For Bullying Prevention Month, Ypsi Community Schools is joining a statewide effort to encourage kindness, inclusion, and safer learning environments through the “Be a Buddy, Not a Bully” campaign.
Nobody likes a know-it-all chatbot, U-M study suggests
A new study by U-M researchers finds that when a chatbot disagrees with our opinions, we’re less likely to change our views than to simply dismiss the AI entirely.
Ypsi Community Schools and Lincoln Consolidated Schools collaborate on learning initiative
The 3P Champions Collaborative Learning Initiative aims to develop a curriculum focused on STEM and experiential learning–and to pair teachers with “champions” experienced in the new approach. Students in pre-K–12 classrooms have been delving into hands-on, project-based learning while their teachers see increased support and leadership.
Older adults suffer when stigma keeps them from mental health care
Generational stigma and diagnosing mental health issues as part of aging rob older adults of the help they need.
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