Detroit
BTN LiveBIG: MSU program helps Detroit high schoolers 'find their voice'
BTN LiveBIG: MSU program helps Detroit high schoolers 'find their voice'
Most aspiring journalists cut their teeth reporting small-time stories at their high school papers. Typical headlines may include things like ?Exposed! What?s Really in the Cafeteria Meatloaf? or ?New Student Body Prez Wins Campaign on Pledge to Add Parking Spaces to School Lot.? But a program from Michigan State University and partner Crain Communications Inc. […]
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan professor helps bring hope back to Detroit neighborhoods
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan professor helps bring hope back to Detroit neighborhoods
The long, steady economic decline throughout the city of Detroit created vast swaths of blight and desertion in what were once thriving neighborhoods. It?s gotten so bad that documenting the urban decay there has almost become an artistic subgenre unto itself. But there?s no shortage of efforts to bring one of America?s great cities back […]
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan graduates find fertile soil for urban farming in Detroit
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan graduates find fertile soil for urban farming in Detroit
Inspired by their experiences in college and elsewhere, these Pathfinders are passing by the typical, well-trod career paths and blazing their own trails. We?ll explore the unconventional approaches these Big Ten alums are taking to work. One majored in social sciences and Middle Eastern/North African studies. The other graduated with a degree in English. But […]
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan students think globally, act locally to improve healthcare
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan students think globally, act locally to improve healthcare
Students at Big Ten universities aren?t waiting until they get out into the ?real world? to make a difference. Find out how they?re working together to create positive, meaningful change in this BTN LiveBIG series: the Student Section. In its quest to eradicate healthcare disparities throughout the Detroit area, the University of Michigan?s Rural Innovations […]
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan, Ohio State teammates in innovation
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan, Ohio State teammates in innovation
Every November, the states of Michigan and Ohio get fired up for the annual gridiron showdown between the Wolverines and the Buckeyes. Fans of both teams often measure overall success for the season by the results of this single game. It?s an intense rivalry - to such an extent that one might be forgiven for […]
