Features

Entrepreneurship

Young entrepreneurs to gather at EMU for conference and pitch competition

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 5, 2025

Eastern Michigan University will bring high school- and college-aged entrepreneurs together on March 14 for the free 2025 Sesi Midwest Entrepreneurship Conference and Skandalaris Business Plan Competition.

Entrepreneurship

Small Business Expo to offer numerous resources for Washtenaw County entrepreneurs

Clifton Kirkman IIWednesday, March 5, 2025

The free event will feature guest speakers, a resource fair, panel discussions, and workshops, all designed to support aspiring and current entrepreneurs.

Macomb nonprofit leaders gather at Advancing Macomb's Nonprofit Roundtable to network

Second Wave - Michigan

Advancing Macomb connects local changemakers with solutions for lasting impactNonprofit Journal Project

Layla McMurtrieMonday, March 3, 2025

In Macomb County, collaboration is driving meaningful change. Advancing Macomb connects nonprofits, businesses and public entities to strengthen communities, boost resources, and support nonprofit sustainability through partnerships.

Kids and Education

Ypsi library's youth chess club adds rated tournaments and supports female players with new grant

Sarah RiggWednesday, February 26, 2025

Thanks to a new $2,000 grant from the U.S. Chess Federation, the Ypsilanti District Library's Youth Chess Club is gearing up for rated tournaments and bolstering support for young female chess players.

Kids and Education

Ypsi nonprofit uses physical activity to help girls build life skills

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, February 26, 2025

Since 2001, Girls on the Run Southeastern Michigan has used physical activity to inspire girls to challenge gender norms, push past societal barriers, and navigate cultural obstacles with confidence.

Back row: Joel Christopher, Juliette Christopher, and Ray Christopher. Front row: Kayla Bopp, Alex Christopher, and Joel Christopher.

Kids and Education

Ann Arbor nonprofit helps kids experience summer camp for free

Jenny Rose RyanWednesday, February 26, 2025

The Ann Arbor nonprofit Washtenaw Camp Placement, founded in 1962, helps kids ages 9 to 16 experience the transformative experience of sleepaway summer camp.

An installation in Rogério Pinto's show, "Colorism."

Arts and Culture

Ann Arbor artist's new show examines skin color and beauty with humor and exuberance

Natalia HoltzmanWednesday, February 26, 2025

Rogério Pinto's latest work is made up of video installations, photographs, sculptures, and interviews with collaborators — with an emphasis on audience interaction.

Ann Arbor Student Building Industry Program students working on a house on Sedgewood Lane in Ann Arbor..

Kids and Education

Could Washtenaw County consolidate career and technical education? Summit to examine possibilities

Sarah RiggWednesday, February 26, 2025

A free summit called "The Future Moves with Us," sponsored by the Washtenaw Intermediate School District, will examine the future of career and technical education in the district.

Healthy Communities

EMU student creates app to help track and prevent spread of sexually transmitted infections

Sarah RiggWednesday, February 26, 2025

An Eastern Michigan University student has created a new app that allows users to take control of their sexual health and alert partners to potential sexually-transmitted infections.

A flyer for the Kidpreneur! Grant program.

Entrepreneurship

Young business owners ages 10-24 can get grant money through this Ann Arbor foundation

Jaishree DrepaulWednesday, February 26, 2025

Through March 15, business-minded young Michiganders ages 10-24 are invited to apply to MI-IMPACT Foundation's second annual Kidpreneur! Grant program.

The University of Michigan Synthetic Biology Team.

Sustainability

U-M student project proposes solution for cleaning up Ann Arbor's Gelman dioxane plume

Elinor EppersonWednesday, February 19, 2025

In a project dubbed Bioxane, students tested bacteria to see if they could break down 1,4-dioxane, the contaminant present in the plume.

EMU organic chemistry professor Dr. Cory Email in EMU's fermentation lab.

Kids and Education

EMU fermentation science program prepares students for careers in brewing, food science, and more

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, February 19, 2025

With a strong emphasis on translatable skills and real-world application, EMU’s program has become a standout in fermentation education.

Partner Content

University Bank Customer Service Representative Kiara Ellington, Customer Service Supervisor Jori Knight, and Senior Customer Service Representative Jeremiah Muhammed.

Entrepreneurship

Small business 101: How to manage debt best for your business' success

Alix PlummerWednesday, February 19, 2025

Accruing debt is part of managing both personal and business finances. However, it is important to understand the best ways to manage debt and the pitfalls to avoid when seeking debt for your business.

John Counts, author of "Bear County, Michigan."

Arts and Culture

Former Ann Arbor journalist explores darkness, beauty of northern Michigan in short story anthology

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, February 19, 2025

John Counts' book, "Bear County, Michigan," blends elements of crime, folklore, and personal experience, drawing inspiration from Counts' time as a police reporter in Manistee.

Bonnie Billups Jr., Lakesha Williams, and Latricia Juide in the HUB Community Center food pantry.

Healthy Communities

Ypsi Township nonprofit opens food pantry at new community center, with more services to come

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, February 19, 2025

After two and a half years of planning and development, the nonprofit Peace Neighborhood Center’s HUB Community Center is beginning to serve the surrounding neighborhood with a twice-weekly food pantry.

U-M assistant professor Jovan Kamcev places a filter membrane between two electrodes, which measure how well the membrane conducts electricity. This helps his team predict how well it can purify water.

Technology and Innovation

U-M researchers develop cheaper, easier method to make seawater safe to drink

Jaishree DrepaulWednesday, February 19, 2025

The technology efficiently removes boron, a natural component of seawater that exists as boric acid, from water without using costly chemicals.

Kids and Education

WCC's STEAM Week offers scholarships, resources for students considering STEAM careers

Jaishree DrepaulWednesday, February 19, 2025

Washtenaw Community College is inviting high students and all community members to learn more about science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) careeers during its STEAM Week on Feb. 25-27.

Culinary students in Zaman International's training kitchen

Second Wave - Michigan

In the kitchen with Kim: Immigrants, refugees and other women find a path and purpose at ZamanNonprofit Journal Project

Amy KurasTuesday, February 18, 2025

Developing self-confidence and culinary skills are key to Zaman International's culinary program for women who are immigrants or refugees or face other barriers to employment.

Second Wave - Michigan

Springfield Twp. Parks and Recreation collaborates with Oakland County to preserve natural assetsNonprofit Journal Project Feature

Sarah SpohnSaturday, February 15, 2025

“Once those ecosystems are lost, they can’t be recreated,” says Sarah Richmond of Springfield Township Parks and Recreation. The township collaborates with Oakland County Parks on projects to steward land in northern Oakland County.