A full year into leading Michigan’s flagship university, the University of Michigan's 15th President Santa Ono will discuss achievements, challenges and opportunities he sees for partnership and growth with the region and community. WDIV-TV Local 4 News Anchor Devin Scillian will moderate the conversation.
The University of Michigan hosts its 2024 symposium honoring civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The annual symposium’s theme calls on the community to grapple with the nature of ongoing discord around the globe and to examine how society can create a world where harmony is possible. Michelle Alexander, legal scholar, social justice advocate, columnist at The New York Times and visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary, delivers the memorial keynote lecture.
Three Washington Post journalists sit down for a conversation with University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes to talk about gun policies in America and their reporting on "The gun that divides a nation - revered as a modern-day musket; reviled as a tool for mass killers."
Governor Whitmer will propose her administration’s new fiscal year 2025 budget to the Michigan legislature in early February. During a fireside chat with Detroit Economic Club Board Chair Sandy Pierce, Whitmer will share her administration’s budget priorities for fiscal year 2025. One Detroit presents a virtual livestream of that conversation.
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History hosts renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump as a part of its "The Wright Conversations" series. The Wright Conversations is a curated collection of events featuring dynamic speakers who address critical topics in the areas of civic engagement, art, history, and culture.
United States Senator Joe Manchin visits the Detroit Economic Club as part of a listening tour for Americans Together. Americans Together is a new organization that has created a platform for the middle to connect and empower moderate voices around the country. The organization’s goal is to build a bridge between popular will and political outcomes.
The New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative presents "How We Eat," the final webinar in its three-part "Detroit: Our Environment, Our Health" series. Join a panel of Detroiters to discuss the risks and possible solutions around access to healthy foods in some Detroit communities.
Join the University of Michigan Wallace House Center for Journalists for a special evening with award-winning tech journalist Kara Swisher as part of its continuing series: “Democracy in Crisis: Views from the Press.” Swisher discusses her new memoir "The Burn Book: A Tech Love Story" with General Motors CEO Mary Barra.
Mayor Mike Duggan delivers his 11th annual State of the City address, discussing the city's ongoing fiscal and neighborhood revitalization ahead of 2024 NFL Draft.
Legal scholar and analyst Barbara McQuade, a former United States attorney and current law professor at the University of Michigan, joins Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson at the Detroit Economic Club to discuss her book "Attack from Within," how to identify disinformation and how you can fight against it.
Watch "Attack From Space!" with a live score from electronic musician Joo Won Park as part of the Kylyn Arts & Culture Festival. The film screening airs Wednesday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ann Arbor District Library Main Branch.
Detroit PBS and the Arab American National Museum present Sally Howell, Ph.D., professor of history and Arab American studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Howell, joined by a panel of experts, explore the deep history and importance of the Muslim American community in Detroit.