NEWS AND FEATURES
Eric Gallippo
Freelance Writer
United States of America
United States of America
NEWS AND FEATURES
As an aspiring product designer with an interest in the medical field, hopes her creations will someday make a positive impact in people's lives. But she has some reservations about how they might be manufactured.
As Amy Good neared graduation from the University of Michigan's School of Social Work, Professor Rosemary Saari gave her a challenge. "She said, 'Do something hard, and build something that wasn't there before," Good says.
FOR ALLISON BOOTH, M.ARCH '20, working alongside Sean Ahlquist is about more than practicing cutting-edge design. Although she's drawn to the scale and novelty of his textiles- based work, it's a specific audience Ahlquist has been designing for - children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - that made her want to get involved.
Care providers, patients, and policy makers face a near infinite number of big choices when it comes to managing healthcare. MDes students spent four semesters designing tools and systems to help.
Changing a name or gender marker on a legal document can be a scary and complicated process for transgender individuals. But a new event aimed to make part of that process feel easier and safer.
Integrated Product Development, co-led by Stephanie Tharp, helps kids use technology to form healthy habits.
Nick Tobier has spent a lot of time on the Detroit People Mover. Teaching, exploring, observing, escaping. On a rare sunny day in February, sandwiched between snow and ice storms, we boarded the city's iconic monorail together at the Grand Circus Park station, just outside the David Whitney building.
New and ongoing efforts around the state are working to promote healthy aging by connecting older adults to their communities and the resources available to them.
The gap between industry demand and workforce supply isn't unique to the Ann Arbor area, but local experts say our region also faces unique talent gap challenges.
Through mobile farm stands, education programs, and creating a "food sovereign city," organizations in communities across Michigan are helping to close the gap when it comes to what we eat.