The Center for Social Solutions seeks to identify, develop, and implement scalable, data-driven solutions that address societal inequities.
Ann Arbor, MI
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The deadline for the 2027 ALI Residential Program is rapidly approaching! Don't miss your chance to join this incomparable network of higher education leaders! Learn more and apply here: myumi.ch/Z81qy
ALT Join us for the Academic Leadership Institute's 2027 Residential Program! Application Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2026
🗓️ Sept. 15th | Join us and the @fordschool for a lunch-and-learn conversation on democracy, representation, and daily life in U.S. territories. Register and learn more about the speakers here: myumi.ch/39MA2
CSS is proud to co-sponsor 'Decolonizing Imagination: Narratives, Memory and Political Possibility in the U.S. Territories' as a part of the @fordschool Democracy Week! Register for the 9/15 event and learn more here: myumi.ch/gkk96
ALT Featured speakers, from left: Imani Daniel, Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, Michael Lujan Bevacqua, and Hadiya Sewer.
The Center for Social Solutions is honored to have its Great Lakes Blue Engine Project be among the first recipients of a grant from the @umich Strategic Initiative Fund. Learn more about the project here: myumi.ch/qwwrg
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CSS Associate Director Alford Young, Jr. sat down with #TheRaceToSocialJustice about his paper "Revolt of the Privileged: The Coming Together of the Black Community at Wesleyan University – 1965-1975", written while he was attending @wesleyan_u. 🔊myumi.ch/gk3XW
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The University of Michigan Board of Regents announced Dr. C. Cybele Raver as its choice to become the university’s 17th president. The Board will hold a special meeting on Sept. 1 to take a formal vote. myumi.ch/xjwJm
ALT The University of Michigan Board of Regents announce Dr. C. Cybele Raver as its choice to become the university’s 17th president. Dr. Raver headshot. Michigan block M logo and university seal.
Didn't get a chance to spend #Juneteenth with us? Not to worry! You can now watch the entire conversation between Earl Lewis, Neil Barclay, Darienne Hudson, and Susan Holmes about the triumphs, complexities & the future of executive leadership below! youtube.com/watch?v=CJBKstak…
In conversation with @AaronParnas, CSS Founding Director Earl Lewis shares the universal message to be the light we seek in difficult times. Watch the full interview below!
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Across our four initiatives, the Center for Social Solutions embodies the idea that small local efforts can make a huge global impact! Support our efforts on this #GivingBlueDay to see your donation matched 1:1 here: myumi.ch/jJEPZ
ALT Giving Blue Day 3.18.26. Support what you love about the Center for Social Solutions!
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Today’s MLK Symposium includes the 40th annual Keynote Memorial Lecture delivered by civil rights activist Donzaleigh Abernathy and NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson at Hill Auditorium. Symposium schedule and lecture livestream: myumi.ch/9p15V #MLKDay
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“I believe this amazing institution has been, is now and must continue to be the best public research university anywhere.” - U-M President-Elect Kent Syverud
More on Syverud’s appointment: myumi.ch/G2NjV
The Center for Social Solutions is proud to co-sponsor "DEPORTATION NATION: Chronicling Our Current Chapter in a Long History of Exclusion" as a part of the 2026 @UMich MLK Symposium. RSVP here: myumi.ch/2rJq2
As the Rhinelander trial continues to spark public fascination over 100 years later, be sure to check out one of the original investigations of the story in "Love on Trial" by CSS Founding Director Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone
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The national conversation on antiracist leadership, inspired by Susan Sturm's new book "What Might Be", took center stage at The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. Thank you to our wonderful hosts and panel for the thought provoking and timely discussion.
With the 2025 Academic Leadership Institute officially underway, we wanted to take a look back at last year's program through the eyes of Andrew Rich, who was recently named president of Franklin & Marshall College after his time as a ALI cohort member! youtube.com/watch?v=qxVc3H94…
Our RISE project aims to expand lifesaving flood monitoring networks in the areas of the world that need it the most. Follow along on this initiative's journey to Nepal and Malaysia with a new photojournal from CSS researcher Brad Bottoms. myumi.ch/JPEZ2
Amidst climate disasters like last week's deadly flash flood in Texas, CSS researcher Julie Arbit shines a light on the importance of waterway monitoring in this article with @LeverNews: levernews.com/amid-deadly-fl…
Season 2 of The Merging Point podcast is underway with some exciting new episodes in store for you. Be sure to catch up with our most recent student-run episode w/ special guest host and CSS research associate Sydney Tunstall! Listen here: myumi.ch/79Xj1
CSS researchers Brad Bottoms and Julie Arbit remain at the forefront of the conversations about climate havens and how communities can adapt to build resilience right where they are. Read their latest piece with @ThePublicSquare here: zocalopublicsquare.org/there…
