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Discover upcoming events, the latest news releases, and media coverage of research findings that can inform poverty prevention and alleviation programs and policy.

 

Featured Event

Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions: Fall 2025, Fridays at noon, SSW ECC 1840

Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series

Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces the key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through a lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. The series explores interdisciplinary, real-world poverty solutions from a wide variety of perspectives and encourages the formation of a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.

See the current lineup & archive of past speakers

Events

  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | School of Social Work Building

    The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers

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  • 11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Weill Hall (Ford School)

    Aspects of the Housing Crisis through the lens of Abundance

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Featured

Food safety net unravels: Loss of SNAP benefits will reverberate across society

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News Release | Oct. 28, 2025

U-M survey finds link between Detroiters' intention to vote, optimism about the city

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Rx Kids Baby Parade in Flint, MI 2025

News Release | Oct. 8, 2025

Rx Kids to Reach Nearly 100,000 Babies Across Michigan

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News Release | Sep. 29, 2025

U-M policy expert part of national team exploring impacts of pandemic-era tax credits

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