Extended Weekend Getaways • 4th March 2025 Go Hiking at the Lesser-Known Parks While people flock to Taos and Santa Fe for skiing and other attractions, the national and state parks in southern New Mexico are a lesser-known alternative for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts.
U-M Erb Institute • 20th February 2025 Empowering regenerative agriculture and circularity at J.Crew One of the programs O’Hare is especially proud of is that J.Crew is supporting 35 cotton farmers across the U.S. by paying them directly to fund their transition to regenerative agriculture.
Go World Travel Magazine • 12th February 2025 Up Close with Elephants and Tea Plants in Sri Lanka I’m in a souped-up safari SUV in a Sri Lankan national park, and a couple of car lengths away, a female elephant and her baby are pulling plants from the ground and eating them. I’m close enough to hear them chewing.
Second Wave Michigan • 31st January 2025 Collaboration gets Dearborn air quality data to people who need it “Air quality, even just down the street, can be very different from your front door. Having these sensors at a hyper-local level can really give you a better picture of what's going on,” says Nick Thomas, director of MiNextCities at NextEnergy.
Chalkbeat • 10th January 2025 Detroit’s high childhood asthma rate contributes to chronic absenteeism In Detroit, children have especially high rates of both asthma and absenteeism. Chronic absenteeism – when a student misses 10% or more of the school year – is a complex and pervasive problem.
Belt Magazine • 9th January 2025 Living the Tiny Cabin Life My husband and I packed our two kids and our dog into the car and spent a weekend in a tiny cabin in a destination I’d never heard of.
Parents • 13th December 2024 Why 3 Out of 4 Parents Are Thinking About Pulling Their Kids Out of Sports Kids benefit from sports in various ways, but the cost of their participation has become a problem for many families.
Starting Line 1928 • 12th December 2024 Sara Mae Berman — Starting Line 1928 In 1969, 32-year-old Sara Mae Berman was the first woman to cross the finish line in the Boston Marathon. She did it again in 1970 and 1971. But women weren’t allowed to enter officially.
WebMD • 20th November 2024 What Is Scarcity Mentality? A scarcity mindset is a way of thinking that focuses on something you don’t have enough of.
Model D • 6th November 2024 East Side seniors better equipped to age in place with home repair grants and education Seniors in Detroit often face challenges maintaining older homes. The nonprofit organization U SNAP BAC created a program to help with home repairs and to address needs that it often sees among the seniors it serves.
Parents • 5th November 2024 The Childhood Hobby Shared by 69% of Women Leaders Girls who play sports can benefit in many ways, including improving their physical and mental health and boosting their academic performance. A recent study by the Women’s Sports Foundation shows that sports prepare girls to be leaders, too.
The Guardian • 25th October 2024 Hellah Sidibe: the man on a seven-year run streak who once hated running Hellah Sidibe has been on a streak since 15 May 2017. Rain or shine, and no matter how his body is feeling, he has gone for a run for the last 2,700-plus days.
Lonely Planet • 4th October 2024 Epic Runs of North America I wrote two pieces in this Lonely Planet book: White Sands National Park and The Detroit Riverwalk
National Wildlife • 29th September 2024 Maintaining a Sandhill Crane Oasis in the Desert In a New Mexico desert transformed by human activity, wildlife managers create the seasonal wetlands that sandhill cranes rely on each fall and winter.
Planet Detroit • 26th September 2024 Planet Detroit's guide to running in Detroit There’s never been a better time to be a runner in Detroit.
WebMD • 22nd September 2024 COVID Headache: How Long Does It Last? A COVID headache is a headache that you get as a symptom of COVID-19, or the coronavirus. It’s a common symptom.
Audubon • 3rd September 2024 This Runner Is Completing a 100-Mile Ultramarathon in Every State—For Owls Ten years ago, Pete Ripmaster was running through the frozen Alaska woods in the middle of the night, lost and alone.
Stanford Social Innovation Review • 31st August 2024 Closing the Racial Diversity Gap in Medicine A growing body of research shows a positive correlation between the racial diversity of doctors and health outcomes for underserved communities. Yet data reveals a significant disparity in representation across US racial demographics.
Model D • 5th August 2024 Protecting Hubbard Richard neighborhood amid ongoing development Situated next to the Ambassador Bridge and Corktown, close to the newly reopened Michigan Central Station, Detroit’s Hubbard Richard neighborhood has been navigating industry and development for decades.
Model D • 9th May 2024 Help for Detroiters navigating the path to buying or renting a home The home-buying process can be daunting. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out where to start and what you can afford. On Detroit’s East Side, the nonprofit U SNAP BAC has been providing workshops and counseling to help people through this journey.
