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.
Chalkbeat • 2nd April 2024 Efforts to require home-schoolers to register spark furor As a House Education Committee meeting ended last month, a group of home-schooling parents and community members began shouting at the lawmakers who wouldn’t allow them to speak. They wanted to speak out against the possibility that Michigan might one day require home-school parents to register with the state.
U-M Erb • 19th March 2024 Tom Lyon’s book on corporate political responsibility helps to ‘unrig’ the system Many Americans believe business has too much influence in politics, says Erb faculty member Tom Lyon, the Dow Chair of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce.
Runner's World • 24th January 2024 Ari Hendrix Wants to Keep Breaking Barriers for Black Women Until 2012, Ari Hendrix wasn’t a runner and certainly didn’t imagine herself lining up at the Olympic Marathon Trials. But that’s where she’s headed on February 3, and she now holds the title of the third-fastest American-born Black woman marathoner of all time.
Starting Line 1928 • 21st December 2023 Patti Catalano Dillon — Starting Line 1928 In 1980, Patti Catalano became the first American woman to break 2:30 in the marathon. She has held American and world records at various distances—including the 5 mile, 10 mile, 10K, 15K, 20K, 30K and half-marathon.
National Geographic • 14th December 2023 One unexpected way to reduce violent crime? Create green spaces. Darnell Ishmel’s street in Flint, Michigan, used to be lined with waist-high grass on vacant lots. The blight felt overwhelming, “to the point where I [didn’t] even want to walk outside,” he says.
Outside Online • 30th November 2023 Rosalie Fish Steps Up Advocacy for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women When Rosalie Fish was running as a high school senior in 2019, she drew attention for competing with red paint in the shape of a handprint over her mouth and “MMIW” on her leg as she ran for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIW/MMIWP).
The Seattle Times • 27th October 2023 Why I wanted to run with a bunch of (mostly) strangers in Alaska This week’s cover story tells the story of a runner finding a sense of belonging on an Alaskan retreat for people of color.
The Seattle Times • 27th October 2023 A runner finds a sense of belonging on an Alaskan retreat for people of color I’M RUNNING THROUGH the woods in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula with about a dozen other people. The air is cool, and the trees’ leaves are shiny and wet from the morning’s rain.
Well+Good • 19th October 2023 Yes, Even Recreational Athletes Can Get REDs—Here's What Anyone Who's Active Should Know REDs happens when athletes don’t eat enough to fuel their bodies. At the center of this syndrome is low energy availability: Essentially, if you’re not taking in enough food, your body will use up your calories on exercise, leaving you without enough left in the tank to support your day-to-day bodily functions.
Planet Detroit • 11th September 2023 House bills aim to protect Michigan’s pollinators – Planet Detroit Two bills introduced in the Michigan House are intended to save pollinators—and, by extension, help protect Michigan’s crops and biodiversity.
Outside Online • 7th September 2023 Alison Mariella Désir Leads BIPOC-Only Running Retreat in Alaska Ever since she founded Harlem Run in 2013, Alison Mariella Désir has been building community in the world of running—and uplifting people who are underrepresented in it. In August, she led a running retreat exclusively for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in Alaska.
SeenTheMagazine.com • 22nd August 2023 What to Know About Medicinal Mushrooms and Psychedelics Last year, Hazel Park joined two other Michigan cities — Detroit and Ann Arbor — in decriminalizing psychedelic plants and fungi, including psilocybin mushrooms. Interest in using these psychedelics to treat depression and other conditions is growing.
HuffPost UK • 4th August 2023 How Mattel Tried to Silence Me And Other Young Women Writing About Body Image When I was a year out of college, in 1998, the book “Adiós, Barbie” was published, and it contained an essay I wrote. The book is an anthology of young women’s perspectives on body image and identity.
LIVESTRONG.COM • 29th July 2023 Diabetes Is More Common in Native American People. These Community Efforts Are Starting to Change That | Livestrong.com Type 2 diabetes is the number one reason Amy DeLong, MD, MPH, sees patients at the Ho-Chunk Nation House of Wellness Clinic in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Second Wave Michigan • 6th July 2023 Coalition builds plan for unarmed public safety response in Ann Arbor It’s important to do this unarmed response work, at the core, because everyone deserves someone to be able to call for help—to be able to solve problems.
Starting Line 1928 • 22nd June 2023 Sika Henry — Starting Line 1928 Sika Henry has made a name for herself in triathlon and in running. She became the first African American woman to qualify for her pro card in triathlon in 2021, and in 2022, she broke the Virginia State 100K Road Record.
