Tom Lyon, Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Professor of Environment and Sustainability

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Tom Lyon, professor of business economics and public policy and of environment and sustainability, was in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss climate change. He spoke before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about ways he believes infrastructure improvement, as well as the free market, can help lessen the impacts of climate change.

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With opioid-related deaths increasing most years since 1999, Michigan’s three research universities [Michigan State University, University of Michigan and Wayne State University] and Spectrum Health said Friday [February, 22nd] they were starting a project to train more physicians to become addiction medicine specialists.

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A growing partnership on economic mobility with the city of Detroit, a new collaboration with Harvard University, community voices, policy impact and student engagement are among the highlights in the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions impact report released today.

Detroit Mayor, Mike Duggan

The report includes efforts at Poverty Solutions that have led to concrete policy changes based on data and evidence, including changes in the way that Detroit Community Schools collects data on homelessness and housing stability, and a partnership on the evaluation of a new policy in the city related to keeping renters in their homes.

“This fellowship program is helping us increase our ability to reach more residents in need of greater access to affordable housing, the internet and youth employment,” said Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. “We appreciate this collaboration with the University of Michigan and the work it is doing to expand economic opportunity to all Detroiters.”