The University of Michigan 
has accepted an invitation 
to collaborate with the city 
of Detroit in building the 
Detroit Center for Innovation, 
it 
announced 
Wednesday 
morning. The $300 million 
research and education center 
will provide new programs 
and courses of study for both 
undergraduate and graduate 
students. 

University President Mark 
Schlissel explained in an email 
statement the location of the 
Center is key to furthering the 
University’s goal of fostering 
a collaborative relationship 
with 
Detroit. 
Additionally, 
he 
cited 
the 
University’s 
potential role as a “pipeline” 
to funnel innovation into the 
city to sustain it for years to 
come. 
“The center will help make 
our work in Detroit even more 
comprehensive, 
aligned 
to 
our mission, and responsive 

to 
local 
needs,” 
Schlissel 
wrote. “The Detroit Center 
for Innovation will further 
the economic development 
of the city and region. U-M’s 
role as the center’s anchor is 
to provide a pipeline of talent 
and platform for research 
collaboration to help grow 
and 
attract 
businesses 
and 
entrepreneurs, 
while 
positioning 
the 
future 
workforce for success in a 
dynamic 
and 
diversified 
economy.”
The new center will be 

situated 
on 
a 
failed 
jail 
site located on on Gratiot. 
The 
construction 
of 
the 
penitentiary was halted in 
June 2013 when the building 
process pushed the budget $91 
million over the $300-million 
budget. 
Since 2013, the half-built 
jail has remained abandoned 
on the lot.
The site will be anchored 
by 
a 
190,000 
square 
foot 
research and education center. 

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Michigan Men, a University 
of Michigan program designed 
to promote open conversations 
around 
masculine 
identity, 
is preparing to welcome its 
second cohort of students to a 
seven session series exploring 
definitions of manhood. The 
initiative was founded two 
years ago as a collaboration 

between the Sexual Assault 
Prevention 
and 
Awareness 
Center, the Office of Student 
Conflict 
Resolution 
and 
Fraternity and Sorority Life. 
OSCR Case Manager Jim 
McEvilly launched the program 
after being made aware of 
general 
interest, 
especially 
from the U-M Interfraternity 
Council, in masculinity work. 
McEvilly, who is also a clinical 
social worker, said he’s always 

been interested in masculine 
gender 
socialization 
and 
its real-world impact, so he 
began 
brainstorming 
with 
individuals within Greek life 
organizations. 
“Any 
time 
you’re 
doing 
community work, you never 
want to go to a community and 
say, ‘Hey, this is what we think 
you need, so we’re going to 
do this,’” McEvilly said. “You 
always have to partner with the 

community.”
Michigan Men is loosely 
based on a similar program at 
Northwestern University, but 
McEvilly said it’s been adjusted 
to the specific needs of U-M 
students. Within the last year, 
Michigan Men began offering 
sessions to organizations such 
as fraternities who express 
interest 
in 
talking 
about 
masculinity. 
The Center of the City Task 
Force 
met 
on 
Wednesday 
afternoon 
to 
discuss 
its 
upcoming open house, online 
engagement 
and 
possible 
installation of the DecaDome. 
The 
Task 
Force 
gathered 
at Larcom City Hall for its 
seventh meeting, a 10-person 
municipal committee created 
after local voters approved 
Proposal A to designate the 
library 
lot 
between 
Fifth 
Avenue and Division Street 
for plans to become a park and 
civic center commons.
After 
public 
comments, 
group member Norm Tyler 
presented the work of the 
Neighbors subgroup, which 
has 
evaluated 
comments 
from 
community 
sources 
by 
meetings, 
letters 
and 
email. One recommendation 
included 
having 
business 
owners and residents learn 
about 
the 
history 
of 
the 
block and evaluate favorable 
urban 
spaces, 
based 
on 
prepared photos, to envision 
possibilities for the library 
block. They evaluated the 
efficacy of this exercise in 
preparation 
for 
the 
open 
house. 

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Town hall for 
2020 debate 
calls for student 
involvement 
 
CSG hosts conversation encouraging 
community participation in event 

About 
200 
students 
and 
community 
members 
attended the 13th annual 
Susan B. Meister lecture in 
the 
Biomedical 
Research 
Science Building Wednesday 
with keynote speaker, Robert 
Gordon, the director of the 
Michigan 
Department 
of 
Health and Human Services. 
The event was hosted by 
the Susan B. Meister Child 
Health 
Evaluation 
and 
Research 
Center 
at 
the 
University of Michigan and 
discussed 
the 
prevalence 
of food insecurity in the 
country and its effect on 
children. 
Gordon has a range of 
previous work experiences, 
including working with the 
White House to establish 
Americorps, 
clerking 
for 
Supreme Court Justice Ruth 
Bader Ginsberg and serving 
in 
the 
U.S. 
Department 
of 
Education. 
The 
event 
also featured Public Policy 
professor Natasha Pilkauskas 
and Kelly Orringer, director 
of the division of general 
pediatrics at Mott Children’s 
Hospital. 

Lecture 
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insecurity, 
healthcare 

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About 50 people attended 
the second Central Student 
Government-hosted 
town 
hall to discuss preparations 
for 
the 
upcoming 
Presidential Debate next 
fall. The event consisted of 
student engagement-related 
activities where students 
could ask questions and 
discuss various aspects of 
preparations, as well as find 
out how to get involved in 
the event planning.
According to Catherine 
Carver, 
co-lead 
of 
the 
2020 Presidential Debate 
Initiative and the Events 
and Outreach Manager for 
Ford School of Public Policy, 
the variety of opportunities 
needed 
to 
prepare 
for 
the 
debate 
allow 
for 
engagement opportunities 
for 
students 
with 
a 
multitude of interests. 
“I think that part of 
the 
excitement 
for 
this 

is 
that 
there’s 
going 
to be such a myriad of 
volunteer 
opportunities, 
and 
helping 
students 
think outside of that very 
direct, sort of (idea) that 
your 
major 
equals 
your 
career,” Carver said. “So I 
think that it really allows 
for 
this 
extraordinary 
opportunity to engage in 
ways that students haven’t 
anticipated.”
 Carver said the debate 
preparation extends beyond 
the event itself.
“Many students, when 
they 
think 
about 
the 
debate, they think about 
that 
90-minute 
moment 
when the debate is being 
televised, right at 9 p.m. 
on 
October 
15, 
2020,” 
Carver said. “But in fact, 
one of the beauties of this 
particular opportunity is 
the ability to understand 
all of the different aspects 
that go into implementing 
something of this nature.”

University to break ground on 
$300 million center in Detroit
‘U’ accepts invitation to collaborate on opening innovation hub 

See TASK FORCE, Page 3A

ATTICUS RAASCH
Daily Staff Reporter 

ALICE TRACEY
Daily Staff Reporter

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See DEBATE, Page 3A 

Meister Child Health 
and Research Center 
hosts specialists for 13th 
Susan B. Meister series 

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Center of the City also 
spoke about online 
engagement, possible 
addition of DecaDome

KATHERINA SOURINE 
Daily Staff Reporter

See MEN , Page 3A

See FOOD, Page 3A

MADELINE MCLAUGHLIN
Daily Staff Reporter 

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Thursday, October 3, 2019

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