University of Michigan-Dearborn

The University of Michigan-Dearborn emphasizes practice-based learning, small class sizes, engaged faculty, and a commitment to making a lasting impact in southeast Michigan, the nation and the world. Among the most diverse universities in Michigan, our more than 8,000 students represent 45 Michigan counties and nearly 90 birth countries. Hands-on learning is a hallmark of a UM-Dearborn education, and students work alongside faculty mentors who help drive more than $12 million in annual research activity. Founded in 1959 on more than 200 acres of the original Henry Ford Estate, UM-Dearborn was forged in a community of working people with the global economy in mind. Since then, the university has grown to encompass four colleges and over 100 degree programs and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional public universities in the Midwest.

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A Dearborn policeman knocked unconscious was the first casualty of the 1932 Ford Hunger March in Detroit and Dearborn. Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University/Detroit News Burckhardt.

Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit park honors labor and environmental history

On March 7, workers at the Ford Rouge River plant marched for better working conditions, sparking America’s labor movement. Almost a century later, a quiet park honors their memory.
The Fordson High School girls basketball team in Dearborn includes many players who wear the traditional hijab for modesty. Carlos Osorio/AP

A brief history of Dearborn, Michigan – the first Arab-American majority city in the US

The city often becomes a magnet for anti-Arab sentiment during election years and global conflicts; however, the more interesting story is what happens in the city when the spotlight is turned off.

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