A2: Homeless

Detroit News art critic (and Ann Arbor resident) Michael Hodges reports on UM graduate Stephen Mills’ senior design project: A “shelter on wheels for homeless people” called the Homeless Utility Vehicle, or HUV. Here’s what Deb Pippins, a local social worker, says about it: “The HUV may be a Band-Aid on a broken social-service system, but it’s a useful Band-Aid and could save people’s lives in the middle of winter.” [Source]