Two University of Michigan Engineering professors have developed a robotic food delivery service that transports food from local restaurants to customers’ homes.
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Journalist and author Anand Giridharadas explained corporations can contribute to inequality while making misleading claims about philanthropy during a discussion Tuesday at the Ross School of Business.
In anticipation of the Michigan-Notre Dame football game last weekend, Airbnb welcomed 2,390 guests to Ann Arbor from Oct. 25 to 27, marking the largest influx of guests in Ann Arbor’s Airbnb history.
A group of seven students and community members gathered silently outside of McDonald’s on Plymouth Rd. Tuesday in protest against the fast-food chain’s history of cruelty to chickens.
Local bakery Milk + Honey held an opening for its pop-up at Bløm Meadworks, an Ann Arbor cidery and meadery on S. Fourth Ave., after a month-long soft opening.
Downtown Ann Arbor gained a new coffee shop when BeanBerry Cafe opened on October 15. BeanBerry is operated by two brothers, Wes and Issa Baiz, and offers a variety of coffees and teas, including bubble tea and bubble waffles.
Around 100 people attended the grand opening ceremony of the Seven10 East Cafe at the Ross School of Business on Oct. 21.
Ann Arbor’s frequent sporting, academic and cultural events draw in large numbers of tourists, creating an expansive market for short-term rentals through platforms like Airbnb and VRBO.
The renovated Michigan Union will feature a Panera Bread and a Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, among other options, when it reopens in January.
Instead of seeing the Goodyear blimp from 1,500 feet below on game day, people now have a chance to spend a night in the aircraft.