Tour takes look at Detroit as leader in solving social ills with innovation

Marti Benedetti - There's a silver lining to Detroit's abundance of social problems: It's becoming a leader in social innovation. Its leadership role in helping solve difficult societal problems with grass-roots efforts led to it being chosen as one of four cities on the IIT Institute of Design Strategy World Tour, according to Patrick Whitney, dean of the Institute of Design-Illinois Institute of Technology, a professor and the Steelcase/Robert C. Pew Professor of Design. Some of the educators, students, alumni