School for Environment and Sustainability

  1. April 16, 2025

    Catalyst grants fuel groundbreaking sustainability projects

    Five research projects tackling key sustainability issues have received funding through the Sustainability Catalyst Grant program, administered by the Graham Sustainability Institute.

  2. March 17, 2025

    U-M Wallenberg Fellow aims to improve climate disaster responses

    The 2025 Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship at U-M winner is Stephanie Smith, who is completing her senior year at LSA and finishing the first year of an accelerated master’s program at SEAS.

  3. January 20, 2025

    Inaugural summit to advance sustainability in research labs

    In an ongoing effort to integrate sustainability into its extensive laboratory research activities, U-M will host an inaugural Sustainable Lab Summit on Feb. 4. It is open to all U-M community members.

  4. December 12, 2024

    U-M, Mellon Foundation announce Environmental Justice + Humanities Hub

    The Mellon Foundation has awarded nearly $4 million in a first-of-its kind grant to create the Environmental Justice + Humanities Hub at U-M, bolstering the university’s work in environmental justice.

  5. December 9, 2024

    Arts Initiative grants to foster creativity and collaboration

    The Arts Initiative has announced its Arts Initiative Project Support grants for fall 2024, funding six innovative projects across the university.

  6. November 11, 2024

    Michigan Sustainability Community offers living‑learning experience

    The Sustainable Living Experience pilot program, which introduces programming and learning opportunities during the first year of college, will become the Michigan Sustainability Community.

  7. October 30, 2024

    Fall colors peak as researchers study forest ecosystems

    From a historic, 20-year soil harvest to the start of a tracer study targeting nitrogen uptake by trees in the winter, fall research activity at the U-M Biological Station is robust.

  8. October 29, 2024

    Research aims to solve ‘wicked problem’ in Lake Erie

    A U-M researcher and colleagues linked forward-looking climate projections and nearly a century of fishery data with a mathematical model of Lake Erie’s nutrient load and a water quality indicator.

  9. October 28, 2024

    Symposium to help U-M community focus on nature for well-being

    Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the Nature for Wellness Symposium on Nov. 7-8 to learn more about the role of nature practices for holistic wellness.

  10. October 14, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — A forest of knowledge

    Following a period in which Michigan’s logging industry cleared acres upon acres of densely packed forests, U-M became the first university in the nation to offer courses in forestry in 1881.