sustainability

  1. November 17, 2022

    New practices align U-M finances with institutional values

    U-M will invest $300 million of its short-term working capital in companies with strong environmental, social and governance practices, and work closely with community banks.

  2. November 16, 2022

    Survey looks at faculty, staff, student sustainability behaviors

    The most recent survey from the Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program says students, faculty and staff at the Ann Arbor campus are doing more to alter their behaviors in environmentally positive ways.

  3. October 17, 2022

    Innovation fund expands to faculty, staff projects

    The Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund, which supports universitywide carbon neutrality and climate action, is expanding to include faculty and staff projects.

  4. August 29, 2022

    A semester filled with change begins at U-M

    Faculty and staff will encounter plenty of change as they gather on campus to teach, lead and counsel during the 2022-23 academic year.

  5. April 25, 2022

    Sustainably made honors cords adorn 281 grads this school year

    In support of ongoing sustainability efforts across U-M, the Excellence in Sustainability Honors Cord Program this year is offering special graduation cords for those who have excelled in areas of sustainability.

  6. September 8, 2020

    Virtual Earthfest 2020 to celebrate sustainability at U-M

    The week of Sept. 14-18 marks the 25th anniversary of Earthfest, U-M’s annual fall event celebrating sustainability initiatives across U-M that this year will encompass a series of virtual events and activities.

  7. April 30, 2019

    Two U-M professors elected to National Academy of Sciences

    Karen E. Smith and Rosina Bierbaum have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest distinctions for a scientist or engineer in the United States.

  8. August 7, 2018

    Environmental policy expert to lead Graham Sustainability Institute

    Jennifer Haverkamp, an expert on climate change, international trade, and global environmental policy and negotiations, will become director of the Graham Sustainability Institute Oct. 1.

  9. October 5, 2016

    President Schlissel lays out initiatives for U-M to tackle societal problems

    President Mark Schlissel used his annual Leadership Breakfast to outline U-M initiatives that target societal issues ranging from poverty to academic innovation, and from sustainability to diversity.

  10. October 15, 2013

    ‘Open innovation’ battery lab established at U-M with Ford, MEDC

    A unique $8 million battery lab at the University of Michigan will enable industry and university researchers to collaborate on developing cheaper and longer lasting energy-storage devices in the heart of the U.S. auto industry.