Sustainability

  1. December 9, 2024

    University to begin installing solar power sites on campus

    New solar installations across U-M’s Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses will have a total capacity of 25 megawatts of renewable electricity after a three-year installation process is complete.

  2. December 4, 2024

    Teams aim to protect frogs, bats, bees in innovative ways

    Thanks in part to LSA’s Meet the Moment Research Initiative grants, two research teams are working toward a better future for humans and Earth’s critters alike.

  3. 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.

  4. November 6, 2024

    Small modular nuclear reactors can aid energy, emission goals

    New research from U-M shows that small modular nuclear reactors are economically viable and poised to start living up to their potential to help meet emissions goals while satisfying growing energy demands.

  5. 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.

  6. October 24, 2024

    U-M publishes third annual climate and sustainability report

    U-M furthered its commitment to climate action during fiscal year 2024, through efforts to support carbon neutrality and a shared culture of sustainability, according to an annual report on sustainability and climate action.

  7. October 22, 2024

    Library offering free access to ebook edition of ‘Not Too Late’

    The U-M Library is offering free access to the audiobook and ebook editions of “Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility” to everyone in the state of Michigan through Dec. 13.

  8. 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.

  9. October 11, 2024

    LSA to host summit focusing on DEI and sustainability

    The LSA DEI Office and LSA Sustainability will host the DEI x Sustainability Summit: For People + Planet from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct.16 at the Michigan Union.

  10. October 8, 2024

    University launches new surveys of sustainability indicators

    U-M has launched its latest Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program surveys, which aim to assess sustainability knowledge, behaviors and attitudes among students, faculty and staff.