Sustainability

  1. April 22, 2025

    Historic Tappan Oak sapling planted to mark Earth Day at U-M

    On Earth Day, April 22, a sapling grown from the historic Tappan Oak was planted near the Alumni Association’s Alumni Center on Central Campus.

  2. April 21, 2025

    U-M’s Climate Week 2025 aims to boost climate engagement

    As U-M continues its tradition of celebrating Earth Day, the first of which was held more than 30 years ago, planning is underway for an expanded Climate Week gathering in the fall.

  3. 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.

  4. March 19, 2025

    Want to preserve biodiversity? Go big, U-M researchers say

    Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to U-M research.

  5. March 19, 2025

    U-M study finds time does not drive forest carbon storage

    It is commonly assumed that as forest ecosystems age, they accumulate and store more carbon, but a new study based at the U-M Biological Station found it’s more nuanced than that.

  6. 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.

  7. February 27, 2025

    Use of greener anesthesia protects patients, environment

    A Michigan Medicine study reveals that the use of less polluting inhaled anesthetic agents reduced harmful health care-related carbon emissions by 50% in one year without impacting patient safety or outcomes.

  8. February 20, 2025

    Board approves project to expand EV battery research

    U-M will move forward with plans to construct a new electric vehicle battery laboratory, broadening research and hands-on education in next-generation battery technologies on the Ann Arbor campus.

  9. February 17, 2025

    UM-Dearborn’s student-led garden grows food, community

    The UM-Dearborn Community Garden cultivates food sustainability skills, brings people together and stocks the UM-Dearborn Student Food Pantry with fresh produce.

  10. February 6, 2025

    Nonprofit includes scientists, moms who study climate change

    Science Moms is a group of scientists who are mothers who study climate change. The group hopes to connect with other moms to make climate change a normal topic of conversation.