Sustainability

  1. October 5, 2016

    Sustainability efforts progressing across the university

    From education and research to campus operations, U-M is taking great strides to create new opportunities to engage the community in sustainability.  

  2. 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.

  3. September 30, 2016

    Advisory committee named for sustainability school dean search

    Provost Martha Pollack has appointed an advisory committee to assist with the search for the inaugural dean of a new school of sustainability at U-M.

  4. September 9, 2016

    Campus prepares to party for the planet at EarthFest on Sept. 21

    The campus community will continue its annual tradition of partying for the planet at EarthFest, Sept. 21 on the Central Campus Diag. It will highlight U-M’s sustainability goals.

  5. September 8, 2016

    U-M leading $3M grant effort to turn urine into food crop fertilizer

    Converting human urine into a safe fertilizer for agricultural crops is the goal of a new $3 million National Science Foundation grant being led by U-M researchers.

  6. August 12, 2016

    Grant to help connect Matthaei Botanical Gardens with trail system

    A nearly $730,000 grant will help create a hiking and biking trail that connects Matthaei Botanical Gardens with the regional border-to-border trail and beyond.

  7. July 25, 2016

    U-M wins national award for campus sustainability excellence

    U-M is one of eight institutions to be recognized for advancing sustainability excellence with the Sustainability Award in Facilities Management by APPA: Leadership in Educational Facilities. 

  8. July 11, 2016

    U-M offers students sustainable living experience

    The University of Michigan will offer students a new living-learning community this fall focused on various aspects of sustainability, climate justice and environmental justice.

  9. July 11, 2016

    School of Nursing building earns LEED Gold Certification

    The new School of Nursing building at the University of Michigan has received LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

  10. July 7, 2016

    U-M researchers, partners predict smaller algal bloom for Lake Erie

    U-M researchers and their partners predict that western Lake Erie will experience a less severe harmful algal bloom in 2016 than last year’s record-setting event.