University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

News & Highlights

Apr 05,2018

Joe Arvai is suing Scott Pruitt’s broken EPA - here’s how to fix it

Left: The Michigan Daily news clipping dated November 22, 1988 (courtesy of the UM Bentley Archives) Right: The Michigan Sustainability Cases Gala website

Mar 30,2018

Dioxane Plume Pollution Then and Now

A University of Michigan and Tulane University study showed that the 20 percent of U.S. diets with the highest carbon footprint accounted for 46 percent of total diet-related greenhouse gas emissions. Image credit: Martin Heller

Mar 20,2018

20 percent of Americans responsible for almost half of US food-related greenhouse gas emissions

Mateo Verdugo- whom coincidentally lives in the small hamlet of “Azteca” on the slopes of the Tacaná Volcano- enjoys playing Azteca Chess

Mar 07,2018

Ecology and Society Journal's Best Paper of 2017 awarded to Perfecto and Vandermeer for Azteca Chess

Mar 02,2018

Prof. Nassauer's work featured on PBS SciTech Now

Group photo from Career Trek 2017 in Washington, DC

Feb 26,2018

Career Trek 2017 proved "well-worth the trek" for SEAS students

Feb 15,2018

SEAS researchers find autonomous vehicles more efficient than conventional over the life cycle

Feb 13,2018

Professor Bierbaum urges top investors to take action on climate change

Feb 03,2018

Announcing the appointment of Dr. Shelie Miller as director of the Joint Program in the Environment (JPitE)

Feb 02,2018

Dr. Dorceta Taylor awarded the 2018 Rachel Carson Award by National Audubon

From left to right: Bhuvan Neema, Michelle Davis, Krisztina Pjeczka, Josh Constanti, Kayla Kutter, Jaydeep Laljani, Taylor Price and Nitish Garg.

Jan 30,2018

In partnership with Net Impact, OneEnergy Renewables and 3Degrees are thrilled to announce the 2018 class of Energy Scholars

Jan 26,2018

Diversity in Environmental Organizations: Reporting and Transparency

Jan 17,2018

Michigan's sugar maples will struggle in a warmer, drier future despite help from nitrogen pollution

Jan 10,2018

Professor Rosina Bierbaum elected to the Board of Directors of the AAAS

NASA - acquired December 26, 2017 - January 2, 2018

Jan 04,2018

It's cold outside, but that doesn't mean climate change isn't real

Dec 22,2017

Professor Arvai sues EPA over move to overhaul advisory boards

President Donald Trump, photo by AP Susan Walsh

Dec 19,2017

Under Trump, climate change not a national security threat

Dec 12,2017

SEAS DEI team wins 2017 Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award

Dec 06,2017

SEAS faculty co-develop high-resolution spatial emission database for China

Nov 16,2017

Replace or wait? Study says swap all incandescent bulbs now, but hold on to CFLs

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Upcoming SEAS Events

April 28, 2018

SEAS Spring Commencement

Event Date: Saturday, April 28, 2018, 1:00 pm SEAS and PitE graduates from December 2017, Winter...

May 10, 2018

Bay Area Alumni Reception with the Dean

Dean Jonathan T. Overpeck, a world-renowned climate scientist who prefers to be called "Peck," is...

June 6, 2018

Minneapolis Alumni Happy Hour

SEAS is coming to Minneapolis! You're invited to join us for a casual happy hour with fellow alumni...

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