Year after year, the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) is pleased to offer our community and the public an impressive lineup of the leaders and best in environment and sustainability. Students, faculty, and interested partners get to hear from and interact with household names and rising stars who will usher in the next wave of brilliant innovations in sustainability.

Some of our greatest past visiting luminaries include His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, former UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, writer/activist Bill McKibben, and award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and adventurer Jimmy Chin. View the photo gallery for pictures from these special events.

Upcoming SEAS Events

Just about every day (and sometimes several times a day) there are exciting, insightful, and important events at SEAS and across the U-M campus. Take advantage of these extensive (and usually free) opportunities to explore your options, expand your horizons, network, and learn about other disciplines.

Upcoming SEAS Events

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21st Wege Lecture on Sustainability: Featuring Mary Robinson

21st Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability: Mary Robinson

Rackham Auditorium
915 E. Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
| Monday March 13, 2023 | 6:00 pm
21st Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability: Mary Robinson Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience & the Fight for a Sustainable Future First woman President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Introduction and Q&A by U-M Provost Laurie McCauley Join Robinson as she shares her...
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Latinx Research Week: Call for submissions (due 2/3/23)

| Wednesday December 14, 2022 | 10:00 am

Puentes, the Latinx graduate student organization on campus, is hosting the second annual Latinx Research Week (LRW) in March 2023. LRW is a conference that celebrates the scholarship of Latinx students, researchers, and faculty at U-M, and uplifts research relevant to Latinx communities. LRW...

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On-Campus Green Career Fair

Michigan League
911 N. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
| Friday February 3, 2023 | 1:00 pm

The School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) builds on more than a century of leadership in environmental science, management, policy, and design at the University of Michigan. SEAS programs train leaders to tackle the unprecedented challenges of the modern era. For more information...

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Martha Schwartz: Climate Change and the Importance of the Urban Landscape

Michigan Theater, 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
| Thursday February 9, 2023 | 5:30 pm
As Founding Partner of Martha Schwartz Partners, Landscape Architects, Martha Schwartz is a world-renowned designer. She has over 40 years of experience designing and implementing large scale masterplans, mixed-use developments, urban regeneration projects, as well as civic plazas, parks...
Housing and Transportation: What’s the Climate Connection?

Housing and Transportation: What’s the Climate Connection?

Downtown Ann Arbor District Library & Zoom
| Wednesday February 22, 2023 | 6:00 pm

A panel discussion on the climate impact of housing & transportation, and how to design low carbon, highly livable cities. By Citizens’ Climate Lobby & City of Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability and Innovation Housing and transportation together account for 42% of our carbon emissions. To minimize...

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Virtual Green Career Fair

Virtual
| Friday March 10, 2023 | 1:00 pm

The School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) builds on more than a century of leadership in environmental science, management, policy, and design at the University of Michigan. SEAS programs train leaders to tackle the unprecedented challenges of the modern era. For more information...

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Capstone Conference 2023

Dana Building (1st Floor Dana Commons)
| Thursday April 13, 2023 | 9:00 am

The Capstone Conference is a celebration of graduate student research at SEAS that incorporates thesis, practicum and master's project student presentations. Concurrent presentations are organized into themed sessions that will take place in classrooms surrounding the 1st Floor Dana Commons. The...

SEAS/PitE Spring 2023 Commencement

Rackham Auditorium
| Saturday April 29, 2023 | 1:00 pm

SEAS/PitE will be celebrating the graduating class of 2023 on Saturday, April 29 at Rackham Auditorium. More details to come. *Please be advised that ticketing will be required this year*