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.

SEAS events may be postponed, cancelled or moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Please check back regularly for updates to the events page.

Upcoming SEAS Events

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SEAS Campfire 2022

Saginaw Forest
| Friday October 7, 2022 | 5:00 pm

Alumni, students, faculty, staff, family and friends of SEAS are invited to join us for the 116th Annual SEAS Campfire. Complete with the traditional log sawing competition, wader races, food, additional games, and, of course, campfire. Don't miss out on this SEAS tradition! Parking: No parking is...
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Two New Exhibitions Kicking off UMMA's summer in style - Watershed

UMMA
| Friday June 10, 2022 | 7:30 am

This exhibition of Great Lakes-related art features fifteen contemporary artists, including six works commissioned just for UMMA. The exhibition immerses visitors in the interconnected histories of the Great Lakes region and all its people. From the residents of Flint calling for clean drinking...

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Environmental and Climate Justice Conference

| Thursday September 29, 2022 | 9:00 am

Environmental and Climate Justice Conference Protecting Vulnerable Communities Through Law and Social Change The University of Michigan Law School September 29-30, 2022

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Finding the Light to Reconnect with Nature

Nichols Arboretum
| Friday October 14, 2022 | 12:00 pm

How different would your day be if it started out with nature? In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we’re collaborating with Reclama, spiritual hikes, and journaling for the BIPOC community, to help us do just that. The event is on October 14, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm. You’ll learn about how nature...

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SEAS Fall Visit Day for Prospective Students

SEAS Dana Building
440 Church St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
| Friday October 21, 2022 | 11:30 am

We’d like to personally invite you to the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) Fall Visit Day that will take place in Ann Arbor on Friday, October 21. You’ll have the opportunity to meet with leading sustainability scholars and get advice from graduate students...

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2022 Winter Solstice

Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom
| Friday December 9, 2022 | 4:00 pm

Please join us for the SEAS Winter Solstice Party! The annual celebratory Winter Solstice celebration brings students, faculty, and staff together for a musical performance by The Ecotones, delicious food, and a gingerbread sustainable landscape competition.

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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. The event is structured...

Virtual GCF

Virtual Green Career Fair

| 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. The event is structured...