Year upon year, 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 UNFCCC 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 are subject to be postponed, cancelled or moved online due to Covid-19 pandemic. Please check back regularly for updates to the event page.

Upcoming SEAS Events

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20th Peter M. Wege Lecture Featuring: Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

20th Peter M. Wege Lecture: Expanding the Base for Climate Action and Social Justice

Virtual
| Wednesday February 23, 2022 | 12:00 pm

Join us for an engaging conversation about climate action and social justice with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. A marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native, Johnson is the co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for coastal cities, as well as co-creator of the Spotify/Gimlet...
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Environmentally Speaking @ Janice Charach Galley

Janice Charach Gallery - 6600 WEST MAPLE ROADWEST BLOOMFIELD, MI, 48322
| Sunday January 16, 2022 | 3:00 pm

Environmentally Speaking January 16 – March 3, 2022 Opening Reception: Sunday, January 16, 3 - 6pm In collaboration, multi-disciplinary Michigan artists and independent curators, Laura Earle, Leslie Sobel and Olivia Guterson, are proud to present Environmentally Speaking. The exhibit offers...

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SDI Conference 2022

Virtual
| Monday January 24, 2022 | 9:00 am

As the global community continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, issues of sustainability and development remain as critical to wellbeing as ever. Indeed, the experience of the pandemic only brings home how progress on such sustainability and development goals as ecosystem conservation, greater...

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SEAS Green Career Fair

| Wednesday January 26, 2022 | 11:30 am

Registration is now OPEN for the annual SEAS Green Career Fair that will be held virtually on January 26! Please click this link to register. The School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) builds on more than a century of leadership in environmental science, management, policy and design at...

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Nature-Based Climate Solutions and Local Conservation Work

| Wednesday January 26, 2022 | 12:00 pm

The 2022 Stewardship Network Conference will be the 15th Anniversary of our annual event! To celebrate this milestone, keynote speakers from past years will join us for three dynamic days of presentations, workshops, panels, interviews, virtual field trips, and networking opportunities. Join these...

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MUSE CONFERENCE 2022

Michigan League
| Wednesday February 2, 2022 | 8:00 am

Virtual MUSE CONFERENCE 2022 The MUSE Organizing Committee* cordially invites our colleagues at the University of Michigan from Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses to participate in the 2022 Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference, February 2-4, 2022. We are...

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Distinguished University Professorship Lectures

Rackham Graduate School
| Thursday February 3, 2022 | 3:00 pm

The Distinguished University Professorships recognize senior faculty with exceptional scholarly and/or creative achievements, national and international reputations for academic excellence, and superior records of teaching, mentoring, and service. At this virtual event, three recipients will present...