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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SEAS Campfire

Saginaw Forest
| Friday October 1, 2021 | 5:00 pm

Alumni, students, faculty, staff, family and friends of SEAS are invited to join us for the 115th 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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Earthfest 2021

On the Diag
| Thursday September 23, 2021 | 10:00 am

Earthfest celebrates sustainability initiatives across U-M and the surrounding communities, while providing an inclusive platform to educate and engage the campus community on opportunities to support sustainability and environmental justice on campus and in our daily lives. Come learn about...

EJ Lunch Series

Justice Agendas for Confronting Environmental Crisis

Virtual
| Thursday September 23, 2021 | 12:00 pm

Monica Lewis-Patrick President and CEO of We The People Detroit Monica Lewis-Patrick (aka The Water Warrior) is an educator, entrepreneur, and human rights activist/advocate. She has served as Director of Community Outreach & Engagement since 2009. She was unanimously elected by the Board to become...

SEAS Welcome

SEAS Fall Welcome

Grassy area near Weiser Hall
| Friday September 24, 2021 | 12:00 pm

All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend this community kick-off to the fall semester. Join the SEAS/PitE community and welcome both old and new faces to the start of the school year. Socialize, have fun and enjoy a boxed lunch. All are welcome!

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Harvest Festival

Matthaei Botanical Gardens / U-M Campus Farm
| Sunday September 26, 2021 | 1:00 pm

The University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program and the Campus Farm invite you to the 9th Annual Harvest Fest, on Sunday, Sept 26 from 1-4pm. This celebration of all things sustainable food at U-M is located at the UM Campus Farm and Matthaei Botanical Gardens (1800 N Dixboro Rd). Join us for...

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Jacqueline Patterson on environmental and climate justice

Virtual
| Monday September 27, 2021 | 4:00 pm

Jacqueline Patterson, Senior Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, and Kyle Whyte, Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan and affiliate of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, discuss environmental and climate justice...

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MIDAS Seminar Series & Statistics Co-Present: Jie Chen & Linwei Hu, Wells Fargo

Virtual
| Monday October 4, 2021 | 4:00 pm

Jie Chen (Managing Director in Corporate Model Risk, Wells Fargo) & Linwei Hu (Vice President in Advanced Technologies for Modeling, Wells Fargo) Title: Supervised Machine Learning: Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges in Banking with a Focus on Interpretability Supervised machine learning...

Taubman event

postcommodities... architecture after stuff

This mixed-modality 2-day symposium will be livestreamed.
| Friday October 8, 2021 | 6:00 pm

One person’s wishlist is already another person’s problem. Prime Day is cruel and you can’t afford the bag your culture is printed on. This persistent materialism is contributing to social inequity and climate crisis alike and from quarries to distribution centers to construction methods...