Regional

Community-focused engagement approach to strengthen flood resilience across Great Lakes, South Central regions
Dec 16, 2024
A new $500,000 project will partner with coastal communities in the Great Lakes and South Central regions to assess flood risks and vulnerabilities and encourage more equitable and inclusive stormwater planning. The project aims to integrate the voices of historically marginalized populations directly into stormwater vulnerability assessments. The project is being led by NOAA’s Great Lakes CAP Team (GLISA) at SEAS.

Global

U-M students standing in front of the COP29 sign in Baku, Azerbaijan
Dec 17, 2024
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held its 29th Conference of Parties, or COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 11-22, 2024. SEAS sent one student delegate, Emily Stuller, to attend the international conference. Stuller, who is specializing in Sustainable Systems, says she left feeling energized and inspired by the powerful, impactful initiatives being driven forward by the participants who are passionate about creating a greener world.

National

Meha Jain giving a lecture.
Dec 17, 2024
SEAS Associate Professor Meha Jain is the recipient of the S&R Evermay’s Kuno Award for the Social Good, a biennial award of $100,000 designed specifically to support female-identifying social innovators using scientific research and principles to address modern-day problems.

SEAS Perspectives

How food labeling can bolster the role of agriculture in addressing the climate crisis
Dec 6, 2024
A new blog post co-authored by current SEAS student Emily Stuller and SEAS graduate Caleb Milliken (MS ’22) discusses climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and how CSA labeling and certification programs can alert consumers that food is produced in a climate-smart way.

Alumni in the News

Amy Emmert: Leading environmental education at Belle Isle in Detroit
Dec 19, 2024
SEAS alumna Amy Emmert (MS/MSEd ‘03), who specialized in Behavior, Education and Communication, is the director of education at the Belle Isle Conservancy in Detroit.

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