The SEAS and PitE community celebrated Commencement on May 1 at the Crisler Center. Commencement keynote speaker Tony Reames, an associate professor at SEAS, encouraged the graduating Class of 2024 to be intentional about sustainability, environmental justice and climate action, calling it a moral imperative.
Climate expert and SEAS Dean Jonathan Overpeck joined the Michigan Minds podcast to discuss recent trends in climate news—both good and bad—and what people can do to stay resilient.
“Business schools are waking up to the issue of climate change,” says Andy Hoffman, whose new book, Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market, addresses why business schools have a responsibility to adjust how and what they teach to address the needs of society and the environment today. Hoffman, a professor who holds a joint appointment with the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) and Ross School of Business, argues that business schools should help define how future business leaders can become stewards of the market.
Earth Month gives us a great opportunity to pause and consider some of the little things we can do daily to continue to move toward a healthy future and planet. Here are six tips you can start using today from SEAS.
SEAS graduate Natalie Sampson was named a 2025 Distinguished Professor of the Year at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. In this profile, Sampson, an associate professor of public health, talks about her sometimes uncomfortable relationship with academia, the politics of community-centered research and the challenge of getting today’s students to talk in class.