Regional
Jun 30, 2025
The Great Lakes are more than just beautiful landscapes—they’re a way of life in Michigan and our source for drinking water. Scientists and researchers from the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research and Michigan Sea Grant at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability conduct vital work year-round to understand, protect and restore the lakes that define our state. Here are five important ways Great Lakes research benefits Michiganders.
Global
Jun 11, 2025
Green hydrogen has the potential to serve as a clean and economical carrier of energy, which is why there have been significant investments in research and development globally in recent years. Greg Keoleian, co-director of MI Hydrogen and professor at SEAS, led a master’s capstone project that identified the best power sector pathways and applications of green hydrogen in India, where the National Green Hydrogen Mission aims to position the country as a leader in green hydrogen.
May 30, 2025
National
Jun 5, 2025
Around one-third of California’s wildland firefighters are incarcerated people, yet many struggle to maintain their careers in forest firefighting upon their release. One SEAS master's capstone project team worked with the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program (FFRP) to provide resources that could be used to grow impact and boost career support to formerly incarcerated firefighters and currently incarcerated participants of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Conservation Camps program. As a result, FFRP now has a good understanding of its impacts and a methodology to replicate in future impact assessments.
SEAS Perspectives
May 29, 2025
In a new blog post, SEAS master's student Sarah Meadows, who is specializing in Environmental Policy and Planning, says that, although new research shows that the Eastern Antarctic Ice Sheet has grown for the first time in nearly two decades, it is important to ensure that this growth is not just a fluke, and can continue and spread throughout the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet while encouraging further progress and stopping ice melt.
Faculty in the Media
July 1, 2025
Alumni in the News
May 7, 2025
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.
