The Dow Sustainability Fellows program, which is administered by the Graham Sustainability Institute, will award over $800,000 in student funding this year. The 2025 funding will support 32 outstanding graduate students from 12 University of Michigan schools and colleges, including the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), with the goal of fostering sustainability leadership and interdisciplinary collaboration. 

Each 2025 fellow will receive a $25,000 stipend along with supplementary project funding, professional development opportunities, and hands-on experience collaborating with external organizational partners.

Shelie Miller, the Jonathan W. Bulkley Collegiate Professor of Sustainable Systems and co-director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at SEAS, is the director of the Dow Fellows Program.

Congratulations to the following SEAS students, some of whom are dual-degree students, who are 2025 Dow Fellows:

• Sarah Backstrand (SEAS)
• Cale Colony (Robotics + SEAS)
• Jamie Connor (SEAS)
• Magdalia Campobasso (SEAS + Mechanical Engineering)
• Saj McBurrows (SEAS + Urban and Regional Planning)
• Craig Reiley (Business + SEAS)
• Alexander Kutsupis (Information + SEAS)
• Elisa Wang (Public Policy + SEAS)
• Taylor Juleen (SEAS)

 Read the full story on the Graham Sustainability Fellows website.