Regional

Ten GLISA awardees receive small grants for equitable climate adaptation initiatives
Mar 21, 2024
Ten organizations whose projects focus on advancing equitable climate adaptation efforts have been awarded funding from the GLISA Small Grants Program.

Global

Master's project focuses on closing knowledge gaps in water resource management, climate adaptation efforts
Mar 14, 2024
SEAS students Maxwell Tanner (MS’24), Alifaire Noreen (MS’24), Lis Huang (MS’24), and Daniel Patmon (MS’24), along with their advisor, SEAS Lecturer Avik Basu, are collaborating with UNFCCC’s LAKI on a capstone project that aims to close priority knowledge gaps in the optimization of water resource management and climate change adaptation in water-scare nations.

National

Vehicle tailpipes emitting exhaust.
Mar 20, 2024
The Biden Administration has issued new limits on vehicle emissions designed to speed the adoption of electric vehicles. U-M experts, including Liesl Eichler Clark and Gregory Keoleian from SEAS, are available to discuss the significance of the new guidelines.

SEAS Perspectives

Chemical recycling: A ‘circular’ plastics solution or a ploy to keep us addicted to single-use plastics?
Feb 29, 2024
In 2022, the state legislature in Lansing passed a series of waste-related tie-barred house bills, which were updates to Part 115. Part 115 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act focuses on solid waste management. SEAS master's student Katelyn Heflin looked into those updates and the broader trend of the growth of a controversial technology called “chemical recycling.”

Alumni in the News

Laura Rubin
Mar 21, 2024
SEAS grad Laura Rubin (MS/MBA ’95) has been a pioneer in Great Lakes management and protection throughout her 30 years of work experience.