Regional
Dec 5, 2023
Associate Professor Tony Reames will be returning to SEAS from his leave of absence at the Department of Energy (DOE), where he served as the Principal Deputy Director for State and Community Energy Programs and the DOE’s Deputy Director for Energy Justice. Reames will become the Tishman Professor of Environmental Justice and serve as the new Director of the SEAS Detroit Sustainability Clinic, effective January 2024. In terms of teaching, advising, and student mentoring, Reames will be on sabbatical through September 2024 and will resume these activities in Fall 2024.
Dec 4, 2023
Global
Dec 6, 2023
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have gathered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the two-week COP28 conference in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst ravages of climate change. University of Michigan experts, including those from SEAS, are available to comment.
National
Nov 28, 2023
This summer’s Chesapeake Bay “dead zone” was the smallest it’s been since monitoring began in 1985, according to data released by the Chesapeake Bay Program’s monitoring partners. In June, a research team that includes SEAS aquatic ecologist Don Scavia forecast that the 2023 Chesapeake Bay dead zone would be 33% smaller than the long-term average between 1985 and 2022, which would make it the smallest on record.
SEAS Perspectives
Dec 6, 2023
Looking for a good read to close out 2023? Or a handful to add to your list for 2024? You’re in luck! Here’s a list of the books we’ve been reading this year at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS).
Faculty in the Media
November 30, 2023
Alumni in the News
Oct 3, 2023
Adam Molnar, a PitE graduate, and Ramses Alcaide, who received a doctorate in neuroscience at U-M, co-founded Neurable. The start-up aims to make neurotechnology accessible to everyone by producing wearable devices that record brain activity and allow users to control technology and the world around them.
