Regional
Sep 7, 2023
The Bold Challenges Initiative has selected eight interdisciplinary teams, including three whose members are from SEAS, from across the University of Michigan to participate in the first cycle of its newly launched Boost program.
Global
Jul 25, 2023
The extreme heat and weather that's plaguing much of the U.S. and many countries around the world may be just the tip of the iceberg as the world feels the effects, SEAS experts say, of accumulating climate change that's leaving humans—and animals—to try to adapt, to stay cool and safe, the most vulnerable people often ending up in hospitals or dying.
National
SEAS Perspectives
Aug 21, 2023
In August, the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) and the Program in the Environment (PitE) sent Katelyn Heflin and Josephine McCarthy to the 11th annual University Scholars Leadership Symposium (USLS) hosted by Humanitarian Affairs Asia at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand.
Faculty in the Media
September 21, 2023
September 21, 2023
Alumni in the News
Jun 13, 2023
Although lead paint was banned for residential use in 1978, lead exposure from deteriorated lead paint continues to harm children in the United States. Max Weintraub (MS ’93), who currently serves as chief of the Lead Hazard Reduction section of the California Department of Public Health, says that lead poisoning has been an enormous environmental justice challenge that he has been working to diminish for decades, including his work at the EPA on a case against Home Depot that resulted in the largest settlement to date under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
