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2026 Capstone Conference

2026 Capstone Conference Schedule | University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

From Scroll To Action: Crafting Environmental Communications with Content Creator Alex Haraus | University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

“Making history:” Leaders representing Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-Descendant Peoples' movements discussed COP30 achievements, commitments, and the path forward

Stewards Magazine Fall 2025 | University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

Detroit Sustainability Clinic | University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

Sustainability Roadmap Quiz | Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

SEAS Events | University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

AI study finds nearly 15% of Americans deny climate change is real

MLA students partner with City of Ann Arbor to design geothermal energy system model

Clarence Roy-SmithGroup JJR Lecture Featuring: Tao Zhang (MS/MLA '08)

In Conversation with Shalanda Baker: Equity & Justice in the Energy Transition

Ask an Expert: Professor Drew Gronewold

Meet the Future: Transforming Vacant Land in Detroit

Earth Day 2023: Justice in Focus

21st Wege Lecture: Mary Robinson

Katie Barr - How to Start a Farm Stop

U-M study: Reusable take-out food containers

Jaron Rothkop & The Water Box

Hydrogen road map

Tony Reames Award

Climate Action Report

Class Notes: Spring Stewards

U-M analysis challenges USPS electric vehicle environmental study

Study: Even modest climate change may lead to sweeping changes in northernmost forests

SEASnet Photo Contest Winners

International Tiger Day

Landscape Architecture alum Matthew Bertrand

Below-average harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie

SEAS continues to grow the Environmental Justice program

Continuation of remote work post-pandemic can contribute to climate mitigation efforts

NOAA forecasts average-size Gulf of Mexico summer ‘dead zone’

SEAS has welcomed an unprecedented number of new professors, research scientists, and lecturers (2017–2022)

The reef fish people find ugly more likely to be endangered, study finds

Detroit River Story Lab embarks on Skiff and Schooner program for second summer

SEAS faculty participate in Michigan Climate and Clean Energy Summit

Sara Hughes named CIGLR's associate director

Climate haven: Will Michigan be a future refuge?

Surf’s Up! SEAS student Carson Brown makes sustainable wooden surfboards

Diversity, Equity + Inclusion | U-M SEAS

SEAS course offers real-world community engagement experience

Models predict that planned phosphorus reductions will make Lake Erie more toxic

World Ocean Day: Allen Burton

Master's practicum reimagines Freeman Environmental Education Center

A lifetime of climate change: Arun Agrawal

New Research: ‘Induced’ driving miles could overwhelm potential energy-saving benefits of self-driving cars

SEAS alumna Cybelle Shattuck explores the role of faith communities in caring for the earth

'Carrying the Torch': Master's thesis uses art to educate about prescribed burns

Grad Profile: Josh Thompson (SusDev/ MS ’22)

ArtEco at the Farmer’s Market

Grad Profile: Katie Barr (BEC/ MS'22)

SEAS Student Nick Hansen found Michigan’s tallest tree

Dean Overpeck on Climate Change and Michigan

Grad Profile: Adrienne Watts (SusSys/ MS '22)

Grad Profile: Ember Bradbury (ESM/ MS ‘22)

MLA alumna helps design therapeutic green space for local hospital

Grad Profile: Amanda Wheelock (EPP/MS ‘22)

Grad Profile: Audeline Kurniawan (LA, MLA /MS, ESM ’22)

Number of Earth's tree species estimated to be 14% higher than currently known, with some 9,200 species yet to be discovered

SEAS Professor Emeritus Bunyan Bryant releases memoir about environmental justice activism

Grad Profile: Nathaniel Arringdale (GDS, MS ’22)

Grad Profile: Toyosi Dickson (EJ, MS ’22)

Dark Sky Week: Light Pollution Is Causing Birds to Nest Earlier, Mitigating Some Effects of Climate Change

Carbon Neutrality Dashboard

Maple syrup season may shift, shorten because of climate change

New research: Urban agriculture in Detroit

Please join us for #FoodLiteracyForAll, Fast Food for Thought

SEAS alum Ryan Horwitz's master project grows into a career

2022 SEAS Honors Awards

National Beer Day: Alumna creates first LEED-certified micro brewery in the country

National Wildlife Week: Higher levels of biodiversity appear to reduce extinction risk in birds

Localization: Transitional Thinking for the New Normal

SEAS alumna Lisa Delplace appointed to Commission of Fine Arts by President Biden

Women's History Month: Seneca Lee

March Sustainability Skill Share: DIY Dog Toy

Women’s History Month: Perspectives from Faculty

A conversation with climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe and Dean Jonathan Overpeck

Women's History Month: Joan Nassauer

Women's History Month: Voices of Alumnae (Sami & Kate)

Giving Blueday 2022

Black Alumni Spotlight: Larry Borum III

From Prototype to Business: Commercializing Promising Energy Technology

Brazil at a Crossroads: Dr. Gustavo Oliveira

Driving the Future of Sustainable Mobility

Dr. Rebecca Hardin Named SEAS Faculty Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Student Spotlight: Claire Watts (MS '22): A Passion for Outdoor Education

New Life for Fabric Waste in Detroit: Madeline Miller

Black Environmentalist Spotlight: Wangari Maathai

20th Wege Lecture Recap: Everyone has a role in saving the planet

Black Alum Spotlight: Dominic J. Bednar, Ph.D., EIT

The Impact of Biofuels Game

National Wildlife Day- New crowdsourced project to digitize Michigan lake & fish records

National Wildlife Day- GPS tracking could help tigers & traffic coexist in Asia

National Wildlife Day- Why it matters that climate change is shrinking birds

Black Environmentalist Spotlight: Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Black Alumni Spotlight: Jannice Newson

Climate change, habitat loss (and, yes, even cats) pose a greater threat to birds than wind turbines

CSS Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Black Environmentalist Spotlight: Shalanda H. Baker

Black Alumni Spotlight: Oluwafemi (Femi) Sawyerr

SEAS Alumna Brittany Turner Leads Indigenous Jewelry Company

Black Environmentalist Spotlight: Dorceta Taylor

SEAS Grad Neha Srinivasan Authors Report about Healing Green Spaces

Sourdough Bakeries & Their Connection to Communities: Esther Woo

SEAS Researchers Awarded 2021 POD Grants

Largest Forest Database- Peter Reich

Wheel of Sustainability Game

Shaping the Obtawaing Biosphere Region

2021-2023 Wyss Scholars Announced

Sustainability Skill Share: January

Stewards- Class Notes

Fish smoking in coastal Ghana Study

Where Are They Now?

Controlling Sea Lamprey Populations

‘Don’t look up’: Real-world scientists comment on new movie’s climate message

Plant More. Dream More. Alumni Restore The Forests of Kenya

Izhi-Minoging Mashkikiwan: Place Where Medicines Grow Well

Green Resolutions

10 Questions: Dr. Meha Jain

Detroit River Story Lab

BIPOC Alumnae Working in Environmental Justice

Sustainable Rush Game

Controlling Sea Lamprey Populations

Center for Sustainable Systems celebrates 30th Anniversary

Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone

Fall 2021 Stewards Magazine

Sustainability Games

Loss of historical lands leaves Indigenous nations more vulnerable to climate change

SEAS Sustainability Clinic

Dr. Peter Reich Named Director of U-M Institute for Global Change Biology; Funding & Job Openings Available

Joan Nassauer "The fight against flooding" WXYZ

Wege Lecture LIVE Link

Balancing Structural and Ethical Challenges of EVs

Experts Testimony on Enbridge Line 5 Tunnel

Dean Overpeck Weighs in on Hurricane Ida

2021 Wege Lecture with Gina McCarthy

Michigan Sea Grant Coastlines

NPS Muir Woods Correcting History

Trout Unlimited

SEAS Furry Friends

Showering Less for The Environment

National Honeybee Day

Rethinking Conservation of #National Parks

Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Chong Baskerville

Bill Currie & Team NASA Grant Lake Huron

Nature-inspired sculptures on view at Matthaei Botanical Gardens Exhibition

Grad students help Coastal Studies on land survey Collaboration

ACSPublications CSS Robot Delivery

UMBS: Science Communication + Advocacy Panel

John Petoskey (MS/JD ’20): Preserving the Environment for Future Generations

Zane Hadzick Shots in Arms

Neil Carter Predators Coexistence

SEAS Field Properties

Shelie Miller Single-Use Kitchenware

Student Spotlight Kevin Bechard

Dean Overpeck The Hill

Pride on the Diag

Carissa Knox Anti-Racism Research Grant Award

Tony Reames Energy Department

Juneteenth Symposium

Energy Equity Project

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Wildlife Studies

Virtual Commencement 2021 Recap

WorldPlantaVegetableGardenDay

SFSI Shelie Miller Meal Kits

Clean Energy Revolution with Dan Kammen

Virtual Commencement 2021

Disparities in Visiting National Parks & Public Land

MaryCarol Hunter's Research on 'Nature Pills'

SEAS Scientists Discover New Clues to Collapse of Great Lakes Food Web

Climate Warming Increases Asian Carp Threat

Light Pollution Effecting Birds

Lake Erie Farmers and Pollution

Professor Joan Nassauer Women's History Month

Steep Costs of Texas Blackouts

Beef Production Air Pollution

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