Environment

  1. U-M research team begins first mapping project to determine health, future of the Great Lakes September 24, 2009
  2. U-M’s Rocky Mountain Field Station celebrates 80th anniversary with new housing, expanded course offerings July 31, 2009
  3. Researchers study ‘fundamental, amazing change’ in Great Lakes July 21, 2009
  4. Great Lakes in transition July 9, 2009
  5. U-M receives NASA grant to study humans, adaptation and climate change on Mongolian Plateau June 24, 2009
  6. U-M researcher and colleagues predict large 2009 Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’; Chesapeake Bay’s oxygen-starved zone likely to shrink June 18, 2009
  7. Ross School’s Frankel Fund announces new investment June 17, 2009
  8. U-M names new director of energy institute June 9, 2009
  9. Climate change driving Michigan mammals north May 12, 2009
  10. DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Center in solar energy at U-M April 29, 2009
  11. President Obama names U-M Dean Rosina Bierbaum to national science advisory council April 27, 2009
  12. U-M’s Center for Sustainable Systems launches education tools April 23, 2009
  13. Team Algal Scientific wins Clean Energy Prize March 30, 2009
  14. U-M SNRE launches school, community program to promote environmental stewardship March 30, 2009
  15. Google co-founder among nine to receive U-M honorary degrees March 26, 2009
  16. A venomous tale: Vipers shape lizards’ tail-shedding abilities March 25, 2009
  17. Student business ideas compete for top Clean Energy Prize March 23, 2009
  18. Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies colloquium on promoting democracy from the ground up March 20, 2009
  19. U-M in global challenge to Power Down for the Planet March 19, 2009
  20. The Ross School’s new building is open for business March 11, 2009