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Advancing a just and sustainable world where policy and practice are powered by science, collaboration, and creativity.

Opportunity

Explore U-M's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Dashboard

This new tool tracks and shares U-M's progress toward its carbon neutrality goal.

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Engage with the Nation Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS)

The NERRS Science Collaborative, coordinated by the Water Center, funds user-driven, collaborative research and science transfer activities that address critical management needs identified by reserves.

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Dow Distinguished Award Team Projects

Dow Distinguished Award projects are local-global, interdisciplinary, and advised by a U-M faculty member. Graduate students (masters and doctoral) are eligible to apply for team funds to support travel and stakeholder engagement. 

Dow Distinguished Awards

546 Faculty members have engaged with Graham-administered programs

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1916 Students have engaged with Graham-administered programs

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Recent Work

Detroit Skyline

Ecoworks Detroit Net Zero F.A.S.T. Program

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Urban water quality management towards a sustainable framework the investigation of finescale urban form effects on stream water quality

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Supporting Implementation of Michigan’s Revised Lead and Copper Rule

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Strategic Priorities

Climate Change

Climate Change

Water Resources

Water Resources

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Policy Integration

Policy Integration

Broader Impacts

Broader Impacts

News

8/15/2022 - NERRS Science Collaborative Awards Over $3 Million for 11 New Projects

7/22/2022 - Saving Our Pleasant Peninsula

6/29/2022 - Fifty-year-Old Law Proves We Can Address Environmental Challenges

6/23/2022 - Water Justice as Socioenvironmental Justice

4/28/2022 - United Nations University: Great Lakes Freshwater, Commoning, and Democracy in a Changing Climate

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In the Media

7/29/2022 - Start Here x ABC News: Solar Opposites feat. Sarah Mills

7/14/2022 - Ojibwa Artist Bonnie Devine Tackles Colonial Expansion Across Great Lakes in ‘Watershed’ Exhibit

6/20/2022 - Detroit River Story Lab Embarks on Skiff and Schooner Program for Second Summer

5/2/2022 - Circle of Blue: After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

3/9/2022 - Michigan EGLE: Grant Supports Michigan Wild Rice Stewardship

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Upcoming Events

U-M Sustainability Events
  • 8/15/2022 7:00 am – 11:59 pm
    UROP 2022-2023 Rising Sophomore Applications Open
  • 8/25/2022 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    U-M Farm Stand
  • 8/28/2022 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    Watershed for Families

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U-M Sustainability Experts

Luke Shaefer

Luke Shaefer

Professor

Social Work

The Graham Institute maintains a list of Sustainability Experts at U-M.
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Spotlight

“I was absolutely thrilled to have the Dow Fellows work with us and they made a huge difference. We are definitely going to be building on their work.”

Sue Shink, Washtenaw County Commissioner

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Planet Blue: Sustainability at the University of Michigan

Many Voices, Our Michigan

The Graham Institute is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Engaged Michigan Partner

The Graham Institute mobilizes the expertise and passion of scholars, partners, and decision-makers to work together and bring world-class research to real-world sustainability challenges.
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