Five new projects advance climate change adaptation, products aimed to reduce carbon emissions, and equity and justice in sustainability interventions.

Each year, hundreds of sustainability courses are offered across U-M's schools, colleges, and academic programs. To explore courses in everything from Environmental Science to Public Policy, check out our sustainability-specific course guide.

Graham supports faculty through project coordination, stakeholder engagement, knowledge translation, and evaluation capabilities.

Take a look at the Graham Sustainability Scholars online yearbook (current and past Graham Scholars). Graham Scholars include undergraduate juniors and seniors from across campus. Interdisciplinary teams work collaboratively on sustainability projects (climate, energy justice, water quality. and more). Scholars teams work with local project partners. 

Make your sustainability-related course easily searchable so that students and colleagues can find it online.

Join the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (GLNF-CESU) Network, a consortium for informed resource stewardship.

Graham offers a variety of support to address critical sustainability challenges. Contact us to see how we might help along your journey from idea to implementation.

Learn to guard against the dangers of lead in water. Explore detailed resources curated for parents, caregivers, elected officials, and consumers. 

Join U-M's Sustainability Experts Database, maintained by Graham, to help make our collective sustainability expertise transparent and accessible. 

Sign up for Graham's monthly newsletter to stay apprised of news from the institute and sustainability happenings across the university. 

Graham can support research partnerships at every step, from drafting proposals through managing projects and facilitating teams.

Let Graham help you find connections on campus and off, convene, network, develop relationships, and explore potential partnerships.

Let SSC help your student organization share opportunities open to the campus community! Email us.

Water@Michigan is a gathering table for U-M researchers and communities that have been disproportionately affected by historic inequities to develop just, equitable, and sustainable approaches that address community water priorities.

Dow Sustainability Fellows make an impact through managing robust projects focusing on climate, circular economy, and other sustainability topics locally and globally. Graduate students work for one calendar year (January-December) in partnership with an organization and a UM advisor. Project summaries and reports provide insight into the recommendations, tools, analysis, and other work completed annually by interdisciplinary teams. 

Complete the Planet Blue Ambassador online training to learn about sustainability efforts at U-M and how you can contribute.

Graham offers commmunications support ranging from translational science communications to marketing and public relations.

Learn about the successes and challenges of local governments across Michigan as they improve energy efficiency and move toward renewables. 

The Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund provides up to $100,000 annually for student-led projects that promote a campus culture of sustainability.

The Clean Energy Conversation series is designed to catalyze collaborations by identifying areas ripe for proposals and applied research.

The Michigan Zoning Database is a free resource for elected officials, government employees, planners, developers, and residents.

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.

If you have a project idea and are interested in working with a Dow Fellows team of graduate students please complete this brief interest form. Dow Fellows teams draw upon the expertise across campus, making this a unique interdisciplinary experience. A variety of disciplinary perspectives often results in more successful project outcomes.

In PI Perspectives, find first-hand accounts from faculty conducting engaged, user-driven sustainability work.

If you have a project idea or could host a Graham Scholars team at your organization, please complete this brief interest form.