S.C. Johnson & Son, maker of household products such as Windex, Pledge and Ziploc, is viewed as one of the more environmentally responsible companies in the U.S. So it was surprising to some when the Racine, Wisc.-based company faced multiple lawsuits for its patented Greenlist label and methodology. How did a company that was lauded as visionary years ago for voluntarily removing chlorofluorocarbons from aerosol cans wind up being accused of greenwashing? Andrew Hoffman, an SNRE and Ross School of Business professor, wrote in the case study, "SC Johnson and the Greenlist Backlash," that the company's experience underscores the wider problem of communicating green credentials to consumers.
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10/10/2013
Contact Name:
Diana Woodworth
There are two application deadlines each year: 15 November and 15 April
Students participating in an SNRE master’s project or practicum group may apply to SNRE for funding to support their research. Please schedule a meeting for Diana Woodworth [dianaw@umich.edu] to meet with your group members and faculty project advisor(s) regarding your budget preparation.
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Posted:
10/08/2013
Contact Name:
Diana Woodworth
APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 2, 2013 by 5:00 PM
The Center for European Studies and the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies are offering students summer grants of $5,000 to work on issues of European integration, broadly defined as the contemporary and historical processes of integration visible in European society and culture.
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Posted:
10/03/2013
Contact Name:
Diana Woodworth
The Michigan Branch Telluride Association is currently accepting applications for full room and board merit scholarships; renewable for up to 5 years.
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Posted:
09/24/2013
Contact Name:
Diana
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 2 December 2013
The Leifur Eiriksson Foundation, a University of Virginia-related entity, commemorates the 1000th anniversary of the first Icelandic voyage to North America and support international collaborations between Icelandic and U.S. universities. Its scholarships provide support for a year of study for Icelandic graduate students studying in U.S. universities and for U.S. graduate students studying in Icelandic universities.
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Posted:
09/24/2013
Contact Name:
Diana Woodworth
Application deadline: 25 November 2013
The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellowship Program provides U.S. graduate students in science (including NSF-supported social science and interdisciplinary fields) and engineering with an opportunity to spend 8-10 weeks during the summer conducting research at one of the seven host locations in East Asia and Pacific: Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan.
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Posted:
09/24/2013
Contact Name:
Diana Woodworth
Application Deadline: 15 October 2013
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies encourages original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Previous Fellows have explored such topics as transnational religious education for Muslim women, the complex gender dynamics of transidentity management, women’s electoral success across racial and institutional contexts, women’s sports, and militarism and the education of American women.
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Posted:
09/24/2013
Contact Name:
Diana Woodworth
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 OCTOBER 2013
The Luce Scholars Program provides stipends, language training, and individualized professional internships for 18 young Americans to live and work in Asia each year. The program's purpose is to increase awareness of Asia among future leaders in American society. Luce Scholars have backgrounds in virtually every field (other than Asian studies) including medicine, the arts, business, law, science, environmental studies, and journalism.
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Alumnus Cynthia Koenig and the Dana Building are featured in the new public service announcement created by the University of Michigan. The announcement will air as a commercial and during sporting events broadcast on TV.
Shots from inside the Dana Building come from the Flume Room, the research lab space operated by Associate Professor Brad Cardinale.
Here is the story from the University Record explaining how the announcement was built ...
Posted:
09/20/2013
Contact Name:
Diana Woodworth
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Thursday, 10 October 2013
These fellowships are offered to support SNRE students finishing their master's studies.
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