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SNRE Staff Fellowship for Returning Students; application deadline 9/30/13

Posted: 
09/18/2013
Contact Name: 
Diana Woodworth

Applications must be submitted before 12:00 midnight on September 30

SNRE is pleased to announce the SNRE Staff Fellowship for Returning Students. This one-time fellowship of $1,000.00 is designed to aid one returning graduate student in his or her professional development to prepare for the transition from full-time student to full-time professional.

This fellowship is available only to returning SNRE graduate students in the Master of Science program, Master of Landscape Architecture program, or a dual-degree master's program.

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2013 EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge; application deadline 12/13/13

Posted: 
08/21/2013
Contact Name: 
Diana Woodworth

Registration begins 9/9/13; APPLICATION DEADLINE is 12/13/13.

The EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge, a prize contest launched in 2012 to encourage innovative approaches to stormwater management, engages the next generation of urban planners, designers, and engineers in the development of innovative green infrastructure systems to meet our nation’s growing water infrastructure needs. Student teams, working with a faculty advisor, will submit design briefs and a video describing a proposed green infrastructure project for their campus.
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Crane named director of Program in the Environment

Gregg Crane, a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature within the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, has been named the new director of the Program in the Environment.

Crane has been teaching ENVIRON 377, History and Literature of the Rockies, at Camp Davis since 2007.  He is a specialist in American literary and intellectual history, and his current research focuses on the importance of intuition to a collection of literary, philosophical, legal, and environmental writers. His appointments runs through June 30, 2016.

A SNRE Graduate student measures tree growth

Academic Scientists Petition Michigan’s Anti-Biodiversity Bill

Professor Bradley Cardinale PhD, whose work focuses on the challenges of protecting biodiversity, has been working to point out the far-reaching ramifications of the bill. He, and 133 other PhD-level professors representing 13 Michigan universities, have signed this letter urging Gov. Rick Snyder to veto SB 78 should it reach his desk.

2013/14 Michigan Stormwater-Floodplain Association Scholarship; application deadline 11/1/13

Posted: 
06/05/2013
Contact Name: 
Diana Woodworth

The Michigan Stormwater-Floodplain Association (MSFA) is the Michigan Chapter of the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM). MSFA began in 1987 to promote the common interest in floodplain and stormwater management, enhance cooperation among various local, state and federal governmental agencies, and to encourage effective and innovative approaches to managing the State's floodplain and stormwater management systems.

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Third Century Initiative

Five SNRE Faculty Receive Funding Through Third Century Initiative

Five researchers at the School of Natural Resources and Environment received funding under a new University of Michigan program to promote interdisciplinary work. The funded projects are examining the challenges facing resource-constrained environments and sustainable transportation.

The Global Challenges for a Third Century (TCI) program, as the initiative is called, funded fewer than 15 percent of submitted proposals.

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