School of Natural Resources and Environment

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Marie Lynn Miranda discusses one remaining, albeit relatively minor, source of lead exposure: leaded aviation gasoline.

Miranda discusses lead exposure with Environmental Health Perspectives

Marie Lynn Miranda, professor and dean at the School of Natural Resources and Environment, was interviewed by Environmental Health Perspectives regarding her research into children’s exposure to leaded aviation gasoline.

The interview, with host Ashley Ahearn, was turned into a podcast as part of the journal’s The Researcher’s Perspective series.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Lake Superior. Image credit: Michigan Sea Grant

U-M launches $9 million effort to strengthen Great Lakes restoration while advancing research and education

A new $9 million University of Michigan Great Lakes research and education center will guide efforts to protect and restore the world’s largest group of freshwater lakes by reducing toxic contamination, combating invasive species, protecting wildlife habitat and promoting coastal health. With a $4.5 million, three-year grant from the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, the new University of Michigan Water Center will provide a solid scientific framework for more efficient and effective Great Lakes restoration.

Professor William C. Sullivan gives the Rackham Centennial Alumni Lecture in the Dana Building Oct. 25.

Sullivan offers tips to graduate students in Rackham Centennial Lecture

SNRE alumnus William C. Sullivan provided today’s graduate students with tips on making their research and professional lives more meaningful.

Sullivan, who earned his doctoral degree in 1991 from SNRE, was invited to give the school’s Rackham Centennial Alumni Lecture. About 110 people attended the Oct. 25 talk in the Dana Building. He is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (View the lecture)

The University of Michigan and 20 other U.S. and Canadian universities will join forces to propose a set of long-term research and policy priorities to help protect and restore the Great Lakes and to train the next generation of scientists, attorneys, planners and policy specialists who will study them.

U-M, other universities launch Great Lakes protection project

The University of Michigan and 20 other U.S. and Canadian universities will join forces to propose a set of long-term research and policy priorities to help protect and restore the Great Lakes and to train the next generation of scientists, attorneys, planners and policy specialists who will study them. The Great Lakes Futures Project of the Transborder Research University Network will use a cross-disciplinary, cross-sector approach to outlining alternative Great Lakes futures through science-based scenario analysis.

Erb report examines public understanding of climate risks, choices

What can the social sciences contribute to the public debate about climate change? To answer that question, the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise and the Union of Concerned Scientists gathered 90 leading scholars, business leaders, policy makers, advocates, religious leaders and journalists to explore how better to communicate climate science to a skeptical public and mobilize progress. The summary report of that workshop distills the collective wisdom of that landmark two-day event.

SNRE research team, led by Professor Allan, begins mapping to forecast future of Great Lakes

A University of Michigan-led research team is creating a comprehensive analysis and mapping of threats to the Great Lakes that will guide decision-making in the United States and Canada for years to come. The mapping and analysis project will produce the first-of-its-kind regional synthesis of human impacts on the Great Lakes, thereby helping regional planners and conservation groups to prioritize their activities. The Erb Family Foundation is funding the $500,000, two-year project. The project focuses on mapping threats to the lakes themselves, and will complement ongoing efforts focused on watersheds.

Telling consumers about 'green' credentials can backfire

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.

Alumna Cynthia Koenig (M.S. '11/M.B.A. '11)

New U-M Public Service Announcement features alumni, Dana


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 ...

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