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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.

Van Putten welcomes graduates to 'world of wounds' in commencement address

Mark Van Putten, a friend of SNRE with more than 30 years of experience in environmental policymaking and nonprofit organizational leadership at the international, national, regional, and local levels, delivered the Spring 2013 Commencement Address to graduating students Saturday, May 4.

Hoffman's new book, Flourishing: A Frank Conversation About Sustainability (Stanford University Press) deals with what sustainability should be, compared with what it's become.

New book from Hoffman explores the future of sustainability

Sustainability, once thought to be the province of scientists and environmentalists, is now a mainstream business strategy. But for people like Andrew Hoffman, professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, it's not cause for victory. He fought the early battles to get environmental responsibility into the C-suites, and the initiatives he's observed don't align with sustainability's original intentions.

SPH's Joseph Eisenberg (left), and SNRE's Rebecca Hardin and Johannes Foufopoulos.

SNRE, Public Health researchers share expertise to study health systems in Africa

It's the kind of scientific question tailor-made for interdisciplinary research. How does Q-fever, a highly contagious and still largely untracked disease, move among people, livestock, and wild animals, and what are the long-term effects of its presence on human health and economic systems? Answers may be closer to emerging because of M-Cubed, a new University of Michigan program that is awarding nearly 200 grants to jump start interdisciplinary work. The two-year, $15 million effort encourages faculty to explore major issues facing the planet, from climate change and poverty to health and energy.

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